PB Signs

During a recent site plan review, it was determined that Title 10 needs to be amended to allow signage in the PB District. This was apparently an oversight from when the PB district was created in 2004. This Ordinance amends the PB District to allow signage.

The proposed ordinance has been recommended by Dustin Wolff, the City’s planning consultant, and the Plan Commission.  No one appeared at the noticed public hearing on the ordinance.  Dustin pointed out the need to make some regulations for signs in the Planned Business District, which was created after the sign ordinance was adopted, The ordinance recommended is more restrictive code than what is currently allowed under the B-3 Highway Commercial District.

While I agree that pylon signs along County Highway “V’ are unnecessary from a visual standpoint, allowing the signs along the interstate on a conditional use basis would seem to satisfy the needs of most of the businesses that would want to locate in that area. This ordinance needs to pass to allow any signage in the district and the Council may want to consider the option of requesting the Plan Commission hold a hearing on the amendment to allow pylon signs by conditional use permit.

This is the second reading because the last meeting was canceled and it’d be nice if this could be moved to the third reading.