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Albany County directs county engineer to make courthouse electronic sign mobile after city planning denies variance
Summary
After the city planning commission denied a variance for a permanent electronic message center (EMC) at the courthouse, Albany County commissioners voted to have the county engineer pursue a mobile trailer-based sign to use existing grant funds rather than return them.
Albany County commissioners directed the county engineer to have the planned courthouse electronic message center built on a mobile trailer that can be relocated, after the Laramie planning commission declined a variance for a permanent sign in the downtown historic district.
Jake, a county planning/project staff member who presented the item, told commissioners that city planners denied the variance largely because of sign size, visibility through trees and concerns about setting a precedent for electronic signs in the downtown historic district. "They were concerned it…
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