HomeMy WebLinkAboutN.B. 2 DSGN RVW 91-07 01-20-92JANUARY 20, 1992
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
APPEAL OF AMENDMENT TO DESIGN REVIEW 91-07
RECOMMENDATION
NEW BUSINESS N0. 2
1-20-92
It is recommended that the City Council uphold the Planning
Commission's action by adopting Resolution No. 92-17, as submitted
or revised.
BACKGROUND
On September 3, 1991, the City Council approved Conditional Use
Permit 91-10, Design Review 91-07 and an Amendment of Conditional
Use Permit 89-25, thereby establishing a combined development site
for the businesses on the properties located at 135 South Prospect
Avenue and 240 East First Street. Subsequently, the applicants,
Mr. Kumagai and Mr. Paquette, requested and received approvals by
the Planning Commission for additional Lot Consolidation Bonuses
concerning signage, at the direction of the City Council. On
September 23, 1991, the Planning Commission approved an.Amendment.
to Design Review 91-07, which authorized a 48 -square foot monument
sign within the required ten -foot, front -yard setback and included
combined sign copy for both the tire and car wash businesses.
Resolution No. 2954 has been attached for reference.
On September 30, 1991, the Community Development Department
received an appeal request from Mr. Kumagai concerning the monument
sign approval. After a meeting with Mr. Kumagai on October 1,
1991, the appeal hearing was deferred, at Mr. Kumagai's request,
pending his request to submit an alternative sign proposal.
On January 3, 1992, the Community Development Department received
revised sign plans. Mr. Kumagai has requested that the Council
hear an appeal of the Planning Commission's action for the approval
of an Amendment to Design Review 91-07. Mr. Kumagai is not
appealing the sign's size or location, but is requesting that the
copy area be permitted to reflect only his car wash business and
not provide a copy area for the adjacent tire business located at
135 South Prospect Avenue.
City Council Report
Appeal of Amendment to DR 91-07
January 20, 1992
Page 2
DISCUSSION
The submitted plans propose a 48 -square foot monument sign, located
approximately 15 feet from the First Street driveway providing copy
area for the car wash business only. This proposal, for a single -
business monument sign, is similar to Variance 91-13 which was
denied by the Planning Commission and later appealed to the City
Council. The Council, recognizing that the approval for the
combined development site with the tire service business had been
granted, rejected the appeal and referred the concept of a monument
sign with combined copy with both businesses back to the Planning
Commission for consideration as an additional development bonus
under the provisions of the Lot Consolidation Program of the First
Street Specific Plan.
During the course of evaluating the monument sign with combined
copy, the Commission took into consideration the following:
1. City Code Section 9408(B)(1) states that a business
identification monument sign can be approved for an
individual business when the proposed sign measures a
maximum of 32 -square feet, standing at a maximum height
of six feet and where a property maintains a minimum of
150 -lineal street frontage. Alone, neither of the
properties located at 240 East First Street and 135 South
Prospect Avenue meet the required minimum street
frontage. Additionally, this Section pertains to
individual businesses that are not located within a
center and a center is def ined as a development site
where a minimum of three businesses are maintained.
2. City Code Section 9408(C)(1) provides that a business
identification monument sign can be approved for an
individual business within a center subject to the
development standards stated above, with the additional
caveat that the individual business has a minimum of
5,000 -square feet of floor area. None of the businesses
on these two properties meet this standard.
Based on the above Code Sections and since the two properties were
combined, both architecturally and through a reciprocal access
driveway, the Planning Commission, at the direction of the City
Council, approved a 48 -square foot monument sign with combined copy
identifying both the tire and car wash businesses. The Commission
based their approval on the evidence that one monument sign,
combining the copy of both businesses, addressed the design
guidelines of the First Street Specific Plan and contributes to the
-- City Council Report
Appeal of Amendment to DR 91-07
January 20, 1992
Page 3
cohesiveness of the design elements for both properties.
Additionally, the Commission concurred with the Council's desire to
maintain an uncluttered streetscape, which would be the result if
two 32 -square foot signs, one for each business, were ever
permitted.
Mr. Kumagai has indicated to staff that his fuel provider, Texaco,
will not supply his car wash business if the monument sign is
required to identify both businesses. However, staff has spoken
with representatives from Texaco on two separate occasions and it
has been represented that a shared sign would not pose a problem,
as it is their policy to work within the parameters of an
individual community's Sign Code. However, Mr. Kumagai has
represented that a conflict still exists. Staff is continuing to
pursue a written response from Texaco; however, as of the date this
report was prepared, nothing.had been received.
CONCLUSION
In view of the above discussion, it is recommended that the Council
uphold the Planning Commission's action approving a monument sign
with combined copy.
