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Planning commission moves public-notice sign rule into permitting chapter, leaves fee to council
Summary
The commission approved language to require visible public-notice signage for rezoning, conditional-use and appeals and moved that paragraph into the chapter on issuance of permits and licenses so the town council can consider it; commissioners debated a refundable $75 fee but left the fee amount to council discretion.
The Mineral Planning Commission voted to relocate proposed public-notice signage language into the town's permitting chapter and asked staff to forward the revised phrasing to town council for consideration.
Chair described the change as a transparency measure: applicants seeking rezoning, a conditional-use permit or street/ alley opening would be required to post a zoning-notice sign on the subject property, visible to the traveling public, and to keep it in place until the requested action has been considered. Commissioners discussed whether the town should charge a refundable deposit (one suggestion was $75) to encourage return of signs, or instead provide low-cost signs to applicants so they need not be returned.
Speaker 4 moved to move the public-notice paragraph from the sign article into the administration section (issuance of permits and licenses) and to label the new paragraph "public-notice signs." The motion carried and the commission agreed to forward the recommendation and proposed wording to council; the fee level and refund policy were left to council to set.
The commission also resolved to ask staff to clarify who (zoning administrator or designated alternate) would be responsible for issuing any required signage and to include a cross-reference indicating the signage applies across zoning categories. The language was adopted as a recommendation for council review, not as an immediate town code change.
