HomeMy WebLinkAbout2810(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CFN=131 - Zoning Codes
Passed 11/1/1988
Amending Kent City Zoning Code Sec 15.06.050(c) to allow multi -tenant
buildings in the downtown commercial zone signage options of either
building identification or freestanding signage.
Amended by Ords. 3409;3439,3543;3612;3648;4011
ORDINANCE N0. .2&/D
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent,
Washington, amending Kent City Zoning Code
Section 15.06.050(C) to allow multi -tenant
buildings in the downtown commercial zone
signage options of either building
identification or freestanding signage.
THE CITY CCUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
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CJ7,.3 OSS) Section 1. Kent City Code Section 15.06.050 is amended
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15.
15.06.050. REGULATIONS BY DISTRICT. In all districts
the Planning Director shall have the option to waive type
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requirements in unique and special cases where due tc building
design or other special circumstance the development is unable to
conform to stated standards,
A. Signs Permitted in Residential Districts.
1. Identification signs: Single-family dwellings
and duplexes. One (1) identification sign shall be permitted for
each occupancy. The said sign shall not exceed an area of three
(3) square feet, shall not exceed a height of six (6) feet above
the surface of the street, shall be attached directly to a
building, fence, standard or mailbox, and shall be unlighted or
provided with indirect illumination. Home occupations shall not
be allowed additional sign area.
2. Identification signs:. Multifamily dwellings.
One (1) identification sign shall be permitted for each
development except that multiple -family dwellings with more than
one street frontage may be allowed an additional sign for each
street frontage of such lot. Each sign shall not exceed an area
of twenty-five (25) square feet, may be a wall or freestanding
sign, shall be unlighted or indirectly lighted, and shall not
exceed a height of six (6) feet above the ground if freestanding.
3. Farm product identification signs. No permit
is required but said signs may not be located in the public right
of way.
B. Signs Permitted in Neighborhood Convenience
Commercial, Ccmrrunity Commercial, General Commercial, and
Commercial Manufacturing Districts.
1. Aggregate sign area. The aggregate sign area
for any lot shall not exceed one and one-half (1-1/2) feet for
each foot of street frontage. Aggregate sign area for corner lots
shall not exceed one (1) square foot for each foot of street
frontage. The permitted signs enumerated below shall be subject
to the total aggregate sign area.
a. Identification signs:. Occupancies. Fach
business establishment may have one (1) freestanding sign for each
street frontage if not located in a shopping center and three (3)
additional signs.
i. Freestanding sign. The freestanding
sign shall not exceed a height of thirty (30) feet. The maximum
sign area permitted is two hundred (200) square feet for the total
of all faces. No one face shall exceed one hundred (100) square
feet. Said sign may be illuminated.
ii. Three additional signs. Three
additional signs shall be permitted subject to the following
restrictions:
The total area of all signs,
graphics, or other advertising shall not be more than ten (10)
percent of the building facade to which they are attached or
displayed.
On properties where a pole sign
cannot be erected due to setback requirements or building
placement, a projecting sign may be allowed in lieu of the
permitted freestanding sign. Said projecting sign may not exceed
fifteen (15) square feet (outside dimension).
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2. Identification signs: Shopping centers. Cne
(1) freestanding identification sign which may list the names of
the occupants of the shopping center shall be permitted for each
street frontage of each shopping center. The maximum sign area
permitted for a freestanding sign is two hundred (200) square feet
for the total of all faces. No one face shall exceed one hundred
(100) square feet. A freestanding sign shall not exceed a height
of thirty (30) feet and may be illuminated.
3. Automobile service station signs. The
aggregate sign area for any lot shall not exceed one (1) square
foot for each foot cf lot frcntage and the permitted signs
enumerated below shall be subject to the total aggregate sign area.
a. One (1) freestanding, lighted double-faced
identification sign, not exceeding one hundred fifty (150) square
feet for the total of all faces with no such face exceeding
seventy-five (75) square feet, is permitted. Such sign shall not
exceed a height of thirty (30) feet or two monument signs (if on a
corner lot) not to exceed sixty (60) square feet per sign for the
total of all faces, such signs shall not exceed a height of
fifteen (15) feet. Free standing signs shall be lighted during
business hours only. (0.2750, §1)
b. Three additional signs shall be permitted
subject to the following restrictions: the total area of all
signs, graphics, or other advertising shall not be more than ten
(10) percent of the building facade to which they are attached or
displayed. (0.2750, §1)
C. Fuel price signs shall be exempt from the
aggregate sign area but shall be limited to thirty (30) square
feet total. (0.2750, §1)
d. For each occupancy one wall identification
sign is permitted for each street frontage and shall not exceed
twenty (20) percent of the building facade to which it is
attached. Said sign may be illuminated.
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e. Two (2) unlighted double-faced signs not
exceeding a total of thirty (30) square feet in combined display
face are permitted, subject to the following restrictions:
i. Such signs shall be nonportable and
shall be permanent in nature.
ii. Such signs may identify prices.
4. Farm: product identificaticn signs. No permit
is required but said signs may net be lccated in the public right
of way.
