University of Oregon <br />Indoor Football Practice Facility <br />Sign Variance Application January 22, 2025 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5 <br />o Sign Area: 696 Square Feet ( <br />o Permitted Sign Area: 550’ (Length of perimeter wall) x 0.5 square feet = 275 <br />Square feet. <br />Southern “O” Wall Sign <br />o Sign Dimensions: 5 feet 10.5-inch-wide x 8 feet High <br />o Sign Area: 47 Square Feet <br />o Permitted Sign Area: 580’ (Length of perimeter wall) x 0.5 square feet = 290 <br />square feet. <br /> EC 9.6655 (4)(c) Maximum Sign Area: No wall sign may exceed 100 square feet <br />per face. The applicant requests a variance for the northern “O” wall sign, measuring <br />696 square feet. <br />Descriptions of the requested variances and findings of compliance with approval criteria are <br />provided in Section 4.0. <br /> <br />2.2 Purpose and Need <br />The two proposed signs are needed to visually connect the University’s new indoor and outdoor <br />football practice facilities to the Autzen Stadium Complex as a whole. At 81.5 acres, the Autzen <br />Stadium Complex is the largest outdoor athletic venue in the region and is intended to be highly <br />visible and attractive to the public. <br /> <br />The new indoor and outdoor practice facilities are the first facilities of the Autzen Stadium <br />Complex that vehicles traveling east on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard encounter. The <br />northern “O” wall sign reinforces this new practice facility's connection with the other University <br />Athletic facilities within the Complex. The sign's size was designed to be proportional to the <br />scale of the 130,000 SF facility. Similarly, the southern “O” wall sign reinforces the connection to <br />the rest of the Complex along the Leo Harris Parkway right-of-way.