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City staff present draft sign‑code, nonconforming‑use and small wind updates; planning commission review set to follow
Summary
Development staff summarized a package of zoning code updates—new sign code layout and exemptions, clarified nonconforming‑use rules, and proposed updates for small private wind turbines—and told council the drafts are ready for planning commission review and eventual adoption.
City planning staff presented draft updates to the zoning code for three topic areas—sign code, nonconforming uses/structures/site improvements, and small private wind energy systems—at the March 17 work session and asked the council whether to proceed to formal review and adoption steps.
A staff speaker (identifying himself as a code update lead) said the sign‑code draft was designed to be content‑neutral, to consolidate regulations by zoning district onto single pages, to clarify permitted temporary and permanent signs, and to set new standards for projecting signs downtown. He said the drafts include exemptions for small or directional signs and simplify permitting for temporary signage by regulating size and placement rather than requiring a permit for every temporary banner. For downtown…
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