Thurston County |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 23. OLYMPIA URBAN GROWTH AREA ZONING |
Chapter 23.06A. COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS DESIGN GUIDELINES |
§ 23.06A.350. Freeway corridor—Signs—Adjacent to freeways.
A.
Requirement. To reduce visual sign clutter, signage shall be distinct and minimal. Signs along the freeways are limited to identification of the multifamily complex, shopping center, or industrial complex adjacent to the freeway. (See Chapter 23.42, Signs.)
B.
Guideline.
1.
The identification sign should be located flush on the primary building wall facing the freeway or freestanding in the landscape area no closer than five feet to the freeway right-of-way.
2.
Freestanding signs should not exceed twenty-five feet in height nor two hundred square feet in sign surface area (total of all sign faces of the sign).
3.
Signs mounted flush on the building may not exceed one square foot of sign surface area per one lineal foot of wall it is mounted on up to two hundred square feet of sign surface area, (a twenty-foot long wall may have up to a twenty square foot sign) in accordance with Chapter 23.42, Signs.
(Ord. 11274 § 3 (part), 1996)
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