Findings - DR - 2006 - DR-46-06 - 2 Building Wall Signs And A Monument Sign
BEFORE THE EAGLE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION )
FOR A DESIGN REVIEW FOR TWO )
BUILDING WALL SIGNS AND A MONUMENT )
SIGN FOR DR. EVAN HATHAWAY )
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
CASE NUMBER DR-46-06
The above-entitled design review application came before the Eagle Design Review Board for their action
on June 8, 2006. The Eagle Design Review Board having heard and taken oral and written testimony, and
having duly considered the matter, makes the following Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law;
FINDINGS OF FACT:
A. PROJECT SUMMARY:
Dr. Evan Hathaway, represented by Neil Caldwell with Idaho Electric Signs, is requesting design
review approval of two building wall signs and one monument sign for Evan Hathaway DDS, PA.
The site is located on the south side of East Iron Eagle Drive within Rocky Mountain Business
Park No.3 on Lot 8, Block 1.
B. APPLICATION SUBMITTAL:
The City of Eagle received the application for this item on May 4,2006.
C. HISTORY OF RELEVANT PREVIOUS ACTIONS:
On February 21, 2006, the Eagle City Council approved a design review sign application for two
building wall signs for Evan Hathaway DDS (DR-lOS-OS).
D. COMPANION APPLICATIONS: None
E. ZONING DESIGNATION: Residential
F. SIGNAGE:
Si n Data
uired
Wall Si n Dimensions
Area of Si na e
Illumination
2' 11 W' hi h xiS' 6" wide
46-square feet (approximately)
N/A
None
58-s uare feet (maximum)
Interior-illumination rohibited
Si n Data
Re uired
Wall Si n Dimensions
Area of Si na e
Illumination
2' 11 W' hi h xiS' 6" wide
46-square feet (approximately)
N/A
Halo illuminated and dimensional
Ietterin
58-s uare feet (maximum)
Interior-illumination prohibited
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Monument Sign
Sil!:n Data Proposed Required
Sign Dimensions 8' high x 11' 8" wide 6' high (maximum - when located
within 40' of a building)
Area of Signage 31-square feet (approx.) 30-square feet (maximum - when
located within 40' of a building)
Illumination 100-watt high pressure sodium ground Interior-illumination prohibited
mounted light fixtures
Sil!:n Landscaoinl! 400-square feet (aooroximately) 93-square feet (minimum)
G. SIGN MATERIALS:
Monument Sign:
Cabinet - Sheet metal primed and painted with textured finish
Reverse Pan Channel Letters - 3" thick aluminum letters pegged off the face of the
monument sign 1 %", painted blue
Flat Cut Out Letters - 1;''' thick aluminum letters mounted flush to the face of the
monument sign, painted blue
Roof - Sheet metal
North Building Wall Sign (non illuminated):
"Evan Hathaway DDS, PA" - 1" thick flat MDX cut out letters, pegged Y2" off the face of
the building, painted blue
"Dentistry Sedation & Cosmetic" - Routed from aluminum, mounted flush to the face of
the building, painted blue
South Building Wall Sign (halo illuminated):
"Evan Hathaway DDS, PA" - 2 Y2" thick aluminum reverse pan channel letters, pegged off
the face of the building 1 %", painted blue
"Dentistry Sedation & Cosmetic" - Routed from aluminum, mounted flush to the face of
the building, painted blue
H. AGENCY RESPONSES: None
I. LETTERS FROM THE PUBLIC: None received to date
STAFF ANALYSIS PROVIDED WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT:
A. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVISIONS, WHICH ARE OF SPECIAL CONCERN REGARDING
THIS PROPOSAL:
Chapter 12 - Community Design
12.3 Entry Corridors
Entryway corridors are arterial roadways that introduce both visitors and residents to Eagle
City entryways include State Highways 44 (State Street and Alternate Route) and 55 (Eagle
Road). These entrances with their landscaping) or lack thereof), commercial signage and
building character provide the first, and oftentimes the most lasting impressions of the entire
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community. The City of Eagle has the responsibility to guide development and
redevelopment that occurs along these entryway corridors.
Design review procedures should guide future development and redevelopment of existing
uses. Depending on land uses and buildings, more extensive landscaping and fewer points
of access may be required. The design review process will afford the opportunity to address
the special features of each property and facility in a manner that will best address the
overall intent of enhancing Eagle's entryways. Eagle's entrance corridors may take on the
look of berms built adjacent to the Banbury and Lexington Hill Subdivisions.
12.4 Implementation Strategies
p. Protect and enhance the small town character of the City by requiring signage which is
creative and distinctive, compatible with its surroundings, and an integral component of
the style and character of the building to which it relates.
