TO:             Legal Finance Committee

FROM:       Marcia Elkins, Planning Director

DATE:        December 6, 2001

RE:              Use On Review for Billboards

At the December 3, 2001 City Council meeting, the Council requested that the ordinance requiring a Use on Review for billboards be discussed at the Legal and Finance Meeting. Attached please find a copy of the draft ordinance, a copy of the staff report, a copy of the Planning Commission minutes outlining the Planning Commission’s action recommending approval of the original ordinance proposal and a copy of the Legal and Finance Committee minutes addressing the issue.

At the December 6, 2001 meeting, the Planning Commission unanimously approved a motion to reaffirm their previous action recommending approval of the ordinance. In a separate action, the Planning Commission approved a motion recommending that a moratorium on the issuance of any additional sign permits for billboards be enacted. The Commission on an 8-2 vote approved this motion. The Commission felt that such a moratorium was necessary to insure that a significant number of new billboards were not authorized during the consideration of the ordinance to require a Use On Review for all billboards.

Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this issue.