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<br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />4 February 1993 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Planning Commission <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />John Shardlow <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Update sign Ordinance Issues <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br /> <br />New ordinance standards have been adopted governing: contractor <br />signs, roof signs, real estate signs, political signs, window <br />signs, directional signs, and commercial and industrial signage. <br />There are also some sign issues that have been reviewed and <br />recommended by the Planning Commission generally, but, which have <br />not yet been formally recommended to the city council in ordinance <br />language. <br /> <br />There are also some sign issues that have been discussed at length, <br />but, final action was delayed pending review and direction from the <br />City Council. These issues were reviewed with the Council at a <br />workshop meeting on January 19 and we have some direction to review <br />with the Planning Commission. <br /> <br />REVIEW OF ISSUES ALREADY REVIEWED BY PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT NOT <br />YET FORMALLY RECOMMENDED IN ORDINANCE LANGUAGE <br /> <br />There are two sign issues that the Planning Commission previously <br />reviewed and generally recommended to the City Council. These <br />included wall signage for multi-tenant buildings that do not front <br />on a pUblic street, and the handling of window signage in buildings <br />in which the principal exterior building material is glass. <br /> <br />In the case of interior tenant spaces, the recommendation was to <br />allow wall signage not to exceed 1/2 the area allowed for the same <br />building if it were fronting on a public street. For window signs <br />in buildings which are predominantly glass, the suggested standard <br />was again suggested as not to exceed 1/2 the allowed area of wall <br />signage. The City Council reviewed both of these recommendations <br />and agreed with them. Suggested language is as follows: <br />