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CFN=131 - Zoning Codes
Passed 4/5/1994
Relating to land use and zoning, amending Sec 15.06.050(3) of the Kent City
Code to allow greater sign area for convenience stores with gasoline sales; and
to eliminate the thirty square foot restriction on fuel price signs
Amended by Ords. 3409;3439,3543;3612;3648;4011
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ORDINANCE NO. 316
AN ORDINANCE of the City of
Kent, Washington, relating to land
use and zoning, amending Section
15.06.050(B) of the Kent City Code
to allow greater sign area for
convenience stores with gasoline
sales; and to eliminate the thirty
square foot restriction on fuel
price signs.
WHEREAS, the City of Kent maintains a regulatory review
pillll0�,3�� process wherein citizens may petition, and the City Council may
endorse, amendments to the City's Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, a regulatory review request was filed by an
applicant in 1993 which proposed certain amendments to the City's
sign regulations pertaining to convenience stores with gasoline
sales; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the
regulatory change and found that the proposed sign code changes
were consistent with the regulations applicable to other
commercial businesses; and
WHEREAS, in September of 1993, the Planning Commission
held a public hearing and made a recommendation to the City
Council on the proposed sign code changes; and
WHEREAS, in November of 1993, the City Council endorsed
the recommendation of the Planning Commission and passed
Ordinance No. 3142 to implement the amendments; and
WHEREAS, on January 6, 1994, it came to the attention
of the Planning Department that the ordinance did not conform to
the recommendation of the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, any change to the ordinance, as approved,
required an additional public hearing and recommendation to the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, on February 28, 1994, the Planning Commission
held an additional public hearing to request an amendment to
Section 15.06.050(B) in the Kent Zoning Code regarding
convenience stores and gasoline sales; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission again reviewed the
proposed regulatory change and clarified their recommendation to
be consistent with the applicant's proposed amendment and the
recommendation of the planning staff; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the Planning
Commission's recommendation on April 5, 1994 and concurred with
the proposed modifications to the City's sign regulations; NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Kent City Code Section 15.06.050 (as
previously amended by Ord. No. 3142; Ord. No. 2810 §1; Ord. No.
3050 §§ 6, 7), is hereby amended as follows:
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Sec. 15.06.050. Regulations for specific districts.
In all districts the planning director shall have the
option to waive sign type requirements in unique and special
cases where due to building design or other special circumstance
the development is unable to conform to stated standards.
A. Signs permitted in residential districts.
1. Identification signs for single-family
dwellings and duplexes. One (1) identification sign shall be
permitted for each occupancy. The 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 for multifamily
dwellings. One (1) identification sign shall be permitted for
each development, except that multiple -family dwellings with more
than one (1) 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 such signs may not be located in the public
right-of-way.
B. Signs permitted in neighborhood convenience
commercial, community commercial, general commercial and
commercial manufacturing districts. 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 square foot for each foot of street
frontage. The permitted signs enumerated in this subsection shall
be subject to the total aggregate sign area.
1. Identification signs for occupancies. Each
business establishment may have one (1) freestanding sign for
each street frontage if not located in a shopping center, and
three (3) additional signs.
a. 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 (1) face shall exceed one hundred (100) square
feet. The sign may be illuminated.
b. Additional signs. Three (3) additional
signs shall be permitted subject to the following restrictions:
(1) 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 on
which they are displayed.
(2) 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. The projecting sign may not exceed
fifteen (15) square feet in outside dimension.
2. Identification signs for shopping centers.
One (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 (1) face shall
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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 corner lot shall not exceed one a -Rd
ene half (z±2�a) square feet foot for each foot of lot
frontage, and the aggregate sign area for any interior lot shall
not exceed one and one-half square feet for each foot of lot
frontage; and the permitted signs enumerated in this subsection
shall be subject to the total aggregate sign area.
a. Freestanding signs. One (1) freestanding
lighted double-faced identification sign, not exceeding two
hundred square feet for the total of all faces, with no such face
exceeding one hundred (100) square feet, is permitted. Such sign
shall not exceed a height of thirty (30) feet. If on a corner
lot, two (2) monument signs not exceeding one hundred (100)
square feet per sign for the total of all faces are permitted.
