Ordinance No. 78-16 1/q
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16, SIGN REGULATIONS, OF THE TIGARD
MUNICIPAL CODE, .AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 : The City Council finds that after a number of meetings
involving representatives of the business community
of Tigard and representatives of the sign industry, as well as
other affected and interested citizens, the sign code committee
recommended to the Planning Commission of the City of Tigard cer-
tain changes in Title 16, Sign Regulations, of the Municipal Code
of the City of Tigard, and that after considering the recommendations
Of that committee and deliberating upon those recommendations the
Planning Commission has forwarded those recommendations with its
amendments to the City Council .
Section 2: The City Council rinds that after proper legal notice
a public hearing was held by the City Council on the
20 day of march , 1978, and at that meeting all interested
persons were afforded an opportunity to be heard and to present and
rebut evidence with respect to the proposed amendments to Title 16 .
Section 3: Having considered the recommendations of the sign code
committee and the Planning Commission and having enter-
tained testimony with regard to the recommenda`tions, .the City Council
has found that certain changes should be made in Title 16 , Sign
Regulations, of the Municipal Code of the City of Tigard.
Section 4: Therefore, Title 16, Sign Regulations, Municipal Code
of the City of Tigard, is amended in the following
respects:
16. 36.040 (9) be amended as follows:
4. WALL SIGNS: a. Allowable Area - In addition to signs
permitted by subdivision (2) . Wall signs including illuminated
reader board may be erected or maintained but shall not exceed
in gross area 107o of the building frontage occupied by the
,tenant.
Signs placed within one .foot of the display windows and de-
signed to be viewed from the exterior of the building shall
be included in determining the amount of such building face.
b. Wald signs may not project more than 18" from the wall or
above the wall to which they are atta,,hed.
c. In buildings where one or more tenants occupy a portion
of building which does not include any portion of an exterior
wall having:exposure to a public street, allowable wall sign
area will be computed in the followi.n- manner: each
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tenant not having building frontage may have a wall sign on
the wall having street exposure (front wq.11) provided it does
riot exceed in sign area that portion of sign area permitted
that front wall tenant having the smallest proportion of allow-
able sign area. In this type of building the allowable pro-
portion of front wall sign area shall be computed as 15% of the
total building face . A wall sign program shall be established
for all multi-tenant buildings, no new permit to be issued
until such a program is established. On pre-existing buildings,
each new tenant will adhere to the established program.
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d. SUPPLEMENTAL DESIGN FEATURES: If the design reviewer de- '
termines that the wall sign's visual. appeal and overall design y
quality would be served, an additional 50 percent of the allow-
able sign area may be permitted. No copy will be permitted, �
however, in the additional area permitted. For purposes of
this subsection, the word "copy" includes symbols, logos, and
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letters. !
e. PAINTED SIGNS: Wall signs painted directly onto the wall
surface shall not exceed in gross wall area five percent of
the face of the building they are painted upon, and the verti-
cal dimension of the sign cannot exceed 20 percent of the height
of the wall.
16.40.095 is amended to read:
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16.40.095 BENCH SIGN: Bench signs will only be permitted
at designated transit stops in commercial, industrial , and
multi-family zones where no bus shelter presently exists.
There shall be no more than one bench sign per allowable transit
stop. Placement of the bench sign shall not interfere with
pedestrian traffic or traffic vision. Application for a bench
sign shall include the signature of the affected property owner
and proof of liability insurance.
16.08.025 be amended to read:
16.08.025 BENCH SIGN: A bench designed to seat people which
carries a written or graphic message,
16.36.020 be amended to read:
7. a. Freestanding signs for conditional uses in residential
and multi-family zones shall be subject to review by the Planning
Commission according to the procedures prescribed in Chapter
18, Section 72, Conditional Use, for which the following standards
are recommended:
Street Type Height Area
Local 8' 12 sq ft. per sign face
Collector 12' 20 sq. ft . per sign face
Arterial 16' 65 sq. ft. per sign face
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b. Churches and schools are permitted to have reader boards
.• depicting events and services, but not in excess of the allow-
able sign area.
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c. Wall Signs - Wall signs shall not exceed 5 percent of the p
front wall area and not be permitted on side or rear wall .
16.36.020 (3) be amended to read:
(3) Permanent subdivision identification signs. One ground
sign, at each entry point to the subdivision from the public
right-of-way, with the site properly landscaped, denoting the
development name and not exceeding 32 sq, ft. in area. Illumi-
nation may be approved as long as it does not create a public
or private nuisance.
16.40.070 Projecting Signs is deleted from Title 16.
16.40.080 Roof Signs is deleted from Title 16.
16.24.015 Those signs which are non-conforming according to the
standards in Ordinance No. 77-89 and No. 78- 16 may be con-
tinued until 3 2p 88 (ten years after date of ordinance) except
signs which are already non-conforming, as per Section 16 .24.010.
Section 5: It is hereby declared that an emergency exists and that
it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the
peace, health, and safety of the City of Tigard, Oregon, that the
foregoing change become a permanent part of the City 's records, and
this ordinance shall be effective upon its passage by the Council ,
and approval by the Mayor.
' PASSED: By L,�,u,, vote of all Council members present, after
being read two times by number and title only, this 2-o '
day of MfihG 11 1978.
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Recorder City of Ti rd, Oregon
APPROVED: By the Mayor this ZO day of _ __, 1978 .
Mayor - City of Tigard, Oregon
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