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CITY OF EDMONDS
121 5TH AVENUE NORTH • EDMONDS, WA 98020 • (425) 771-0220 • FAX (425) 771-0221
Website: www.ci.edmonds.wa.us
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Planning • Building • Engineering
November 19, 2008
Tracie Skiles
Berry Neon Sign Systems
7400 Hardeson Road
Everett, WA 98204
RE: PROPOSED SIGNAGE AT 320 DAYTON STREET (ADB -08-69)
Dear Ms. Skiles:
GARY HAAKENSON
MAYOR
You have submitted an application for design review of two proposed signs by the Architectural Design
Board at 320 Dayton Street. The site is zoned Downtown Business (BD2). ' Before 1 can continue to
process the application, the following additional information and clarification is required:
1) The application identifies PHH, LLC as the property owner. The `Property Owner's
Authorization' portion of the application is signed by Rick Wurdeman but there is no
indication that he is the owner or is authorized to sign for PHH, LLC. Please clarify Mr.
Wurdeman's ability to sign for PHH, LLC through a letter authorizing or the like.
2) Staff has already indicated that the proposed signage does not meet criteria for approval
regarding internal illumination through review of building permit BLD -2008-0871 and
requested corrections to that permit submittal. While the signs could be approved in the
locations proposed without internal illumination (or even by lighting the signs using external
illumination), interior illumination is not allowed in BD2 above 14' and, when used, it must
light only letters, not the background of a sign face (ECDC 20.60.020.M.2 and M.5). To take
this package to the Architectural Design Board, please submit a narrative describing how the
proposed signage meets the criteria established in ECDC 20.60.015.B.1.
3) The elevations submitted indicate the height of the signs being measured from what looks to
be the bottom edge of the first floor of the structure. According to 20.60.020.J.1, "for
attached signs, sign height is the vertical distance from the highest point on the sign to the
finished grade." As a result, please show the height of the signs as recalculated from the
finished grade, the sidewalk in this case.
For the sign on Dayton Street, project a vertical line down from each end of the sign
installation to the sidewalk and calculate an average elevation using the elevations of those
two points. Measure the height of the proposed Dayton Street sign starting from that average
elevation. Indicate the 14' level in addition to the recalculated maximum as proposed. For
the sign on the western fagade, calculate the height of the sign from the elevation at the
Dayton Street sidewalk where it is perpendicular to the western fagade of the building.
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If you have any questions, please contact me at your convenience at 425-771-0220 or via email at
clu sg ton@ci.edmonds.wa.us.
Sincerely,,
Mike Clugston, AICP
Planner
cc: File ADB -2008-69
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