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Hopewell staff proposes changes to downtown and commercial sign rules
Summary
City staff presented a zoning amendment to revise sign-area, height and style rules across commercial districts, including relaxed rules for smaller freestanding signs and clarified window and awning limits; staff and the planning commission recommended approval.
City staff briefed the Hopewell City Council during a work session on proposed amendments to the city’s zoning ordinance that would change how commercial and downtown signs are regulated. Kelly Davis, deputy director of development, told the council the package would adjust sign area and height rules in B2, B3 and B4 commercial districts, allow an additional freestanding sign on certain through lots in the Oaklawn/Woodlawn corridor, and exempt small signs of 4 square feet or less from the current requirement that freestanding signs…
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