Draft - Official Community Plan - Surrey 2050

Appendix 2 – DP Guidelines

DP1.1 COMMON GUIDELINS

Free-Standing In conjunction with the City of Surrey Sign Bylaw, as amended, the following design elements, where applicable, are required for sign installations: 201. Businesses located at the rear of a property and not visible from the street shall be given signage priority in a multi-tenant freestyle sign. Where all businesses are visible, a free standing sign is not encouraged. 202. Within the free-standing sign, the number of individual signs shall be minimized to reduce visual clutter. Six tenant signs per side should/shall be the maximum. (Illustr.)

203. Individual signs should be muted colour blank backing rather than white (when not leased). Bright colour schemes for individual signs shall me minimized. 204. Background colours should complement the architectural colour scheme of the building or overall development. When blank areas are present on a sign, those blank areas should also reflect the architectural colour scheme of the building or overall development rather than remaining white. 205. Design sign heights to be oriented toward pedestrian environments, particularly in areas evolving away from previously auto-oriented site designs. Signs should be designed as appropriate to the site and surrounding areas rather than automatically being constructed to meet the maximums as established in Surrey Sign Bylaw, as amended. 206. Use the top feature of a free-standing sign to tie the character of the sign with that of the architecture of the building or with other character elements of the surrounding neighbourhood. 207. Avoid the use of repeating the same style and design for sites where multiple signs are permitted. Use a variety of colours and styles to create variety, interest and uniqueness to a development. 208. Free-standing signs should be a monument style shape where the base width is consistent with the full extent of the rest of the sign and where the bottom is not narrower than the rest of the sign.

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