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Home My WebLink AboutPermit L95-0005 - COMP USA - SIGN SPECIAL PERMISSIONL95 -0005 COMP USA 17400 SOUTHCENTER PY SPECIAL PERMISS. (SIGN) City of Tukwila John W. Rants, Mayor Department of Community Development Rick Beeler, Director HEARING DATE: FILE NUMBER: APPLICANT: REQUEST: STAFF REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW Prepared January 27, 1995 February 23, 1995 L95-0005: Comp USA Sign Area Increase Pam Combs/Tube Art LOCATION:: ZONING DISTRICT: C2 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION: Regional Commercial RECOMMENDATION: Approval STAFF: Nora Gierloff, Planning Intern ATTACHMENT: k Letter from Tube Art B. Drawing of Sign Location C. Drawing of Proposed Sign • 'Speciati,PermissiomiailrequiredlajiideliadeAtie'i 123 'sqiiar&feet,'per TMC 19321 40 17400 Southcenter Parkway • 6300 Southcenter Boulevard, Suite #100 • Tukwila, Washington 98188 • (206) 431-3670 • Fax (206) 431-3665 • Staff Report to the Planning Commission FINDINGS SITE INFORMATION L95 -0005 Page 2 The Comp USA store is located in the Parkway Plaza shopping center along Southcenter Parkway between Strander and 180th Street. The wall that the sign would be located on faces Southcenter Parkway and is set back 600 feet from the property line. BACKGROUND z Z! • w: .6D J U; 00: o IL/ I: • w O' J LL.Q.- Va • :z i-: -111 LIJi •;oC''. • ;w • F` u.iz. U N ... :o1". z. The`". , applicant is re q uestin g `Plannin g'" Commissiona pp roval::ofa .sigh, .increase from : the 82 square feet„ that : would; :be .allowed,outright by the sign;;- : code to 123 square feet The. Planning Division Chas issued a permanent -sign permit for the "Comp USA" portion of the sign The increase r.;inlsign area; that Comp USA' is seeking1would allown'additional `text, "The,. Computer,: Superstore," to become " permanently located underneathithe existing sign. The news portion :would be designed- `t0 "be= compatible -- with` the.. existing`, text- end read as;`.one': °sign{' .., PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION CRITERIA The Planning Commission is authorized to approve requests for sign area increases of up to 50% for each doubling of the minimum required setback per TMC 19.32.140. The maximum sign area that can be approved is limited to 6 % . of the wall area on which the sign will be located or 500 s.f., whichever is Tess. Thea'C2 zoning designation requires a front ' building setback of 20 feet. The proposed sign is located on the front (west) wall of the building Comp USA will occupy which is setbackt600'feet� from; the property:; line. This is many times the. required 20 foot setback and so qualifies for the sign area increase. The wall area fronting the space that Future Shop will occupy is 2059 square feet so the maximum'sign area that would be allowed based on the 6% limitation is 123 square feet. CONCLUSIONS The proposed sign easily meets the setback requirements for the increase in sign area and complies with the 6% maximum limitation. There-are-several signs in the area of Staff Report to the Planning Commission L95 -0005 Page 3 approximately eimilar size;{mcludmg. Sportmart :10, a X150 square foot sign;;and Silo: with a 1,20square-foot "sign so'the largerComp USksign=would: not be: out of, character =with the area. RECOMMENDATION !TheTlanning Di •isionrecommends approval of :the proposed aign'{areariincrease from • F - 82 ?to 123; square .teat �.