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Page 11 of 16 not visible from the public right of way. The canopy signs are provided to efficiently move vehicles through the pay stations and help keep vehicles flowing and prevent potential backups. K. Wall Signs – Flexibility Requested Properties in Sign District 5 are allowed wall signs up to 80 square feet. The Applicant is proposing two (2) internally illuminated 57.4 square foot wall signs to be located on the tower, one on each of the north and east elevations. The sign plan also shows an “exit” wall sign on the exit of the car wash tunnel with a sign copy area of 8.4 square feet that would be illuminated. The total proposed wall signage is 123.2 square feet. The signage plans are shown in Attachment G. The sign plan includes two graphic signs. The city code defines a graphic sign as “a sculpture attached to or sign painted directly on a wall that is primarily symbolic or representational in nature and not alpha or numeric in content or copy.” The sign ordinance permits graphic signs in Sign District 5 at a maximum size of up to 25% of wall area and with external illumination. The signage plan shows two 20 square foot graphic signs that are internally illuminated. L. Drive-Thru Facilities – Requirements to be Reviewed Section 1325.04 of the Zoning Code lists additional requirements for the review of drive-up facilities and automobile service stations. The Subject Property has most recently been used as a drive-up facility. The Applicant is proposing a drive-thru component as part of the car wash design. The Planning Commission as part of the land use application review shall require the following conditions to be met in determining site suitability for a drive-up windows and automobile service stations: A. The operation consists of one or more drive-up windows and is an integral part of a building containing one or more other allowed uses, or the operation is part of an architecturally unified complex containing two or more businesses using drive-up windows. B. Shared access drives and shared parking are utilized by all such businesses using drive-up windows in said building or complex. C. Only one building or architecturally unified complex containing two or more businesses using drive-up windows will be allowed in addition to one freestanding business using a drive-up window. D. The architecture and the site, grading, circulation, landscaping, screening and signage plans shall unify the appearance and function of the complex or building. E. An architecturally unified complex may consist of one or more buildings on one or more parcels if the intent of providing a unified appearance and function is not compromised. F. The applicant shall submit a circulation plan that demonstrates that the use will not interfere or reduce the safety of non-motorized movements, specifically pedestrian and bicyclists. Customers enter the Subject Property car wash on the east side of the property and are routed to queue on the west side of the property into three (3) point of sale islands before entering the car wash tunnel. Customers leaving the car wash tunnel are exiting on the east side and oriented to the north with the option to use one of the self-service vacuum stations or to exit the Subject Property. City code states “electronic devices such as loudspeakers or devices, and similar instruments, shall not be located within 50 feet of any adjacent lot regardless of use or zoning district.” The Applicant as part of this application review is not seeking approval of any electronic devices as part of their drive-thru point of sale island design. Customers without unlimited memberships will be served by a customer service representative when they reach the front of the queue. Renderings were provided in their application of payment stations, gate arms, and unlimited membership scanners included as Attachment H.