Mona Council adopts streamlined sign ordinance to clarify zones and election signage

Mona — The Mona City Council voted to adopt amendments to the city sign code (Ordinance 2025-20) on Oct. 14, aiming to simplify confusing language and update dimensional limits and definitions.

Planning staff (Speaker 3) said the existing sign code mixed references to long-unused zone labels and vague provisions; staff rewrote and condensed the chapter to clarify where different types of signs are permitted and how they are measured. Key changes included explicit guidance for election signs (no permit required but prohibitions on placing signs on cliffs or trees), a definition of “billboard” for high-traffic advertising structures, and specific height and setback limits for freestanding identification signs (35 feet in freeway interchange/commercial/archive zones and 12 feet for wall-mounted tenant identification in standard business areas; directory signs limited to 8 feet with a 6-foot setback).

Staff told the council they had consulted neighboring jurisdictions for benchmarks and worked with the city attorney to tighten enforcement language. The ordinance also requires sign owners to maintain signs, trim, and adjacent grounds and assigns enforcement authority to the planning and zoning administrator (defined in the code as the planning and zoning commission when necessary).

Council members praised the rewrite as clearer and easier to administer; the planning commission had already held a public hearing and recommended approval. The motion to adopt the amendments passed by voice vote.

Next steps: Staff will publish the new sign regulations and apply them to future sign permit reviews and enforcement actions.