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Plan Review Notes For Project Z11040006
Project Number	Z11040006
Review Stop	Z
Sequence Number	1

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Date	Text
2011-05-19 15:04:29	PLANNING AND ZONING: *** FAILED ****

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	Z: Z11040006

	WESTWARD SHOPPING CENTER (DSI MINOR AMENDMENT) SIGNAGE
	PROGRAM FOR FREESTANDING SIGNS.
	PPRC COMMENTS:

	1. PLEASE RESPOND TO COMMENTS IN WRITING.

	2. PROVIDE SITE DATE OF WHAT IS ALLOWED VS. WHAT IS
	PROVIDED.

	3. PURSUANT TO SEC. 94-405. - COMPUTATION OF SIGN AREA.
	OF THE ZONING CODE:

	(A)
	COMPUTATION OF SIGN AREA AND NUMBER. COMPUTATION OF
	SIGN AREA FOR SIGNS NOT COVERED BY SECTION 94-409 AND
	EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION:
	THE AREA OF EACH FACE OF A SIGN SHALL BE THE AREA OF
	THE SMALLEST CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, OR PARALLELOGRAM, WHICH
	CONTAINS ALL CONTENT, BACKGROUND, AND STRUCTURAL
	ELEMENTS OF THE SIGN. SIGN AREA SHALL NOT INCLUDE
	STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS WHICH FUNCTION SOLELY AS SUPPORT
	FOR THE SIGN OR COVER OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS.

	THE SIGNAGE INCLUDED IN THIS SIGNAGE PROGRAM SHALL
	INCLUDE THE ENTIRE SIGN, INCLUDING THE AREA FOR THE
	"WESTWARD" LOGO OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.

	(B)
	COMPUTATION OF SIGN AREA FOR SIGNS WHICH CONSIST ONLY
	OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS WHICH ARE INDIVIDUALLY PAINTED
	ON OR OTHERWISE ATTACHED TO A BUILDING WALL, DECORATIVE
	LANDSCAPE WALL, SCREEN WALL, MARQUEE, OR CANOPY OR
	AWNING. THE AREA OF EACH FACE OF A SIGN WHICH CONSISTS
	ONLY OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS WHICH ARE INDIVIDUALLY
	PAINTED ON OR OTHERWISE ATTACHED TO A BUILDING WALL,
	DECORATIVE LANDSCAPE WALL, SCREEN WALL, MARQUEE,
	CANOPY, OR AWNING SHALL BE COMPUTED AS IN SUBSECTION
	(A) OF THIS SECTION. HOWEVER, THE MAXIMUM AREA OF SIGNS
	COVERED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE 20 PERCENT LARGER THAN
	THE MAXIMUM AREA OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THIS ARTICLE.

	(C)
	CERTAIN SUPPORT STRUCTURES EXEMPTED FROM COMPUTATION OF
	AREA OF FREESTANDING SIGNS. SUPPORT STRUCTURES WHICH
	ARE PART OF A DECORATIVE LANDSCAPE WALL OR SCREEN WALL
	SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF A FREESTANDING
	SIGN.
	(D)
	DETERMINATION OF THE NUMBER OF SIGNS. ANY COLLECTION OF
	SIGN CONTENT, SIGN BACKGROUND, AND SIGN STRUCTURE MAY
	BE CONSIDERED TO BE ONE SIGN FACE IF THE AREA OF SUCH
	SIGN FACE IS MEASURED AS ONLY ONE CIRCLE OR ONLY ONE
	TRIANGLE OR ONLY ONE PARALLELOGRAM, PROVIDED THAT THE
	AREA SO MEASURED CONFORMS TO THE MAXIMUM SIGN AREA
	REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE.

	*THE PROPOSED SIGNAGE WOULD NOT BE EXEMPTED FROM THIS
	REQUIREMENT. SIGN E: PIZZA (LANDSCAPING AREA) WOULD BE
	THE ONLY AREA TO BE EXEMPT.
	* SIGN F: SHOW DIMENSIONS FROM PROPERTY LINE TO SIGN
	THAT MEETS SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

	* SIGN G: SHOWS THE SIGNAGE ON CURBING. STRUCTURAL
	SUPPORT IS TO WIDE IF LEFT THE WAY DEPICTED WILL HAVE
	TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE CALCULATIONS.


	GENERAL NOTE: SHOW ALL UTILITY POLES PURSUANT TO
	SECTION 94-408(D)(F)(2) , MINIMUM SETBACK FROM UTILITY
	POLSE IS 8 FEET. SHOW MINIMUM DIMENSIONS FROM ALL
	SETBACKS AND CORNER AREAS.

