1174.15  LARGE PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
   A.   For purposes of this section, a large planned commercial development shall be any unified commercial development of thirty (30) acres total land area or greater, or of three hundred thousand (300,000) gross square feet of building area or greater, planned and designed as an integral and coordinated development.
   B.   No permit is required to place, erect or display signs permitted under Section 1174.06.  However, all other signs shall be permitted in a large planned commercial development only by a special variance granted by the Planning Commission after full consideration of the proponent's special variance request.
   C.   The proponent's special variance request shall set forth all proposed signs affecting the public rights-of-way in full detail and in coordination with the physical and architectural design of the proposed development.
   D.   The proceedings for the consideration of the proponent's special variance request shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 1135 for the consideration of a petition for a conditional use permit with the exception of the need for approval by City Council. 
(Ord. 98-176.  Passed 8-3-98.)