Such monument signs shall not exceed a height of fifteen (15)
feet. Freestanding signs shall be lighted during business hours
only.
b. Additional signs. Three (3) 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 on which they are displayed.
C. Fuel price signs. Fuel price signs shall
be included in the aggregate sign area,and shall be liftrted te
thirty (39) square feet
4. Farm product identification signs. No permit
is required, but such signs may not be located in the public
right-of-way.
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C. Signs permitted in downtown commercial and
downtown commercial enterprise districts. 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) foot for each foot of street
frontage. The permitted signs enumerated in this subsection shall
be subject to the total aggregate sign area.
1. Identification signs for multitenant
buildings.
a. Wall sign. Each multitenant building may
have one (1) identification wall sign for the building's
identification for each street frontage. The sign shall not
exceed a total of five (5) percent of the facade to which it is
attached. The sign shall not name or advertise the individual
tenants of the building. Aggregate sign area shall apply. A
multitenant building will have the option of the sign described
in this subsection a. or the identification sign described in
subsection C.l.b. of this section.
b. Freestanding sign. Each building may
have one (1) freestanding sign on each street frontage. The 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 (1) face shall exceed
fifty (50) square feet. Multitenant freestanding signs shall not
name or advertise the individual tenants of the building.
2. Identification signs for occupancies. Each
occupant of a multitenant building shall be permitted two (2)
wall signs. Such signs shall not exceed ten (10) percent of the
facade of the individual business unit. Aggregate sign area shall
not apply.
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building.
3. Identification signs for single -tenant
a. Each building may have one (1)
freestanding sign for each street frontage. The 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 (1) face shall exceed
fifty (50) square feet.
b. Three (3) 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 on which they are displayed.
D. Signs permitted in office district.
1. Generally. One (1) freestanding double-faced
identification sign shall be permitted for each lot. The sign
shall not exceed a maximum area of fifty (50) square feet for the
total of all faces. No one (1) 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 for buildings. One (1)
! identification sign shall be permitted for each principal
building. The sign shall not exceed an area of five (5) percent
' of the facade to which it is attached, shall be attached flat
against the 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. Such signs shall not
advertise or name individual tenants of the building.
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3. Identification signs for occupancies. 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 multitenant building when the occupancy has
outside frontage.
E. Signs permitted in industrial districts.
1. Aggregate sign area. The aggregate sign area
for lots in the MA and M1 districts shall not exceed one-half
square foot for each foot of street frontage. The aggregate sign
area for lots in the M2 and DLM districts shall not exceed
three-fourths square foot for each foot of street frontage. The
aggregate sign area for lots in the M3 district shall not exceed
one (1) square foot for each foot of street frontage. In no case
shall the aggregate sign area exceed one-half square foot for
each foot of street frontage on a corner lot. The permitted signs
enumerated in this subsection shall be subject to the total
aggregate sign area.
a. Identification signs for buildings. 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 (1)
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 for 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 building
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facade. This sign may be illuminated. If the identification sign
permitted under subsection E.l.a. of this section 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 the sign may not be located in the public
right-of-way.
F. Signs permitted in planned unit developments,
special use combining districts and mobile home park districts
and for conditional uses. All signs in planned unit developments,
special use combining districts and 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. 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 -square -foot sign may be
attached to the canopy or overhang in addition to the other
permitted signs. Such sign shall be at least eight (8) feet above
any pedestrian walkway.
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Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this
ordinance are declared separate and severable. The invalidity of
any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or portion
of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the application thereof
to any person or circumstance shall not affect the validity of
its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force thirty (30) days from the time of its
final passage as provided by law.
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOBE , ITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROGER A. LUBOVICH, CITY ATTORNEY
b-1 -n G . NZU 1-I hSSIT.
PASSED the LAI day of ,
APPROVED the 10 day of
PUBLISHED the day of
10
1994.
1994.
1994.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of
Ordinance No. 3/(,o a- , passed by the City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of
Kent as hereon indicated.
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BRENDA JACQ R, CITY CLERK