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Council adopts downtown sign rule changes to allow larger wall signs and extend monument sign zones
Summary
The council approved a text amendment to the Unified Development Code for the C‑5 central business district that permits wall signage up to 10% of building wall area (or 100 sq ft minimum) and expands permitted monument signs on Main Street from Eighth‑Tenth to Fourth‑Tenth streets.
The Dubuque City Council on July 21 adopted a text amendment to the Unified Development Code changing sign regulations in the C‑5 central business district.
The amendment permits wall signage up to 10% of a building wall area or 100 square feet per business, whichever is greater, and removes the prior single‑sign‑per‑frontage limit so long as the total area remains within the cap. The change aligns C‑5 wall signage standards with allowances already in other…
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