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SB Item 7 - 704-I PresentationITY OF SOUTHLP Proposed amendments to Sign Ordinance No. 704 Presentation Outline • Background Information • Benefits • Definitions • Proposed Changes • Next Steps 0 Background Changes since 704-H (September 2015) w,�w ■ Signage Evolution • Re -occurring ViolationsM ■ Definition Clarification ■ City Council Directives Benefits of a Strong Sign Ordinance FC C'S.FRtrF IiVLTRINITY�� -mum m.Private Equity Group 7', AMPION CROSSING IP 4w Benefits of a Strong Sign Ordinance CLcle FurNt .: �+tee 1 -cic• �- 4 REC O GOT YOU DOWN 108 ON' _ i OUi� HHIIA ANY wxoIrwx - ANY w P. 3, 4, & 5 — Definitions Lifestyle Image—Added Definition Sculpted Aluminum Panel — Added Image Example Cabinet Box Sign — Added Image Example Self Storaml-m,, Cabinet Pill Box/Capsule — Added to Definition and Added Image Example Channel Letter —Added definition and Added Image Example 11G11,1s R,,l 11,1,r�• 214 56D 3218 214 SbU 32U& I 1i - Existing Commercial Building for Lease or Sale — Added definition and Added Image Examples P. 6, 8 & 9 — Definitions Development / Construction — Added to Definition and Added Image Example Residential Builder—Added Image Example I I _ L Service Entrance Door — Added definition and Added Image Example Reverse Channel — Added definition and Added Image Example Sign Ordinance 704-I — Proposed Amendment Details Lease signs 0 Lifestyle images Illumination of signs and 0Cabinet and Flat window borders Panel Signs • Sales Trailer Sign color Signage Monument signage • Design Guidelines P. 11 & 12 - Prohibited Sign Clarification Trailer, skid, mobile structure or vehicle signs 1 Cabinet Pill Box or Capsule . �' v. — a� T� X1..1""+,�M�rr��•M Existing Commercial Building for Lease/Sale — Option to prohibit or further regulate I Backer Panel I P. 14 —Table 1 Table 1: Summary of Sign Regulations for Signs Exempt from the Requirement of a Sign Permit I . The angle for V-shaped ground signs shall not exceed 90 degrees. 2. Temporary ground signs may be displayed at or behind the property line. Temporary ground signs may not be displayed on public R.O.W_, including medians. 3. For temporary ground signs, sign height is measured as the vertical distance between the grade of the closest roadway surface and the top of the sign_ 4. All signs shall be designed and constructed to withstand a wind pressure of not less than thirty (30) pounds per square toot of area and shall be constructed to receive dead loads as required by the City's currently adopted Building Code. Type of Sign Temporaryf Sign Maximum Sign Maximum Sign Number of Signs Duration/Time Limitation Other Standards Permanent Structure Height Area Permitted I Type 1_ Model Home Temporary Ground 5 feet 64 &L two- 1 per site Must be removed upon sale of the Sign/Residential sided sign- 32 house. Sales Trailer 2_ Subdivision Temporary Ground 3 feet Marketing Sign! 1 ground sign per per sign face site Open House 1 sign per street per sign face frontage_ Sign issuance of CO. 3. Residential Temporary Ground 3 feet Builder Sign 4_ Residential Temporary Ground 6 feet Real Estate Sign/ For Sale/For Lease or Rent 5_ Land Sign Temporary Ground 5 feet as measured from the finished grade ofthe street in front of the sign. 5-L per sign face 8 %L-14 &, per 1 on-site sign. Not sign face to exceed 4 off-site signs. 8 &L; 4 &L per 1 per site sign face the telephone number 24 &,; 12 1 ground sign per per sign face site 64 5-f,; 32 &, 1 sign per street per sign face frontage_ Signs may be displayed between noon Al signs must display on Friday to 5 am Monday, prohibiting the telephone number placement between 4 pm and 8 pm of the real estate Friday and requiring pickup prior to 6 broker, sales agent, am on Monday. homeowner, or builder. Installed after issuance of building permit; must be removed upon issuance of CO. No limitation Shall be removed when a building permit is obtained for development on the subject property. P. 16 — Table 2 Table 2: Standards for Window Signs Window signs that meet the following standards shall be exempt from permit requirements. Window signs that do not meet the following standards shall be prohibited unless approved as