HomeMy WebLinkAboutA002 - Council Action Summary from April 24, 2018 meeting with request COUNCIL ACTION SUMMARY
Meeting Date: April 24, 2018
Agenda Item #: Disposition of Communications
SUBJECT: Text Amendment to Sign Regulations for Private Parks
ACTION TAKEN: Refer to Staff the request from Somerset Property Owners' Association for
a text amendment to the sign regulations to allow identifying signage on private park properties in
Somerset parks and green areas.
MOTION BY: Nelson
SECOND BY: Corrieri
VOTING AYE: Beatty-Hanson, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Martin,Nelson
VOTING NAY: None
ABSENT: None
By: Diane Voss, City Clerk
Electronically Sent to: Sara Van Meeteren
ANOMEARSET
April 9,2018
Mayor John Haila and Ames City Council
Ames City Hall
515 Clark Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
Dear Mayor Haila and Council Members:
I am writing on behalf of the Somerset Property Owners'Association. The Board met last Fall and
discussed signage in Somerset parks/green areas. It was discovered that there are signs identifying each
park in the development except for two.Those green spaces are:
The Corner Lawn located at the corner of Northridge Parkway and Stange Road
Somerset Lawn located at the intersection of Kingston,Sheffield and Clayton
The Board decided we would like to have signage in those park areas matching signs in other green
spaces in Somerset. In the process of applying for sign permits for those two areas,we found that the
code does not allow for private park signs.We believe that identification of an area provides for a safer
environment. I am attaching a picture of the sign that we would like to place in those areas.
We are asking that a text amendment be made to the sign regulations to allow identifying signage on
private park properties. Please'refer this to staff so that the process can be started to make this minor
change.
Thank you for your consideration of our request.
Respectfully submitted
Donna Scherr, President
Somerset Property Owners'Association
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