Parowan planning panel approves commercial monument sign with easement, maintenance and review condition

Parowan's Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit on June 17 for a new commercial monument sign on parcel A-0500-0002-000 at the secondary entrance off 200 South. City Manager Dan Jessen told commissioners the proposed monument would stand 15 feet tall with three panels roughly 9 feet by 4 feet each to advertise three lots in the commercial subdivision, including ACE Hardware and a planned Terrible Herbst. Commissioner Andy Nelson recused himself from the vote because of a business affiliation with the subdivision; Jamie Bonnett moved to approve the permit and Jerry Vesely seconded. The motion carried with Nelson absent for the vote.

The commission attached three explicit conditions to the approval: a recorded easement on the sign parcel tying the sign's use to the commercial subdivision, a maintenance requirement to keep the sign in good repair, and a requirement that the CUP be returned to the commission for review if 200 South undergoes a significant lane change or widening. As recorded in the motion, one of the conditions states verbatim that a "recorded easement must be established where the sign is placed on the property"; the commission and staff agreed this would prevent the sign from effectively becoming a billboard if ownership of the sign parcel or the advertised lots changed. Staff noted the sign is proposed about 19 feet from the frontage road and roughly 5 feet from the right-of-way (about 40 feet from the edge of the asphalt), and the commission added the review provision to address potential future UDOT road changes.