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Salt Lake City School District pole signs text amendment

Would allow one freestanding pole sign per school property, up to 15 feet on local streets and 25 feet on collector or arterial streets, with no off-premises advertising or animation. Briefed May 16, 2023; hearing set for June 6, 2023.

In review

Type
Code change
Location
School properties citywide
Applicant
Salt Lake City School District (Paul Schulte)
  1. May 16, 2023City Council: Consent: airport bond and school sign hearing dates, grant holding account, Sister Cities app…
  2. May 16, 2023City Council work session: Salt Lake City School District pole signs text amendment

In brief

Salt Lake City School District pole signs text amendment appears on 2 recorded agendas, all from May 16, 2023.

A motion at the City Council meeting of May 16, 2023 set a hearing date; it did not decide the application.

Follow the money and project delivery

Salt Lake City School District pole signs text amendment

In review

  1. Council action

    No approval or denial linked in the records collected.

  2. Money in the record

    No itemized amount linked in the records collected.

  3. Signed agreement and payments

    Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.

  4. Work and operating costs

    Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →

Every hearing and vote

  1. May 16, 2023 · City Council

    Consent: airport bond and school sign hearing dates, grant holding account, Sister Cities appointments

    Approved · 6-0-1

    On consent the Council set June 6, 2023 for the public hearing on the airport revenue bond resolution and for the School District pole sign text amendment (Section 21A.46.052, petition PLNPCM2021-00190), approved Grant Holding Account Items (Batch No. 8), appointed Ricardo Becerra, Ronald Joe Zeidner and Ahimara Suarez to the Sister Cities Board, and reappointed Olga Efimova and Sheri Sorensen (terms ending July 6, 2027). Council Member Fowler is recorded as abstaining on this vote, although she is listed as absent for the rest of the meeting.

    Moved by Council Member Chris Wharton, seconded by Council Member Daniel Dugan. Vote: 6-0; Fowler abstained

  2. May 16, 2023 · City Council work session

    Salt Lake City School District pole signs text amendment

    Discussed

    Planning staff described a proposal letting each school property have one freestanding pole sign, up to 15 feet on local streets and 25 feet on collector or arterial streets, with no off-premises advertising and no animation. The Planning Commission recommended approval. Council Members discussed limiting brightness, whether schools may advertise community events or events at other schools, and notifying nearby neighbors. A school district representative said advertising could help school fundraising and that schools would not want two pole signs.

    • Petitioner: Paul Schulte for the Salt Lake City School District
    • Petition PLNPCM2021-00190
    • Hearing June 6, 2023; tentative action June 13, 2023