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Planning Commission approves consent agenda, greenlights Hot Springs School District wall sign and celebrates departing commissioners
Summary
The Hot Springs City Planning Commission approved its consent agenda including a wall-sign application for the Hot Springs School District with three staff conditions, recognized outgoing commissioners Janice Davis and Rick Ramick, and heard a director's report that the sign code rewrite was completed.
At its May 14 meeting the Hot Springs City Planning Commission approved the consent agenda, which included the recognition of commissioners Janice Davis and Rick Ramick and Misc. 26,086, a Hot Springs School District application to install wall signs in the RN2 zone. Staff recommended approval of the sign application with three conditions: (1) the sign must be placed and constructed in strict accordance with the approved sign proposal; (2) the applicant must obtain necessary city permits prior to beginning work; and (3) the sign shall not contain flashing or intermittent lighting or other illumination that could be confused with traffic or emergency signals or otherwise be a nuisance to neighbors.
Director Selman presented the consent items and later, during the director’s report, noted the sign code revision effort had been completed after multiple meetings with sign professionals. Selman said the commission had met extensively and reinstated a 250-square-foot maximum pole-sign size among other adjustments. "You were amazingly successful in coming up with something that appears to very well meet the needs of our community," Selman told commissioners, and praised the group’s work to find common ground.
During the presentation staff announced the sign application meets code requirements but cannot be approved at the staff level; the commission approved the consent agenda by roll call. The commission also formally recognized Janice Davis and Rick Ramick for their service; Ramick recounted his work on local water and fire-station initiatives and described a personal security incident that prompted him to resign a separate city directorship, while Davis described a recent ischemic stroke and said she intends to reapply for service.
The commission adjourned after hearing the director’s report.
Votes recorded on the consent agenda were approvals from members present; the meeting transcript records affirmative roll-call responses but does not consistently map every spoken response to a single, clearly identified speaker line, so the commission's approval is recorded as passing by roll call of the members present.
