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Council Rejects Motion to Recommend Larger Interstate-Area Signs; Planning Board Had Recommended a Modest Increase
Summary
The City Council declined to recommend an amendment that would have allowed larger freestanding signs near I-90 after a planning-board-backed proposal met resistance over visibility and aesthetics.
The Belgrade City Council voted down a motion to recommend first reading of a zoning text amendment that would increase allowable freestanding sign area near Interstate 90.
Brad Stein, the city's senior planner, told the council the planning board recommended allowing up to 100 square feet for freestanding signs within 500 feet of I-90 (up from the current 40-square-foot limit), and clarified related code changes on sign height and number per street frontage. "The board actually recommended approval…
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