Prescott Planning Commission Chair Don Michelman said the commission unanimously recommended approval on Dec. 11, 2025, of a comprehensive sign plan from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University to upgrade two monument signs and add a new digital reader sign at the campus’s Willow Creek Road entrances.

Tammy Duett, the city’s community planner, told commissioners the plan (CSP25-002) covers signage at 3700 Willow Creek Road and calls for two updated monument signs at secondary entrances and a larger, freestanding digital reader sign at the main Dan Carroll Drive entrance. Duett said the digital monument sign is proposed “up to 25 feet in height” and that the changeable‑copy digital area being proposed is 127.5 square feet. She described the two secondary monument signs as approximately 48.21 square feet and 5 feet tall.

Duett also summarized the relevant city limits: per the City of Prescott land development code, a freestanding sign is typically allowed at 48 square feet with a maximum height of 12 feet, and changeable‑copy signs may be up to 50 square feet and no more than 50% of the allowed freestanding sign area. She said in the presentation that the proposal therefore represents “an increase in size and what’s allowed,” and noted the applicant cannot use the reader sign for off‑site advertising: “they are not allowed to advertise anything off‑site,” Duett said.

Commissioners asked questions about precedent, zoning and safety. Commissioner Tom Hutchison asked whether a 25‑foot sign existed elsewhere as a comparison; Duett referenced a Hyundai dealership sign of roughly that height. Chair Michelman and other commissioners asked whether the existing signs along Willow Creek Road would be removed; Duett confirmed they would be taken down. The planner said the code requires minimum display durations for changeable copy so signs are not rapidly flashing and that she had received an email from another commissioner expressing concern about potential driver distraction; Duett said higher speed limits along Willow Creek Road can justify larger, more readable signs.

Vice Chair Tom Riley moved to recommend approval of CSP25-002; Commissioner Tom Hutchison seconded the motion. A roll call recorded five approvals and the motion carried unanimously.

The commission also approved the Nov. 13, 2025 meeting minutes earlier in the session. Duett closed by reminding commissioners of the next meeting scheduled for Jan. 8, 2026. Chair Michelman adjourned the meeting.

What the vote means next: The commission’s action was recorded as a recommendation in favor of CSP25-002; the transcript does not state subsequent steps or final permitting actions required after the commission’s recommendation.