	SIGNS PERMITTED IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL (GC) AND AIRPORT
	COMMERCIAL (AC) DISTRICTS. SIGNS PERMITTED IN GENERAL
	COMMERCIAL (GC) AND AIRPORT COMMERCIAL (AC) DISTRICTS
	SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:

	(3) HIGH FREESTANDING SIGNS. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH
	FREESTANDING SIGNS SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
	A.
	CONTENT: THE NAME, LOGO AND ADDRESS OF THE BUILDING AND
	BUILDING OCCUPANTS TO WHICH THE SIGN IS ACCESSORY AND
	OTHER RELATED INFORMATION. IN ADDITION, SIGNS PERMITTED
	PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY CONTAIN ANY NONCOMMERCIAL
	MESSAGE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DECLARED BY A COURT OF
	COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO BE OBSCENE, DEFAMATORY OR
	OTHERWISE CONTRARY TO LAW.
	B.
	MAXIMUM SUM TOTAL AREA OF ALL HIGH FREESTANDING SIGNS
	ALONG FRONT STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES WHICH ARE NOT
	OPPOSITE RESIDENTIAL USES: OE SQUARE FOOT FOR EACH ONE
	LINEAR FOOT OF FRONTAGE.
	C.
	MAXIMUM SUM TOTAL AREA OF ALL HIGH FREESTANDING SIGNS
	ALONG FRONT RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES WHICH ARE NOT FRONT
	STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES AND WHICH ARE OPPOSITE
	RESIDENTIAL USES: 0.50 SQUARE FEET FOR EACH ONE LINEAR
	FOOT OF FRONTAGE.
	D.
	MAXIMUM SUM TOTAL AREA OF ALL HIGH FREESTANDING SIGNS
	ALONG FRONT STREET OF OTHER PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES
	WHICH ARE OPPOSITE RESIDENTIAL USES: 0.25 SQUARE FEET
	FOR EACH ONE LINEAR FOOT OF FRONTAGE.
	E.
	MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ALL HIGH FREESTANDING SIGNS ON EACH
	STREET FRONTAGE: NO SIGNS FOR THE FIRST 75 LINEAR FEET
	OF STREET FRONTAGE; ONE SIGN FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 75
	FEET OR FRACTION THEREOF OF STREET FRONTAGE. FRONTAGE
	ON EACH STREET SHALL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY IN
	DETERMINING IF THIS REQUIREMENT IS MET.
	F.
	MINIMUM SETBACKS:
	1.
	FROM LOT LINE OF ANOTHER LOT: 24 FEET.
	2.
	FROM PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE: FIVE FEET, EXCEPT THAT
	IN THE TRIANGULAR AREA MADE BY THE INTERSECTION OF TWO
	PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES AND A LINE CONNECTING POINTS
	ON EACH LINE 20 FEET FROM THE POINT OF INTERSECTION,
	ONE FREESTANDING SIGN MAY BE ERECTED PROVIDED THE LOT
	ON WHICH IT IS ERECTED QUALIFIES FOR A HIGH
	FREESTANDING SIGN UNDER THE AREA AND NUMBER PROVISIONS
	OF THIS SUBSECTION (D)(3)F.2. SIGNS SO LOCATED SHALL
	CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION 94-305(E).
	3.
	FROM OTHER HIGH FREESTANDING SIGNS ON SAME LOT: 75 FEET
	MEASURED FROM THE GRADE LEVEL OF THE LAND WHERE THE
	SIGN IS POSITIONED.
	4.
	FROM UTILITY POLES WHICH SUPPORT ELECTRICAL
	TRANSMISSION LINES: EIGHT FEET.
	G.
	MAXIMUM HEIGHT:
	1.
	FOR AUTOMOBILE FILLING STATIONS LOCATED WITHIN 750 FEET
	OF A FOUR-RAMP I-95 INTERCHANGE OR WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF
	A CLOVER LEAF-TYPE RAMP AT AN I-95 INTERCHANGE: 60
	FEET.
	2.
	FOR ALL OTHER NONRESIDENTIAL USES: 30 FEET. (SHOW TOTAL
	DIMENSIONS OF FROM HEIGHT, FROM GROUND TO TOP OF SIGN).

	3.
	THE HEIGHT OF ABOVE PERMITTED SIGNS SHALL BE MEASURED
	AT GRADE LEVEL OF LAND WHERE SIGN IS TO BE POSITIONED.



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