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No Comments [ Add Comment ]Clinic wants bigger sign OK'd
By RACHEL J. TROTTERNORTH OGDEN -- The Intermountain Healthcare Clinic here wants to change its zoning from residential to commercial so it can post a bigger sign, but the sign may not fit in with the city's restrictive sign ordinance.
A public hearing was held Tuesday night to discuss the zone change. No one spoke against the change, but company representative Krystal Ellers explained that the main motivation for the zone change is so a traditional company sign can be placed at the location of the clinic at 2300 N. Washington Blvd.
It was pointed out that only the public hearing was on the agenda, and sign issue is separate, but Councilman Richard Harris wanted to have some dialogue about it.
"We have a sign ordinance that we have had battles with in the past," Harris said. "I hope IHC is doing their homework. We have a restrictive sign ordinance," he added.
The area around the clinic is seeing significant commercial growth with a bank and strip mall being built across the street.
He said the city wanted to have the restrictive ordinance, which allows for only eight-foot-tall monument signs to make the city unique and uncluttered. The proposed sign would stand 18 feet tall and is similar to the signs at nearly 150 other clinic locations in the west.
"IHC needs to look into to it to see if they really want to go forward with this," Harris said.
Ellers said the sign would also advertise for other tenants located in the clinic, such as physical therapists and other health care facilities. Building inspector Gary Kerr said it probably still wouldn't be in compliance.
Ellers said the company would look into it before the next step and noted it wants to be in compliance.
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