Business Retention and Development Committee Agenda and Packet 2010 07 06

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Awning • No size restrictions • Area - 1 SF of awning sign area for every linear foot of awning. NOT ADDRESSED • Awning must maintain 8' of pedestrian clearance • May not extend from the building facade for a greater distance than 6' • Downtown Design Handbook to regulate the functional design of an awning. • Awning sign copy area includes the combination of primary and secondary wall signs, hanging signs and free standing signs (parallel to the street), marquee signs, and awning signs. • Awning signs can be placed on secondary frontage (secondary frontage count toward total copy area. Kiosks • Downtown handbook does not addressed kiosk signs • Allow kiosk style signs when • Kiosk location determined • Kiosk location Kiosks can provide a central location to • The LMC allows kiosk style signs when approved through a Final PUD development plan approved through the Special Review Use process through the Final PUD development plan determined through the SRU process dispense information to the public. Currently this information is cluttering the windows of downtown businesses. Murals NOT ADDRESSED • • Permitted on walls with a minimum of 500 SF of uninterrupted space (no windows, architectural features, or openings) Murals must not cover more than 50% of the fagade. NOT ADDRESSED • Can only be located on walls with a minimum of 500 SF of uninterrupted space (no windows, architectural features, or openings) Murals which are designed as a means of identification, advertisement, or announcement would not be permitted. Murals could not be designed as signs with logos or trademarks. Window • Area - 20% of the window or 8 SF, whichever is less • Changes not proposed • Anywhere in the window No modifications proposed to the window sign standards. NOT ADDRESSED Menu Box NOT ADDRESSED • Allowed and are exempt from the sign code if they are under 6 SF NOT ADDRESSED • Adjacent to the entrance of the building at eye level. Menu signs are appropriate downtown. Landmark • Varies depending on sign to be landmarked • Architectural features of sign must remain in The intent of the landmark sign designation is to allow certain existing legal non - conforming NOT ADDRESSED • Designation allows a non- conforming sign to be replaced in the event of damage, or change in ownership NOT ADDRESSED • existing location Text can change with change in owner signs to change copy and ownership as long as the structural components of the sign are not modified. Illumination • The light for a sign shall be an indirect source • Indirect source • The light for a sign shall be an • Existing lighting The proposal would allow neon in instances • Neon signs may be allowed to continue • • • Back -lit, Halo -lit Reverse channel letters • indirect source If signs are to be illuminated use external sources requirements will be expanded to permit, back lit, halo lit, and where it is not the sole material on a sign. Allowed types of illumination will be expanded to include back lighting and halo lighting (See • • • • White is the only light color permitted within the Village Center for illuminating a sign, excluding neon Neon may be used as an primary, or accent to a business name or logo on a sign. • • • Light sources should be placed close to, and directed onto, the sign and shielded to minimize glare into the street or onto adjacent properties, and should be very low wattage Internal illumination of signs will not be permitted Moving or flashing signs are not allowed • external lighting. Internal illumination and moving or flashing signs will not be permitted. halo lighting image). 6