B. ZONING CODE PROVISIONS WHICH ARE OF SPECIAL CONCERN REGARDING THIS
PROPOSAL:
. Eagle City Code Section 8-2A-2(B)
The general theme of the Design Review Overlay District is to specify desirable building and
landscape architectural styles and materials to create a sustainable and pleasing environment
for residents and visitors alike. The architectural designs, materials, and graphics set forth in
this article are complied to create a theme unique to the area called "Eagle Architecture".
. Eagle City Code Section 8-2A-6(A)(4)
Signage for any project shall provide for business identification and minimize clutter and
confusion on and off the site.
. Eagle City Code Section 8-2A-6(A)(4)(c)
Signs are to provide effective and necessary business identification systems adapted to the
building design.
. Eagle City Code Section 8-2A-6(A)(4)(e)
The size, location, design, color, texture, lighting, landscaping, and hours of operations of all
permanent signs and outdoor advertising structures or features to insure that any such
proposals do not detract from the function of, or design of, buildings, structures, surrounding
properties, neighborhoods, or streets.
. Eagle City Code Section 8-2A-8(C)(l)
Sign materials and overall appearance shall compliment the building architecture and colors as
determined by the Design Review Board.
. Eagle City Code Section 8-2A-8(C)(4)(a)
A freestanding single tenant building shall be allowed two (2) wall signs, provided that, each
sign is placed on a different side of the building. The entire building shall be permitted one
monument sign for every street it fronts. The sides of the building on which the signs are to be
placed shall be shown by the owner, but shall be as approved by the design review board.
. Eagle City Code Section 8-2A-8(C)(d)(d)
A freestanding single tenant building, not in a shopping center, shall be permitted to construct,
erect and maintain one monument sign per street that it abuts to identify the business to which
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it pertains. The exposed surface of any such sign shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet per
exposed surface except that the exposed surface of any such sign within forty feet (40') of a
building shall not exceed six feet (6') in height and thirty (30) square feet per exposed surface.
. Eagle City Code Section 8-2A-8(E)
The design review board must find that any illuminated sign permitted under the specific
regulations within this chapter is designed such that brightness levels are controlled to assure a
soft, subtle effective light in accordance with other city regulations intended to create and
maintain the Eagle Architecture theme. Illumination types, styles, and practices not listed
herein shall be prohibited unless otherwise deemed by the Design Review Board and City
Council to be consistent with the Eagle Architecture theme.
. Eagle City Code Section 8-2A-8(K)(l)
No signs shall be erected or maintained in any district as established by the Zoning Ordinance
except those signs specifically enumerated in this Chapter. The number and area of signs as
outlined in this Chapter are intended to be maximum standards which do not necessarily
ensure architectural compatibility. Therefore, in addition to the enumerated standards,
consideration shall be given to a sign's relationship to the overall appearance of the subject
property as well as the surrounding community. Compatible design, simplicity and sign
effectiveness are to be used in establishing guidelines for sign approval.
. Eagle City Code Section 8-2A-8(M)(16)
Door signs identifying the business and/or indicating business hours, emergency phone
numbers, etc., shall be permitted up to a maximum of two (2) square feet.
C. DISCUSSION:
. With this application, the applicant has requested approval of a monument sign. The building is
located along the State Highway 44 which is an entry corridor that introduces both visitors and
residents to Eagle. It is Eagle's goal to leave everyone with a favorable impression of the
community as one drives through this corridor, as this area defines the design standards for the rest
of the city. Therefore, site building, and landscape design is reviewed carefully through this
corridor to help enhance Eagle's image. Signage is also one of the development features that is
carefully reviewed. It is recognized that signage shall provide for business identification, but
needs to minimize clutter and confusion on and off the site. Although monument signs are, in
part, allowed by code, it is the City's intention to minimize the number of monument signs along
State Highway 44 which greatly helps reduce the amount of clutter along the street. There are a
couple large shopping centers along State Highway 44 that have multi-tenant monument signs for
the entire center and one large mixed-use project that has the option to install some multi-tenant
monument signs in the future. A majority of the single building or multi-tenant building projects
within the entryway corridor have Master Sign Plans that prohibit monument signs. There are six
buildings within the Rocky Mountain Business Center, including the subject site, which front State
Highway 44. Three of these buildings already have an approved Master Sign Plan that prohibits
monument signs. It is staff's opinion that a monument sign is not appropriate at this location and a
condition has been incorporated recommending that no monument signs are permitted. Staff
encourages the Board to review and comment on whether a monument sign is appropriate in this
location.
