The Moscow Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing Jan. 9 to discuss regulations for the city’s dynamic display signs.
Bill Belknap, the community development director, is part of the subcommittee focusing on the subject. Belknap said the hearing went well, but he wished there had been more public participation.
“There were only two people who spoke as part of public testimony,” Belknap said. “One of them was for the committee’s proposal and the other one was against.”
Belknap said one of the biggest issues discussed was about the size of the DDSs. The committee’s proposal is that each sign be limited to 100 square feet, according to the hearing minutes. Belknap said there are competing interests that need to be considered for this matter. He said there will be a follow-up meeting Feb. 4.
City Supervisor Gary Riedner said he believes appropriate action is being taken. He said it is right that a committee was formed since there was public interest on the matter.
“We try to facilitate the community and the elected officials of the city,” Riedner said.
Jonathan Billings is a member of the task force which gathered the information on the DDSs.
“I think the task force did a great job gathering and presenting the information to the council,” Billings said.
Billings said as a whole the task force wanted to make sure they did a good job in creating a plan that would best benefit everyone.
Erik Fink can be reached at [email protected]
Dim the lights? — Committee continues discussing regulations for dynamic display signs