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Troutdale planning commission continues Home Forward monument‑sign variance to May 13
Summary
The Planning Commission continued a quasi‑judicial hearing on a variance request that would allow a freestanding monument sign at Home Forward’s York Terrace development, directing staff to revise findings after debating sign‑code interpretation and precedent concerns.
The Troutdale Planning Commission on April 29 continued a hearing on a request by Home Forward to keep a freestanding monument sign at the York Terrace apartment campus, asking staff to return with revised findings at a May 13 continuation.
Staff recommended denial of the Type‑3 special variance for the monument sign, arguing the Troutdale Development Code’s town‑center overlay and Chapter 10 (signs) do not list freestanding or monument signs as an allowed sign type in the MU‑1 downtown mixed‑use zone. "The proposed monument sign does not comply with the required standards in TDC 6.133 a through c and cannot be reasonably conditioned to comply," Dakota Meyer, associate…
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