A. A common signage plan shall be prerequisite to the issuance of any sign permit involving:

1. Two or more contiguous lots or parcels under the same ownership,

2. A single lot or parcel with more than one principal use or building (not including accessory uses or buildings) or qualifying on the basis of street frontage for more than one free-standing sign, and

3. A PDD (planned development district) project.

B. The plan shall contain all information required for sign permits generally (Section 14.36.100) and shall specify standards for consistency among all signs on the lot affected by the plan with regard to:

1. Lettering or graphic style;

2. Lighting;

3. Location of each sign on the buildings;

4. Material; and

5. Sign proportions.

C. A common signage plan shall limit the number of free-standing signs to a total of one for each street on which there is frontage and shall provide for shared or common usage of such signs; however the maximum sign area may be increased by twenty-five percent (25%).

D. Once approved by the director of planning and facilities, the common signage plan shall become binding on all businesses and uses occupying the affected lots, but may be amended by filing a new or revised plan in conformance with the requirements of this title.

E. If any new or amended common signage plan is filed for a property on which existing signs are located, it shall include a schedule for bringing into conformance, within three years, all signs not conforming to the proposed amended plan or to the requirements of this title in effect on the date of submission. (Ord. 99-O-25 § 5.3, 1999)