part of a Master Sign plan. hfumberofsigns Maximum Aggregate per window' Area • for all signage Comments 4 10% of the window area The fallowing shall be exempt from this limitation- • Addresses, non -illuminated close !open signs_ hours of operation, credit card logos, real estate signs, and now hiring signs • Mannequins and storefront displays of merchandise sold (Any signs describing in -stare promotions, sales. etc. shall be considered to be window signs and not part of the display and must meet the window sign requirements of this ordinance). • Interior directory signage identifying shopping aisles and merchandise display areas_ • Lifestyle images visible from the window cannot exceed 50% of total window area of a fagade and must be non -illuminated. Lifestyle images attached directly to the window are classified as a window sign. *An individual window is defined as an area of fenestration that istotally bounded by the prindpal building material and may include all transparent and translucent areas of windows and doors. Aggregate sign area is defined as a sum total of all the window and interior sign area on the aggregate window area available per tenant. P. 17 — Table 2.1 Table 2.1 Standards for Service Entrance Door Signs Signs attached to a service entrance door for building identification Number of Signs Maximum Sign Face Area Additional Regulations 1 per service door 2 s.f. 0 Lettering not to exceed 4" in h i Limited to two (2) square feel • Sign limited the telephone nur • No logos P. 19 — Table 3 UU01un 1110Y ut:! used. 7. New Temporary 5 feet for Ground Signs: 64 1 ground sign per At or behind the Permit may be issued only after Construction - Attached ground s_f.; 32 s_f. per site per street property line; not approval of building permit and For or ground signs sign face for all frontage and nRe to be placed on shall be removed one year after Sale/Leasing non-residential WiRdGw S'^^ shaR public ROW. erection of the sign. The sign shall Sign zoning districts. alse be AlIPURd be removed if the building is one n. lease S ,,S Res hundred (140) percent occupied t^.p GnRP.RqP.PP. a' o14 roof „f prior to the one year time period. 8_ Restricted Temporary 5 feet 2 s_f_ 1 per 25 parking NA NA Limited to black lettering with a P. 20 - Table 3 * optional regulations if not prohibited Permitted Max. Maximum Sign Number of Location/ Sign Type Sign Sign Face Area Signs Minimum Duration Additional Regulations Structure He ht Setback 9. Temporary; 5Feet for 04 s_f.; 32 s _ per 1 per street At or behind the May be installed after approval of Development Ground a two- sign face fora frontage per property line; not a site plan or concept plan. Sign !Construction sided two-sided sign or development. to be placed on must be removed within one year Sign sign or 7 48 s.f. fora one- public ROW. orerection ofthe sign or upon feet fora side sign issuance ofa C.O. forall buildings one- on the site. sided sign 10. Existing Temporary/ 9 feet 24 s.f.; 12 s.f. per 1 sign per platted At or behind the a. Permitted only when space is • See Appendix A for Commercial Ground plus a sign face_ lot_ property line; not available for lease or sale on the standards_ Building For maxofa to be placed on same site. Sale/Leasing 9 inch public ROW. b. The sign shall be removed • The sign type is not Sign (Option finial on when the building is one hundred permitted to be installed ifa — If this type top of (100) percent occupied. new construction for ofsign is each c. The property owner or sale/lease sign is currently prohibited post. authorized management company installed within the than this (but in no case the sign development. section will be contractor) shall submit a removed). notarized affidavit with all permit applications for sign on a form provided by the City. Said affidavit shall certify that the building is less than one hundred (100) percent occupied, exclusive of common areas. d. The sign permit shall be valid fora period of not more than one year or when the structure becomes one hundred (100) percent occupied, exclusive of common areas. whichever comes first. The permit may be renewed annually provided the building is less than one hundred (100) percent occupied, exclusive