The following procedures shall apply to anyone wishing to paint, erect, install, construct, relocate, replace or alter any sign for which, under this chapter, a sign permit is required:
A. All sign plans shall be treated as a site plan and design review application and shall be processed in uniformity with the provisions of Chapter 20.52, Site Plan and Design Review, including those for notice and warning, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
B. The approving body of a sign plan application shall be as follows:
1. Review by the Planning Commission and City Council. For any development project requiring a conditional use permit from the planning commission and city council in accordance with Chapter 20.64, a sign plan or comprehensive sign program, if required pursuant to Section 20.58.070(A), shall be reviewed and approved, conditionally approved or denied by such bodies in conjunction with consideration of the conditional use permit application. Modification(s) to any sign plan or comprehensive sign program approved or conditionally approved under this subsection shall be reviewed and approved, conditionally approved or denied by the planning commission. If the planning commission approves or conditionally approves the modification, a city council hearing shall be scheduled in accordance with Section 20.64.080.
2. Review by the Planning Commission. For any development project requiring a site plan and design review approval by the planning commission in accordance with Chapter 20.52, a sign plan or comprehensive sign program, if required pursuant to Section 20.58.070(A), shall be reviewed and approved, conditionally approved or denied by the planning commission in conjunction with consideration of the site plan and design review application. Modification(s) to any sign plan or comprehensive sign program reviewed and approved or conditionally approved under this subsection shall be reviewed and approved, conditionally approved or denied by the planning commission.
3. Review by the Community Development Director. For any other development project not subject to subdivisions 1 and 2 of this subsection, for the installation of new signs or modification of existing signs not involving a development project, or for the installation of new signs or modification of existing signs at a project with an approved comprehensive sign program, the sign plan shall be reviewed and approved, conditionally approved or denied by the community development director or the director’s designated representative.
4. Appeals. Appeals shall be subject to the procedures contained in Chapter 20.52, Site Plan and Design Review, except that a sign plan or comprehensive sign program in conjunction with a conditional use permit application shall be subject to the appeal procedures of Chapter 20.64.
C. Application and submittal requirements for a sign plan application shall be as follows:
1. Review by the Community Development Director. The applicant shall submit a completed building permit application form provided by the community development department, and electronic plans containing the information required under Subsection D of this section.
2. Review by the Planning Commission and/or City Council. The applicant shall submit a completed building permit application and a completed application worksheet on forms provided by the community development department. The applicant shall also submit electronic plans containing the information required under Subsection D of this section.
D. A sign plan or comprehensive sign program shall include the following information:
1. Fully dimensioned and scaled site plan, including the following:
a. Name, address and phone number of applicant, property owner and architect/designer;
b. The correct legal description, including the assessor’s parcel number;
c. Lot dimensions;
d. Footprints of all buildings and structures on-site including the location of entrance doors to the structures;
e. Off-street parking areas, driveways and curb cuts;
f. Names and locations of adjacent streets; and
g. Location of all existing and proposed signs.
2. Fully dimensioned and scaled building or wall elevation(s) showing any proposed building or wall sign(s), including the following:
a. Linear distance of business frontage (for sign plans) or building frontage (for comprehensive sign programs);
b. Location of all windows and doors;
c. Height of building; and
d. Location and dimensions of sign(s).
3. Fully dimensioned and scaled detail of proposed sign(s), including the following:
a. Total sign area including total square footage calculation(s);
b. Colors and materials for all portions of the sign and sign copy;
c. Actual sign copy (if known);
d. Letter style and height;
e. Logo detail (if any);
f. Lighting details including electrical plans (if any);
g. Structural details and calculations (if required); and
h. Mounting details.
4. Any other information pertinent to the application as may be required by the community development director or approving body.
E. The community development department shall collect fees as such as the city council may by resolution establish from time to time. (Ord. 2024-06-1549 § 5 (part); Ord. 93-10-1169 § 2 (part))