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• CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 5, 2005 APPROVED 1 This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, October 10, 2005, 6:30 2 p.m. 3 4 SIGN ORDINANCE 5 6 City Planner Smyser advised the Council approved the first reading of this ordinance on 7 August 22, 2005. 8 9 City Planner Smyser stated signage is always an extremely difficult issue. As with any 10 regulation, there will be those who will not agree with a signage requirement. The goal of 11 signage regulation, like any government regulation, is to balance the private interest and 12 the larger public interest. Signage advertises a business, which is good for the business. 13 Successful Business is good for the greater public. However, unregulated signage can 14 become an eyesore and a nuisance, which detracts from the good of the community. 15 16 City Planner Smyser advised the Planning and Zoning Board discussed temporary signage 17 issues at numerous meetings since early 2003. These discussions led to the proposed 18 amendments in the draft ordinance. 19 20 Councilmember Reinert arrived at 5:45 p.m. 21 22 City Planner Smyser stated the current sign ordinance is No. 12-97. Once adopted by the 23 City Council, the new version will replace that signage. 24 25 City Planner Smyser noted there are issues in the existing sign ordinance that perhaps 26 merit attention. However, the intent of the current amendments is to establish and clarify 27 requirements for temporary signage and related issues. The draft also clarifies or amends 28 some confusing requirements. Amending the overall ordinance is a much larger task. 29 30 Second Reading: Ordinance No. 05 — 05, Sign Ordinance Amendments will appear on the 31 regular Council agenda Monday, October 10, 2005, 6:30 p.m. 32 33 HARDWOOD CREEK COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 34 35 City Planner Smyser advised the application to amend the Comprehensive Plan has been 36 reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board, which recommended approval. The 37 application also includes a concept plan for the future planned unit development (PUD). 38 The concept plan does not require a vote: it is an opportunity to get comment from the 39 City Council prior to the PUD application being assembled. 40 41 City Planner Smyser provided a background of the review process noting the Village of 42 Hardwood Creek development will require a number of approvals, including: 43 comprehensive plan amendment, rezoning to PUD, PUD general development stage 44 plan/preliminary plat and PUD final development plan/final plat. 45