of common areas. e. In lieu of providing an affidavit certifying that the building is less than one hundred (100) percent occupied, the property owner or authorized Management Company may provide a notarized affidavit showing that a vacancy will occur within thirty (30) days. P. 21 - Table 4 Table 4: Attached Signs I Permitted attached signs include the following: a) Reverse Channel Sign (Any color letter). Back light color shall be limited to white or off white. No illumination shall have exposed bulbs k%ehetherthey are LED or any othertype b) Individually -mounted channel letters that complywith the following rules: • If the sign only contains words and no logo, the lettering may occupy 100 percent of the permitted area and the sign and must be black, white, ivory, brown or beige- • If the sign has lettering and a logo„ the logo may only cover 20 percent of the permitted sign area and may be of any color. The letters must be white, ivory, black or neutral colors. • If the sign consists of a logo only, the logo may cover 100 percent of the sign and use any color. 2. Flat Panel Sign. • Sign shall not be internally illuminated- • Sign must contain routed or embossed text and/or logo affixed on a single brushed or flat metal plate less than 2' in thickness • Signs attached to attached to a bracket • No painted or vinyl text or logos permitted. 3. Each lease or tenant space shall be permitted only one attached building sign per street front with a maximum of two signs per tenant/lease space. 4. The dimensions of each of the two signs shall be based upon the street typology that the respective building fagade fronts on. 5. The distance from the edge of pavement shall be measured from the closest street which has clear visibility of the entire fagade/tenant space in question. 6. Each sign is limited in width to 75% of the single plane fagade. 7. Each sign shall be located in the middle 75% of the single plane fagade or centered on an articulated surface of the building fagade. � 8. Signs may be iffluMinge d;Nith internal 11mghfing: backlightming (halo) 1111UMIlRatiO A IS encouraged. No Exposed neon is permitted prohibited. ci P. 25 - Table 6 Table 6: Monument Signs for Businesses Maximum Maximum Sign maximum minimi)m width Face Area (square Total m MaximuStreet Typology Number of Signs Height Height of 24 ft. 150 s -f. (total) and 80 8 sign face s. f. per sign face (feet) Freeways 1 per every 500 feet of highway frontage 12 feet 10 feet (S -H- 114) with a maximum of 2 Regional 100 s -f. (total) and 50 5 10 feet Boulevards 1 per every 500 feet of regional boulevard (F.M. 1709 frontage with a maximum of 2 8 feet 6 feet and F.M. 1938) All other 1 per street frontage with a maximum of 2 6 feet 6 4 feet streets (separated by a minimum 500 feet) inches Maximum Maximum Sign Maximum minimi)m width Face Area (square Numbero# Required feet) Sign Panels Setbacks 24 ft. 150 s -f. (total) and 80 8 15 feet s. f. per sign face 16 ft. 120 s -f. (total) and 50 5 12 feet s.f. per sign face 13 feet 100 s -f. (total) and 50 5 10 feet s.f. per sign face P. 34 &35 — Master Sign Plan Design Guidelines 8.4.6 Sign illumination. intemal illumination- Individually illuminated channel letters meeting the required calor pallet or internally illuminated or backlit solid letters (reverse channel) are a preferred alternative to internally illuminated plastic cabinet signs. Signs comprised of individual letters mounted directly on a structure can often use a distinctive element of the structure's facade as a backdrop, thereby providing a better integration of the sign with the structure. Flat Panel Signs. Routed or embossed on a metal plate. Panels must be metal only. No vinyl or painted text or logos are permitted. Permitted Not Permitted P. 43 -Appendix Metal Posts and Frame ,w q "x! FOR FOR LEASE 4 1.L:F OR) N 01 Metal Frame FOR LEASE Figure 1 Recoraluended Design Palette For Existing Building For SalOLaasing Siris Next Steps 1. Receive feedback regarding proposed changes. 2. Receive recommendation from the Sign Board August 4, 2016 3. Place on City Council agenda for formal consideration —1St reading anticipated for August 16, 2016 and 2nd reading September 6, 2016 CITY OF SOUTH AKE