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Planning commission recommends denial of text amendment to allow digital billboards in city limits
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 6-1 Feb. 10 to recommend the City Council deny a Lamar Advertising–backed text amendment that would permit conversion of nonconforming static billboards to digital displays. Staff recommended denial, citing conflict with long-standing policy to phase out billboards and concerns about visual impacts and precedent.
The Laramie Planning Commission voted 6-1 on Feb. 10 to recommend that the City Council deny a text amendment (TA24-04) that would have allowed existing nonconforming static billboards to be converted to digital displays under an administrative process.
Philip, planning division staff, presented the proposed amendment and recommended denial. He said Laramie’s planning documents and zoning code have long treated billboards outside the interstate corridor as nonconforming uses with the intent to phase them out. Staff said the amendment conflicted with the…
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