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COUNCIL WORK SESSION
July 16, 2001
4:30 p.m.
Council Chambers
Members present: Mayor Rooff, Jordan, Krizek, Murphy, Gronen, Getty, Berry.
Members absent: Anders.
Moved by Jordan, seconded by Murphy that the Agenda, as proposed, be approved. Ayes: Six.
Absent: Berry. Motion carried.
Noel Anderson, Assistant City Planner, reviewed placing a moratorium on all billboard
applications for 60 days. On July 10, 2001 the Planning, Programming and Zoning Commission
reviewed the request of Planning and Zoning staff to consider a change to the size and distance
between billboards in the city. The city currently allows billboards to be 750 ft2 with an
additional 250 ft2 trim and skirting area. The allowable height is 40 ft and the setback
requirements are those of the district in which the sign is located. The signs are required to be
separated by 350 ft when located on the same side of the roadway. Also a 100 foot separation
from a residential district and a 300 foot separation from any park, school, church, cemetery or
public building, and the 100 ft vision triangle.
Planning and Zoning staff recommends changing the regulations in Waterloo to the language
adopted by the City of Cedar Falls. The regulations appear consistent with other Iowa cities and
would work to provide uniformity between Waterloo and Cedar Falls. This uniformity will make
remembering the regulations easier for providers and provide a uniform appearance in the metro
area. The changes include: billboards shall have a prime message area not to exceed 672 ft2.
Billboards shall not be permitted within 600 feet of another billboard structure measured in either
direction along both side of the street which adjoins the billboard structure. No billboard
structure shall be permitted closer than 200 feet from a residential zoning district from the
property boundaries of any property which has a principal residential use, nor closer than 200 feet
from the property boundaries of a public park, church, school, cemetery, hospital, the property
boundaries of any historic district established by state low or local ordinance, or the property
boundaries of any certified structure listed on the national register of historic places.
The Planning, Programming and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended that a
moratorium be placed on all billboard applications for 60 days from the date of the council
hearing. The moratorium will give staff the opportunity to evaluate the existing ordinance in
terms of size of billboards, separation of billboards, and setbacks of billboards. This action was
combination of concerns raised by citizens, Lamar Advertising and observing the problems Cedar
Falls is having with billboards.
Moved by Getty, seconded by Jordan that the moratorium be placed on next week's council
agenda. Ayes: Six. Absent: Anders. Motion carried.
With no further business before the council, it was moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that the
meeting be adjourned at 4:37 p.m. Ayes: Six. Absent: Anders. Motion carried.
Nancy Eckert
City Clerk