McLean County Times

City of Pontiac Planning & Zoning Board met Feb. 8

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

Notice is hereby given that the City of Pontiac Planning and Zoning Board will hold a meeting at 4:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers to consider the following:

Terra Manning, petitioner, has requested a Zoning Variance for Signage.Petitioner requests to exceed the square footage allowance of signage by 8 square feet.Section 103.444 of Table 7.06.3-Permitted Signs by Type and Zoning District states that signs attached to a building in a B-2 District must be 10% of the square footage of the wall. The South wall of the building is 240 square feet, allowing 24 square feet ofSignage. The Owner of the building, David Gibson, has a sign placed on the building that is 16 square feet, allowing Petitioner to have 8 square feet for signage. Petitioner requests signage of 16 square feet, exceeding Code by 8 square feet. The legal description for the property is Northernly 7.5 feet and Southernly 100 feet on LOT 5 & ALL of LOT 6, Except Westernly 17.5 feet and Southernly 92.5 feet on Block 47 in theCITY OF PONTIAC subdivision, commonly known as 305 W. Washington Street, located in Livingston County in Pontiac, Illinois.

Donna Sartoris, petitioner, has requested a Zoning Variance for Signage.Petitioner requests to place a ground sign partially in the City Right of Way. Section103.442(f) states that no sign shall project beyond the property line into the public Right of Way, and Section 103.442(g) states that a sign which displays a commercial message is permitted only on the premises where the business, professional, accommodation, commodity, service, entertainment, or other commercial activity represented on the sign is located. The legal description for the property is Lot 6 in FirstAddition to Fell’s Subdivision, commonly known as 519 W. Howard Street, located inLivingston County in Pontiac, Illinois.

All City of Pontiac Planning and Zoning meetings are open to the public

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