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Home My WebLink AboutLimited Sign Permit LSP1987005 - Staff Report/Executive Summaryhuntington beach department of community development STAR Eponl_, TO: FROM: DATE: .SUBJECT: APPLICANT: OWNER: REQUEST: Planning Commission Community Development December 1, 1987 LIMITED SIGN PERMIT NO. 87-5 Action. Hospital Service Co. DATE ACCEPTED: 200 N. Crescent Way November 12, 1987 Anaheim, CA 92801 P iblic Storage 1015 3randview Ave. Glendale, CA To permit a face change for a non-conforming freestanding sign and extend the sign's use for 2 years. MANDATORY PROCESSING DATE: January 12, 1987 LOCATION: 16212 Gotham' greet (east side off. athard Street , approximately 1/4 mile south of Edinger Avenue) 1.0 SUGGESTED ACTION: ZONE: MI••FP2 (Light Industrial-Floodplain District 2) GENERAL PLAN : General Industrial EXISTING USE: Mini-storage Warehouse ACREAGE: 2.699 acres Deny limited Sign Permit No. 87-5 with findings. 2.0 GENERAL INFORMATION: Limited Sign Permit No. 87-5 is a request to permit a face change and grant a two-year extension of use for an approximately 20 foot high, 80 square foct internally illuminated non-conforming freestanding sign for Public Storage located at 16212 Gothard Street. 3.0 SURROUNDING LAND USE ZONING AND GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS: North of Sub'ect Pro ert : GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: General Industrial ZONE: Ml-FP2 (Light Manufacturing-Floodplain District 2)) LAND USE: Industrial A -FM-23C East of Sub'ect Pro ert : GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: ZONE: LAND USE: South of Sub'ect Property: GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: ZONE: LAND USE: West of Sub'ect Pro ert-: GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: ZONE: LAND USE: 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: General Industrial R3-FP2 (Medium High Density Residential-Floodplain District 2) and Ml-FP2 (Light Manufacturing-Floodplain District 2) Apartments and railroad right-of-way General Industrial Ml-FP2 (Lig1r.: Manufactur,i.ng-Floodplain District 2) Industrial General Industrial CF-C-FP2 (Community Facility- Civic-Floodplain District 2) Murdy Fire Station The proposed project is exempt pursuant to Class 5, Section 15305 and Class 1, Section 15301 of the California Environmental Quality Act. 5.0 COASTAL STATUS: Not applicable. 6.0 REDEVELOPMENT STATUS:Not applicable. 7.0 SPECIFIC PLAN: No. applicable. 6.0 SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE: 9.0 ISSUES AND ANALYSIS: Not applicable. Code requirements for freestanding signs in the M1 (Light Industrial) zone are shown in the following matrix: Section Issue 9610.5 (c) Maximum number of freestanding signs permitted along frontage Maximum height Permitted Existing Remarks 1 1 Complies with code 7 ft. 20 ft . Exceeds code by 13 feet. Staff Report - 12/1/87 -2-(9506d) Section Issue Permitted Existing Remarks Maximum area 50 sq.ft. 80 sq.ft. Exceeds code by 30 square feet. Sign Type Monument Pile Not to code Illumination External Irternal Not to code illumination illumination Public Storage recently purchased the mini-storage facility at 16212 Gothard from Stor-safe Storage and has commun ated to staff (see attachment 3) than considerable upgrading is required to bring the facility up to their standards. Also, at the time of purchase, they were unaware that the sign structure would need to be replaced and, consequently, made no provisions to do so. As a result, Public Storage curra:rtly has no monies budgeted for replacing anytiing other than the sign faces. Public Storage has expressed that bringing the sign up to code at this time would result in a substantial economic hardship; however, no actual estirAtes of cost have been submitted. In addition, no physical land-rel.tei hardships are evident. The subject sign is located in a landscape planter as required by the Sign Code. Directly north of the subject sign on the abutting parcel, 16182 Gothard, a conforming monument sign (4 feet x 4 inches high with an area of approximately 21 square feet) identifies the Gothard Business Center. No signs are located on the east side of Gothard between the subject sign and Heil. On the west side of Gothard, approximately one-quarter mile south of the subject sign, stands the identifiea-ion sign for the Huntington Beach Business Park. This sign is 3 feet by 9 inches high and has an area of 15 square feet. Therefore, a 20 foot high, freestanding sign is not in character with other signs in the surrounding area. In addition, the subject sign is partially hidden from northbound traffic on Gothard as a result of the t-_ees 1( ated in the same landscaped area; therefore, a conforming monument sign would have much better visibility to northbound traffic than does the existing sign. According to the Sign Code, Section 9610.8, the eventual elimination of existing signs which are not in conformance with the provisions of the Sign Code is as much a subject of health, safety and welfare as is the regulation of new signs. The subject sign also greatly exceeds the maximum dimensions of the previous sign code. According to the 1977 Sign Code, industrial sites of more than 1 ac were permitted one freestanding sign with a maximum height of tJ feet and a maximum area of 60 square feet. Since the subject sign has been nonconforming for over ten (10) years, is not in character with the surrounding area, and no substantial hardship, ocrnomic or land-related, has been proven, staff recommends that the Planning Commission deny Limited Sign Permit No. 87-5. Staff Report - 12/1/87 -3-(9506d) 10.0 RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission deny Limited Sign Permit No. 87-5 with the following findings: FINDINGS FOR DENIAL: 1. The sign's immediate removal or ,modification to conform with the current sign code will not result in a substantial hardship for the applicant. 2. As a result of the low-profile, conforming signs in the same proximity, the sign will not be in keeping with the character of the surrounding area. 11.0 ALTERNATIVE ACTION: The Planning Commission may choose to approve Limited Sign Permit No. 87-5 with f_indi.igs and conditions of approval. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Site plan and elevations dated October 15, 1987 2. Area map 2. 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IEW?•i Ck'dCll, CALIW:NtW-0cci^0.e cerz; 6t'APR x1681^ " - .'- Iasi,-u., pu_A •. .._ Darbcwa +w.WILLIAMSON & SCHMID r VI.ENGINEERS C40RIIR RJR3 R3 R3I R3 R3 R3u nx s . _ C4Iewes±as_Y-mRMIMlMIHUNTINGTON LEACH PLANNING DIVISIONC2C2R3a`l\1.18C2-FP2C2CF-R:caCF-E, JFT1'Am.15 C4/uuvur C.1Rp4 leu[1 PUBLIC STORAGE,.1 E MANAGEMENT INC. Renta! Spaces 1015 GRANOVIEW AVENUE P 0 BOX 25025, GLENOALF CALIFCP' ^'-5025 .818) 244-8080 (November 10, 1987 City of Huntington Beach P.O. Bo,, 190 Huntington Beach, ralifornia 92648 Re: Limited Sign Permit 87-5 Dear Sirs: We would apireciate -our consideration of an extension of time in regards to the omplete replacement of existing sign at 16212 Gothard Street. We just recently purchased the facility and have considerably-' upgrading to do. At the time of budgeting monies; we were unaware that the sign might need replacing and made no provision to do so, and as a consequence have no budget for replacing other than the sign faces at this port and time. We would have no problem with this at a future time. We would appreciate your consideration of our position. Since Sincerely Ear el rantom Area Manager N 67