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Planning commission recommends Chapter 3 sign and permit edits to City Council
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Summary
At its April 9 meeting, the Fountain Green City Planning Commission voted to recommend edits to Chapter 3 that narrow sign and permit language to Fountain Green City, remove county/state references and clarify nonconforming sign provisions; the commission will forward the recommended changes to City Council for final action.
The Fountain Green City Planning Commission on April 9 concluded a public hearing on proposed edits to Chapter 3 of the land‑use code and voted to recommend the revisions to the City Council.
The changes discussed narrow the scope of Section 3.7 so that it applies within Fountain Green City rather than naming the mayor, city council, Sanpete County or the State of Utah. Committee member S3 said, “We struck out the mayor and city council… so it's just within Fountain Green City,” and commissioners agreed to remove an electronic sign subsection and to update punctuation and section numbering as needed.
Commissioners also reviewed proposed wording in 3.2(a) tied to permit timelines. Staff and commissioners clarified that language should explicitly connect the permit cancellation provision to building permits and the 180‑day timeframe. S3 and staff (S2) discussed adding text to make clear that “the city may cancel the permit” if required conditions are not met after the 180 days.
The commission made several technical edits on the record — renumbering sections after deletions, standardizing titles (for example, using a hyphen in 'building‑mounted'), and aligning sign setback language with the existing ordinance terms (clear vision area vs. side triangle). Commissioners asked staff to prepare a clean, renumbered draft for transmission to City Council.
The commission voted to recommend the revised Chapter 3 language to City Council; the recommendation will be forwarded as the commission’s formal action.