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Council directs attorney to draft updated home‑business sign rules, including size and mounting limits
Summary
The Hooper City Council voted to have the city attorney draft an ordinance updating home-occupation signage rules, including suggested maximum size limits and guidance on location and lighting; council gave staff guidance but did not finalize exact dimensions beyond a rough 16‑square‑foot upper limit discussed in the meeting.
The Hooper City Council on May 15 voted to direct the city attorney to draft an update to the city’s home-occupation sign rules after a discussion about allowable sign size, placement and lighting.
Council members and residents discussed whether signs for home businesses should be limited to the building face, the yard, or both, whether temporary event signage (such as for short duration yard sales or seasonal sales) should be treated differently than signs for licensed home occupations, and whether maximum sign dimensions should be tied to lot size. Several council members suggested maximum sizes in the range of 8 to 16 square feet as a starting point for the draft language; the council indicated it preferred a practical cap and asked the attorney to include guidance on setbacks from the street and restrictions on placement in intersection clear‑vision triangles.
Council discussed lighting and electronic signage briefly and asked the attorney to review applicable traffic-safety standards (for example, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices) and to recommend language limiting flashing/electronic signs to avoid traffic hazards and nuisance impacts.
A motion was made and carried to have the city attorney draft the ordinance changes; the council provided the attorney guidance on maximum size (council members suggested no larger than 16 square feet as an upper bound), mounting (preference expressed for flat mounting to a building for many cases), and the need to address temporary event signage in separate language.
Ending: The city attorney will prepare ordinance language based on the council’s guidance and return it for a future council agenda item and possible public hearing; staff and the attorney will include explicit standards on size, setbacks, mounting and lighting in the draft.