�6 -0005 Tubekt January 19, 1995 Ms. Nora Gierloff City of Tukwila Department of Community Development 6300 Southcenter Blvd. Tukwila, WA 98188 RE: Comp USA 17400 Southcenter Parkway Dear Nora, We are requesting approval of a 122.85 square foot wall sign exceeding the square footage allowed from Tabel I but less than 6% of the building face (123.54 square feet), the maximum sign area allowed by section 19.32.150. The proposed sign is to be located on the West elevation with an E. B. F. (exposed building face) of 2059 square feet which allows a maximum 81.77 square foot sign. This allowance is for a facade meeting the minimum setback required for the zone. The applicant's facade is located more than 600 feet back from Southcenter Parkway in a C.2 zone requiring only a 20 foot setback, therefore the miminum setback has been doubled numerous times. Our request for the additional square footage is based on Sec 19.32.140 (A) "Upon application to and approval by the planning commffiion, the permitted sign area may increase no more than fifty percent for each doubling of the minimum setback distance for the wall upon which a particular sign is to be placed, but in no case shall sign area exceed that permitted in Sec 19.32.150 ". The proposal meets the requirements for this approval by requesting a sign area not exceeding to 6% of the facade, which is achieved by one doubling of the setback when the facade setback is actually 30 times the minimum, therefore the sign is in keeping with the intent of the code. If you have any questions please call me at (206) 223 -1122. Sincerely, TUBE A .T DISPLAYS, INC Pam Combs Permit Cordinator PC /ac Tube Art Displays. Inc. • Effective Architectural and Electrical Displays 2730 Occidental Ave. S. • Seattle. WA 98134 • P.O. Box 34333 • Seattle. WA 98124-1333 206-223-1122 • FAX 206-223-1123 • Washington Only 1-800-562-2854 i..... a..,..._: c�.% a�:.yzi::.4`.: °krlil,'t'S.".s., ,::r-t_ ._%::i iL`:1'1.4xira:`+- io''•'! J�itA'�1: :FC.t era= L'i$'yi:fSC1:6Yi1 il.{5L1_:w' - %r ATTACHMENT A 'idri•ta�..:.x. Inwudtg Mono :l- IlIIt,111111w1llll,HMI Unnnnnitning1Pliinlrf� I IH1I.i= Orel 11 Boo. Hu10 1•!I • I. • IN TTTTTTTTT tag,' ..:. � �� ru�L.::� f::;i ^..fl.:;:-.[:;iu e:it6t�AJ:zai.:-antt:.tc.rl y'::: ; c�t�`:L'r;,7a:i� ,h1v .s'v.:�.:.vmv ::.v:Yrm.ci. <amwcM ..,u is.... . J.. • • • • • Party- g=3 lazes f5":- cis ' • 4'1/4 .„) gir /11111111 MOW jori.S_ NIIMPPP° 411■' THE SUPERSTOReF1 • 1 I-.- . \\.1 • \ \ \ \ \:\ • Jj • -.171a1,46.214aaawsce,r,ir .torNi." • 4`,11`14PiArliaalitr •"11,1reiffe,s1M34:, • • 5 - 0005 TubeArt January 19, 1995 Ms. Nora Gierloff City of Tukwila Department of Community Development 6300 Southcenter Blvd. Tukwila, WA 98188 RE: Comp USA 17400 Southcenter Parkway Dear Nora, We are requesting approval of a 122.85 square foot wall sign exceeding the square footage allowed from Tabel I but less than 6% of the building face (123.54 square feet), the maximum sign area allowed by section 19.32.150. The proposed sign is to be located on the West elevation with an E. B. F. (exposed building face) of 2059 square feet which allows a maximum 81.77 square foot sign. This allowance is for a facade meeting the minimum setback required for the zone. The applicant's facade is located more than 600 feet back from Southcenter Parkway in a C.2 zone requiring only a 20 foot setback, therefore the miminum setback has been doubled numerous times. Our request for the additional square footage is based on Sec 19.32.140 (A) "Upon application to and approval by the planning commion, the permitted sign area may increase no more than fifty percent for each doubling of the minimum setback distance for the wall upon which a particular sign is to be placed, but in no case shall sign area exceed that permitted in Sec 19.32.150". The proposal meets the requirements for this approval by requesting a sign area not exceeding to 6% of the facade, which is achieved by one doubling of the setback when the facade setback is actually 30 times the minimum, therefore the sign is in keeping with the intent of the code. If you have any questions please call me at (206) 223-1122. Sincerely, TUBE. T DISPLAYS, INC Pam Combs Permit Cordinator PC/ac Tube Art Displays, Inc. • Effective Architectural and Electrical Displays 2730 Occidental Ave. S. • Seattle, WA 98134 • P.O. Box 34333 • Seattle, WA 98124-1333 206-223-1122 • FAX 206-223-1123 • Washington Only 1-800-562-2854 A F F I D A V I T O F D I S T R I B U T I O N hereby declare that: 0 Notice of Public Hearing