Item 9 - Sign Permit 95-33 PCPA Replacement Monument Sign
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AGENDA REPORT SUMMARY
..10: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
rROM: James L. Bowersox, City Man~
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City Manager ue
Reba Vright-Quastler, Director of Planning Services~
DATE: October 3, 1995
SUBJECT: Sign Permit 95-33 - Poway Performing Arts Center Replacement Monument Sign,
15498 Espol. Road
ABSTRACT
The Community Services Department plans to install a replacement monument sign at Titan
Way and Espola Road. Since the sign is 12' high, the sign permit is on the Council agenda
per Poway Municipal Code Section 17.40.260.G.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This project to install a replacement monument sign is Categorically Exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act, Class 11 for on-premise signs.
- FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
None.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve Sign Permit 95-33 in accordance with
Poway Municipal Code Section 17.40.260.G
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~ AGENDA REPOR'i
CITY OF POW A Y
TO: H~norable Mayor and Members~ City Council
FROM:
James L. Bowersox, City Man
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City Manager ~
Reba Wright-Quastler, Director of Planning Services ~
Stephen A. Streeter, Principal Planner
DATE: October 3, 1995
SUBJECT: Sign Permit 95-33 - Poway Performing Arts Center Replacement
Monument Sign, 15498 Espola Road
BACKGROUND
The Community Services Department plans to install a replacement monument sign
at Titan Way and Espola Road. The proposed sign is 12' high and 36 square feet
in area. The Poway Municipal Code (PMC) section 17.40.220.1 limits institutional
signs to not more than 36 square feet in area and not more than 6' in height.
Section 17.40.240.1 allows businesses not in a center to have freestanding signs
which are 40 square feet in area and not more than 8' in height without City
Counc il approval. Section 17.40.260.G allows the City Council to approve
freestanding signs up to 15' in height when it finds ~hat extraordinary
circumstances are present. Extraordinary circumstances include, but are not
limited to the following:
1. Impaired visibility from vehicles entering or exiting the primary
driveway of the proposed or existing development;
2. Placement of an existing nonconforming building is such that there
is limited, in not any, space available for a visible low-profile
sign; and
3. The grade of the site is such that the placement of a low-profile
sign would not be visible from the street.
FINDINGS
The overall sign height is twelve feet with five and one-half feet of clearance
under the sign for visibility. In accordance with PMC 17.40.260.G findings may
be made that the Performing Arts Center has unusual circumstances to warrant
approval of a sign over eight feet in height at the proposed location near the
current monument sign location at Espola Road and Titan Way. Proposed findings
are:
ACTION:
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1. The sign identifYing the building and promoting upcoming events must be of
a height and location near the corner of Espola Road and Titan Way to be
seen by northbound motorists.
2. A cutbank just before Titan Way obscures the vision of northbound
motorists unless the sign is near the street..
3. Trees along the Performing Arts Center and high school frontage would
obscure the sign to southbound motorists unless it is close to the street.
4. In the visible position the sign would obstruct the visibility of vehicles
exiting Tital Way onto Espola Road if it is not raised to allow a line of
sight under it.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This project to install a replacement monument sign is Categorically Exempt from
the California Environmental Quality Act, Class 11 for on-premise signs.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
None.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve Sign Permit 95-33 in accordance
with Poway Municipal Code Section 17.40.260.G.
Attachments:
A. Resolution
B. Sign Copy and Dimensions
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RESOLUTION NO. P-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
APPROVING SIGN PERMIT 95-33, CITY OF POWAY
ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER 278-450-27
WHEREAS, the City of Poway Community Services Department will be
installing a replacement monument sign at the Performing Arts Center at 15498
Espola Road; and
WHEREAS, Section 17.40.220 of the Poway Municipal Code limits the height
of freestanding signs to 6' for institutional uses or 8' for commercial uses
unless approved by the City Council according to Municipal Code (PMC) section
17.40.260.G; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with PMC section 17.40.260.G the City Council
finds that the Performing Arts Center has unusual circumstances to approve a
sign 12' in height in that:;
1. The sign identifying the building and promoting upcoming events must be
of a height and location near the corner of Espola Road and Titan Way to
be seen by northbound motorists.
2. A cutbank just before Titan Way obscures the vision of northbound
motorists unless the sign is near the street..
3. Trees along the Performing Arts Center and high school frontage would
obscure the sign to southbound motorists unless it is close to the
street.
4. In the visible position the sign would obstruct the visibility of
vehicles exiting Tital Way onto Espola Road if it is not raised to allow
a line of sight under it.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1: Environmental Findinas:
This project to install a replacement monument sign is Categorically Exempt
from the California Environmental Quality Act, Class 11 for on-premise signs.
Section 2: Citv Council Decision:
The City Council hereby approves Sign Permit 95-33 subject to the following
condit ions:
1. Any signs proposed for this development shall be designed and approved
in conformance with the Sign Ordinance.
2. A sign permit and electrical permit shall be obtained from the Planning
Services Department.
3. The street address shall be placed on the sign in such a position as to
be plainly visible and legible from the street fronting the property.
Said numbers shall contrast with their background. Minimum height of
address numbers shall be four inches.
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COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS IS REQUIRED. COMPLIANCE SHALL BE
APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING SERVICES.
l. Prior to any work being performed in the public right-of-way, an
encroachment permit shall be obtained from the Engineering Services
Department.
2. Sign location shall comply with CalTrans design standards for sight
distance at a street intersection.
3. All proposed utilities for the sign shall be installed underground.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Poway, State of
California, this 3rd day of October, 1995.
Don Higginson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) SS.
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
I, Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby
certify, under the penalty of perjury, that the foregoing Resolution, No.
, was duly adopted by the City Council at a meeting of said City
Council held on the day of , 1995, and that it was so
adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk
City of Poway
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MANUFACTURE & INSTALL ONE DOUBLE FACED INTERIOR ILLUMINATED
MONUMENT SIGN ,
STANDARD GALVANIZED SHEET METAL CONSTRUCTION WI ANGLE IRON FRAMEWORK AS .1
REQUIRED HI21NCH X 1-1/2 INCH X M6 INCH.. INSTALL INTO CONCRETE FOOTING AS
REQUIRED BY A CERTIFIED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. 4" +- MOW STRIP.
ILLUMINATE SIGN WI CWHO FLUORESCENT lAMPS 12 "ON CENTER AS REQUIRED. PROVIDE
U.L. LISTED DISCONNECT SWITCH.
USE WHITE PLEX FACE WI EXISTING CHANGABLE LETIERS 4 ROWS AS SHONN ON CLEAR I
TRACKS. COpy CHANGED WI CHANGE ARM.
SIGN TO HAVE EXPOSED NEON DECOR AT TOP AND BOTIOM OF REVEALS AS SHOWN. (
BROMO BLUE NEON) "POWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS" - WHITE REVERSED
OUT OF #:3630-167 BLUE VINYL BACKGROUND.
BASE TO BE TEXCOTED TO MATCH BUILDING COLOR
SIGN HEIGHT MAXIMUM IS12 FEET ITEM
SIGN CABINET PAINTED TO MATCH BUILDING COLOR DCT 3 1995 9,2
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