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Home My WebLink AboutPermit 89-01-SPE - SEATTLE FURNITURE FACTORY - SIGN SPECIAL PERMISSION89-01-spe 17500 west valley highway seattle furniture factory City of Tukwila PLANNING DEPARTMENT 6200 Southcenter Boulevard Tukwila, Washington 98188 (206) 433 -1849 STAFF REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PREPARED APRIL 21, 1989 HEARING DATE: APRIL 27, 1989 FILE: 89 -1 -SPE APPLICANT: RAMLYN & ENGRAVING SIGN CO. REQUEST: Special Permission for a permanent wall sign of 550 square feet. LOCATION: 17500 WEST VALLEY HWY. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT: M -1 LIGHT INDUSTRY SEPA DETERMINATION: Not applicable ATTACHMENT: (A) APPLICANT'S PROPOSED SIGN Page 2 DECISION CRITERIA Area (L x H) -- Sq. Ft. Exposed Building Face 0 - 500 501 - 1500 1501 - 3000 3001 - 5000 Over 5000 FINDINGS TABLE 1 The applicant is requesting a wavier for the size requirements for permanent wall sign. The applicable sign code regulations are listed below in bold, followed by pertinent findings. Section 19.32.140 Upon application to and approval by the Planning Commission, the permitted sign areas provided in table 1 may be increased no more than fifty percent for each doubling of the required minimum setback distance for wall upon which a particular sign is to be placed, but in no case shall sign area exceed that permitted in Section 19.32.150. The area of all signs on exposed building face for each business shall be as provided in table 1. Total Permitted Area of the Sign(s) -- Sq. Ft. 0.05 x Exposed Building Face in Sq. Ft.(E.B.F.) 25 + 0.04 x (E.B.F. - 500) 65 + 0.03 x (E.B.F. - 1500) 110 + 0.02 x (E.B.F. - 3000) 150 Square Feet (maximum) (A) The applicant is requesting special permission to put up a wall sign of 550 square feet. Base upon the exposed building face the applicant is permitted outright a sign of 150 square feet. The applicant's building is set back 150 feet from West Valley Highway. The zoning for this property is M - 1 which requires a front yard setback of 25 feet. Since the building is setback further then the required distance, the applicant is requesting special permission under section 19.32.140 for a larger wall sign. Based upon the distance setback, the maximum size of sign the Planning Commission approve is 525 square feet. The Planning Commission has the discretion to approval a sign size from 150 square feet up to 525 sf. Under the sign code, the largest Page 3 permitted sign in the city is a billboard, which can not exceed 300 square feet in area. CONCLUSION The applicant's request exceed the allowable sign area the Planning Commission has the authority to approve. The purpose request exceeds the size of a billboard by approximately 225 squared feet. However, the applicant does have some bases for requesting a larger sign due to the existing building setback distance from the road. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the applicant's request as submitted be denied. However, the Planning Commission should considered a sign size of 200 square feet. ATTACHMENT "A" SEATTLE FU 4.4.44, OPIN Lai di. RE FACTORY PUM1111 City of Tukwila PLANNING DEPARTMENT 6200 Southcenter Boulevard Tukwila, Washington 98188 (206) 433 -1849 CITY OF TUKWILA PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 27, 1989 The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Chairman Jim Haggerton. Members present were Messrs. Haggerton, Hamilton, Cagle, Kirsop, Knudson and Verhalen. Representing the staff were Jack Pace, Moira Bradshaw and Joanne Johnson. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - MR CAGLE MOVED AND MR. VERHALEN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MARCH 23, 1989 MINUTES AS WRITTEN. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. V 89 -1 -SPE - RAMLYN ENGRAVING & SIGN - Request for special . permission to waive the size requirements for a permanent wall sign. A 550 square foot permanent wall sign is being requested. Chairman Haggerton stated for the record that since the appli- cant, Mr. Dick Mulient was a business associate, he would be willing to excuse himself if the applicant felt it would con- stitute a conflict of interest for him to sit on the Board for this agenda item. Mr. Mulient assured the Board that he had no objection. Mr. Jack Pace, Senior Planner, reviewed the staff report recom- mending denial of the request for a 550 square foot sign, but added that staff would recommend a sign size of 200 square feet. The applicant, Mr. Dick Mulient, 19022 - 72nd S., Seattle, requested approval of the request for the 550 sign size as submitted. However, if the Board disapproved of this sign size, he would be satisfied with a reduced sign size of 300 square feet. No one spoke in favor or in opposition to the request. The Public Hearing was closed at 8:20 p.m. Discussion ensued on the proposal. C Planning Commission April 27, 1989 Page 2 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING 89 -1 -SPE AND THE SIGN SIZE BE LIMITED TO 200 SQUARE FEET. MOTION APPROVED WITH CAGLE, KNUDSON, VERHALEN, HAGGERTON, KIRSOP VOTING YES. MR. HAMILTON VOTED NO. Staff's recommendation was that the applicant's request as submitted be denied. However, the Planning Commission should consider a sign size of 200 square feet. PRESENTATION - KING COUNTY SENSITIVE AREAS Jim Tracy, Manager, King Co. Parks, Planning and Resources Depart- ment; and Riley Atkins, Recourse Planner for King County gave a presentation to the Planning Commission on King County's sensi- tive areas program. They discussed their planning and implemen- tation process, the obstacles to be overcome and mapping of sensitive areas, as well as their experiences in amending their sensitive areas ordinance and rules. DIRECTORS REPORT Mr. Pace discussed the status of the Cascade View annexation as well as some of the issues the Planning Commission will be dealing with in the coming year. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Joanne Johnson, Secretary enc:Sketch(s) City of Tukwila Planning Department 6200 Southcenter Boulevard Tukwila, WA 98188 cc: Ken Hooker Seattle Furniture Factory aKgraving fl .tr sign co. WAR 31989 \ 19022 72nd Ave. So., Kent, Wa. 98032 (206) 251 -0088 March 27, 1989 Subject: SIGNAGE FOR SEATTLE FURNITURE FACTORY Attn: City Planning Commission Please accept this as a formal request for consideration on the part of the City Planning Commission to allow a wall sign as shown in the attached documentation. The original sign request was for a sign 100'x10' which is 40' less thankthe previous tenants sign which was recently removed. Since that size of sign is out of the question to conform to the code, we have scaled down the drawing, and re- configured the artwork to fit as close as possible to the code. The total building area for this tenant is 56,400 square feet. The particular wall where the sign is to be painted is 8640 square feet. The set back to the respective wall is 150' from the West Valley Hy. property line. We therefore respectfuly request your allowance to paint this sign as shown under provisions of city code 19.32.150. One additional point we wish to bring up if that in our opinion this tenant has shown a great deal of concern towards staying within the codes and to not create an image equal to others in the same type of business. He has been very clear to us about this and for this reason we agreed to bring his case for your perusal. Any additional questions regarding this matter, please call me at 251 -0088. ful . 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