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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-02-20; City Council; 16080; Adopt Ord NS-572, Amend SP 199(A)CITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL e 2 !z 8 g \ 0 ? N . . p 2 d Y $ AB# 16,060 MTG. Z-20-01 DEFT. CLK 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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: a. b. C. d. e. f. g- h. 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 -2- /G, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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. -3- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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.) -4- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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: (SEW -5-