30.27.060 Signs for particular uses.
(1) The department may approve on-site signs for identifying residential subdivisions provided the following criteria are met:
(a) The subdivision identification sign message does not exceed six feet in height from adjacent finished grade nor have a surface area greater than 40 square feet. Surface area is measured as the smallest rectangle or circle that encloses the total message;
(b) There are a maximum of two such identification signs for each road entrance to the subdivision;
(c) Signs are located so they permit an unobstructed sight distance along road rights-of-way in accordance with the EDDS; and
(d) SCC 30.23.100(3) provisions are met.
(2) The hearing examiner may approve on-site or off-site subdivision identification signs in conjunction with preliminary plat approval. The hearing examiner may approve signs that do not meet the criteria in subsection (1) of this section only when such sign(s) are compatible with the immediate neighborhood and surrounding property values are not adversely affected.
(3) Schools, churches, community clubs, and public structures/buildings shall display two single- or double-faced signs for identification purposes subject to the following conditions:
(a) The signs shall not exceed 20 square feet per face and total signage shall not exceed 60 square feet of surface area;
(b) Freestanding signs shall not be more than eight feet in height and are to be stationary; and
(c) A portion of the identification sign allotment may be used for activity reader boards or digital signs. Digital signs may be allowed as part of the conditional use process per chapter 30.42C SCC.
(4) A sign for a bed and breakfast guesthouse or inn may be allowed in conjunction with a conditional use permit if the sign is stationary and, if illuminated, is lit with indirect lighting.
(a) In the MR, LDMR, R-20,000, R-12,500, R-9,600, R-8,400, and R-7,200 zones, the sign shall be a single-faced sign with dimensions not exceeding four square feet in area.
(b) In the F, F&R, A-10, R-5, RC, RD, and SA-1 zones, the sign may be single- or double-faced with dimensions not exceeding 15 square feet per face. The applicant shall submit, as part of the application for a conditional use permit, sign designs and elevations that are compatible with the bed and breakfast structure and the surrounding rural character and neighborhood in which the guesthouse or inn is located.
(5) Off-road vehicle use areas and motocross racetracks shall be permitted to display two single- or double-faced signs for identification purposes subject to the following conditions:
(a) The signs shall not exceed 20 square feet per face and total signage shall not exceed 60 square feet of surface area;
(b) Freestanding signs shall be no more than eight feet in height and are to be stationary;
(c) Digital signs are prohibited; and
(d) Internal boundary, interpretive, regulatory, safety and directional signage shall be permitted if approved in conjunction with a conditional use permit. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003; Amended by Amended Ord. 05-146, Jan. 18, 2006, Eff date Feb. 12, 2006; Amended by Amended Ord. 06-137, Dec. 13, 2006, Eff date Jan. 1, 2007; Amended by Ord. 13-073, Dec. 11, 2013, Eff date Dec. 26, 2013).