SEQUIM — City Council members took fewer than 20 minutes Monday night to allow The Home Depot to have larger signs than permitted by the city’s sign code.
The home improvement warehouse, now under construction in Sequim Valley Marketplace on the city’s west side, appealed to the council to reverse a Planning Commission decision to restrict signs on part of the 42-acre regional shopping center.
The appeal consumed most of the council’s 30-minute meeting Monday and represented the only action item on the agenda.
At issue was the size and scope of allowable signs for the development near the intersection of West Washington Street and River Road.
The shopping center is scheduled for construction in phases.
Home Depot is already under construction and is expected to be finished by January, said Michael Okuma, an engineering designer with Greenberg Farrow of Los Angeles.
Home Depot hired Okuma’s firm to craft architectural and sign plans for its portion of the center.
Sequim’s sign code specifies allowable types and sizes of signs that anchor commercial developments.
Home Depot’s developers applied for a major use permit under the city’s master sign program to almost double the code’s allowance for a development of that size.
