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SPR,.,ELO
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
225 FIFTH STREET
SPRINGFIELD, OR 97477
(541) 726,3753
FAX (541) 726-3689
July 29, 1997
Don Hescheles
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Spnngfield, Oregon 97477
RE: Sign Variance, Ethan Allen
This letter is to serve as your notice of the appeal hearing you applied for in regards to the maximum
allowable wall signs in the 1-5 Commercial Sign District. The property is located at 3150 Gateway Loop,
Springfield, Oregon, also known as Lane County Reference Number 17032220, Tax Lot 03400.
As required in Section 205 (I) (2) of the Springfield Building Safety Code Administrative Code, "You are
hereby notified that a hearing will be held before the Building Board of Appeals at Springfield City Hall,
Meeting Rooms 615 & 616, on the 7th day of August, 1997, at the hour of II :00 a.JD" upon the notice and
order served upon you. You may be present at the hearing, You may be, but need not be, represented by
counsel. You may present any relevant evidence and will be given full opportunity to cross examine all
witnesses testifying against you. You may request the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of
witnesses and the production of books, documents or other things by filing an affidavit therefor with the
Board,"
If you have any questions, please feel free to phone me at 726-3790,
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Lisa Hopper
Building Safety Coordina or
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SPRINGFIELD
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
225 FIFTH STREET
SPRINGFIELD, OR 97477
(541) 726.3753
FAX (541) 726,3689
July 29, 1997
Buzz Blumm
Eugene Sign and Awning
1210 Oakpatch Road
Eugene,cnegon 97402
RE: Sign Variance, Ethan Allen
This letter is to serve as your notice of the appeal hearing you applied for in regards to the maximum
allowable wall signs in the 1-5 Commercial Sign District The property is located at 3150 Gateway Loop,
Springfield, Oregon, also known as Lane County Reference Number 17032220, Tax Lot 03400,
As required in Section 205 (I) (2) of the Springfield Building Safety Code Administrative Code, "You are
hereby notified that a hearing will be held before the Building Board of Appeals at Springfield City Hall,
Meeting Rooms 615 & 616; on the 7th day of August, 1997, at the hour of II :00 a.m~, upon the notice and
order served upon you, You may be present at the hearing, You may be, but need not be, represented by
counsel, You may present any relevant evidence and will be given full "r.."' ;.mity to cross examine all
witnesses testifying against you, You may request the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of
witnesses and the production of books, documents or other things by filing an affidavit therefor with the
Board."
If you have any questions, please feel free to phone me at 726-3790,
Sincerely,
Lisa Hopper
Building Safety Coordinator
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CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
BOARD OF APPEALS
AGENDA
Springfield City Hall
225 Fifth Street
Meeting Rooms 615 & 616
I. RollCall
Members;
Thursday
August 7, 1997
11:00 a,m,
Butch Baird, Jim Ingram, Thomas Miller, Tim Hovet, Virginia Lauritsen
Staff:
Dave Puent, Lisa Hopper, Secretary to the Board
2, Approval of the minutes from the May 14, 1997 Board of Appeals Meeting
3, New Business:
a Ethan Allen #97-07-103
The property in question is located at 3150 Gateway Loop, Springfield, Oregon,
The applicant requests a variance from Section 9-7-18 (I) of the Springfield Sign Code relative to
the maximum allowable wall signs, The property is in the 1-5 Commercial Sign District.
4, Business from the Board:
5, Business from the Staff:
6, Business from the Audience:
7, Adjournment
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Ethan Allen #97-07-103
Located at 3150 Gateway Loop, also known as Assessor's Map 17032220, Tax Lot 03400, Springfield,
Oregon.
AppliCllI't'< QM~
The applicant is requesting a variance from Chapter 9, Article 7 of the Springfield City Code, More
specifically, they are requesting a variance from Section 9-7-18 (I) relative to the maximum allowable wall
signs, The properly is located in the 1-5 Commercial Sign District.
BackVTound
The current Sign Code was adopted by the Springfield City Council in June of this year. The prior Code
was approved by the City Council in May of 1994, Although a number of changes were made to the
current sign Code, no changes were made relative to the requested appeal.
The following sections of the Sign Code apply to this request:
9-7-2 Definitions,
Sign Copy, Any lettering, artwork, logos placed on a building wall or on a sign face,
Wall Sign, A sign painted on or attached to a building wall that projects no more than 12" from the wall,
Signs placed on, attached to or constructed on a canopy, awning or marquee, whether or not such structures
are located in the public right of way, are also considerCd wall signs,
9-7-18 1-5 Commercial Sign District.
(I) Single Businesses, Each business shall be pennitted a maximum of 3 wall signs totaling a maximum
of 350 square feet for all faces,
Di~cu~~inn
The applicant is requesting a variance to allow 12 additional wall signs (business logo's) to be placed on
awnings located on their building. The business is currently at the maximum allowable signage for the 1-5
Commercial Sign District. The applicants request indicates that although the number of wall signs will
exceed the allowable number in this sign district, the combined square footage would not exceed the
allowable 350 square feet. Although the square footage of the signage is a small percentage of the
allowable area, the Code allows a maximum of three wall signs and allows staff no exception for increasing
the number of wall signs if the square footage is under the allowable area,
The City receives and responds to a number of concerns regarding existing and proposed signage in the
Gateway area, The City Council has in the past also mentioned concern with the number of signs in this
area, Because the Gateway area is located adjacent to 1-5, the area is allowed more signage (three wall
signs and two freestanding signs) than any other sign district within the City and the City's Urban Growth
area.
Although the applicant has stated in their application that there are 240 Ethan Allen Stores which reflect
the new signage on their structures, the City of Springfield Development Services Department has been
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Staff Report
July 22, 1997
Page 2,
provided with a Sign Code which has been through public review and change over the past year, and
adopted by the Springfield City Council. Prior to any change in the Sign Code, copies of the proposed
changes are mailed to area sign contractors and any interested citizen and/or business owner, A meeting is
then scheduled to meet with contractors to discuss the proposed changes and any other changes that they
may feel are necessary in the Sign Code, After just completing the most recent revision of the Code, no
business owner, sign contractor, or staff member requested that logo's be removed from the definition of
sign copy,
Recommendation
Staff recommends denial of the request based on the following:
I. An inspection by staff of the site could identify no unusual conditions associated with the site which
would justify additional signage for identification purposes of the structure,
2, The granting of this variance could represent a precedence for additional wall signage in the 1-5
Commercial Sign District by using logo's as identification in addition to the allowable three wall signs,
3, The square footage of the proposed signage is a small, however, the Sign Code allows a maximum of
three wall signs and allows staff no exception for increasing the number of wall signs,