Ordinance No. 77-89 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
ORDINANCE No. 77- 89
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
certain 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'.i-. Planning Commission
has forwarded those recommendations with its amendments to the City Council.
Section 2: The City Council finds that after proper legal notice a
public hearing was held by the City Council on the 10th day of
October, 1977, and at that meeting all interested persons were afforded an
op-)ortunity 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 entertained testimony with
regard to the recommendations, 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:
1:. Section 16.08.040 Building Officiai,.is deleted from Title 16.
2. Section 16.12.010 Required is amended to read as follows:
"16.12.010 Re ug iced. Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful
for any person to construct, structurally alter, or relocate within the
city any sign without first obtaining a sign permit from the Planning
Director and making payment of the fee required. In 'addition, all
illuminated signs shall be subject to the provisions of the State
Electrical Code and the permit fees required thereunder."
B. Section 16.12.020 Application is amended to read as follows:
"16.12.020 A221ication. Application for a sign permit shall be made upon
forms provided by the Planning Director and shall contain or have attached
the following information:
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(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the applicant;
(2) Location of the building, structure, or lot to which or upon
which the sign is to be attached or erected;
(3) A plot plan and a scale drawing of the sign. The plot plan
shall be made to scale, and it shall indicate the location of all
buildings, property lines, existing signs, streets, driveways,
and overhead power lines on the premises. In addition, the plot
plan shall show the approximate location of neighboring signs
and buildings within 100 feet on either side of the subject premises.
The scale drawing of the sign shall show the sign dimensions, the
colors, materials, construction, height above the ground, and
source and intensity of any illumination;
(4) All electrical signs shall bear the Underwriters' Laboratory label;
(5) The name, address, and telephone number of the person who will
do the erection, construction, or maintenance of the sign;
(6) The application, including the information required by paragraphs
(1) through (5) above, shall be submitted to the Planning Director.
The proposal shall be reviewed to determine whether the sign as
proposed is acceptable given its impact on public safety, the
architectural compatibility of the elements of the sign, one with
another, the compatibility of the sign with its surroundings, the
sign's aesthetic qualities, and its consistency with the needs of
the business or businesses to which it relates. These aesthetic
considerations shall be made according to the criteria set forth
in paragraph (7) below;
(7) The purpose of design review of signs is to improve the quality
of design and to attempt to improve the general appearance of the
business and industrial community. The intent of this process
is to review the work submitted, not to perform the design work
for the applicant. Neither is it the intention of this code to
substitute the personal taste of a reviewer for that of the applicant,
but rather to perform an objective analysis of the proposed sign
according to the standards embodied in this section. In reviewing
the design of sign proposals the Planning Director, and, in the event
of an appeal, the Design Review Board, shall consider particularly
the following:
(a) Letters
Style (for legibility and continuity)
Size of copy (inrelationto background)
Amount of copy (in relation to sign size)
(b) Colors
Compatibility with building colors
Compatibility with each other
(c) Overall ,Design (As it relates to the building and
suitability to the location)
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4. Section 16.28.010 Nonconforming Signs shall be amended by amending
paragraph (a) to read as follows:
716.28.010 Nonconforming Signs.
(a) The Planning Director shall order the removal of any sign
erected in violation of the provisions of this Title. The Planning
Director shall give fifteen days' written notice by certified mail
to the owner of the sign or, if the owner of the sign cannot be
notified, to the owner of the building, structure, or premises on
which such sign is located to remove the sign or to bring it into
compliance with this Title. If the owner of the building, structure,
or premises upon which such sign is located fails to remove the sign
within fifteen (15) days. after receipt of written notice from the
Planning Director, the Planning Director or his duly authorized
representative may remove such sign at cost to the owner of the
building, structure, or premises, and such costs shall be a lien
against land or premises upon which the sign is located and may
be collected or foreclosed in the same manner as liens otherwise
entered in the lien docket of the City.
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5. Section 16.36.020(5) Real Estate Directional Signs is amended
to read as follows:
"(5) Real Estate Directional Signs. Real estate signs advertising an
open house and located off the premises, limited to a sign area of
six square feet and a maximum dimension of four feet may be
erected and maintained, provided the display of such sign shall be
only during those hours the property is available for inspection.
No other off-premise directional signs shall be allowed. No permits
are required for such signs, but the 'Pl'anning Director may establish
reasonable rules and regulations to prohibit sign clutter, erection
of unsafe signs, or other problems in connection with the erection
of real estate directional signs."
6. Section 16.36.040 Commercial Zones is amended to read as follows:
"16.36.040 Commercial and Industrial Zones.
(1) No signs shall be permitted in a C-5 Commercial zone except
those specified in Title 18 for such zone.
(2) No signs shall be permitted in a C-P Commercial-Professional
zone except those specified in Title 18 for such zone.
