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CITY OF WEST CHICAGO
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE:
AGENDAITEMNUMBER: — 7-4.
Zoning Text Amendments
Sign Code FILE NUMBER:
Ordinance 23-0-0016 COMMITTEE AGENDA DATE: June 12, 2023
COUNCIL AGENDA DATE: June 19, 2023
STAFF REVIEW: Tom Dabareiner, AICP SIGNATURE Ze — Serie
APPROVED BY CITY ADMINISTRATOR: Michael SIGNATURE
Guttman
ITEM SUMMARY:
Staff has prepared a series of amendments to the text of the City’s sign regulations located in Article
XIl of the Zoning Code. The majority of the proposed amendments deal with deleting references to the
regulation of signage content. In the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Reed v. Town of Gilbert,
the Court held that the content of a sign may not be regulated and that local sign ordinances must be
“content-neutral”. Regulating signs based on their content is considered a violation of First Amendment
rights, according to the decision in Reed. The Court further explained that signs may only be regulated
by their size, location, building materials, lighting, moving parts, and portability. Staff has proposed
amendments that will allow the sign regulations to be consistent with the Reed decision. Other amend-
ments proposed by staff include inserting language into Article XII that reflects existing regulations for
signs found elsewhere in the Code as well as clarification of existing regulations.
A public hearing for the proposed Zoning Text Amendments was held on June 6, 2023. Members of the
Plan Commission voted unanimously (4-0) to recommend approval of the proposed Zoning Text
Amendments.
ACTION PROPOSED:
Review and approval of the proposed Zoning Text Amendments.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
At their June 12, 2023 meeting, members of the Development Committee voted unanimously (5-0) in
support of the recommended Sign Ordinance modifications.
Attachments:
Draft Ordinance 23-O-0016