HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-03-06; City Council; 16096; Adoption Of Specific Plan AmendmentsCITY OF CARLSBAD -AGENDA BILL 4
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ADOPTION OF SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS
MTG. 6 -6-o 1 SP 180(E) - CARLSBAD RESEARCH CENTER CITY Al-l-Y. z5.I SP 181(C) - CARLSBAD AIRPORT CENTER
DEPT. CA SP 199(A) - COLLEGE BUSINESS PARK CITY MGR. a*
SP 200(A) - CARLSBAD AIRPORT BUSINESS CENTER
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt: Ordinance No. NS-570, approving SP 180(E) - Carisbad Research Center;
Ordinance No. NS-571, approving SP 181 (C ) - Carlsbad Airport Center;
Ordinance No. NS-572, approving SP 199(A) - College Business Park; and
Ordinance No. NS-573, approving SP 200(A) - Carlsbad Airport Business Center
ITEM EXPLANATION:
At its meeting of February 13, 2001, the Council introduced Ordinance No. NS-570, approving
SP 180(E) - Carlsbad Research Center; Ordinance No. NS-571, approving SP 181 (C ) -
Carlsbad Airport Center; Ordinance No. NS-572, approving SP 199(A) - College Business
Park Ordinance No. NS-573, approving SP 200(A) - Carlsbad Airport Business Center. These
specific plans incorporate Ordinance No. 569 and must be consistent with it. With the
adoption of Ordinance No. 569, the required consistency is achieved.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The Planning Director has determined that these specific plan amendments (SP 180(E) -
Carlsbad Research Center, SP 181 (C ) - Carisbad Airport Center, SP 199(A) - College
Business Park, and SP 200(A) - Carlsbad Airport Business Center) will not have a significant
impact on the environment and therefore issued a Negative Declaration on November 8, 2000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
EXHIBITS:
1. Ordinance No. NS-570, approving SP 180(E) - Carlsbad Research Center;
2. Ordinance No. NS-571, approving SP 181 (C ) - Carlsbad Airport Center;
3. Ordinance No. NS-572, approving SP 199(A) - College Business Park; and
4. Ordinance No. NS-573, approving SP 200(A) - Carlsbad Airport Business Center
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-570
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SPECIFIC PLAN’
180(B) TO SUPERCEDE THE PARKING AND SIGN AND
GRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS WITH CHAPTER 21.44 AND
21.41, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL
CODE.
CASE NAME: CARLSBAD RESEARCH CENTER
CASE NO.: SP 180(E)
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 CARLSBAD RESEARCH CENTER Specific Plan
Amendment, SP 180(E) dated January 3, 2001, on file in the Planning Department, and
incorporated by reference herein, is approved. The Carlsbad Research Center 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:
“The following standards exceed the regular City standards and shall be used to
determine parking requirements. Uses not covered below shall comply with regular City
standards as required by Chapter 21.44 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code.
1. Manufacture, Research, and Assembly. One space for each 500 square feet of floor area.
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2. Warehouse. One space for each 1,000 square feet of floor area for the first 20,000 square
feet; one space for each 2,000 square feet of floor area for the second 20,000 square feet;
one space for each 4,000 square feet of floor area for areas in excess of the initial 40,000
square feet of floor area of the building.
3. Deleted.
4. Commercial.
a. Retail and Service Commercial. One space for each 300 square feet of gross floor
area.
b. Restaurants. One space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.
c. Hotels/Motels. One space for each guest room.
d. Multiple 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 the 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 added as required, the City shall
deny any license or permit applications required for such uses by the Carlsbad
Municipal Code.
Tbe Planning Director may approve the reduction in size of up to 25% of the total required
parking spaces to accommodate compact cars provided that:
(a) Compact car spaces are located in separate parking aisles from standard-
sized spaces;
(b) Aisles and spaces for compact car spaces are clearly marked with
permanent material denoting ‘Compact Car Only’;
(c) Compact car spaces shall be located in close proximity to the facility
which they serve so as to encourage their maximum usages;
(d) Compact car spaces must be a minimum width of 7-l/2 feet and a
minimum length of 15 feet.”
