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June 5, 2025 Bloomington Planning Commission Meeting

Bloomington City CouncilFriday, June 6, 2025
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City Code Amendment for Sign Code Look Back Ordinance

Tall Building Signs: Increasing allowance from 1 to 3 signs per elevation

Electronic Sign Dwell Time: Uniform 8-second dwell time for signs and billboards

Definitions within the Sign Code

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Notable Quotes (2)

The federal government has through the Federal Highway Administration. They do endorse or they do allow a dwell time a minimum dwell time of eight seconds.

— Mr. Johnson
Electronic Sign Dwell TimeExplaining federal standards for electronic sign regulation.

This just simply allows them to add to the number of signs in terms of how they utilize that sign area.

— Mr. Johnson
Tall Building SignsExplaining the proposal to allow three signs instead of one per elevation.

People (5)

Mr. JohnsonCity Staff

Expert on zoning, sign code regulations, and recent legislative history of the sign code.

2 quotes

“The city's new sign code was adopted in February of 2024. As part of that process we committed to do a one year review.”

Explaining the legislative background of the sign code amendments.

“Should you make a recommendation this evening? It's anticipated this will go to the City Council at the end of June, June the 30th.”

Describing the timeline for the ordinance approval process.

Chair AlbrechtPlanning Commission Chair

Leads the proceedings and manages staff questioning.

Commissioner OgdenPlanning Commissioner

Asking about signage square footage allowances for tall buildings.

Commissioner CurryPlanning Commissioner

Inquiring about billboard consolidation incentives and mapping accuracy.

Commissioner CochranPlanning Commissioner

Questioning the impact of signage provisions on mixed-use building designs.

Places Mentioned

Civic PlazaBloomingtonNicollet Mall494 Highway77 Highway35 HighwayStanley OakHighway 100RichfieldEaganMinnetonka

Events & Meetings (2)

  • Thursday, June 5th, 2025 - Bloomington Planning Commission Meeting
  • June 30th, 2025 - Anticipated City Council meeting date for ordinance adoption

Ordinances & Resolutions (1)

PL2025-52

City Code Amendment regarding sign code look-back ordinance updates.

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