Planning Commission backs I‑84 corridor sign rule changes, sends amendments to county commission

The Morgan County Planning Commission voted unanimously Sept. 11 to recommend that the County Commission approve a text amendment to the county's sign code allowing one additional freestanding sign per defined shopping center along the Interstate 84 corridor, subject to a package of limits and clarifications. The commission attached changes including a 35‑foot maximum height, 12‑foot maximum width, 5‑foot setback from the property line, a requirement that highway signs be on‑premise, a definition tying eligibility to I‑84 frontage, removal of text describing the amendment as limiting sign proliferation, and a requirement that sign illumination turn off at 10 p.m.

Commissioners moved the change after hearing a presentation from the applicant and staff and taking public comment during a formal public hearing. The applicant's representative said the amendment would allow one multi‑tenant, illuminated freeway sign to serve several businesses and reduce duplication of individual pole signs. Josh, the county planner who presented the staff report, said he had…