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Hastings planning commission approves comprehensive sign-code rewrite after brief delay
Summary
The Hastings Planning Commission voted 6-1 to approve a rewritten sign code that reorganizes district standards and clarifies monument, pole and projecting sign rules; commissioners had requested a work session before the vote but staff recommended approval.
The Hastings Planning Commission on May 20 approved a comprehensive rewrite of the city’s sign code, voting 6 to 1 in favor of changes that reorganize district standards and clarify sign-area and monument/pole sign tables.
Commissioner Chuck, who moved the approval, told the commission the packet included “quite a few changes on the sign ordinance” and said he had hoped for a work session to review the revisions line by line. Commissioner Lou said a work session would allow the commission to resolve questions about size and location and acknowledged that could delay a vote “30 to 60 days.”
Amber, a city staff member who presented the rewrite, recommended approval instead of further delay.…
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