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City of <br />Elk az <br />— <br />River <br />Request for Action <br />To <br />Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council <br />10.2 <br />Agenda Section <br />Meeting Date <br />Prepared by <br />Work Session <br />December 5, 2016 <br />BrieAnna Simon, Planner <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />■ Religious Institution Signage <br />Zack Carlton, Planning Manager <br />Reviewed by <br />percent facade area <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Action Requested <br />Review, discuss, and provide direction on advertising opportunities for religious institutions. <br />Background/Discussion <br />On October 17, 2016, the City Council denied two variance requests from Vanman Architects and <br />Builders that would have allowed a second freestanding sign and a height variance of 55.5 feet (75 foot <br />total height). After that action, Council directed staff to research how other cities handle religious <br />symbols, structures, and public art. Staff reviewed our ordinance and several other ordinances to <br />determine how these items are regulated. <br />The city's zoning ordinance includes the following sign regulations for each district. Religious signage <br />falls under the last category: <br />*For permitted nonresidential uses, such as churches, synagogues, and schools, in residentially zoned <br />areas, one on -premises freestanding sign and one wall sign, not to exceed 96 square feet in total sign area. <br />Where a zoning lot has in excess of 1,000 linear feet of combined street frontage, the total sign area shall <br />not exceed 192 square feet with no more than 96 square feet per sign. Freestanding signage shall not <br />exceed 20 feet in height. <br />P a w E R E U 6 Y <br />NaA f RE] <br />Wall Signs <br />Freestandin Signs <br />Zoning District <br />Number <br />Size <br />Number <br />Size <br />Height <br />(square feet <br />(squa feet <br />Central Commercial(Cl)15 <br />percent facade area <br />1 <br />64 <br />20 <br />Office District C2 <br />15 percent facade area <br />1 <br />40 <br />7 <br />Highway Commercial (C3) <br />15 percent facade area <br />1 <br />150 <br />30 <br />Community Commercial (C4) <br />15 percent facade area <br />1 <br />125 <br />10 (Collector Street) <br />20 (Arterial Street) <br />Light Industrial (I1) <br />15 percent facade area <br />1 <br />150 <br />30 <br />Medium Industrial 2 <br />15 percent facade area <br />1 <br />150 <br />30 <br />General Industrial 3 <br />15 percent facade area <br />1 <br />150 <br />30 <br />Business Park (BP) <br />15 percent facade area <br />1 <br />150 <br />30 <br />Residential <br />1 <br />4 <br />1 <br />4 <br />- <br />Residential — Permitted <br />One freestanding sign and one wall sign, <br />Nonresidential Uses <br />together not to exceed 96 square feet in total <br />20 <br />sign area* <br />*For permitted nonresidential uses, such as churches, synagogues, and schools, in residentially zoned <br />areas, one on -premises freestanding sign and one wall sign, not to exceed 96 square feet in total sign area. <br />Where a zoning lot has in excess of 1,000 linear feet of combined street frontage, the total sign area shall <br />not exceed 192 square feet with no more than 96 square feet per sign. Freestanding signage shall not <br />exceed 20 feet in height. <br />P a w E R E U 6 Y <br />NaA f RE] <br />