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Kankakee planners back allowing pole signs for schools; electronic message boards limited to conditional permits and time limits
Summary
City staff presented text amendments to allow pole signs for institutional uses in R-1, R-2 and R-3 residential districts and to allow electronic message signs for those uses by conditional use permit; the committee discussed hours and asked that an 8 p.m. cutoff be forwarded for council consideration.
City planning staff presented text amendments to the zoning ordinance that would permit pole signs for institutional uses in R-1, R-2 and R-3 residential districts and allow electronic message signs for such uses only through a conditional use permit, and committee members discussed operational hours and residential impacts.
The proposal would make pole signs a permitted sign type for institutional uses in single-family and multi-family residential districts while treating electronic message signs as conditional uses that must return to the planning board and city council. Melissa King, city planner, said the draft keeps existing sign regulations in place and adds that the electronic portion of a…
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