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Pasco authorizes sandwich-board signs in Downtown Overlay with limits
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 4815 to allow sandwich-board signs in the Downtown Pasco Overlay District, setting limits (one sign per 30 feet of frontage minimum one, corner-lot allowances, off-site placement with written permission, hours and ADA requirements). Business owners praised the changes.
The Pasco City Council on Feb. 17 adopted Ordinance 4815 to amend the city sign code and allow sandwich-board signs within the Downtown Pasco Overlay District under specified conditions.
Planner Ivan Bargon described staff revisions made after stakeholder feedback: the proposal allows one sandwich-board sign for every 30 feet of business frontage with a minimum of one sign, permits corner-lot businesses to place a sign on two facades, and allows placement in front of another business on the same block face if written permission is provided. Other restrictions — including hours of display, a minimum 10-foot clearance from intersections/road verge, indemnification language and ADA compliance — remain in place.
Council members and downtown business owners who spoke at public comment supported the change. Craig Maloney, owner of CD Little Wine Shop, thanked staff for incorporating feedback and said he hoped the council would approve the code amendments. Planner Bargon said the city will require written permission for off-site placement and will not adjudicate disputes between private businesses.
Mayor Pro Tem Milne moved to adopt the ordinance amending Title 17 (sign code); council approved the measure.
What happens next: staff will implement the amended sign rules and apply them within the geographic bounds of the Downtown Pasco Overlay District; enforcement and permit processes remain subject to existing code and staff review.
