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Council approves ordinance allowing temporary religious signage with 18‑hour pre‑posting
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance O‑2025‑056 to amend site design standards to allow temporary religious signage on rented or borrowed properties, with a council amendment permitting signs up to 18 hours before an event and removal four hours after; the vote was 7–0.
Council opened a public hearing on an amendment to the Unified Development Code (O‑2025‑056) to permit temporary religious signage for groups renting or borrowing property (for example, churches using school facilities). Matt Rector, who presented the ordinance and work with P&Z, said the proposed process requires an application, a copy of the property agreement, a site plan showing the sign location, five days' notice for changes, and restrictions on placement (not on utility poles or in sight triangles).
Pastor Campbell of Old Star Baptist Church told the council that the originally proposed 4‑hour pre‑posting window would require churches that set up signs on Saturdays to place them very early in the morning; he asked the council to allow earlier placement. Councilmembers debated different pre‑posting windows and settled on 18 hours before an event as a compromise (Councilmember Thompson proposed 18 hours and the motion passed). The ordinance keeps other temporary‑sign rules (size limits and restrictions) consistent with the city's existing temporary signage standards. Council passed the ordinance as amended, 7–0.
The ordinance requires an annual application option for recurring services and a five‑day notice for added special events. Staff and P&Z emphasized that the policy was intentionally narrowly tailored to temporary religious uses rather than the broader set of temporary signage already addressed in the UDC.