. The applicant is proposing two building wall signs, one on the north and one on the south building
elevations. The applicant is proposing to construct a non illuminated, dimensional building wall
sign on the north elevation and a halo illuminated building wall sign on the south elevation.
Although Eagle City Code does not specifically require all signs on a building to constructed the
same (i.e.: halo illuminated or non illuminated), the City has required on multi-tenant building all
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signs be halo illuminated, non illuminated, dimensional, etc. The applicant should be required to
provide revised elevation plans showing the building wall signs proposed on the north and south
building elevations to be halo illuminated or non illuminated but not both. The revised elevation
plans should be reviewed and approved by the Design Review Board prior to the City issuing a
sign permit for this site.
. Staff defers comment regarding design and color of all proposed signs to the Design Review
Board.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION PROVIDED WITHIN THE REPORT:
Based upon the information provided to staff to date, staff recommends approval with the site
specific conditions of approval and the standard conditions of approval provided within the staff
report.
PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BOARD:
A. A meeting was held on the application before the Design Review Board on June 8, 2006, at which
time the Board made their decision.
B. Oral testimony in opposition to this proposal was presented to the Design Review Board by no one.
C. Oral testimony in favor of this proposal was presented to the Design Review Board by no one (not
including the applicant/representative).
BOARD DECISION:
The Board voted 5 to 0 (Grubb absent) to approve DR-46-06 for a design review application for
two building wall signs for Dr. Evan Hathaway, with the following staff recommended site
specific conditions of approval and standard conditions of approval with text shown with strike
thru to be deleted by the Board and text shown with underline to be added by the Board.
SITE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL:
1. Provide revised elevation plans showing the building wall signs proposed on the north and south
building elevations to be halo illuminated or RElR illllmiRatea Bllt Ret B8th. The revised elevation plans
shall be reviewed and approved by staff tile DesigR Review HoarE! prior to the City issuing a sign
permit for this site.
2. No monument signs are approved with this application.
3. A sign permit is required prior to a sign being constructed on this site.
STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL:
I. A building permit/zoning permit shall be required prior to construction of any sign which is not
attached to a building with an active building permit.
2. Approval shall expire without notice to the applicant on the date of expiration of this Design Review,
as stipulated in Eagle City Code (one year from the Design Review Board approval date).
3. The Americans with Disabilities Act, Uniform Building Code, Eagle City Code, and all applicable
County, State and Federal Codes and Regulations shall be complied with. All design and construction
shall be in accordance with all applicable City of Eagle Codes unless specifically approved by the
Commission and/or Council.
4. New plans which incorporate any required changes shall be submitted for staff approval. Staff may
elect to take those plans to the Design Review Board and/or the Planning and Zoning Commission for
review and approval.
5. Any changes to the plans and specifications upon which this approval is based, other than those
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required by the above conditions, will require submittal of an application for modification and
approval of that application prior to commencing any change.
6. Any change by the applicant in the planned use of the property which is the subject of this application,
shall require the applicant to comply with all rules, regulations, ordinances, plans, or other regulatory
and legal restrictions in force at the time the applicant or its successors in interest advises the City of
Eagle of its intent to change the planned use of the subject property unless a waiver/variance of said
requirements or other legal relief is granted pursuant to the law in effect at the time the change in use is
sought.
7. Any modification of the approved design review plans must be approved prior to
construction/installation of such changes. Failure to do so may result in the requirement to modify the
project to comply with the approved design review and/or result in the inability to issue a certificate of
completion for this project.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW:
I. The application for this item was received by the City of Eagle on May 4, 2006.
2. The Board reviewed the particular facts and circumstances of this proposed design review application
(DR-46-06) with regard to the Eagle City Code Title 8, Chapter 2, Article A, DR Design Review
Overlay District, and based upon the information provided with the conditions required herein,
concludes that the proposed design review application is in accordance with the Eagle City Code and
the Eagle Comprehensive Plan.
3. The Board recognizes State Highway 44 as an entry corridor that provides the first, and oftentimes the
most lasting impressions of the entire community. As required within the 2000 Comprehensive Plan,
the design review process addresses the special features of each property and facility in a manner that
will best address the overall intent of enhancing Eagle's entryways. With regard to the site's overall
signage, the Board recommends that no monument signs be allowed on State Highway 44 so as to
provide a pristine entryway that one will remember because of the creative landscaping free of
monument signs.
If the City Council determines that a monument sign should be permitted along State Highway 44, the
Board recommends, the revised monument and landscape plans be submitted to the Design Review
Board for review and approval.
DATED this 22nd day of June 2006.
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
OF THE CITY OF EAGLE
Ada County, Idaho
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