Monument sign amendment
Requests to amend sign regulations in Chapter 17.80 to allow electronic reader boards for commercial businesses. The Planning Commission recommended denial and the council denied the ordinance 5-0 on April 19, 2022.
Denied
- Type
- Code change
- City Council: Off-premises ladder sign standards, EMMC 17.80.080
- City Council: Sign regulations ordinance, Chapter 17.80 (electronic reader boards)
- City Council: Monument sign amendment: signs in the right-of-way
- City Council: Monument sign ordinance (Chapter 17.80)
- City Council: Monument sign amendment (Chapter 17.80)
In brief
Monument sign amendment appears on 5 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of January 4, 2022 to the City Council meeting of October 3, 2023.
On record, it was tabled once, approved with conditions once, and denied 2 times.
The most recent decision was denied (5-0) at the City Council meeting of April 19, 2022.
The most recent agenda collected for it, the City Council meeting of October 3, 2023, listed it with no result recorded.
Follow the money and project delivery
Monument sign amendment
- Council action
Denied: Sign regulations ordinance, Chapter 17.80 (electronic reader boards) · Approved minutes Record → · April 19, 2022
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- 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.
- Work and operating costs
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Every hearing and vote
October 3, 2023 · City Council
Off-premises ladder sign standards, EMMC 17.80.080
Pending
Economic Development Director Evan Berrett was to present changes replacing the word slat with insert, adding an insert size, raising the maximum height from 80 to 96 inches and removing the requirement that the economic development director approve all advertising copy. A public hearing was scheduled. The result is not available.
April 19, 2022 · City Council
Sign regulations ordinance, Chapter 17.80 (electronic reader boards)
Denied · 5-0
Dustin Aldridge of Available Self Storage and Alyvia Timothy of Creative Sign and Graphics asked to allow electronic reader boards for businesses; Aldridge said such a sign would cost more than $50,000 and that a monument sign is the alternative. The city's illumination standard is about 200 nits. The Planning Commission had recommended denial, and no one spoke at the public hearing (8:49 p.m.). The council voted to deny the ordinance.
February 1, 2022 · City Council
Monument sign amendment: signs in the right-of-way
Denied · 5-0
The applicant asked to let individual monument signs extend up to 7.5 feet into the right-of-way and cut the required pedestal from two feet to one. The Planning Commission recommended denial 5-0. Steve Mumford cited the code barring signs over the right-of-way without a written city agreement. Applicant representative Michelle Hoffman said berms, electrical boxes and visibility drove the request. Council Member Colby Curtis would consider right-of-way signs only for specific projects; Council Members Brett Wright and Carolyn Love said the recent height change makes the pedestal reduction unnecessary. No one spoke at the hearing.
January 18, 2022 · City Council
Monument sign ordinance (Chapter 17.80)
Approved with conditions · 4-1
Applicant Bill Gaskill asked for combined signs at each drive access, 20-foot combined height, no masonry requirement and 6-foot individual signs. The Planning Commission recommended four changes 4-0. Burnham's motion with a 16-foot combined height and no masonry failed 2-3. Curtis's motion passed 4-1: up to two combined signs per frontage, individual signs of six feet, design elements of eight feet and no Airpark references. Burnham dissented, saying she wanted to compromise on height.
January 4, 2022 · City Council
Monument sign amendment (Chapter 17.80)
Tabled · 4-0-1
The request would raise combined monument sign height from 10 to 20 feet and individual signs from 5 to 6 feet. The Planning Commission recommended approval 4-0 with four changes. The applicant was absent, and the item was tabled. Gray abstained because of technical difficulties.