O-003-17 Amending portions of Chapter 18.50 of Title 18 relating to signs (4-4-17)

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4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 D. Uniform Sign Program. 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Uniform Sign Program is to adopt unique and specific design and development standards for individual multi -tenant and mixed use developments. The intent is to integrate a project's Signs with the design of the structures to achieve a unified architectural statement. A Uniform Sign Program provides a means for defining common Sign regulations for multi -tenant projects, to encourage maximum incentive and latitude in the design and display of multiple Signs and to achieve, not circumvent, the intent of this title. 2. Review Procedure. Review and Approval of a Uniform Sign Program is the responsibility of the Planning Commission. The Development Services Director may make a recommendation on the program to the Commission, and the Commission may approve, approve with conditions, or deny the program. Additionally, the Planning Commission shall be the approving authority for modifications and amendments to Uniform Sign Programs, except that the Development Services Director may be the approving authority for minor modifications that do not change or modify the intent or conditions of the original Approval. The Design Review Committee may elevate the decision to the Planning Commission. 3. Standards. The Uniform Sign Program shall include criteria for building -attached and freestanding Signs, including Directional Signs, for tenants, anchors, and the integrated development itself to establish consistency of Sign type, location, Logo and/or letter height, lines of Copy, illumination, and construction details of Signs for the project. All Signs within the development shall be consistent with the Uniform Sign Program as the adopted program establishes the Sign standards for the development. The message substitution policy of this chapter shall be deemed incorporated in every Sign program, even if the Sign program documents do not explicitly so state. Maximum size, location, height, setback, and other development standards for Signs in the Uniform Sign Program shall be consistent with the standards of this chapter. E. Approving Authority. The designated approving authorities for Sign permits, Uniform Sign Programs, Gateways Signs, Business District Signs and Temporary Promotional Signs are listed in Table 18.50-1. 1. Each row of the table lists a specific Sign permit by Sign type. Each of the designated approving authorities is listed in a column. The symbol in the cell where the rows and columns meet identifies whether the Approval authority listed in that column is a recommending body, final decision body, or elevated final decision body for that permit type. For instance, the table identifies the Development Services Director as the final decision body and the Planning Commission as the elevated final decision body for Sign permit -building attached Signs. 2. Typically, the final decision body is the designated approving authority for the listed permit; however the approving authority may, if the designated approving authority determines that the proposed signage is of significant public interest, elevate the Approval to the next hearing body as listed in the table. 3. The approving authority shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny the proposed Sign permit Application in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.