A E. Bonner
Associate Planner
Attachment:
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Resolution No. 92-17
Resolution No. 2954
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Christine A. Shinglet
Assistant City Manage
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RESOLUTION NO. 92-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TUSTIN UPHOLDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S
ACTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO DESIGN REVIEW
91-07, GRANTING AN ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BONUS RELATED TO SIGNAGE PURSUANT TO THE
CRITERIA OF THE LOT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM OF
THE FIRST STREET SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE
PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 135 SOUTH PROSPECT
AVENUE AND 240 EAST FIRST STREET.
The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby
resolve as follows:
I. The City Council find and determines as follows:
A. That an appeal of the Amendment to Design
Review 91-07 was filed by Henry Kumagai to
request the elimination of the requirement to
provide combined sign copy area for a monument
sign on the property located at 240 East First
Street.
B. That an appeal hearing before the City Council
was duly noticed, called and held on January
20, 1992.
C. That pursuant to Section III.F of the First
Street Specific Plan, the development bonus
granted by the Planning Commission for the 48 -
square foot monument sign with combined sign
copy located in the front yard setback on the
property located at 240 East First Street was
within the scope of permitted bonuses and
addressed the design guidelines of the First
Street Specific Plan, as the sign will further
the cohesiveness of the appearance of the
development site.
D. This project is considered to be Categorically
Exempt (Class 11) pursuant to Section 15311 of
the California Environmental Quality Act.
II. The City Council hereby upholds the Planning
Commission's action approving the Amendment to Design
Review 91-07, granting an additional development bonus
related to signage pursuant. to the criteria of the Lot
Consolidation Program of the First Street Specific Plan
for the properties located at 135 South Prospect Avenue
and 240 East First Street, subject to all conditions
contained in Exhibit A of Planning Commission Resolution
No. 2954.
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Resolution No. 92-17
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PASSED AND ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the Tustin
City Council, held on the 20th day of January 1992.
CHARLES E. PUCKETT
Mayor
MARY WYNN
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF TUSTIN )
CERTIFICATION FOR RESOLUTION NO. 92-17
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby
certify that the whole number of the members of the City
Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and
foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
the 20th day of January, 1992, by the following vote:
COUNCILPERSONS AYES:
COUNCILPERSONS NOES:
COUNCILPERSONS ABSTAINED:
COUNCILPERSONS ABSENT:
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. 2954
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF TUSTIN, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO DESIGN REVIEW
91-07, GRANTING AN ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT BONUS
RELATED TO SIGNAGE PURSUANT TO THE CRITERIA OF THE
LOT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM OF THE FIRST STREET
SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 135
SOUTH PROSPECT AVENUE AND 240 EAST FIRST STREET
The Planning Commission of the City of Tustin does hereby
resolve as follows:
I. The Planning Commission finds and determines as follows:)
A. That the following applications were made:
1. Variance 91-13, was filed by Henry Kumagai to
request authorization to install a monument
sign within the front yard setback on property
with a deficient street frontage on the
property located at 240 East First Street.
2. A Development Bonus request was filed by
Stephen Paquette to request authorization to
permit a 64 -square foot wall sign along the
north elevation and limit the wall sign on the
west elevation to a maximum of 25 -square feet
for the tire service business on the property
located at 135 South Prospect Avenue.
B. That upon hearing the following appeals, on
September 3, 1991, the City• Council provided
direction concerning signage for the subject
properties:
1. Appeal of Conditional Use Permit 91-10, Design
Review 91-07 and Amendment to Conditional Use
Permit 89-25, a request to establish a tire
service business with related site
improvements and authorize a reciprocal
driveway access along First Street.
2. Appeal of Variance 91-13, a request to install
a monument sign within the front yard setback
on property with a deficient street frontage.
C. That additional development bonus requests related
to signage were discussed on September 9, 1991,
before the Planning Commission.
D. That, pursuant to Section III.F of the First Street
Specific Plan, the additional development bonus
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Resolution No. 2954
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recuested is within the scope of permitted bonuses
and addresses the design guidelines of the First
Street Specific Plan in that the monument sign will
consolidate the business identification of the tire
service business and the car wash business, thereby
furthering the cohesiveness of the development
site.
E. This project is considered to be Categorically
Exempt (Class 11) pursuant to Section 15311 of the
California Environmental Quality Act.
II. The Planning Commission hereby amends Design Review 91-07
and approves, subject to all conditions contained in
Exhibit A, attached hereto, the following additional Lot
Consolidation Bonus to permit a 48 -square foot monument
sign, overall height 61, width 8', within the required
ten foot front yard setback on the property located at
240 East First Street,
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tustin Planning
Commission, held on the 23rd day of September, 1991.
