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MINUTES <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />AUGUST 9, 2018 <br />PROPOSED CODE <br />The City Planner explained that the City has recently received requests <br />AMENDMENT FOR <br />from the fire departments and a couple of schools to install additional <br />. ZONING CODE <br />signage on their property. He noted that in each instance, the property had <br />SECTION 903.110, <br />two frontages and was already at the maximum signage amount allowed <br />SIGNAGE IN <br />under the Public District regulations, and therefore unable to proceed with <br />PUBLIC <br />their plans for additional signage. He reported that in all of the cases, the <br />DISTRICTS <br />signage being requested is well below what would be allowed on a <br />commercial property with the same frontage, however, staff believes that <br />public entities like schools and churches do not necessarily need the same <br />extent of advertising as a commercial property. He noted that staff feels it <br />would be appropriate to consider increasing the square footage of signage <br />allowed to an amount somewhere in between. <br />Buesing asked if the code amendment could have a condition that the size <br />still be limited to a wall -size percentage. The City Planner stated that it <br />could be a square footage number or 15 percent, whichever is less. <br />Schwalbach suggested just having the same amount of signage allowed for <br />everyone to keep it simple. He noted that most of the other cities surveyed <br />do not limit public building signage. He noted that none of the public <br />buildings have asked for anywhere near what a commercial property is <br />allowed, so why differentiate between the districts. Johnson noted that <br />public institutions face the same marketing challenges that commercial <br />properties do, so why should we limit them so much more. <br />Johnson recommended amending Zoning Code Section 903.110, Section 1 <br />to mirror the commercial property signage allowances, and do not amend <br />the R-1 and R-2 Residential District sign allowances. <br />Motion seconded by Buesing. <br />Motion carried 7-0. <br />ADJOURN There being no further business, Buesing adjourned the meeting at 9:16 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />C A_Wj'� <br />Heidi Heller <br />City Clerk <br />-7- <br />