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Planning Commission approves billboard overlay, multiple rezones and two UDO text amendments; consent agenda passes
Summary
The Columbia City Planning Commission on April 10 approved multiple zoning map amendments and two text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance and passed its consent agenda, forwarding the items to City Council where required.
The Columbia City Planning Commission approved a series of zoning and text‑amendment recommendations at its April 10 meeting and forwarded the matters to City Council where required.
Key votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Approved. Items included multiple annexation recommendations (e.g., Pineywoods Road, Bluff Road property portions, Fontaine Center Drive) and a zoning map amendment and street‑name approvals listed in the meeting packet. Staff read the consent agenda and the commission approved it by a single motion and voice vote.
- 5420 Forest Drive (ZMA 2025‑0015420): Approved. The commission recommended rezoning a portion of 5420 Forest Drive from General Commercial (GC) to GC with the Outdoor Advertising Sign Overlay District (OV‑OAS) to allow an outdoor advertising (billboard) structure. Mason Sullivan of Lamar Advertising said the company proposes to remove two existing signs elsewhere in the city and replace them with a single static sign at the 5420 Forest Drive location; he told commissioners there are “no…
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