E Determination of Non - significance .Notice of Public Meeting 0 Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance O Board of Adjustment Agenda Lj Determination of Significance Packet and Scoping Notice O Board of Appeals Agenda E Notice of Action Packet Q Planning Commission Agenda fl Official Notice Packet J Short Subdivision Agenda "'Other Packet Q Notice of Application for Shoreline Management Permit [l Shoreline Management Permit Other wasted to each of the following addresses on -TO 14-, it#4-4 f0 -°/c- Name of Project t _oi'V\ e t4 Sk signature File Number Os-- ('bos---- City of Tukwila PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Tukwila Planning Commission and Board of Architectural Review will be holding a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on February 23, 1995 located at City Hall Council Chambers, 6200 Southcenter Blvd. to discuss the following: PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING PROJECT: TUKWILA COMMUNITY CENTER Conditional Use Permit #L94 -0089 Special Permission Sign #L95 -0007 APPLICANT: City of Tukwila PROPOSAL: Construction of a 45,000 sq. ft. multi- purpose recreational facility on a 12.8 acre site along the Duwamish River. The project will include indoor and outdoor recreation facilities, offices, softball and soccer fields, events plaza, public river trail, a 330 -car parking lot, biofiltration swales, sidewalks and landscaping. Approximately 480 linear feet. of riverbank will be regraded, armored with rip -rap, and revegetated to improve habitat. Also proposed is a freestanding site sign of 60 sq. ft. in area. Planning Commission approval is required for public facility signs in residential areas (TMC 19.32.080). LOCATION: 42nd Avenue South and South 124th Street S.E. 1/4 Sect. 10, Twn. 23, Rge. 4 • r,.yxra:sci.w.,v:rre..n.,w . x..en.:..:..�,.a • • ' • . • • . • • • • . • BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW PUBLIC HEARING PROJECT: TUKWILA COMMUNITY CENTER Design Review #L940088 APPLICANT: City of Tukwila PROPOSAL: Construction of a 45,000 sq. ft. multi-purpose recreational facility on a 12.8 acre site along the Duwamish River. The project will include indoor and outdoor recreation facilities, offices, softball and soccer fields, events plaza, public river trail, a 330-car parking lot, bioffitration swales, sidewalks and landscaping. Approximately 480 linear feet of riverbank will be regraded, armored with rip-rap, and revegetated to improve habitat. LOCATION: 42nd Avenue South and South 124th Street S.E. 1/4 Sect. 10, Twn. 23, Rge. 4 PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING •PROJECT: COMP USA, L95-0005 APPLICANT: Pam Combs, Tube Art PROPOSAL: Approval of a 122.85 sq. ft. sign based on doubling of the setback. LOCATION: 17400 Southcenter Parkway, Tukwila. Persons wishing to comment on the above cases may do so by written statement or by appearing at the public hearing. Information on the above cases may be obtained at the Tukwila Planning Division. The City encourages you to notify your neighbors and other persons you believe would be affected by the above items. Published: Seattle Times February 10, 1995 Distribution: Mayor, City Clerk, Property Owners/Applicants, Adjacent Property, Owners, File. , • - vpv.',-1=5,19"0,Mir;NP:AlrtlitrP4V.Wif VgAravvevekvg, • . lum.Dt4801g# • •• • haat KING COUNTY DEPT, OF ASSESSMENTS B ST SE 14-23-4 teoS V. ION 114 PURPOSE OP /AMON IN I.O.1701111 TOUR MOON ICOPIrtt PROMPT Ms IS POT SY.= rfzIS-MS NE 23 - 23 - 4 SCALE. 1..100' IBBB 144. ; z 2 S. 145111 ST 5. /455.51 ...... 0 • r 4 al IN AIM AM 111111/1111Ww 1111" MAW ib...EN Nosy iimprm...._=7 P,THE COMPUTER SUPERSTORE'''. LETTER DISPLAY .45V, -5-9e .4.0/ex..404— 5)_ a 4./ti, 4,,,..:•■• I:1 l,ETT211:.• , w/ 0A41.;•..) r .4411E /•/.447" wlu,E ...44"•"1 f44 • ",. "Tn.( ; lAvt. /N4 (_ :Mint $ MitA .174, ;en-1 t.4 it.. /1-1Fa•it-D Isild$41 k. •144 H.Fur.4.■.14<:4, 1 ELEVATION . 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