159.09   MASTER OR COMMON SIGNAGE PLAN.
No permit shall be issued for an individual sign requiring a permit unless and until a Master Signage Plan or a Common Signage Plan for the zone lot on which the sign will be erected has been submitted to the Zoning Administrator and approved by the Zoning Administrator as conforming with this section.
1.   Master Signage Plan. For any zone lot on which the owner proposes to erect one or more signs requiring a permit, unless such zone lot is included in a Common Signage Plan, the owner shall submit to the Zoning Administrator a Master Signage Plan containing the following:
   A.   An accurate plot plan of the zone lot, at such scale as the Zoning Administrator may reasonably require;
   B.   Location of buildings, parking lots, driveways and landscaped areas on such zone lot;
   C.   Computation of the maximum total sign area, the maximum area for individual signs, the height of the signs and the number of freestanding signs allowed on the zone lot(s) included in the plan under this chapter; and
   D.   An accurate indication on the plot plan of the proposed location of each present and future sign of any type, whether requiring a permit or not, except that incidental signs need not be shown.
2.   Common Signage Plan. If the owner of a single lot with more than one building (not including any accessory building) or the owners of two or more contiguous (disregarding intervening streets and alleys) zone lots file with the Zoning Administrator for such zone lots a Common Signage Plan conforming with the provisions of this section, a fifty percent (50%) increase in the maximum total sign area shall be allowed for each included zone lot. This bonus shall be allocated within each zone lot as the owners elect. Parcels with buildings over 20,000 square feet located west of 34th Avenue SW and within 300 feet east of said street are allowed a seventy-five percent (75%) increase in the maximum total signage allowed.    
(Ord. 8-18-08 #1(284) – Dec. 08 Supp.)
3.   Provisions of Common Signage Plan. The Common Signage Plan shall contain all of the information required for a Master Signage Plan and shall also specify standards for consistency among all signs on the zone lots affected by the Plan with regard to:
   A.   Color scheme;
   B.   Lettering or graphic style;
   C.   Lighting;
   D.   Location of each sign on the building;
   E.   Materials; and
   F.   Sign proportions.
4.   Showing Window Signs on Common or Master Signage Plan. A Common Signage Plan or Master Signage Plan including window signs may simply indicate the areas of the windows to be covered by window signs and the general type of the window signs (e.g., paper affixed to window, painted, etched on glass, or some other material hung inside window) and need not specify the exact dimension or nature of every window sign.
5.   Limit on Number of Freestanding Signs Under Common Signage Plan. The Common Signage Plan, for all zone lots with multiple uses or multiple users, shall limit the number of freestanding signs to a total of one for each street on which the zone lots included in the plan have frontage and shall provide for shared or common usage of such signs.
6.   Other Provisions of Master or Common Signage Plans. The Master or Common Signage Plan may contain such other restrictions as the owners of the zone lots may reasonably determine.
7.   Consent. The Master or Common Signage Plan shall be signed by all owners or their authorized agents in such form as the Zoning Administrator shall require.
8.   Procedures. A Master or Common Signage Plan shall be included in any development plan, site plan, planned unit development plan, or other official plan required by the City for the proposed development and shall be processed simultaneously with such other plan.
9.   Amendment. A Master or Common Signage Plan may be amended by filing a new Master or Common Signage Plan that conforms with all requirements of this chapter then in effect.
10.   Existing Signs Not Conforming to Common Signage Plan. If any new or amended Common Signage Plan is filed for a property on which existing signs are located, it shall include a schedule for bringing into conformance, within three years, all signs not conforming to the proposed amended plan or to the requirements of this chapter in effect on the date of submission.
11.   Binding Effect. After approval of a Master or Common Signage Plan, no sign shall be erected, placed, painted or maintained, except in conformance with such plan, and such plan may be enforced in the same way as any provision of this chapter. In case of any conflict between the provisions of such a plan and any other provision of this chapter, this chapter shall control.