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Planning commission adopts sign-code amendments: defines billboards, aligns planning-area rules with Butler County
Summary
Augusta’s planning commission approved text amendments to Article 8 of the sign regulations to define billboards, create planning-area billboard standards (proposal 2) largely mirroring Butler County, and revise rules for multi-tenant (strip center) signage; the motion included language to apply billboard rules across zoning classifications in the growth area.
The Augusta Planning Commission approved text amendments to the city’s sign regulations to define billboards and establish standards for billboards and multi-tenant commercial signage in the city and its planning/growth area.
Staff said the code previously lacked a clear billboard definition and that the proposed changes would give staff and applicants clearer standards. "The gist of what a billboard definitionally is, is going to end up being a freestanding structure that's primarily used for off-premise advertisements," Staff member (S8) told the commission as part of a multi-part presentation.
Two staff proposals were discussed. Proposal 1 would mainly split existing…
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