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Westfield APC forwards sign-code update to City Council

Westfield Washington Township Advisory Planning Commission · February 2, 2026
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Summary

The Westfield Advisory Planning Commission voted unanimously Feb. 2 to recommend amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (case 2601-ZOA-01) that refine sign definitions, give the director discretion over incidental signs, and prohibit signs on temporary storage containers.

Lauren Gillingham Teague, a planner with the Community Development Department, presented a package of amendments to the city’s Unified Development Ordinance related to signs and directed the commission to consider forwarding a recommendation to City Council.

Teague said staff prepared a clean ordinance, a redline and a UDO redline showing how the amendments change the existing code. She acknowledged a correction to the clean version: a drive-through use had been mistakenly included in the district nonresidential definition and was removed.

At a high level, the proposed…

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