Drafter
Clerk 02/16/2006
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to zoning; establishing standards for signs in mixed use-developments in R-12 through R-48 zones; amending Ordinance 10870, Section 424, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.20.060 and Ordinance 10870, Section 427, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.20.080 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 21A.20.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
NEW SECTION. SECTION 1. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 21A.20 a new section to read as follows:
Mixed-use development signs in R-12 through R-48 zones. In a mixed-use development in the R-12 through R-48 zones in which the combined total of all nonresidential establishments exceeds fifteen thousand square feet of gross floor area, signs are limited as follows:
A. Signs for nonresidential uses are permitted as provided in K.C.C. 21A.20.095;
B. Signs for residential uses are permitted as follows:
1. One permanent residential identification sign not exceeding thirty-two square feet is permitted per building for each street frontage of the lot. A corner lot with a street frontage of less than one hundred feet on each street shall be permitted only one sign;
2. The maximum height for freestanding signs shall be fifteen feet;
3. The sign may be freestanding or mounted on a fence or a wall or other structure; and
4. In lieu of wall signs, projecting and awning signs and signs mounted on the sloping portion of roofs are permitted if the signs:
a. have a minimum clearance of eight feet above finished grade;
b. do not project more than six feet perpendicular from the supporting building facade;
c. meet the standards of K.C.C. 21A.20.060.J, if mounted on the roof of a building; and
d. do not total an area more than ten percent of the building façade on which they are located.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 10870, Section 424, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.20.060 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
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