C. Signs Permitted in Downtown Commercial District - DC.
1. Aggregate sign area. The aggregate sign area
for any lot shall not exceed one and one-half (1-1/2) square feet
for each foot of street frontage. The aggregate sign area for
corner lots shall not exceed one (1) square foot for each foot of
street frontage. The permitted signs enumerated below shall be
subject to the total aggregate sign area.
a. Aggregate sign area: Multi -tenant
buildings. Each multi -tenant building may have one (1)
identification wall sign for the building's identification for
each street frontage. Said sign shall not exceed a total of five
(5) percent of the facade to which it is attached. Said sign
shall not name or advertise the individual tenants of the
building. Aggregate sign area shall apply. A multi -tenant
building will have the option of the sign described above cr the
following identification sign.
Freestanding Identification sign:
Multi -tenant building. Each building may have one (1)
freestanding sign on each street frontage. Said sign may not
exceed fifteen (15) feet in height. The maximum sign area
permitted for the freestanding sign is one hundred (100) square
feet for the total of all faces; no one face shall exceed fifty
(50) square feet. Multi -tenant freestanding signs shall not name
cr advertise the individual tenants of the building.
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b. Identification signs: Occupancies. Each
occupant of a multi -tenant building shall be permitted two (2)
wall signs. Said signs shall not exceed ten (10) percent of the
facade of the individual business unit. Aggregate sign area shall
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C. Identification signs: Single tenant
building. Each building may have one (1) freestanding sign for
each street frontage. Said sign may not exceed a height of thirty
(30) feet. The maximum sign area permitted for the freestanding
sign is one hundred (100) square feet for the total of all faces;
no one face shall exceed fifty (50) square feet.
Three additional signs shall be
permitted. All signs are subject to the aggregate sign area
allowed. The total area of all signs, graphics, or other types of
signs shall not exceed ten (10) percent of the facade to which
they are attached or displayed.
D. Signs Permitted in Office District.
1. One (1) freestanding double-faced
identification sign shall be permitted for each lot. The said
sign shall not exceed a maximum area of fifty (50) square feet for
the total of all faces. No one face shall exceed twenty-five (25)
square feet. A freestanding sign shall not exceed a height of
fifteen (15) feet and shall be unlighted or provided with indirect
illumination.
2. Identification. signs: Buildings. One (1)
identification sign shall be permitted for each principal
building. The said sign shall not exceed an area of five (5)
percent of the facade to which it is attached, shall be attached
flat against the said building, shall not project above the eave
of the roof or the top of the parapet, and shall be unlighted or
provided with indirect illumination. Said signs shall not
advertise or name individual tenants of the building.
3. Occupancy. Signs not exceeding a total of five
(5) percent of the facade of the business unit to which they are
attached shall be permitted for each occupancy in a multi -tenant
building when the occupancy has outside frontage.
E. Signs Permitted in Industrial Districts.
1. Aggregate sign area. The aggregate sign area
for lots in MA and N1 shall not exceed one-half (1/2) square foot
for each foot of street frontage, in M2 shall not exceed
three-fourths (3/4) square foot for each foot of street frontage;
and in M3 shall not exceed one (1) square foot for each foot of
street frontage; in no case shall the aggregate sign area exceed
one-half (1/2) square foot for each foot of street frontage on a
corner lot. The permitted signs enumerated below shall be subject
to the total aggregate sign area.
a. Identification signs. One (1)
identification sign shall be permitted for each lot on each street
frontage, which may be a freestanding sign or a wall sign. The
maximum sign area permitted for a freestanding sign is two hundred
(200) square feet for the total of all faces. No one face shall
exceed one hundred (100) square feet. If the sign is a wall sign
its size shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the building
facade. A freestanding sign shall not exceed a height of twenty
(20) feet. The sign may be illuminated.
b. Identification signs: Occupancies. One
(1) identification sign shall be permitted for each occupancy on
each street frontage and shall be a wall sign. The maximum size
of the sign shall be ten (10) percent of the builcing facade.
This sign may be illuminated. If the identification sign
permitted under (i) above is a wall sign, an additional wall sign
may be permitted on a building facade not facing a street frontage.
2. Farm product identification signs. No permit
is required but said sign may not be located in the public right
of way.
F. Signs Permitted in Planned Unit Developments,
Special Use Combining Districts, Mobile Hcrre Park Districts and
for Conditional Uses. All signs in Planned Unit Developments,
Special Use Combining Districts, Mobile Home Parks and for
Conditional Uses shall be incorporated as part of the
developmental plan and approved with the developmental plan.
Subsequent changes which conform to the adopted signing program
may be granted by the Planning Director.
G. Signs Permitted in Shopping Centers.
1. Aggregate sign area. The aggregate sign area
for each occupant of a shopping center shall not exceed twenty
(20) percent of the front facade of the unit. Wall signs are
permitted on each exterior wall of the individual business unit.
A minimum of thirty (30) square feet shall be permitted for any
occupancy. No combination of signs shall exceed ten (10) percent
of the facade to which they are attached.
If there is an attached canopy or overhang a
ten (10) square foot sign may be attached to said canopy or
overhang in addition to the other permitted signs. Such sign
shall be at least eight (8) feet above any pedestrian walkway.
Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force five (5) days from and after its passage,
approval and publication as provided by law.
Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority and
prior to the effective date of this ordinance is hereby ratified
and confirmed.
ATTEST:
MARIE JENSCITY CLERK
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DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FCRM:
PASSED the day of1988.
APPRCVED the day of , 1988.
PUBLISHED the day of , 1988.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. c ) R /0 , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon
indicated.
(SEAL)
MARIE JENaTA, CITY—`CLERK
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