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Jenks planners seek revisions to landscaping, impervious-surface rules and sign code; commission continues review
Summary
Staff proposed amendments to Article 3 (base district standards) to ease infill burdens and to Article 7 (sign standards) to add sports facility sponsorship signs, align billboard rules with ODOT, and incentivize landscaped monument signs near Highway 75. The commission continued both items for further refinement and public notice.
Planning staff presented a package of proposed changes Nov. 6 to the Unified Development Ordinance that would adjust landscaping and impervious-surface rules for infill development and substantially revise the city's sign code.
City planner Marce told the commission the goals behind proposed Article 3 changes are to preserve "beautiful new development" in Jenks while reducing regulatory burdens that make small-lot infill projects costly and difficult. Staff said they will convene a roundtable with engineers, landscape architects, planners and builders to identify pain points and produce more targeted amendments; staff indicated a fuller Article 3 proposal would likely appear in January.
On sign standards (Article 7), staff proposed several changes:
- Add limited temporary…
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