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DATE: April 16, 2012
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance,
Sec. 28.04.003(c)(2), Sign Regulations
FILE: 804-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval.
A recent sign variance brought to staff=s attention an issue with the
maximum area of attached owner identification wall signs allowed in a
NC (Neighborhood Commercial) District. This particular instance
involved a store relocating to a new rental space in a large strip center
that it zoned NC. The Zoning Ordinance states that an attached
owner identification wall sign shall not exceed forty (40) sq. ft. in
area.
A variance to the maximum area from forty (40) sq. ft. to 68.78 sq.
ft. was granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment in January,
2012. The reasoning behind the variance was to provide a sign that
was large enough on a store front of 74 ft. to be seen by both the
traveling public and customers within the strip center.
Therefore, City staff recommends the following amendment to the
Zoning Ordinance:
Sec. 28.04.003(c)(2)
One (1) attached owner identification wall sign, and plus one (1)
additional attached sign for each thoroughfare more than one (1) that
abuts the property shall be permitted in the NC, Neighborhood
Commercial District, and OP, Office Park District, subject to the
following restrictions:
(A) The sign shall be attached flat against the wall of the
building;
(B) The sign shall not exceed the height of the wall of the
building to which it is attached;
(C) The sign shall not exceed forty square feet in area; The
allowable sign area
may be equal to one
(1) square foot for
each one (1) lineal
foot of store
frontage with the
sign area not to
exceed seventy (70)
square feet.