TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Marisa Lundstedt, Community Development Director
Eric Haaland, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Planning Commission Approval of a Sign Exception for a New Sign Program for a Remodeled Office Building at 1888 Rosecrans Avenue (Associate Planner Haaland / Community Development Director Lundstedt).
RECEIVE REPORT
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive the decision of the Planning Commission approving the project subject to certain conditions...Body
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
DISCUSSION:
The Planning Commission, at its regular meeting of November 12, 2014, APPROVED (4-0, Ortmann absent) a Sign Exception allowing a new sign program with one monument/pole sign, two monument signs, five wall signs, and two projecting signs. The Sign Exception is needed to allow the projecting signs and monument signs. The sign code generally prohibits projecting signs, and prohibits monument signs to be combined with pole signs. These prohibitions reflect the sign code's concern for compromised aesthetics and potential sign clutter resulting from pole and projecting signs. Pole signs are defined as any ground based sign taller than 6 feet.
The Planning Commission supported the request in this case since the signs are designed to be architecturally integrated into the subject development, sign area is well dispersed around the site, the site is somewhat isolated/hidden by major city-boundary streets and train bridges, and the pole sign is actually an existing monument sign being heightened by less than 3 feet and partially devoted to City entry identification. These factors allowed the required Sign Exception findings of absence of impact, reasonable use of property, and consistency wi...
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