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Council postpones consideration of billboard code changes to allow joint work session with Planning Commission
Summary
Councilors voted to postpone first reading of an ordinance to amend billboard rules and asked for a joint work session with the Planning Commission after questions and a prior Planning Commission denial.
The Laramie City Council voted to postpone first reading of an ordinance that would amend Laramie Municipal Code Title 15.22 to permit modifications to nonconforming billboards.
Councilor Newman moved to postpone the ordinance to May 20, 2025, and to schedule a joint work session with the Planning Commission after several unanswered questions remained from earlier hearings and because the Planning Commission had denied the measure. Council voted 7‑0, with two members absent, to postpone.
Council discussion noted that the ordinance had raised many questions at previous meetings and that a joint work session could help reconcile differences between council and the Planning Commission. Planning staff and the mayor supported the work session approach; the city manager said it is not unusual for council and a commission to meet jointly on matters within the commission’s purview.
Several council members and staff asked that the ordinance attachment (the specific text of the change) be the focus of the joint meeting. No final policy change was enacted; the postponement keeps the item on the council calendar for further review.
