123 3rd Ave S - Coastal Community Bank.docx
November 14, 2019
DME CPA Group Attn: Mark L. Bucklin800 5th
St. Ste. # 4141Seattle, WA. 98104
Case: # COD2019-0136Subject Property: 123 3rd Ave. S., Edmonds, WA. 98020
Dear Proprietor,
The City has received a complaint regarding an illuminated sign at the subject property. Although the sign was approved, signs are not allowed to be illuminated after 11:00pm per Edmonds
Community Development Code (ECDC) 20.60.020.
Edmonds Community Development Code (ECDC) reads as follows:
20.60.020 General regulations for permanent signs.
A. Sign Area. The area of a sign shall be calculated as follows:
1. The area of a sign is maximum actual area of a sign that is visible from any single point of observation from any public vantage point. The sign area is normally the smallest rectangle
that encloses the entire copy area of the sign.
2. Individual letters, numbers or symbols applied directly to a wall or structure and used to form the sign shall be calculated individually.
3. Supporting structures which are part of a sign display shall be included in the calculation of the sign area, except that the supporting structure of a monument sign or pole sign
shall not be included when calculating the sign area.
B. When located on a wall or mansard roof, no sign may extend above the highest point of the wall or mansard roof when the mansard roof is on a one-story building. Other than a mansard
roof on a one-story building, a sign may not be attached above the eave or drip line on a pitched roof.
C. Except for pole-mounted community event banners, no sign or any part of a sign may be designed or constructed to be moving by any means and shall not contain items such as banners,
ribbons, streamers and spinners. Signs with type that is movable to change the message (reader boards) are allowed, subject to the specific requirements detailed elsewhere in this chapter.
D. Signs that extend into or over a public right-of-way shall comply with Chapter 18.70 ECDC.
E. Exposed braces and angle irons are prohibited unless they are part of a decorative design that is integral to the design of the sign. Guywires are prohibited unless there are no other
practical means of supporting the sign.
F. No sign shall have blinking, flashing, fluttering or moving lights or other illuminating device which has a changing light density or color; provided, however, temperature and/or
time signs that conform in all other respects to this chapter are allowed. Electronic reader boards may have messages that change; however, moving messages are not allowed. Messages
that change at intervals less than 20 seconds will be considered blinking or flashing and not allowed.
G. No light source which exceeds 20 watts shall be directly exposed to any public street or adjacent property.
H. No illumination source of fluorescent light shall exceed 425 milliamps or be spaced closer than eight inches on center.
I. No commercial sign shall be illuminated after 11:00 p.m. unless the commercial enterprise is open for business and then may remain on only as long as the enterprise is open.
J. No window signs above the first floor shall be illuminated.
K. Sign height shall be determined as follows:
1. For attached signs, sign height is the vertical distance from the highest point on the sign to the average finished grade.
2. For freestanding signs, sign height is the vertical distance from the highest point of the sign area or its support to the average elevation of the finished grade at the base of the
supports.
L. Portable signs may not be used as permanent signage; only fixed signs are permitted.
Corrective actions required:
Please remove the sign or alter the sign so that it is not illuminated after 11:00pm by November 29, 2019.
If you have any questions regarding the sign code or to discuss sign alternatives, please contact the Planning Division at 425-771-0220. If you have any questions regarding this letter
please call me at the same number. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance.
Sincerely,
Dan GoodingCode Enforcement Officerdan.gooding@edmondswa.gov