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Commission moves draft wall‑sign ordinance toward public hearing, favors 'building face' measure
Summary
Planning staff presented a draft wall‑sign ordinance tying sign area to building frontage (one square foot per linear foot); commissioners discussed switching the metric from 'frontage' to 'building face' to address strip malls and U‑shaped developments and agreed to publish the revised draft for a public hearing on April 16.
Planning staff presented a draft wall‑sign ordinance at the April 2 meeting that would allocate exterior wall sign area relative to building dimensions and cap individual tenant signage in multi‑tenant buildings.
Patrick (planning staff) said he prepared a draft that ties allowable wall‑sign area to building frontage — roughly "one square foot per one foot of building frontage" — and shared GIS‑derived measurements to illustrate how the allocation would work for local properties. Commissioners and staff discussed whether the ordinance should use the term "frontage" (which…
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