10d - Iconic Sign Code OrdinanceCode Amendment:
Iconic Signs
City Council
3January2023
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Should the City Council amend Chapters 1.9.05
and 1.9.140 of the FWRC to create a provision for
Iconic Signs within the City Center portion of
Federal Way?
From the City's Comprehensive Plan:
"The City Center does not currently present an
identifiable sense of a downtown or urban
center."
"Buildings feature concrete or concrete block
walls, creating austere and 'generic' images."
Goals & Policies
CCGs Create an identifiable City Center that
serves as the social, cultural, and economic focus
of the City. Define a City Center with distinct
boundaries, unique building types, and special
features.
CCGS Focus on improving the existing character
and image of the City Center.
The iconic sign provision is intended to create a process
whereby a proposed sign that does not meet the
dimensional or other standards of the sign code, but,
through design and artistic expression unrelated to its
message, is culturally significant to the community or
region, and is expected to serve a placemaking function
either upon completion or with the passage of time. This
provision is not intended to be a tool to vary one or more
of the standards of this Chapter simply to allow for a
larger sign than otherwise could be obtained.
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(a) Cannot be for Residential
(b) Regionally significant
(c) Limited to City Center
(d) Meets Goals and/or Policies of the Comprehensive Plan
(e) Quality materials
(f) Serves a placemaking function
(g) Enhances the streetscape or identity of the City Center
(h) Is not favoritism to a particular property or business
(i) Is appropriately scaled with the building
(j) Limits on lighting
(k) Are safe
(I) Not a billboard
The proposed amendment bears a substantial
relationship to public health, safety, or welfare
The proposed amendment is in the best interest of the
residents of the city
The proposed amendment is consistent with the
requirements of Chapter 36.7oA RCW and with the
portion of the city's adopted plan not affected by the
amendments.
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Federal Way
Planning Commission
1. Held a Public Hearing on 2 November zozz
z. The City received no comments from the public
3. Recommended approval of the proposed
Code amendment
(4) Criteria. The city may grant the iconic sign only if it finds all of the following:
(b) The proposed iconic sign is representative of a business that hyQ beenwas founded in
the city and/or region ore than 20 years ago;
(d) The proposed iconic sign is consistent +i�with applicable provisions of the
comprehensive plan, including with -the goals and/or policies of the comprehensive plan;
1. Adopt the proposed ordinance, as amended.
z. Do not adopt the proposed ordinance and
provide direction to staff.
Mayor
Approve the proposed Code amendment, as amended.
Questions?