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AN ORDINANCE relating to signage amending PMC Title 17 dealing with signs.
WHEREAS, cities have the responsibility to regulate and control the physical
development within their borders and insure the public health, safety and welfare are maintained;
and,
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco has sign regulations to safeguard the public welfare of the
community and ensure the quality of construction and proper location of signs are met; and,
WHEREAS, from time to time, the City Council causes the sign regulations to be
reviewed to insure they fulfill their purposes in safeguarding the welfare of the community; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that to further the purposes of maintaining
a quality community, it is necessary to amend PMC Title 17;NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Title 17 of the Pasco Municipal Code be and the same is hereby
amended to include a new chapter to read as follows:
CHAPTER 17.26
FREEWAY INTERCHANGE SIGNS
Sections:
17.26.010 Generally.
17.26.020 Design.
17.26.030 Height.
17.26.040 Projection.
17.26.050 Display area.
17.26.060 Location.
17.26.070 Qualification.
17.26.010 GENERALLY. Freeway Interchange signs may be constructed of any
material meeting requirements of this title.
17.26.020 DESIGN. Freeway Interchange signs shall be designed in accordance with the
requirements specified in Chapter 17.20.
17.26.030 HEIGHT. The total height of a Freeway Interchange sign shall not exceed
seventy feet.
17.26.040 PROJECTION. Freeway Interchange signs shall not project over public right-
of-way.
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17.26.050 DISPLAY AREA. Freeway Interchange signs may not exceed four hundred
eighty square feet. An additional one hundred and fifty square feet of reader board display area
may be included on a Freeway Interchange sign provided the reader board is used for community
service announcements on a daily basis. Freeway signs less than 50 in height shall be limited to
350 square feet of display area.
17.26.060 LOCATION. Freeway Interchange signs may only be placed in a C-3 or
Industrial zones within 1,000 feet of a freeway interchange over pass and within 300 feet of a
freeway right-of-way. A Freeway Interchange sign must be located on the site of the common
grouping of businesses as required by PMC 17.08.093.
17.26.070 QUALIFICATION. Only those businesses that conform to the definition a
Freeway Interchange sign shall qualify for a building permit to erect a sign under the provisions
of this chapter.
Section 2. That Chapter 17.08 of the Pasco Municipal Code be and the same is
hereby amended to include a new subsection 17.08.093 to read as follows:
17.08.093 FREEWAY INTERCHANGE SIGN. Freeway interchange sign means a sign
that provides only regional identification for a group of businesses within an area defined by a
state recognized business association with the businesses collectively occupy a minimum of 15
acres of land.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after passage and
publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, at its regular meeting of August 16,
2004.
Jicha�l 4L. Garrison
Mayor
ATTEST: APPRO S TO FORM:
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Sandy L. Ke orthy Leland B. Kerr
Deputy City Clerk City Attorney
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