HomeMy WebLinkAboutNB 5 SIGN CODE EXCEP 03-17-80DATE: March 17, 1980
NEW BUSINESS
No- 5
3-17-80
TO: Honorable Mayor & City Council
F~0M: Community Development Department
SUBJECT: Request for Sign Code Exception
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Planning Staff has received an application from Imperial
Thrift and Loan (102 W. First Street) te request an exception
from certain provisions of Sign Ordinance No. 684 as per
?.rt~le VIii, Section 1.
The request is for authorization to change the face of an existing
sign cabinet for a tenant space in which Imperial Thrift is
e>:panding into. Imperial Thrift currently has one wall sign
for the space that they presently occupy.
FiNDiNGS
':_. i'he si{;n casa authorizes only one (1) wall sign per business.
2. Both sign cah, ine~s are under the maximum area for each
henaa% splice and .~ne aggregate sign area ef both signs do .... not
exceed the aiiowsb]e area for one sign.
3. Authorization for the City Council to grant these exceptions
is provided in Section lA (3) of Article VII:
"Proposed signing does not exceed more than one in number nor
more than 1..5% in area of the aggregate size of signs author-
ized by the criteria of the district."
The proposal satisfied this provision.
4. A similar request was approved for HacArthur Auto Parts
(15481 Red Hill Avenue) in Septen~er of 1978.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the subject sign
with the following conditions:
Authorization for displaying signs in the two existing
sign cabinets is only approved while Imperial Thrift
occupies two tenant spaces.
2. If one of the tenant spaces J_s vacated by Imperial
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rift., .the sign for that space must be relinquished to the
new tenant.
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
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February 22, 1980
Tustin City Council
Tustin, California
Dear Council Members:
In late January, 1980, our branch office located at 102 West 1st
Street, Tustin, California signed a lease for additional store
space at 100 West tst Street, Tustin, California. This space a-
joins our present space. There are five (5) store spaces in this
small center. Each space has identical sign cans which are con-
structed of stain wood frames. These were built and installed at
the time of construction of the building. The uniformity of these
smgn cans create~s sn attractive appearance for the building.
We ha.-e been advig:~d by the Planning Commission that there is a
cit~ ._~rdinance wl]i;?~ limits one (1) store front sign to each bus-
insss and we could no~ occupy the sign space above 100 West ].st
Stz-zen. Our ~lt:~i:~:~tiva would be to install one (1) large sign
aero, ss the two (2? store fronts and remove the two (2) existing
ca.... We do n~'~t 'wish to do this because it would detract from the
appearance of the building. Further, upon expiration of our three
(3) year lease ~-ber~_. will again be five (5) tenants in tile building
as we will probab!y vacate. This would nece_ssitate reinstallation
of two (2) smaller signs by the new tenants to replace one (1)
large sign. Again, this would cause a loss of conformity to the
other signs and would detract :from the appearance of the building.
i~e strongly support city ordinances that help to maintain and
beautify the cities in which we have offices. In this case, how-
ever, we fee]. that the ordinance is working in reverse of its
intent. Therefore, we request that we be allowed to use the ex-
it;ting sign can as we fee]. it is in the best interest of the City
oF Tustin as well as ourselves.
Sincerely,
IMPERIAL THRIFT AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
B. R. COLLINS,
Supervisor
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