23.55.062

A. Except for technical code approval required by the Seattle Building Code, Seattle Electrical Code, or other applicable technical code, and except for landmark regulation under Chapter 25.12 , the Seattle Center Director is authorized to install, operate, maintain, administer, manage, and control campus signs so long as the Seattle Center Director determines such signs are consistent with this Chapter 23.55 , the Seattle Center Sign Guidelines as updated and approved by the Seattle Center Advisory Commission, and any applicable rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 17.04.040 . The Seattle Center Director may directly perform the installation, operation, or maintenance of campus signs, or delegate such performance. B. For purposes of this Part 4 of Chapter 23.55 , the following definitions apply: "Campus signs" means signs owned or managed by the Seattle Center Department on City-owned or City-managed property within the Center Campus Subarea, as well as temporary event signs located within the Subarea. "Scrolling" has the same meaning as the term is defined in subsection 23.55.058.H.8. "Seattle Center Director" means the Director of the Seattle Center Department. C. Except for technical code approval and landmark regulation under Chapter 25.12 as provided in subsection 23.55.062.A, campus signs within the Center Campus Subarea are regulated only by the standards of this Section 23.55.062 . D. On-premises and sponsorship signs are permitted on City-owned or City-managed property within the Center Campus Subarea. For purposes of this Part 4 of Chapter 23.55 , all property located within the Seattle Center Sign Overlay District comprises the premises. Off-premises signs within the Center Campus Subarea owned or managed by the City on City-owned or City-managed property are prohibited. E. The number, type, maximum area, maximum height, illumination, display methods, and standards of campus signs within the Center Campus Subarea shall be determined by the Seattle Center Director, in accordance with the following standards, any applicable Seattle Center Guidelines as updated and approved by the Seattle Center Advisory Commission, and any applicable rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 17.04.040 : 1. Illumination and light and glare a. The light source for externally illuminated signs shall be shielded and directed away from adjacent properties. b. Signs may be electric, externally illuminated, or non-illuminated, or may use any combination of these features. Signs may use illuminated video display methods if the sign meets the development standards in this subsection 23.55.062.E.1 and subsection 23.55.062.E.4. c. Between dusk and dawn, video displays shall be limited in brightness to no more than 500 nits (candela per square meter), measured as described in subsection 23.55.005.A.10. 2. The standards for temporary signage in subsection 23.55.058.F.1 through F.5 shall apply to the Center Campus Subarea. For purposes of this Section 23.55.062 , temporary screens used primarily to show movies, live stream events, or other similar event purposes are not signs. Temporary signage within the Center Campus Subarea may also include video display. 3. Non-rigid event-related banners of up to 180 square feet per banner may be hung or temporarily affixed on the Seattle Center skybridge over Mercer Street and the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation authorizes the Seattle Center Director to permit such banners as authorized in subsection 15.04.015.E. 4. Video displays a. The total duration of multiple video display messages together may not constitute more than 20 seconds of every two minutes. b. Video displays are prohibited between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. except that video displays are permitted within an hour after an event in the Seattle Center Sign Overlay District ends. c. A video display message shall have a minimum duration of two seconds and a maximum duration of ten seconds. Calculation of the duration does not include the number of frames per second used in a video display. d. There shall be ten seconds of still image or blank display following every message using a video display method. e. All video displays, except those described in subsection 23.55.062.E.4.f, and except those regulated by subsection 23.55.062.E.5, shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from the street curb of the nearest unvacated right-of-way. f. A video display using only scrolling alphanumeric characters is permitted and may be located adjacent to a right-of-way with no minimum setback, provided that such a sign may not exceed 42 feet in length and 18 inches in height. No more than 21 feet of any such sign face may be directed at the same right-of-way. Any such sign must be at least 8 feet above grade. A video display consistent with this subsection 23.55.062.E.4.f is not subject to the standards in subsections 23.55.062.E.4.a through 23.55.062.E.4.d. 5. Signs that are within 20 feet from the street curb of the nearest unvacated roadway and oriented so as to be visible from such unvacated roadway, and signs within the Center Campus Subarea that are not campus signs, shall be regulated by the general sign standards in Part 1 of Chapter 23.55 , subsection 23.55.062.D, and subsection 23.55.062.E.4.f. 6. Campus signs may also include the following: a. Portable signs including readily detachable signs having a fixed base or mounting for the placement and intermittent use of such signs; b. Banners, streamers, strings of pennants, fabric signs, festoons of lights, clusters of flags, wind animated objects, balloons, searchlights, and similar devices; c. Signs attached to or located on event related or sponsored stationary motor vehicles, equipment, trailers, and similar devices; d. Changing-image and changing-color signs, including video display; e. Memorial signs or tablets, or signs stating the name of a building or date of construction; f. Signs warning of danger or providing safety information; and g. National, state, and other flags. 7. Signs projecting over a public right-of-way must comply with Section 23.55.004 . 8. Signs within 20 feet from public right-of-way intersections or driveways must comply with Section 23.55.008 . 9. Sign kiosks are permitted on City-owned or City-managed property within the Center Campus Subarea. 10. Permanent signs that are flashing or that rotate or have a rotating or moving part or parts that revolve at a speed in excess of seven revolutions per minute are prohibited within the Center Campus Subarea. (Ord. 126365 , § 2, 2021.)