ALD N L. BA R
Chairman
KATHLEEN CLQ NCY
Recording Secreta
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Resolution No. 2954
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I. KATHLEEN CLANCY the undersigned, hereby certify that I am
the Recording Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City
of Tustin, California; that Resolution No. 2954 was duly
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin Planning
Commission, held on the 23rd day of September, 1991.
KATHLEEN CLANCY
Recording Secretary
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EXHIBIT A
RESOLUTION NO. 2954
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
AMENDMENT TO DESIGN REVIEW 91-07
GENERAL
The proposed project shall substantially conform to the
submitted plans date stamped September 23, 1991 on file
with the Community Development Department as herein
modified or as modified by the Director of Community
Development.
(1} 1.2 Unless otherwise specified, all conditions in this
exhibit shall be complied with prior to the issuance of
any building permits for the project, subject to review
and approval by the Community Development Department.
(1) 1.3 Design Review approval shall become null and void unless
sign permits and all construction is completed within
eighteen -(18) months of the date of this exhibit.
(1) 1.4 Approval of Amendment to Design Review 91-07 is
contingent upon the applicants signing and returning an
"Agreement to Conditions Imposed" form, as established by
the Director of Community Development.
*** 1.5 All applicable conditions contained in Exhibit A of City
Council Resolution No. 91-111 shall remain in full force
and effect.
PLAN SUBMITTAL
(1) 2.1 At building plan check and prior to the issuance of sign
(3) permits, the applicant shall submit two copies of plans,
including site plan, fully dimensioned and detailed
elevations, attached methods and electrical details for
illumination, structural calculations for footings for
approval by the Building Official.
SOURCE CODES
(1) STANDARD CONDITION (5) RESPONSIBLE
AGENCY
APING LINEREQUIREMENT
(2) CEQA MITBONG CODE/S (7) PC/CCGATIN (6) CPOLICY
(3 ) UNIFORM UILDOING
(4) DESIGN REVIEW
*** EXCEPTION
Exhibit A - Conditions of Approval
Resolution No. 2954
Amendment to Design Review 91-07
Page 2
SITE CONDITIONS
(4) 3.1 The pedestrian bench shall be relocated easterly in order
*** to provide for a mininum ten foot landscape separation
from the monument sign to the bench.
(4) 3.2 The monument sign shall be located two (2) feet as
* * * measured from back of sidewalk of the public right-of-
way.
(4) 3.3 The monument sign shall be located a minimum of ten (10)
*** feet easterly of the reciprocal driveway along First
Street.
(1) 3.4 The actual sign copy for all signs shall be reviewed and
(4) approved by the Community Development Department and
shall be limited to the identification of the actual
business names, addresses, and lawful use of the premises
upon which it is located and shall not include pricing
information or specific brand names, with the exception
of that information required by State Law. Brand names
or logos incorporated into the name of the business may
be considered when demonstrated to be part of the
business name. Identification of product, trade and
service information is permitted and is considered
supplemental provided it is subordinate to the business
name and does not total more than 25% of the total sign
area.
FEES
(1) 4.1 Payment of all Building plan check and permit fees shall
be made prior to the issuance of any building permits in
accordance with the Tustin City Code.
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TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM — NEW BUSINESS NO. 2
As indicated in the staff report for the appeal of Amendment to
Design Review,91-07, written approval of the conceptual sign design
has been received from Texaco. The proposal to have both the tire
business and the car wash business on the same monument sign is
acceptable to the distributor for Texaco to Mr. Kumagai's car wash,
with some minor alterations that can be accommodated without
affecting sign copy layout or size of the sign.
Staff has informed Mr. Kumagai of this affirmation from Texaco;
however, he still desires to pursue an appeal of the Planning
Commission's action approving the monument sign.
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Attachments: Correspondence from Texaco
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January 17, 1992
Ms. Ann Bonner
Associate Planner
City of Tustin, CA
RE: Tustin Plaza Auto Wash
240 E. 1 St,
Dear Ms. Bonner: Tustin, CA
Reference our conversation this morning concerning the above
car wash and the City of Tustin requirements for the
identification sign, the sign meets with our approval except
for the changes marked on the attached drawing. Those changes
are that where the prices of the different grades of gasoline
are posted, the numbers are white on a black background. The
Texaco star symbol should cover the entire area where it Is
currently placed and the letters of Texaco should be removed.
1t would have been better if all of this was presented (sooner
than all of'the trouble could have been avoided. Thank you
for your patience. Any questions feel free to ask.
Your$ tr 1 ,
R ert mith
Texaco efining and Marketing, Inc.
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