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City manager reviews appeals process; staff outlines resubmitted off-premise sign design
Summary
Sheldon City staff briefed the board on the Board of Adjustment appeals routes (variance, special exception, administrative review) and described a resubmitted off-premise electronic sign reduced to 96 sq ft and re-engineered to a 27° wedge, which staff said brought it into compliance with the city's sign limits.
The city manager outlined how matters can come to the Board of Adjustment: by variance request, special exception (typically a use-related exception) or by appeal of a zoning administrator decision under administrative review. The manager said there were no appeals pending at the time of the meeting and disclosed, for transparency, that the fence application at 890 Prairie Trail Road had been previously presented and denied before being resubmitted.
During the city manager report staff described a resubmitted off-premise electronic sign application. Staff said the company reduced the proposed sign from a 12-by-12-foot (144-square-foot) design to a 7-by-14-foot design (96 square feet), bringing it under the 100-square-foot limit in the code. Staff also said the sign's wedge angle was re-engineered from the prior submission to 27 degrees, which staff said avoids classification as a two-face sign under the city's angle limit of 30 degrees.
Staff characterized the resubmission as an effort to comply with the sign code and indicated the applicant had submitted a new application after redesigning the structure. No formal board action on the sign application was recorded during the meeting; staff presented the changes as an update to the board.
