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Commission discusses larger interstate signage; directs staff to draft overlay standards
Summary
Commissioners debated allowing large, tall signs in the I‑90 overlay district after City Council approved a single, very large high‑mounted sign. The commission asked staff to draft language that permits greater area at higher elevations while limiting ground‑level impacts and clarifying frontage rules; no formal vote was taken.
The Planning and Zoning Commission spent the longest single block of Tuesday’s meeting reviewing proposed standards for the I‑90 interstate signage overlay and related general business (GB) freestanding sign rules.
Commissioners began from a factual point: City Council recently approved a large, high‑mounted sign — roughly 600 square feet up to 90 feet tall — for a site in the interstate corridor. Commissioners debated whether to codify similar allowances in the overlay district and, if so, how to limit ground‑level visual impact and how to calculate multiple signs for large parcels. One commissioner proposed a tiered approach tying maximum sign area to height: smaller maximums at 30 feet, larger at 50 feet, up to a 600‑square‑foot allowance at 70–90 feet,…
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