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DIR1998-00005 DIRECTOR'S INTERPRETATION: Wall signs Section 18.114 of the Community Development Code. Date: November 10, 1998 Interpretation: Section 18.114 of the Community Development Code requires that wall signs not exceed a specific percentage or square footage of any building face on which the sign is to be mounted. Wall face is defined in 18.114 as all windows and wall area of a building in one or more parallel planes. For buildings with multiple tenants (example commercial or industrial buildings), this has required applicants to measure and calculate the square footage of all wall signs on a wall face regardless of the individual tenant space. To ease both the administrative burden as well as that of the applicant, hereafter, the wall face in a multi- tenant case shall apply only to the window and wall area attributable to the specific tenant. As long as each tenant does not exceed the required square footage or percentage of wall area for their lineal and verticle portion of the building, the entire wall face will not exceed the required percentage or square footage. An exception would be in a case where a general sign attributable to an entire complex uses wall space exists or where an existing wall sign overlaps a specific tenant space. In these cases, calculations would have to include calculations for the signs covering space attributable to the tenant. 1 • , 4 . ./ ( '� James Hendryx Dick Bewersdorff Community Development Director Planning Manager DATE: 11/10/1998 CODE SECTIONS: 18.780 (was 18.114) � ' l� [TOPIC :+ Sign Code: Wall Signs INTERPRETATION: Section 18.114 of the Community Development Code requires that wall signs not exceed a specific percentage or square footage of any building face on which the sign is to be mounted. Wall face is defined in 18.114 as all windows and wall area of a building in one or more parallel planes. For buildings with multiple tenants (example commercial or industrial building), this has required applicants to measure and calculate the square footage of all wall signs on a wall face regardless of the individual tenant space. To ease both the administrative burden as well as that of the applicant, hereafter, the wall face in a multi- tenant case shall apply only to the window and wall area attributable to the specific tenant. As long as each tenant does not exceed the required square footage or percentage of wall area for their lineal and vertical portion of the building, the entire wall face will not exceed the required percentage or square footage. An exception would be in a case where a general sign attributable to an entire complex uses wall space exists or where an existing wall sign overlaps a specific tenant space. In these cases, calculations would have to include calculations for the signs covering space attributable to the tenant.