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Council backs creation of Rail Yards Special Sign District and directs staff to draft billboard ordinance; debate centers on boundaries and saturation
Summary
Sacramento City Council directed the interim city manager to draft an ordinance creating a Rail Yards Special Sign District that would allow digital billboards within the Rail Yards Specific Plan area and asked staff to analyze two adjacent parcels proposed by Reclamation District 1000.
The Sacramento City Council voted to direct the interim city manager or designee to prepare an ordinance establishing a Rail Yards Special Sign District that would allow digital billboards within the Rail Yards Specific Plan area, including up to five proposed off-site general advertising digital billboards in Subdistrict 3 as described in a preliminary term sheet tied to planned stadium and entertainment development.
Staff said the proposed special sign district boundary matches the Rail Yards Specific Plan and that creating five subdistricts would provide flexibility for location, time and manner restrictions. The subdistricts shown in staff materials include Sacramento Valley Station; Historic Central Shops; DRV-owned properties (Subdistrict 3); Indomitable-owned properties (Subdistrict 4); and Kaiser Permanente properties. Staff recommended the council direct the interim city manager to…
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