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CITY OF TACOMA BILLBOARDS REGULATIONS Proposed Amendment to TMC 13.06.521M – General Sign Regulations Presented to: Planning Commission August 5, 2015 John Harrington, Planning and Development S ervices

Work Plan  Review regulations  New billboards  Maintenance  Design  Landscaping  Dispersal  S ize  Lighting  Buffers  Height  Location (Zoning) 2

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). 3

Pedestrian Scale Signage 4

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 5

Design • More than one face/ side • Off-set/ cantilever • Over top of building • Not perpendicular • S etback > 10 ft 6

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 7

Dispersal 500 feet from 672 sf face Over concentration 4 billboards in 366 ft ~300 feet to 288 sf face 8

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? 9

Billboard size comparison 48’ Wide 24’ Wide 12’ Tall Bulletin 14’ Tall Poster 672 S q. Junior Poster Feet 288 S q. 6’ 72 S q. Feet Feet 12’

Size 288 sf 672 sf 11

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 12

Buffers S t aff Recommendat ions  Buffer to Residential* zones:  Modify commercial and mixed use zone o 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 13

250 foot buffers (Grey areas) 14

100 foot buffers (Grey areas) 15

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 16

Height Examples 30 ft high ~30 ft high 35 ft high 35 ft high 40 ft high 17

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 18

Wall Signs 19

Sign Locations by Zoning  Commercial 117 faces  Mixed Use 58 faces - T 10 - RCX 1 - C-1 4 - NCX 37 - C-2 103 - CCX 14  Industrial 91 faces - UCX 2 - M-1 52 - CIX 4  Shoreline 4 faces - M-2 29 - PMI 10 - S10 4  Downtown 38 faces  Residential 3 faces - DCC 5 - R-2 2 - DMU 5 - R-4 1 Red = billboards currently permitted - DR 10 Green = new zones consensus - WR 18

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.) 21

Tentative Schedule ( as of August 5, 2015 ) Date Event March 24 Resolution No. 39145 City Council – ept. Discussions with Clear Channel May – S Community Outreach – S takeholders, Billboards Community Working Group, Neighborhood ept. June – S Councils, Business District Associations, interested parties June – August Planning Commission - Review August 11 ession City Council – S tudy S eptember 16 Review task force recommendations and set date for hearing S Planning Commission – eptember tatus update S IPS Committee – S October 7 Public Hearing Planning Commission – October 21 Planning Commission - Recommendation November 17 ession and Public Hearing City Council – S tudy S November IPS Committee – Recommendation December 1 First reading of ordinance to adopt amendments City Council – December 8 Final reading of ordinance to adopt amendments City Council – 22