Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 120 - Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission › Chapter 10 - Zoning Regulations for the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning District › Subchapter 15 - Sign Age Regulation › Section 120:10-15-16 - Provisions for Oklahoma Health Center Signage

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The high density and intensity of the
				Oklahoma Health Center and the recommendations of the OHC Master plan for a
				future development focus on construction of larger more prominent structures
				with parking garages. The potential for an increase in the campus population
				and higher concentration of structures within the confines of the subdistrict
				creates a need to specify certain types of signage for the Health Center
				Sub-district. Signage design standards should be aesthetically compatible to
				building materials, appropriate to landscaping and non-impacting to pedestrian
				connections. Logos and other identification themes related to specific entities
				should be considered in the design of all identification and on site
				directional signage. To assist motorist traveling along the street in locating
				their destination placement, height, visibility and readable signage text are
				important considerations. The use of a graphic system including directional and
				wayfinding signage is essential in identifying destinations from distant
				locations such as major thoroughfares, intersections, parkways or gateways. In
				designing signage factors such as size, location, color, existing
				landscape/streetscape and maneuvering around necessary obstructions such as
				configuration of streets, existing structures, lighting, traffic and other
				government approved safety/warning signals should also be addressed. No sign
				shall be installed in any location that impedes vehicular traffic or interrupts
				pedestrian movement. These regulations will address signage issues specific to
				the Oklahoma Health Center and only applicable in the Health Center District
				(HC), Health Center Commercial District (CHC), and the Mixed Use Overlay Zoning
				District, Health Center Commercial (MXD-1).
(b) All signage installed in the
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HC
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zoning districts shall be in compliance with
				all other applicable Sections of this Chapter. The location, installation, and
				number of signs permitted must be in compliance with this Subchapter. Any sign
				not defined but permissible in the zoning district and defined in Subchapter 15
				of this Chapter may be permitted in the HC zoning districts.
(c)
Permissible Signs.
The
				following sign types are permissible in the zoning districts listed in OAC
				120:10-15-16(a) of this Subsection, in addition to signage permissible under
				OAC 120:10-15:
(1)
"Light pole banner
				sign"
means a rectangular substrate sign suspended from brackets mounted
				on a permanent decorative light pole designed to be used as a
				directional/locator sign, form of temporary advertising display, or to identify
				a neighborhood association or other district organizations. This type sign is
				only permitted in off-street parking lots. The Commission shall determine the
				number permitted based on the location and size of the lot and the off-street
				parking lot lighting standards of the City of Oklahoma City.
(2)
"Building mounted identification
				signage"
means letters and/or logos that identify the facility that are
				also defined as the sign face area. The overall dimension of the sign face area
				shall be measured vertically at the highest point of the tallest character or
				logo and horizontally at the longest line of text. Building mounted signs shall
				cover no more than 25% of building wall or building section on which it is
				installed.
(3)
"Campus/Complex directional signage system"
means a system of
				large usually post mounted 2-sided signs strategically placed in the most
				visible locations within the street right-of-way containing a message system
				that directs, locates, and identifies a unified complex of buildings,
				structures, and functions. Signage may be lit from an internal source or
				indirectly lit.
(4)
"Decorative, insignia, and flags means"
flags, emblems, and
				insignias of the United States, the State, and municipal and other bodies of
				established government, or flags which display the recognized symbol of a
				school, nonprofit and/or non commercial organization.
(5)
"Ground mounted signage
				means"
a sign installed on the ground or mounted to a base attached to
				the ground that may be installed at a height 2 feet above the top of the second
				story level of the main building measured at the highest elevation of the site
				on which the sign will be located. The sign height may be increased based on
				the height of the building.
(6)
"Internal directional signage"
means a group of signs containing
				letters and/or logo providing directions to specific locations within a complex
				of buildings or a mixed use building.
(7)
"Kiosk"
means a freestanding
				prefabricated structure that may be partially enclosed constructed of weather
				sustainable materials used for the purpose of advertising or displaying
				information and providing a vehicular and pedestrian navigation system
				including interactive displays directing persons to specific destinations
				within the Oklahoma Health Center and providing information regarding Health
				Center or other community events. This type signage is only permitted in
				strategic locations in the Health Center (HC) and Health Center Commercial
				(CHC) zoning districts.
(8)
"Mixed used building signage"
means signage used to identify
				multiple tenants or multiple functions within one structure. Identification of
				the primary user may occupy the majority of space on the sign face all other
				identification text shall be installed horizontally on a single sign face or on
				individual panels, identical in size with one line of text characters and logos
				identifying each individual tenant or function. A building under single
				ownership with multiple functions signage may identify each use on one sign
				located at the entrance to the building or at the location most visible from
				the street.
(9)
"Monument
				sign means"
an architecturally designed sign preferably constructed of
				concrete, rock, stone, or other masonry material used to identify a campus or
				complex of buildings of common or uncommon ownership. The dimensions of the
				sign shall be determined by the Commission based on the proposed location and
				the size of the complex. Additional landscaping may be required.
(10)
"Regulatory sign"
means an
				informational sign that may be pole mounted or mounted and fastened flat
				against a building wall that is used to provide a warning regarding health and
				safety issues. These type signs can be no larger than 2 square feet in area or
				24 inches in diameter.