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Planning commission recommends text amendment to temporary signage rules, changing maximum days to 21 with 10‑day removal period
Summary
The Rolla City Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend a text amendment to Chapter 42 (planning and zoning) to change temporary/off‑premises signage limits from two 14‑day windows to a 21‑day posting period and a 10‑day removal period after a complaint; commissioners debated enforcement intervals and free‑speech implications.
The Rolla City Planning and Zoning Commission on May 13 voted to recommend that the City Council adopt a text amendment to Chapter 42 of the city code to revise temporary sign rules for residential and nonresidential districts.
Tom, a city staff member, explained the proposed revisions: for undeveloped residential property the allowance for temporary signs was changed from "32 square feet per 40 feet of frontage" to "32 square feet per 80 feet of frontage" and the draft clarified that individual signs may be up to 32 square feet. Tom also summarized the nonresidential sign standards in the packet and said the sign code currently allows a wall sign and one ground sign per entrance with a maximum freestanding sign size of 64 square feet and a maximum height of 15 feet.
The commission discussed temporary‑sign duration and enforcement. Commissioners questioned the existing language that…
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