4.2 PCSR 10-25-2016
Request for Action
To Item Number
Planning Commission 4.2
Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by
Public HearingsOctober 25, 2016BrieAnna Simon, Planner
Item Description Reviewed by
Item Description
Request by Starbucks for Conditional Use Permit to Zack Carlton, Planning Manager
Sprint/Veteran Signworks – 19179 Freeport Ave
Amend Elk Park Center PUD Agreement signage,
Reviewed by
Conditional Use Permit to Amend Elk Park
19179 Freeport St NW, Case No. CU 16-13
Center PUD Signage, Case No. CU 16-29
Action Requested
Recommend, by motion, approval of the Conditional Use Permit to amend the Elk Park Center Planned
Unit Development language to be consistent with the wall sign regulations of the C-3 zoning district.
Background/Discussion
The applicant is requesting an amendment to the current Elk Park Center Planned Unit Development
(PUD) agreement to allow standard wall signage according to Sprint’s brand on all sides of the building.
The applicant is proposing to update the PUD agreement to allow signage on the rear side of a building.
Staff proposes updating the sign language, specific to wall signs, to be consistent with the C-3 zoning
district, and read as shown below:
f.Wall Signs (Multi-Tenant Building)
4.No signage shall be permitted on the sides or rear of the building, other than that required for
delivery identification or traffic control. Businesses in multi-tenant facilities shall be allowed
their proportionate share of permitted wall sign area. An exception being, parcels abutting
Highway 169 shall comply with wall sign standards for the C-3 Highway Commercial
zoning district.
The Elk Park Center PUD was established in 1994. Since adoption, the PUD regulations for wall signs
on buildings adjacent to arterial roadways have been amended twice. The first Elk Park Center PUD
amendment was in 2014 for multi-tenant buildings to allow wall signs on building facades facing an
arterial roadway not to exceed 20 square feet, in addition to a permitted sign on the front facade. The
second Elk Park Center PUD amendment was in 2016 for multi-tenant buildings to allow wall signs to
not exceed 15 percent of the façade area. This 2016 amendment closely aligns with regulations outlined
for the C-3 Highway Commercial district. However, this 2016 amendment restricted exterior wall signage
by prohibiting signage on the rear façade of a building.
A recommendation to approve the proposed amendment will expand signage opportunities for the
following properties outlined in red:
Staff supports the amendment to improve consistency with other commercial properties located along
Highway 169. The proposed change satisfies the request from Sprint, while maintaining the intent of
previous amendments to the Elk Park Center PUD as they relate to wall signs.
Statutory Review Period
Per State Statute 15.99 the required 60 day review period ends on November 25, 2016.
Council Meeting
If acted on, this item will go to the November 21, 2016, City Council meeting.
Financial Impact
None
Attachments
Location Map
Area Zoning Map
Applicant’s Narrative received September 26, 2016
Sign Plans dated August 8, 2016
Section 30-871 – C-3 Highway Commercial District
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Sec. 30-871. - C-3 highway commercial district.
(a)Temporary signs as permitted in section 30-851 et seq.
(b)Permanent signs.
(1)Wall signs.Total wall sign area not to exceed 15 percent of façade area. Wall signs are
permitted on any façade that isnot directly adjacent to a residential zone. Businesses in multi-
tenant facilities shall be allowed their proportionate share of permitted wall sign area. For the
purposes of this section a road shall constitute a separation of zones.
(2)One freestanding sign, not to exceed 150 square feet with a maximum height of 30 feet. One
freestanding sign may be permitted for every 300 feet of street frontage measured along a
single street. The frontage shall only include the property in which the principal use is located
on, which the sign is advertising. The additional sign(s) shall be subject to the size and height
limitations of the first allowed freestanding or monument sign and may be placed no closer than
150 feet to any other freestanding or monument sign.
(3)The sign area of freestanding signs may be increased 25 percent if the sign is constructed as a
monument sign.
(4)Area identification signs as permitted in section 30-865.
(5)One on-premises menu board per drive-up or walk-up lane of a drive-in restaurant or carwash
up to a maximum of 32 square feet each. Menu boards are allowed to have a message on one
side only and may not contain an advertising message.
(6)One on-premises pre-order board per drive thru lane up to a maximum of 20 square feet. Pre-
order boards are allowed to have a message on one side only and may not contain advertising.
Pre-order boards shall not have a speaker or communication system installed.
(7)Canopy signs on motor vehicle service stations.
a.In addition to wall signs, motor vehicle service stations shall be allowed two canopy signs.
b.The total area of each canopy sign shall not exceed 32 square feet.
(8)Advertising signs (billboards), subject to the following:
a.Prohibited within 100 feet of the intersection of the highway right-of-way and any other
right-of-way or driveway.
b.Prohibited within 1,200 feet of another advertising sign on the same side of the right-of-
way.
c.Shall be erected with a single pole or mono-pole structural standard and shall have
underground wiring.
d.The base of any advertising sign must be landscaped to prevent erosion and noxious
weeds and must be properly maintained.
e.Shall not exceed 400 square feet in area and 35 feet in height, as measured
perpendicularly from the highest point of the sign structure to the nearest road grade.
f.Shall be considered a principal use of the property. Existing advertising signs must be
removed when the parcel upon which they are situated is devoted to another principal use.
g.Shall only be allowed in C-3 zoned property adjacent to rights-of-way for State Highways
10 and 169.
(c)Changeable copy signs as permitted in section 30-864.
(Ord. No. 09-06, § 2, 7-20-2009; Ord. No. 13-19, § 2, 12-16-2013; Ord. No. 16-07, § 2, 4-18-
2016)
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Editor's note—
Section 2 of Ord. No. 13-19, adopted Dec. 16, 2013, renumbered and amended
former § 30-870 as § 30-871.
Editor's note—
Ord. No. 16-07, § 1, adopted April 18, 2016, renumbered § 30-871(b)(6), (b)(7)
as (b)(7), (b)(8).
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