BLD201000180_EdmondsDentistry-Sign.pdf
CITY OF EDMONDS
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121 5 Avenue North, Edmonds WA 98020
Phone: 425.771.0220 • Fax: 425.771.0221 • Web: www.ci.edmonds.wa.us
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT • PLANNING DIVISION
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ECDC 20.60.020.M. The following standards clarify how some signs identified as “conditionally permitted” must be installed to be
permitted in the city of Edmonds.
1. Monument signs over six feet in height must be reviewed to ensure that the materials, colors, design and proportions
proposed are consistent with those used throughout the site.
2. Internally illuminated signs in the downtown area and neighborhood commercial areas may only light the letters. The
background of a sign face may not be illuminated.
3. Internally illuminated signs in the downtown area and the neighborhood commercial areas must be mounted on the wall
of the building. They may not be mounted on or under an attached awning.
4. Internally illuminated signs that use exposed neon may only be located in the interior of buildings in the downtown area
and the neighborhood commercial areas.
5. Internally illuminated signs in the downtown area shall not be permitted to be higher than 14 feet in height.
6. Reader board messages are limited to alphanumeric messages only.
7. Reader boards are only permitted for public uses or places of public assembly.
8. The background color of a boxed cabinet sign face must be coordinated with and compliment the colors used on the
building.
9. The background color of a boxed cabinet sign face must be opaque and not allow any internal illumination to shine
through. \[Ord. 3631 § 2, 2007; Ord. 3461 § 2, 2003\].
ECDC 22.43.040 Awnings/canopies and signage.
A. Intent.
1. To integrate signage and w
eather protection with building design to enhance business visibility and the public
streetscape.
2. To provide clear signage to identify each business or property, and to improve way-finding for visitors.
3. To protect the streetscape from becoming cluttered, and to minimize distraction from overuse of advertisement
elements.
B. Standards.
1. Structural canopies are encouraged along pedestrian street fronts. If a canopy is not provided, then an awning shall be
provided which is attached to the building using a metal or other framework.
2. Awnings and canopies shall be open-sided to enhance visibility of business signage. Front valances are permitted.
Signage is allowed on valances, but not on valance returns.
3. Marquee, box, or convex awning or canopy shapes are not permitted.
4. Retractable awnings are encouraged.
5. Awnings or canopies shall be located within the building elements that frame storefronts, and should not conceal
important architectural details. Awnings or canopies should be hung just below a clerestory or transom window, if it exists.
6. Awnings or canopies on a multiple-storefront building should be consistent in character, scale and position, but need
not be identical.
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Open-sided nonstructural awning with front
valance.
Open-sided structural canopy.
7. Nonstructural awnings should be constructed using canvas or fire-resistant acrylic materials. Shiny, high-gloss
materials are not appropriate; therefore, vinyl or plastic awning materials are not permitted.
8. Signage should be designed to integrate with the building and street front. Combinations of sign types are encouraged,
which result in a coordinated design while minimizing the size of individual signs.
9. Blade or projecting signs which include decorative frames, brackets or other design elements are encouraged. This
type of detail can be used to satisfy one of the required elements under ECDC 22.43.030(B).
10. Use graphics or symbols to reduce the need to have large expanses of lettering.
11. Instead of broadly lighting the face of the sign, signage should be indirectly lit, or backlit to only display lettering and
symbols or graphic design.
12. Signage should be given special consideration when it is consistent with or contributes to the historic character of sites
on the National Register, the Edmonds Register of Historic Places, or on a city council-approved historic survey.
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13. Signage shall include decorative frames, brackets or other design elements. An historic sign may be used to meet this
standard.
Retractable and open-sided awnings allow signage to be visible.
Awning or canopy
Examples of projecting signs using decorative
frames and design
shapes:
elements.
\[Ord. 3697 § 2, 2008\].
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