Cedar Hills will soon have an entrance sign that will welcome the community into the city.

The City Council approved a modest brick pillar design that will sit on the north corner of Cedar Hills Drive and 4800 West, adjacent to the new Chase Bank.

The monument will be about eight and a half feet tall and will be topped with a cement capstone. It will have a concrete bottom base and a mortar and brick pillar mimicking the Colonial style seen in downtown Cedar Hills.

Chris Grzybowski, the project manager of this Philips Edison Development, said his company will provide a tree symbol on the top three sides of the monument. The tree symbol will look similar to the one the city uses currently on its official documents.

Cedar Hills will purchase and apply the bronze "Cedar Hills" lettering, and install lighting for the sign.

The sign will be solid, so, as Grzybowski said, "You don't want to hit it with your car."

Cedar Hills officials have wanted a sign for the city long before the commercial zone was started. Because the city limits end on 4800 West, and a large commercial zone fronts the main road, officials have pushed for a sign to be placed somewhere in that area.

City Council members said they were pleased Tuesday with this final design that has taken a few months to nail down. They were even more pleased when Grzybowski said crews would start constructing the monument "immediately."