Rexburg planning commission recommends code changes to fencing and billboard rules

Rexburg — The planning and zoning commission on Aug. 8, 2024 voted to recommend city council approve amendments to the city code covering fences and billboards, forwarding language that city staff said clarifies where fences may be placed, how they must be built, and how existing billboards will be treated.

City staff (Speaker 1) told the commission the changes revise definitions for fences and side (sight) triangles, add a 15-foot side-triangle requirement for private driveways and alleyways, reorganize fence provisions and illustrations, and add a billboard section that designates existing billboards as grandfathered. "No new billboard signs will be allowed," Speaker 1 said, and staff read the draft language that "Existing approved billboard signs shall be designated as having a grandfathered status and may be repaired or replaced," noting these grandfathered billboards would be exempt from…