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Bowman Plaza signage changes approved after staff negotiates exhibit revisions
Summary
Plan Commission approved a revised PDD/SIP for Bowman Plaza that adds a signage package and minor building shift; staff and commissioners required an updated signage exhibit to resolve a conflict between the applicant’s exhibit and the city’s window‑signage limit.
The Plan Commission voted to approve RZ‑264926 (Bowman Plaza) after the developer returned to address conditions attached to an April approval. Developer representatives said the resubmittal was limited to a signage package and minor site tweaks, including shifting the building two feet to keep footings out of a utility easement.
City staff presented the updated sign package: a northeast planter‑mounted monument sign (10×6 ft), a vertical blade sign sized at one‑third the building height, and retail tenant signs limited by the PDD exhibit. Staff recommended approval with two edits to the earlier April conditions (adjusting a residential parking ratio and updating the referenced feedback letter). Commissioners identified a conflict between a plan sheet that showed 50% window signage and the city’s 25% window signage standard; the applicant agreed to provide an updated exhibit as a condition of approval.
Developer Ned (Nate) Hoy said the return to plan commission was prompted by the need to include final signage specifications; he added the project has supportive TID incentives and expects site abatement to begin July 6 with demolition to follow and foundations in September. Staff and the developer also confirmed there would be no flashing or animated signs and that permitted temporary and window signage would follow the city sign ordinance.
The reszone and ADR were approved by voice vote with the added condition that the applicant supply a corrected signage exhibit and comply with staff‑defined parking and feedback‑letter language.
Why it matters: The change preserves previous approvals while clarifying sign limits and parking ratios that will govern tenant signage and ultimately affect how the retail frontage reads from adjacent streets.
