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Rolla City Council rejects proposed changes to residential sign rules
Summary
The Rolla City Council voted 5-6 against an amendment to Chapter 42 that would have changed how signage is measured for large residential lots, after several council members said the proposal handed greater expressive capacity to owners of larger parcels.
The Rolla City Council voted down an ordinance amendment to Chapter 42 that would have changed residential sign regulations, with the measure failing on a 5-6 roll call vote.
The amendment proposed clarifying how much signage is allowed on larger lots in residential (R1) districts by tying allowed sign area to linear frontage — roughly 32 square feet per frontage and an additional 32 square feet for each 80 feet of frontage thereafter. Planning staff told council the change was intended to resolve ambiguity about how many square feet of sign area a parcel could support.
Tom, a city planning staff member,…
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