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Utica enacts moratorium on new billboards to allow rewrite of sign rules
Summary
After three recent approvals and a new application, the council approved a moratorium on billboards to give staff time to update zoning and align rules with local design guidelines; existing and pending applications will be grandfathered.
The Utica Common Council voted unanimously to enact a moratorium on billboards in the city while staff review and update sign and zoning rules. Council members said the decision followed three recent billboard approvals and a new application received the same day.
A planning staff member (referred to in the meeting as “Brian”) and council members discussed whether the city’s design guidelines for the harbor or for scenic and historic districts could be used as models for updated billboard…
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