Resolution 376PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 376
A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS RECOM-
MENDING DENIAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING ORDINANCE
REVISING SEC. 12.13.160, F, PERMITTED SIGNS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
PLANNING COMMISSION FILE NO. ZO-2-72.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of
Edmonds, pursuant to proper notice and publication, held a public
hearing on a proposed amendment revising Sec. 12.13.160, F, Per-
mitted Signs, of the Official Zoning Ordinance of said City; and
WHEREAS, having made the findings set forth in Exhibit
"A" attached hereto, the Planning Commission determined that the
above named section should not be amended; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of said City
that recommendation be and the same hereby is made to said City
Council that the.proposed amendment be denied.
DATED as of the 16th day of February, 1972.
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Chairman, Edmonds Planning Commission
Edmonds City Planner(/
File No.: ZO-2-72
Initiated by: Mayor and Council
Date of Hearing: February 16, 1972
P. C. Resolution No: 376
EXHIBIT "A"
The Planning Commission noted that the present regulations govern-
ing Neighborhood Business (BN) Signs were passed December 21, 1971
by the City Council and have not received a fair test on their effect-
iveness, and it is the feeling of the Commission that the existing
regulations should be given a test of a year's time before consid-
ering revision. Also the Commission made the following findings
in regard to the four proposed revisions:
(1) Sign area bonus - The present sign area provision is entirely
adequate for signing of property in the BN Zone and there is no
reason to further liberalize this by providing a bonus in sign area
if greater building setbacks are established. This would result in
oversigning of the Neighborhood Business Zone.
(2) Roof Signs - The proposal to permit roof signs in the Neighbor-
hood Business Zone would tend to detract from the general appearance
of the development in these zones. The general architectural charac-
ter of Neighborhood Business development is critical due to the close
proximity of these areas to residential areas.
(3) Minimum space between pole signs - The proposal to permit any
business, no matter how narrow the property, to have at least one
pole sign, could tend to encourage the.subdivisions of commercial
property in narrow parcels. Retention of the 100 foot minimum spacing
will, on the other hand, require that property owners to take this sign
ordinance provision into account in the subdivision of their property
and will discourage this undesirable development pattern.
(4) Advertisement of a specific product - The sign ordinance provision
of 30% appears to be a reasonable standard and there does not seem to
be justification for a more stringent standard. The amount of sign
area devoted to a single product, within the 30% standard, should be
optional with the.store owner or tenant.