CITY OF TACOMA BILLBOARDS REGULATIONS Proposed Amendment to TMC - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Presented to: Planning Commission August 5, 2015 John Harrington, Planning and Development S ervices

CITY OF TACOMA

BILLBOARDS REGULATIONS Proposed Amendment to TMC 13.06.521M – General Sign Regulations

Work Plan

 Review regulations

• New billboards
• Maintenance
• Design
• Landscaping
• Dispersal
• S

ize

• Lighting
• Buffers
• Height
• Location (Zoning)

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New Billboard Signs

CWG made no recommendations S taff Recommendations

• Number cap - 311 faces, 169 structures, 93,684 sq ft
• Banked square footage from standstill agreement –

available once all faces in non-billboard zones are removed.

• Code compliance for billboard structures not meeting

code when constructed, concomitant agreements and billboards in the right-of-way.

• Permit pedestrian-scale signage in C-1, some mixed-use

(NCX, CCX, UCX, CIX) and all downtown zones (including DR) (size, dispersal, location).

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Pedestrian Scale Signage

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Design

CWG recommendations

• Retain, except for:
• 5 degrees of perpendicular
• Cantilevered and off-set
• Maximum 10 ft setback

S taff Recommendations

• Concur with CWG adj ustments
• Allow billboard on site with a existing pole

sign

• 300 feet dispersion from on-site pole sign

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Design

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• More than one

face/ side

• Off-set/ cantilever
• Over top of building
• Not perpendicular
• S

etback > 10 ft

Dispersal

CWG recommendations

• 200 ft or less in Industrial zones and CIX
• 300 ft or less in CCX, UCX
• CWG split for commercial and downtown
• 100-400 range in C-2, PDB
• 100-500 ft range DCC, DMU, WR

S taff Recommendations

• 500 ft for faces over 300 sf
• 300 ft for faces 300 sf or less
• 200 ft for wall mounted faces downtown

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Dispersal

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500 feet from 672 sf face ~300 feet to 288 sf face Over concentration 4 billboards in 366 ft

Size

CWG recommendations

• Max 300 sf in non-industrial zones
• Max 672 sf in industrial zones
• CWG split for mixed use, commercial and downtown
• 300-672 range in mixed use and commercial
• 378-672 range downtown

S taff Recommendations

• Concur with CWG recommendations
• Possible 672 sq ft in UCX, CCX, CIX, HMX (appropriate

scale with on-site buildings and overall site size) Permitted, conditioned use with director approval?

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Bulletin

48’ Wide 14’ Tall 672 S q. Feet

Poster

24’ Wide 12’ Tall 288 S q. Feet

Junior Poster

72 S

• q. Feet

6’ 12’

Billboard size comparison

Size

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672 sf 288 sf

Buffers

CWG recommendations

• Buffer to Residential districts:
• 100 ft in industrial zones
• 250 ft in commercial and mixed use zones
• No recommendation for downtown
• Buffer to sensitive uses (parks, schools, churches, etc)
• 250 ft or less in industrial and downtown zones
• 100 ft or less in commercial and mixed use zones
• Buffer to billboard prohibited and overlay districts
• 250 ft or less in industrial and commercial zones
• No recommendation (100-300 range) in mixed use and

downtown zones

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Buffers

S t aff Recommendat ions

• Buffer to Residential* zones:
• Modify commercial and mixed use zone
• 100 ft if billboard structure is 30 ft or less in height
• Buffer to sensitive uses (parks, schools, churches, etc)
• 100 ft or less in all zones
• LPC review if located within 250 ft of historic structure
• Buffer to prohibited zones (S

HR,DR,RCX,NCX,C-1,T)

• 100 ft for all billboards
• Buffer to prohibited overlay districts (VS

D,HIS T ,CONS )

• 100 feet for all billboards

*Add URX and NRX to residential zones for buffering

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250 foot buffers (Grey areas)

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100 foot buffers (Grey areas)

Height

CWG recommendations

• Retain 45 ft maximum PMI zone
• No recommendation outside the PMI zone
• 2/ 3 of CWG voted for 35-45 ft

S taff Recommendations

• 30 ft maximum if located
• located within 500 ft of R-Dist, S

HR, VS D, HIS T , CONS ; except downtown building mounted can be 40 ft high.

• 40 ft or 5 feet over the height of the tallest building

(whichever is less) if located

• more than 500 ft from a Residential, S

HR, VS D, HIS T , CONS district

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Height Examples

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~30 ft high 30 ft high 35 ft high 40 ft high 35 ft high

Location (Zones)

CWG recommendations

• Add 3 mixed use zones –

UCX, CCX, CIX

• Add 3 downtown zones –

DCC, DMU, WR (wall signs)

• Add 1 commercial zone –

PDB

S taff Recommendations

• In addition to CWG add:
• HMX

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Wall Signs

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Sign Locations by Zoning

Commercial 117 faces

• T 10
• C-1 4
• C-2 103

Industrial 91 faces

• M-1 52
• M-2 29
• PMI 10

Downtown 38 faces

• DCC 5
• DMU 5
• DR 10
• WR 18

Mixed Use 58 faces

• RCX 1
• NCX 37
• CCX 14
• UCX 2
• CIX 4

Shoreline 4 faces

• S10 4

Residential 3 faces

• R-2 2
• R-4 1

Red = billboards currently permitted Green = new zones consensus

Companion Agreement

 Prerequisites to allow adoption of the new code

without amortization clause Basic Parameters

 Overall reduction as a percentage of existing

signs

 Removal of specific, obj ectionable billboards  Removal from specific zones/ areas  Removals/ modifications to bring sign into

conformance (size, height, lighting, dispersion, etc.)

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Date Event March 24 City Council – Resolution No. 39145 May – S ept. Discussions with Clear Channel June – S ept. Community Outreach – S takeholders, Billboards Community Working Group, Neighborhood Councils, Business District Associations, interested parties June – August Planning Commission - Review August 11 City Council – S tudy S ession S eptember 16 Planning Commission – Review task force recommendations and set date for hearing S eptember IPS Committee – S tatus update

October 7

Planning Commission – Public Hearing October 21 Planning Commission - Recommendation November 17 City Council – S tudy S ession and Public Hearing November IPS Committee – Recommendation December 1 City Council – First reading of ordinance to adopt amendments December 8 City Council – Final reading of ordinance to adopt amendments

Tentative Schedule

(as of August 5, 2015)