1903 - Ordinance - Amending Section 15.16.210 Standards for Signs DowntownORDINANCE NO. 1903
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 15.16 SUBSECTION
15.16.210 OF THE PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE
MODIFYING STANDARDS FOR THE SIGNS ALONG THE CITY
OWNED DOWNTOWN MARQUEE TO ALLOW
ADVERTISING/PROMOTION OF ENTERTAINMENT.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1762, the City of Port Orchard Sign Ordinance was adopted on
March 8, 1999, and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose of the regulations, standards, and criteria of this ordinance to
permit and encourage the design of signs which are responsive to the needs of the public in locating a
business establishment by identification, address, and product and/or services information, and
WHEREAS, input from downtown businesses has identified the benefit of allowing businesses
that charge an admission tax to display signage advertising upcoming attractions, now therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Port Orchard Municipal Code section 15.16.210(3) is amended to read as
follows:
(3) Mixed Use, Commercial and Employment Districts.
(a) Projecting signs shall not project more than six feet from a building nor
within two feet of the curb line, and shall not exceed thirty-two square feet
perface.
(b) Signs in mixed use, commercial or employment zoned areas can have a
zero foot setback.
(c) Gasoline price signs shall not obstruct line of sight for ingress or egress and
must be permanently anchored. Such signs may be freestanding or
attached to canopy columns, and shall not be portable. The sign area shall
not exceed twelve square feet and no more than one such sign for each
street frontage is permitted. Gasoline price signs complying with this
section shall not be included in determining the total sign area of a business.
(d) Each business building shall display a street address number identification
sign readable from the street. The minimum height of the street address
numbers shall be six inches.
(e) Freestanding, pole, ground, and monument signs and temporary or portable
signs, which are not attached to structures, shall comply with the following
size limitations:
(i) For single occupancy buildings the maximum total sign area
permitted shall be the greater of the following:
(A) Thirty-two square feet, counting only one side of double-
faced signs; or
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(B) One square foot for each lineal foot of street frontage for
the first one hundred feet, and one-half square foot for
each lineal foot of street frontage thereafter, not to exceed
two hundred square feet of sign area per street frontage.
No single sign face shall exceed seventy-five square feet.
(ii) For multiple -occupancy complexes, each business shall be
permitted a wall sign not to exceed one square foot per lineal foot of
wall frontage to a maximum of thirty-two square feet; and if the
complex has a marquee, each business shall be permitted one
under -marquee sign.
(A) Freestanding, pole, ground, and monument signs and
temporary or portable signs, which are not attached to structures in
multiple -occupancy complexes shall be permitted one square foot
for each lineal foot of street frontage for the first one hundred feet,
and one-half square foot for each lineal foot of street frontage
thereafter, not to exceed two hundred square feet of sign area per
street frontage. No single sign face shall exceed seventy-five
square feet. Multiple -occupancy complexes are limited to one
freestanding, pole, ground or monument sign per street frontage.
(f) Signs along the city owned downtown marquee shall be consistent with the
following standards:
i. The sign shall be constructed of wood and mounted flushed to the
marquee railing.
ii. For a parcel of property, the total signage shall not exceed 30% of
the front footage of that tax parcel.
iii. The sign is to be centered on the horizontal plane of the marquee
and shall not extend above the top or bottom of the marquee railing
face
iv. No sign is to have a right angle corner. The sign can be finished in
a manner such as the following:
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V. All signs shall have a professional appearance.
vi. Signs under the marquee shall be placed to allow seven feet (T)
clearance above the sidewalk. The sign shall be rectangular in
shape, corner treatment as per paragraph (3)(f)(iv), and shall be
installed per city standards. An example of the sign is as follows:
vii. Any movie theater with more than 150 seats is exempt from the
standards of paragraph 3(f) concerning the city owned downtown
marquee.
viii. Changeable letter strips may be added to a marquee sign for those
businesses that pay a state/local admission tax for use of
entertainment advertising only.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and
attested by the Clerk in authentication of such passage this 27th day of 2003.
LESLIE J. WEATHERILL, MAYOR
ATTEST
Patricia Parks, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Sponsored by:
Don Morrison, Councilman
NOTICE OF CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
ORDINANCE
The following is a summary of an Ordinance approved by the Port Orchard City Council at their regular
Council meeting held May 27, 2003.
ORDINANCE NO. 1903
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING CHAPTER 15.16 SUBSECTION 15.16.210 OF THE PORT
ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE MODIFYING STANDARDS FOR THE
SIGNS ALONG THE CITY OWNED DOWNTOWN MARQUEE TO
ALLOW ADVERTISING/PROMOTION OF ENTERTAINMENT.
Copies of Ordinance No. 1903 are available for review at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Port
Orchard. Upon written request a statement of the full text of the Ordinance will be mailed to any
interested person without charge. Thirty days after publication, copies of Ordinance No. 1903 will be
provided at a nominal charge.
City of Port Orchard
Michelle Merlino
Deputy Clerk
Publish: Port Orchard Independent
June 4, 2003
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