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Winco signs ECDC regs.docx WINCO SIGNS GENERAL REGULATIONS 20.60.025.A.2. The maximum total permanent sign area for allowed or permitted uses in the CG zone shall be one square foot of sign area for each lineal foot of building frontage along a public street and/or along a side of the building containing the primary public entrance to a maximum of 200 square feet. The allowable sign area shall be computed separately for each qualifying building frontage, and only the sign area derived from that frontage may be oriented along that frontage. Sign areas for wall-mounted signs may not be accumulated to yield a total allowable sign area greater than that permitted upon such frontage, except that businesses choosing not to erect a freestanding sign may use up to 50 percent of their allowable freestanding sign area for additional attached sign area. Use of the additional area shall be subject to the review of the architectural design board. 20.60.025.A.4. The maximum number of permitted permanent signs is three per site, or three per physically enclosed business space on commercial sites with multiple business tenants. Window signs meeting the requirements of ECDC 20.60.035 do not count against the total number of permitted permanent signs. Multi-tenant sites are allowed one additional group sign identifying the individual subtenants at the site. The total sign area of all signs permitted on site must also comply with the maximum total permanent sign area specified in this chapter. FREESTANDING SIGNS 20.60.045.A. Regulation. Permanent freestanding signs are discouraged. Freestanding signs shall be approved only where the applicant demonstrates by substantial evidence that there are no reasonable and feasible alternative signage methods to provide for adequate identification and/or advertisement. 20.60.045.C. Allowable Sign Area for Freestanding Signs – CG Zone. The total allowable sign area for freestanding signs on general commercial sites shall be 56 square feet or one-half square foot of sign area for each lineal foot of street frontage, whichever is greater, up to a maximum of 160 square feet of freestanding sign area. Multiple business or tenant sites shall further be allowed an additional 24 square feet of freestanding sign area for each commercial tenant or occupant in excess of one up to a maximum sign area of 160 square feet. Corner lots choosing to accumulate sign area under the provisions of subsection E of this section shall be limited to 160 square feet. 20.60.045.E. Location. Freestanding signs shall be located as close as possible to the center of the street frontage on which they are located. Except for pole-mounted community event banners, freestanding signs may not be located on public property. Sites on a corner of two public streets may have one sign on the corner instead of a sign for each frontage. 20.60.045.F. Number. In all zones, each lot or building site shall be permitted no more than one freestanding sign, except in the business and commercial zones where a lot or site has frontage on two arterial streets, in which case there may be permitted one sign per street frontage subject to the restrictions on area contained within this chapter. 20.60.045.G. Landscaping. 1. Each freestanding sign shall have a landscaped area twice the size of the sign area at the base of the sign. The landscaping and sign base shall be protected from vehicles by substantial curbing. 2. The applicant shall provide a landscape performance bond in the amount of 125 percent of the estimated costs of the landscaping, or $1,000, whichever is more. The bond shall be processed in accordance with Chapter 17.10 ECDC. \[Ord. 3631 § 3, 2007; Ord. 3628 § 13, 2007; Ord. 3461 § 2, 2003\]. 20.60.015.B. Review by Architectural Design Board. The architectural design board shall review those signs listed below and any sign permit referred by the planning manager pursuant to subsection (A)(1) of this section. The architectural design board shall approve, conditionally approve or deny such sign permit applications in accordance with the policies of ECDC 20.10.000, the criteria set forth in ECDC 20.10.070, and the standards and requirements of this chapter. The decision of the architectural design board on any sign permit application may be appealed to the city council pursuant to the procedure established in ECDC 20.10.080 for appeal of architectural design board decisions. 1. Any sign permit application that requests a modification to any of the standards prescribed by this chapter. The ADB shall only approve modification requests that meet all of the following criteria: a. The request is for signage on a site that has a unique configuration, such as frontage on more than two streets or has an unusual geometric shape; b. The subject property, building, or business has site conditions that do not afford it the opportunity to provide signage consistent with or similar to other properties in the vicinity; c. The design of the proposed signage must be compatible in its use of materials, colors, design and proportions with development throughout the site; d. In no event shall the modification result in signage which exceeds the maximum normally allowed by more than 50 percent.