PROPOSED SIGN CHANGES ON NOVEMBER PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
Dear Members,
Please see the message below from Ryan L. Holcomb, AICP, Interim Planning Director for the City-Parish Planning Commission.
Attached, please find a draft version of UDC Chapter 16, Signs for your review. This will be on the Planning Commission agenda in November. These changes are relatively minor and deal mainly with additional clarity that the permit office has requested.
Here is a summary of the proposed changes:
Licensing: 16.2.1.B.
There has always been confusion on if all sign contractors should be licensed, this is not specifically stated in UDC.
We changed “regulated” to “confirmed”. That would just require the permit office to check for licensing.
Setback:
Signs should have a 10’ setback under the general section of freestanding signs It is on the sign application at the permit office, but not in UDC under freestanding signs.
We added this to Section 16.5.5.
Clearances:
Signs (pylon, projecting, marquee, suspended, and awning signs) shall have a 7’6” clearance. This requirement was not in the pylon section.
We added this to the Pylon Sign graphic.
Temporary Signs:
Department of Development requested a timeframe be added for temporary signs.
We added a proposed “two-month” time
Wall Area:
We added new graphics, under Table 16.E.
Monument sign area:
We added a new subsection and graphics, Section 16.2.2. A.1e.
Please contact Ryan Holcomb with any questions or concerns.