(3) Free-Standing Signs. Free-standing signs shall be permitted only
in commercial and industrial zones. Where free-standing signs _
are permitted, the size, height, orientation, location, and design
shall be controlled by the criteria set forth in paragraphs (a)
thru (m) below.
(a) One multiface d free-standing sign identifying the principal
goods, products, facilities or services available on the
premises shall be permitted on any premise.
(b) Free-standing signs shall be permitted on properties zoned
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commercial or industrial and fronting on arterial streets
subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) Area limit: The maximum square footage of sign
allowable shall be 70 square feet per face or a total
of 140 square feet for all sign faces. If the sign is
moved back from the property line which parallels the
street the sign is facing, the sign area may be increased
at the rate of one square foot per lineal foot, measured
from the property line to that portion of the sign nearest
the property line. If the property line is more than 15
feat from th,: edge of the road pavement, the measurement
shall be made from that portion of the sign nearest the
pavement to a point 15 feet from the pavement edge. The
maximum allowable area under this provision shall be 90
square feet per face or a total of 180 square feet for all
sign faces.
(2) Height: No free-standing sign located at the right-of-way
edge shall exceed 20 feet. Height may increase one foot
for each ten feet of setback from the property line (or
15 feet from pavement edge, whichever is less) to a
maximum of 22 feet.
(c) Free-standing signs shall be permitted on properties zoned
commercial or industrial on collector streets subject to the
following conditions and limitations:
(1) Area limit: The maximum square footage of sign
allowable shall be 25 square feet per face or a
total of 50 square feet for all sign faces. If the sign is
moved back from the property line which parallels the street
the sign is facing, the sign area may be increased at the
rate of one square foot per lineal foot, measured from the
property line to that portion of the sign nearest the
property line. If the property line is more than 15 feet
from the edge of the road pavement, the measurement shall
be made from that portion of the sign nearest the pavement
to a point 15 feet from the pavement edge. The maximum
allowable area under this provision shall be 45 square feet
per face or a total of 90 square feet for all sign faces.
(2) Height: No free-standing sign located at the right-of-way
edge shall exceed 16 feet in height. Height may increase
one foot for each ten feet of setback from the property
line (or 15 feet from the pavement edge, whichever is
less) to a maximum of 18 feet.
(d) Free-standing signs shall be permitted on property zoned commercial
or industrial and fronting on local streets subject to the
following conditions and limitations:
(1) Area limit: The maximum square footage of sign allowable
shall be 16 square feet per face or a total of 32 square
feet for all sign faces. If the sign is moved back from the
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property line which parallels the street the sign is facing,
the sign area may be increased at the rate of one-half
square foot per lineal foot, measured from the property
line to that portion of the sign nearest the property line.
If the property line is more than 15 feet from the edge
of the road pavement, the measurement shall be made from
that portion of the sign nearest the pavement to a point
15 feet from the pavement edge. The maximum allowable
area under this provision shall be 26 square feet per face
or a total of 52 square feet for all sign faces.
(2) Height: No free-standing sign located at the right-of-way
edge shall exceed 14 feet in height. Height may increase
one foot for each ten feet of setback from the property
line (or 15 feet from the pavement edge, whichever is less)
to a maximum of 16 feet.
(e) For purposes of applying the criteria of this ordinance, the
following list of street designations shall apply:
Designated .Arterial Streets
All of S. W. Durham Road within the city
All of S. W. Greenburg Road (north of North Dakota)
within the city
All of S. W. Hall Boulevard within the city
All of S.W. Pacific Highway within the city
All of S. W. Scholls Ferry Road within the city
All of S. W. Tigard Street (east of Tiedeman) within
the city
All of 68th Avenue (north of Hampton) within the city
All of 72nd Avenue (south of Hampton) within the city
Designated Collector Streets
S. W. Ash Avenue within the city from S.W. Burnham to
S. W. Hill Street
All of S. W. Bonita Road within the city
All of S. W. Bull Mountain Road within the city
All of S. W. Burnham Street within the city
All of S. W. Cascade Street within the city
All of S. W. Commercial within the city
All of S. W. Gaarde Street within the city
All of S. W. Grant Street within the city
All of S. W. Greenburg Road (south of S. W. North
Dakota) within the city
All of S. W. Hampton within the city
All of S. W. Hunziker Street within the city
All of S. W. Main Street within the city
All of S. W. McDonald Street within the city
All of S. W. North Dakota within the city
All of S. W. Pfaffle Road within the city
All of S. W. Sattler Road within the city
All of S. W. Summerfield Drive within the city
All of S. W. Tiedeman Street within the city
All of S. W. Walnut Street within the city
All of S. W. 98th Avenue within the city
All of S. W. 100th Avenuewithinthe city
All of S. W. 121st Avenuewithin the city
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(1) When a premise contains more than a single tenant but is
not defined as a shopping center, the provisions of a free-
standing sign shall take into consideration the needs of all
separate tenants. The design shall take into consideration the
need for providing a signing system which is harmonious in
appearance and legibility. The building owner shall provide at
his own expense a coamion support for all tenant signage. Said
support should be engineered to withstand 20 pounds per square
foot wind load of completed display. Up to an additional 50
percent of sign copy area may be permitted when deemed necessary
by the Planning Director to adequately identify the separate
tenants.
