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Council backs moving forward with billboard and off-premise sign regulations but asks for maps and visuals
Summary
Council considered an amendment to the zoning ordinance to reintroduce definitions and location rules for billboards and off-premise signs (omitted in the 2024 code). Staff said the change is not retroactive and is intended to eliminate a gray area about where signs are allowed; council requested graphics showing locations and sizes before a vote.
Council reviewed a proposed amendment to Article 9 of the zoning ordinance to reinstate definitions and regulations for billboards and off-premise signs that were in the prior (2016) ordinance but omitted from the 2024 code. Staff said the omission created a gray area and the amendment is intended to define what constitutes a billboard or off-premise sign and to specify where they are not allowed moving forward; staff emphasized the rules would not be applied retroactively.
Council members said they would prefer graphic materials and maps that show sign locations and sizes to better understand the amendment before voting. Staff cited examples of major arteries — including the bypass through the McClellan area — where more explicit regulation is desired and noted that many existing signs are grandfathered under current rules.
