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Cooper City board approves option for tenant panels on shopping-center monument signs
Summary
The Cooper City Planning & Zoning Board approved a code amendment (item 4a) allowing shopping centers to add tenant panels to ground monument signs with limits on size, letter height and uniform background requirements.
Cooper City Planning & Zoning Board members voted May 19 to approve a code amendment that allows tenant panels on shopping-center ground monument signs, giving centers the option to increase sign area and height when they include tenant panels.
City community development staff member Jason summarized the amendment as intended “to allow an option of tenant panels for shopping center ground monument signs” and said it was “to help promote and identify businesses within the shopping centers while still maintaining a uniform look along the city roadways.”
The approved language permits a 50% increase in total sign square footage if a center elects tenant panels; it also establishes a required minimum letter height of 8 inches to keep text legible to motorists. The draft adds a separate set of maximum sign areas and a second height category tied to roadway width, with the tallest allowance reaching up to 10 feet on the widest rights of way. Staff presented three visual examples: one matching the drafted code (uniform background with trademark-colored lettering), one more restrictive (uniform lettering color), and one more permissive (mixed backgrounds and colors); staff recommended the first option.
The code also requires tenant-panel background colors to be uniform across an individual sign (ideally matching the center’s color) and mandates that the plaza address or address range appear on the sign for emergency response and wayfinding. Jason noted that existing centers that do not opt into tenant panels would remain governed by current code standards for center-name-only signs.
Board members discussed typical locations eligible for taller signs — for example Griffin Road and Flamingo Road corridors with wider rights of way — and compared the proposal to previously approved, taller signs at other developments. After discussion, the board voted to adopt the staff-drafted language. The motion passed by voice vote with no opposition.
The board folded the separate sign-dimension items together and approved the strikethrough-and-underline draft as presented by staff.
