HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-02-20; City Council; 16080; Adopt Ord NS-572, Amend SP 199(A)CITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL
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ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. NS-572
AMENDING SPECIFIC PLAN 199 TO SUPERCEDE THE
PARKING AND SIGN AND GRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS WITH
CHAPTER 21.44 AND 21.41, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE
CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE
(COLLEGE BUSINESS PARK, CASE NO.: SP 199(A)
CITY ATTY.
CITY MGR
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Ordinance No. NS-572 amending Specific Plan 199 to supercede the parking and
sign and graphic requirements with Chapter 21.44 and 21.41, respectively, of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code (College Business Park, Case No.: SP 199(A).
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Ordinance No. NS-572 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on
February 13, 2001. The second reading allows the City Council to adopt the ordinance,
which would then become effective in thirty days. The City Clerk will have the ordinance
published within fifteen days, if adopted.
FISCAL IMPACT:
See Agenda Bill No. 16,058 on file with the City Clerk.
EXHIBITS:
1. Ordinance No. NS-572.
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ORDINANCE NO. x-572
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SPECIFIC PLAN 199
TO SUPERCEDE THE PARKING AND SIGN AND GRAPHIC
REQUIREMENTS WITH CHAPTER 21.44 AND 21.41,
RESPECTIVELY, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.
CASE NAME: COLLEGE BUSINESS PARK
CASE NO. : SP 199(A)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California has reviewed
and considered a Specific Plan Amendment to revise the parking and sign and graphic
requirements; and
WHEREAS, after procedures in accordance with the requirements of law, the
City of Carlsbad has determined that the public interest indicates that said specific plan
amendment be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: That the College Business Park Specific Plan Amendment, SP
199(A) dated January 3,2001, on file in the Planning Department, and incorporated by reference
herein, is approved. The College Business Park Specific Plan Amendment shall constitute the
zoning for this property and all development of the property shall conform to the plan. The
amendment to the specific plan is the deletion of the parking requirements which reads as
follows:
“(See Table 1 for specific parking requirements per use.) Where two or more
uses occupy a single structure, the parking requirement shall be determined by calculating the
requirement for each use individually based on its proportional share of total floor area. No
change to a use requiring more parking will be allowed unless the additional parking for the new
use is provided. If additional parking is not provided, the City shall deny the appropriate permit
or license for the new use” and delete Table 1 on page 19.
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SECTION 2: That the College Business Park Specific Plan be amended by the
deletion of text to the sign and graphic section which reads as follows:
“General Standards:
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With the exception of community-identity (monument) signs no other
freestanding sign shall be allowed along Palomar Airport Road or College
Boulevard.
The total area of all signs on any one lot shall not exceed 1.5 square feet per lineal
foot of building frontage located on the lot.
No sign shall be higher than the height of the building upon which it is located.
Signs will be restricted to identifying only the person, firm, company or
corporation operating the use conducted on the site.
The area of a wall sign will be measured by a rectangle around the outside of the
lettering and/or the pictorial symbol.
All signs attached to the building will be surface mounted.
Interiorly illuminated signs visible from the exterior of any building may be
allowed, but no signs or any other contrivance will be derived or constructed so as
to rotate, gyrate, blink, move or appear to move in any fashion.
Public service devices such as clocks and temperature indicators will be devoid of
advertising.
2. Wall Signs
a. No wall sign will exceed an area equal to one and one-half square feet of sign
area.for each foot of lineal frontage of the wall on which it is located. Total wall
signage shall not exceed 200 square feet in area per lot or comprise more than
10% of the area of the elevation upon which the sign is located, whichever is less.
b. In multi-tenant industrial or office buildings, each individual business may have a
wall sign over the entrance to identify the tenant. Said sign will give only the
name of the company and will be limited to letters 6 inches high. Said signs will
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be oriented toward the parking or pedestrian area for that building and shall not
exceed a maximum area of five square feet.
c. In multi-tenant buildings having commercial uses, each ground-floor business
may have one wall sign per building frontage. Said signs shall not be located
above the ground-floor facia. Each sign shall be limited to an area equal to 10%
of the business face upon which it is located or a maximum of 35 square feet.
3. Ground Signs
a. Every lot may have one ground sign not to exceed four feet in height and 40
square feet per face.
b. No ground sign shall be located within 100 feet of another ground sign.
c. See entryway requirements.
4. Miscellaneous Signs
a. Temporarv Identification Signs
1) Sale or Lease Sign
One sign, not to exceed 15 square feet in area, advertising the sale, lease or hire of
the site will be allowed.
2) Construction Sign
One sign, not to exceed 20 feet in area, denoting the architects, engineers,
contractor and other related subjects will be allowed at the commencement of
construction. Said sign will be removed at the time the building is tit for
occupancy.
3) Temporary Future-Tenant Sign
One sign allowing the identification of the future tenants and other persons will be
allowed. Such signs shall not exceed 20 square feet.
4) None of the above signs (l-3) will be allowed along Palomar Airport Road or
College Boulevard. One temporary project sign, advertising lot sales or lease,
may be placed along Palomar Airport Road, not to exceed 40 square feet per face.
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b. Community-IdentitvlEntrvway Signs
1) Sign program that provides for entrance, exit, directional and project-
identity signs, shall be allowed in addition to all other signs permitted
by this Specific Plan. The aggregated sign area of all community-
identification signs within the Specific Plan shall not exceed a total of
432 square feet.
2) Directional and necessary special-purpose signs shall be allowed,
subject to approval of the Planning Director. One permanent ground
sign identifying the project, not to exceed 10 feet in length and 4 feet in
height, will be allowed at each of the three following locations: The
intersection of College Boulevard and Palomar Airport Road, the
intersection of Hidden Valley Road and Palomar Airport Road and the
intersection of College Boulevard and A Street.”
SECTION 3: That the College Business Park Specific Plan be amended by the
addition of text to the sign and graphic section which reads as follows:
“All signs within the Carlsbad Airport Business Center Specific Plan shall comply
with Section 21.41 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code.”
SECTION 4: That the findings and conditions of the Planning Commission in
Planning Commission Resolution No. 4888 shall also constitute the findings and conditions of
the City Council.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its
adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be
published at least once in a publication of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within
fifteen days after its adoption. (Not withstanding the preceding, this ordinance shall not be
effective within the City’s CoastaE Zone until approved by the Cal@ornia Coastal Commission.)
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City
Council on the 13thdayof February 2001, and thereafter.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 6th day of ach 2001, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Finnila, Nygaard and Hall.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
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