Monument sign amendment

Every hearing and vote

1. 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.

   Moved by Council Member Brett Wright, seconded by Council Member Colby Curtis. Vote: 4-0; Gray abstained

2. 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.

   Moved by Council Member Colby Curtis, seconded by Council Member Brett Wright. Vote: 4-1; Burnham voted no

3. 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.

   Moved by Council Member Donna Burnham, seconded by Council Member Jared Gray. Vote: 5-0

4. 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.

   Moved by Council Member Jared Gray, seconded by Council Member Colby Curtis. Vote: 5-0

5. 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.