Council directs staff to work with Home Builders Association to design pilot sign‑plaza kiosk program

Castle Rock’s council directed staff to work with the Home Builders Association (HBA) to develop a draft sign‑plaza or kiosk program that would replace ad hoc temporary signs in the public right of way.

Town staff explained the town’s code generally prohibits private signage in the right of way; the sign‑plaza concept is an applicant‑funded, town‑permitted program in which the town authorizes a consistent, maintained kiosk system for wayfinding to active residential developments. The Home Builders Association and several builders (including Richmond American and Boulevard Builders) presented a concept showing up to about 15 kiosk locations, a consistent design, city‑level maintenance and annual permitting and insurance requirements. Fusion/Citywide Signs offered to own, maintain and insure kiosks if council approved a program and permit framework.

Council emphasized limits and maintenance: kiosks must be an attractive, uniform product, must be well maintained and must not become an avenue for ad hoc temporary signs. Council also asked staff to require that a property using a plaza not place temporary directional signs nearby and that staff evaluate a pilot period and a maximum number of kiosks. Council voted unanimously to direct staff to work with the HBA and return with a draft agreement and program parameters for council consideration.

Proposed responsibilities presented by the HBA included: the vendor owning and maintaining kiosks, annual permit fees to the town, insurance and a review process for adding or removing kiosks as buildout progresses. Staff said details — number, exact locations, maintenance standards and permit fees — will be returned for council review.