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Moline council updates sign and zoning code, cuts several parking minimums
Summary
The Moline City Council unanimously approved text amendments to the city's sign and zoning code that clarify sign illumination rules, add permitted exterior materials for commercial facades and reduce or eliminate several off-street parking minimums after a series of amendments.
The Moline City Council on Jan. 7 approved a broad update to Chapter 3 (Signs) and Chapter 35 (Zoning and Land Development) of the Moline Code of Ordinances, including new limits on sign illumination, expanded allowed building materials on commercial facades and reduced parking requirements for many uses.
The ordinance, presented to the committee of the whole as an annual code cleanup and update, drew the most debate on changes to minimum off-street parking requirements and on allowances for architectural metal and finished corrugated metal on commercial front facades.
City staff said the sign changes were intended to regulate very bright exterior illumination used on some storefronts, noting the existing language had inconsistencies. A staff presenter described the update as an effort to match enforcement language with the city's adopted integrated pest management policy and to correct typographical errors that had crept into the online code.
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