18.76.077 Sign requirements.
A. Within 120 days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, a master sign plan must be submitted to the city planning director for review and approval. The master sign plan shall designate the location and design elements, the use of common elements, the size and scale of each type of sign, and the quality of materials to be used. The master sign plan shall include the design elements intended for various monuments, including major entrance monuments planned for major intersections, which may be similar in size and scale to the major entrance monuments located at the intersection of Lakeland Hills Boulevard and A Street, and secondary entrance monuments similar in size and scale to that planned for Lakeland Hills Way and Evergreen Way. The sign on the monuments shall be designed in accordance with Chapter 18.56 ACC, however, the size of monument signs shall be governed by the master sign plan. In addition, the master sign plan shall include the typical uses and approximate location of temporary directional signs, model home signs, and A-boards.
B. Except as modified by this section, the requirements of Chapter 18.56 ACC shall be applicable throughout the PUD until such time as the city approves the master sign plan. Upon approval of a master sign plan, it shall control. Within each preliminary plat or site plan within the single-family, moderate density, and high density planning areas, the following signs shall also be permitted outright:
2. Model home signs.
3. Monument signs at all plat entrances.
C. The signs referenced in subsection B of this section shall be designed and constructed consistent with the examples shown on Exhibit D, attached to Ordinance No. 5092, and of the size and scale of similar signs constructed within the King County portion of Auburn. In addition, entrance monument signs shall be designed and constructed to be low in scale and set in a landscaped bed. Monument signs shall be located on property that is held in common by the homeowners’ association, and the homeowners’ association shall be responsible for maintenance of the sign and landscaping on a private easement.
D. Within the commercial and nonresidential planning areas, signs shall be subject to Chapter 18.56 ACC except as follows:
1. Commercial areas within the PUD shall be limited to one pylon sign within each parcel. All other signs shall be monument style or wall mounted.
2. Nonresidential development within the PUD shall be limited to monument or wall mounted signs, except in subsection (D)(1) of this section.
3. Prior to or concurrent with the submittal of a site plan for development within a nonresidential area, a commercial sign master plan must be submitted to the planning director for review and approval. The commercial sign master plan shall include a coordinated sign theme that is compatible with surrounding development. (Ord. 5092 § 1, 1998.)