(m) Shopping centers or industrial parks, defined as areas of not
less than eight business units and consisting of not less than
four acres, shall establish a single signing format. The sign
shall include the complex name and street number. Up to an
additional 50 percent of sign area may be permitted when deemed
necessary by the Planning Director to adequately identify the
complex. This increase should be judged according to unique
identification needs and circumstances which necessitate
additional area to make the sign sufficiently legible. When
a shopping center or industrial park has more than one main
entrance on separate frontages, a second free-standing sign
may be allowed. The two allowable signs shall face separate
frontages and are not intended to be viewed simultaneously.
(4) Wall signs: In addition to signs permitted by this section wall
signs may be erected or maintained but they shall not exceed in
gross area 20 percent of the. buiiding to which the sign is
attached or on which the sign is maintained. Signs placed on or
within one foot of the display windows and designed to be
viewed from the exterior of the building shall be included in
determining the amount of signing on such building face. Wall
signs may not project more than 18 inches to the wall to which
they are attached.
(5) Real estate signs: No more than two signs offering the premises
for sale, lease, or inspection by the public shall be permitted.
The total area of each sign shall not exceed 32 square feet.
Such signs may be modified to indicate that the property has
been sold.
(6) Moving signs: No sign shall have or consist of any moving,
rotating, or otherwise animated part.
7. Section 16.36.050 Industrial Zones is deleted from Title 16.
8. Section 16.40.050 Rotating or Revolving Signs is deleted from Title 16.
9. Section 16.40.060(b) is amended to read as follows:
"(b) No flashing signs shall be permitted except those showing
time and temperature only."
10. Section 16.34.010 Right of Appeal is amended by the addition of the
letter (a) before the first paragraph; the addition of the letter (U)
' before the second paragraph, and by the addition of the following
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Local Streets
All other existing streets within the city
(Ordinance 75-40 S4, 1975, Ordinance 72-68 S1, 1972;
Ordinance 70-32 5210-8, 1970)
(f) Supplemental design features. If the design reviewer determines
that the sign's visual appeal and overall design quality would be
served an additional 50 percent of the allowable sign area and z
25 percent of sign height (to include the pole cover) may be
permitted. No copy will be permitted, however, in the additional
area or height permitted. For purposes of this subsection the
word "copy" includes symbols, logos, and figures, as well as
.letters.
(g) Where a premise fronts on more than one street standards for E;
the street towards which the sign is orienteu shall be the
controlling standards. In the event the sign is oriented
equally towards more than one street the more permissive of the
two sets of standards shall be applied. s,
(h) Except for time and temperature signs and theater marquees and
signs used by auto service stations in order to display the
current price of gasoline, no free-standing sign permitted
pursuant to this section shall include a sign of the type
'.nown as a "reader board." For the purposes of this section,
a "reader board" is defined as a sign designed to permit the
changing of the message of the sign regularly or frequently as,
for example, a sign made up of a blackboard, changeable paper
faced letters, or a rack designed to hold moveable letters.
(i) Each free-standing sign shall be surrounded by an area set
aside to protect the sign from vehicles negotiating in the
parking area of the business to which the sign relates, and
the area set aside shall be landscaped. The size and shape
of the area set aside and the landscaping shall be represented
on the plot plan required by Section 16.12.020 and shall be
subject to the review and control of the Planning Director or
his agent. On existing sites where a landscape island is not
feasible, the minimum clearance between the lowest portion of a
free-standing sign and the ground shall be 14 feet in any
vehicle maneuvering area.
(j) Every free-standing sign erected after the date of the passage
r of this ordinance shall incorporate a pole cover into its
design, and the address number of the premises being identified
must be exhibited on either the free-standing sign or the
building, and the address number must be constructed so as to
be readable from automobiles passing upon the street toward
which the sign is oriented.
{ (k) No free-standing sign, nor any portion of any free-standing
sign, shall be located on or be projected over any portion of
a street, sidewalk or other public right-of-way or property.
Signs may be located within setback areas only as provided in
Section 16.20.040.
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paragraph, to be designated (c):
"16.34.010 Right of appeal * * *"
(c) Any person who has applied to the Planning Director for a
sign permit pursuant to the provisions of Section 16.12.020
may appeal the Planning Director's decision to the design
review board by the procedure set forth at Section 18.58.020(c)
of the Tigard Municipal Code.
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 �YNS._nlrr,nus vote of all Council members present, after being
read three times by number and title only, this 167h day of
c`tcibf b, , 1977.
Recorder - City of T#ard, Oregon
APPROVED: By the Mayor this Jb76 day of i c-tober , 1977.
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Mayor - City of Tigard, Oregon
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