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City staff proposes four LDC amendments; commission approves changes on sign timing, parking stall width, deck setback and plat approvals
Summary
The Planning Commission approved four Land Development Code changes: (1) shorten LED business sign display minimum from 60 to 10 seconds, (2) set parking stall standard at 9 feet, (3) revise setback formula for elevated decks, and (4) implement state law making plat approvals administrative rather than public hearings.
Planning staff presented and the commission approved four Land Development Code text amendments on July 31 intended to streamline local development rules and align the code with recent state law.
Tim Berwick (city development staff) said the first proposed change reduces the minimum display time for LED commercial signs from 60 seconds to 10 seconds to match common practice in other municipalities and to encourage business uptake. "We're recommending to basically, adopt a 10 second, minimum for the display time," Berwick said, citing examples such as a local fast‑food business that had run a shorter interval without complaints.
The second amendment formally lowers the city's…
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