§ 17.40.500. Overall signage plan.

A.

General Procedures. Prior to issuance of a zoning permit for a permanent on-premises sign, an overall signage plan indicating the general locations, maximum dimensions and structural type of all signs to be located on the lot shall be filed with the zoning administrator. An authorization form for submittal of the overall signage plan shall be signed by all owners of the lot or their authorized agents. In case of conflict between the overall signage plan and any ordinance of the metropolitan government, the ordinance shall apply.

B.

Common Signage Plan. When more than one use or business is located on a lot, the overall signage plan for the lot shall be a common signage plan which shall provide for consistency among signs on the premises with regard to at least four of the following: Material; location of each sign on the building; sign proportions; color scheme; lighting; lettering or graphic style. The common signage plan shall establish an allowable area of signage for existing and future tenants with regard both to on-premises building and on-premises ground signs. The common signage plan shall be approved by the zoning administrator prior to issuance of any permits. For a development existing prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, a common signage plan must be submitted and approved if a new sign is to be added to the property. The common signage plan shall indicate existing nonconforming signs as well as the amount and location of on-premises signage to be allocated to each tenant under the new plan. If existing on-premises building signage exceeds an amount permitted by this title, a new or replacement tenant shall be allowed its share of on-premises building signage based on the approved common signage plan.

C.

Amending Signage Plans. Any overall signage plan, including a common signage plan, may be amended by filing a new plan which complies with all requirements of this title and includes a schedule for bringing any existing signs not in conformance with the proposed amended plan into compliance.

D.

Nonconforming Signs. Signs legally installed after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter and subsequently made nonconforming because of an amendment to an overall or common signage plan shall be brought into compliance with the amended plan within six months.

(Ord. 96-555 § 10.11(B), 1997)