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RESOLUTION NO. 3531
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF TUSTIN RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL REAFFIRM ITS APPROVAL OF CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT 90-1, AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION
OF A DOUBLE-FACED FREEWAY POLE SIGN 35 FEET IN
HEIGHT AND 50 SQUARE FEET IN AREA PER SIGN
FACE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14041 NEWPORT
AVENUE.
The Planning Commission does hereby resolve as follows:
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The Planning Commission finds and determines as
follows:
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That on June 18, 1990, the City Council
adopted Resolution No. 90-52 approving
Conditional Use Permit 90-1, authorizing the
installation of a double-faced freeway pole
sign 35 feet in' height and 50 square feet in
area per sign face on the property located at
14041 Newport Avenue, subject to the following
condition (Condition II.E):
Prior to issuance of a building
permit for the sign, the applicant
and owner(s) of the subject property
shall enter into an agreement with
the City in which they agree to
reduce the height of the sign as to
a height determined by
recommendat ion of the Planning
Commission and to the City Council
(but to a height of not less than
twenty four feet) after completion
of freeway widening improvements
have been made to the south side of
I-5 Freeway adjacent to the subject
property, said reconsideration shall
take place not later than ninety
(90) days after completion of said
improvements. Said agreement shall
be a covenant to run with the land
.supported by a surety bond for a
period of not longer than five (5)
years, each to be in form and
content satisfactory to the City
Attorney.
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That the applicant and property owners agreed
to future reconsideration of the approved sign
height as evidenced by the signing of an
agreement and the posting of a surety bond
prior to the issuance of a building permit for
the sign on February 21, 1991.
That, according to Caltrans, said freeway
improvements were completed on June 7, 1996,
and the City commenced reconsideration of
Conditional Use Permit 90-1 on July 1, 1996.
That a public hearing was duly called, noticed
and held on said reconsideration on July 28,
1997 by the Planning Commission.
That the sign should be allowed to remain at
the height, configuration and location
originally approved by the City Council on
June 18, 1990 based upon the following
findings:
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The freeway improvements referenced in
City Council Resolution No. 90-52 have
not increased the visibility of the sign
in a manner that would render the height
of thirty five (35) feet above grade
excessive. Hence, the sign poses no
greater visual impact to the community as
a result of the completion of the I-5
widening project than it had prior to the
commencement of the freeway improvements.
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Lowering the sign will slightly reduce
the level of exposure to passing freeway
traffic which is used to provide future
reference, not impulse business. The
sign is visible upon approaching the
subject property to provide advertisement
for future business, but is slightly
obstructed by a raised freeway median.
Lowering the sign would further obstruct
its visibility.
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Raising the sign will not benefit the
subject business due to the intervening
visual obstructions created by said
recent freeway improvements. The
entrance to the Newport Avenue offramp is
located approximately 7/10ths of a mile
from the subject property. In this
vicinity, the visibility of the sign is
completely obstructed by the flyovers
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connecting the I-5 to the Newport (SR-55)
Freeway. Due to the distance of the sign
to the offramp entrance, and the varying
heights and curvatures of the overpasses,
no sign, regardless of height, could
attract impulse business from this
location. Moreover, although the sign is
slightly obstructed from view along
certain points in a northbound direction
on the I-5 freeway, there is no offramp
to Newport Avenue from the northbound
lanes of the I-5 to facilitate impulse
business, so the visibility of the sign
is adequate to provide' reference for
future business.
II. The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the
City Council reaffirm its approval of Conditional
Use Permit 90-1 authorizing the installation of a
double-faced freeway pole' sign 35 feet in height
and 50 square feet in area per sign face on the
property located at 14041 Newport Avenue, subject
to the conditions contained in Resolution No. 90-
52, noting that Condition II.E of said Resolution
is hereby satisfied.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City
of Tustin, at a regular meeting on the 28th ,
1997.
~THY~TIN
Recording Secretary
S~ATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, KATHY MARTIN, the undersigned, hereby certify
that I am the Recording Secretary of the Planning
Commission of the City of Tustin, California; that
Resolution No. 3531 was duly passed and adopted at
a regular meeting of the Tustin Planning
Commission, held on the 28th day of July, 1997.
Recor~g Secretary