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1 SECTION 2: That the Carlsbad Research Center Specific Plan be amended by
2 the addition of text to the parking section to read as follows:
“The parking requirements for all uses shall comply with Chapter 2 1.44 of the
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SECTION 3: That the Carlsbad Research Center Specific Plan be amended by
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the deletion of text to the sign and graphic section which reads as follows:
“ 1. General Standards
a. Only one single or double-face permanent sign will be allowed per street frontage
per tenant (except as otherwise indicated).
b. Signs will be restricted to advertising only the person, firm, company, or
corporation operation the use conducted on the site or the products sold therein.
c. The area of a wall sign will be measured by a rectangle around the outside of the
lettering and/or pictorial symbol.
d. All signs attached to the building will be surface mounted.
e. Signs visible from the exterior of any building may be lighted, but no signs or any
other contrivance will be devised or constructed so as to rotate, gyrate, blink,
move, or appear to move in any fashion.
f. 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 l-1/2 square feet of sign area for each
foot of lineal frontage of the building or store, Total signage shall not exceed 200
square feet in area of comprise more than 10% of the area of the elevation upon
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which the sign is located, whichever is less.
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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 six inches high. Said signs
will be oriented toward the parking or pedestrian area for the building and shall
not exceed a maximum area of five square feet.
c. In multi-tenant commercial buildings, 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 (or Free-Standing) Signs
a. Ground signs shall not exceed four feet above grade in height or more than l-1/2
square feet in area for each foot of lineal frontage of the building or store.
However, no sign shall exceed 200 square feet in area (100 square feet per face,
two-face maximum).
b. Every lot may have at least one ground sign. Additional ground signs may be
added for every 200 square feet of street frontage in excess of the first 100 feet of
street frontage.
c. No ground sign shall be located within 100 feet of another ground sign.
d. No ground sign to be visible along El Camino Real (See amendments).
4. Miscellaneous Signs
a. Temporary 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 square feet in area
denoting the architects, engineers, contractor, and other related subjects
will be allowed at commencement of construction. Said sign will be
removed at the time the building is fit for occupancy.
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3) Temporary future tenant sign. One sign allowing the identification of
future tenants and other persons will be allowed. Such signs shall not
exceed 20 square feet in area.
b. Special-Purpose and Directional Signs. Directional and special-purpose signs
(such as those identifying mini-parks) shall be allowed, subject to approval of the
Planning Director.”
SECTION 4: That the Carlsbad Research Center Specific Plan be amended by
the addition of text to the sign and graphic section which reads as follows:
“All signs within the Specific Plan shall comply with Chapter 21.41 of the
Carlsbad Municipal Code.”
SECTION 5: That the findings and conditions of the Planning Commission in
Planning Commission Resolution No. 4885 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 Coastal Zone until approved by the California Coastal Commission.)
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City
Council on the 13th day ofF ebruar%OO1, - and thereafter.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 6th day of March 2001, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Finnila, Nygaard and
Hall. NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ATTEST:
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-571
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SPECIFIC PLAN
181(B) TO SUPERCEDE THE PARKING AND SIGN AND
GRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS WITH CHAPTER 21.44 AND
21.41, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL
CODE.
CASE NAME: CARLSBAD AIRPORT CENTRE
CASE NO.: SP181K)
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 Carlsbad Airport Centre Specific Plan Amendment, SP
SP181(C) dated January 3, 2001, on file in the Planning Department, and incorporated by
reference herein, is approved. The Carlsbad Airport Centre 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:
“Parking shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of 21.44 of the
zoning ordinance. 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.”
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SECTION 2: That the Carlsbad Airport Centre Specific Plan be amended by the
addition of text to parking section which reads as follows:
“The parking requirements for all uses shall comply with Chapter 21.44 of the
Carlsbad Municipal Cqde.”
SECTION 3: That the Car&bad Airport Centre Specific Plan be amended by the
deletion of text to the sign and graphic section which reads as follows:
“1. General Standards:
a. Only one single-or double-faced permanent sign will be allowed per street
frontage per tenant (except as otherwise indicated).
b. Signs will be restricted to identifying only the person, firm, company, or
corporation operating the use conducted on the site or the products sold therein.
c. The area of a wall sign will be measured by a rectangle around the outside of the
lettering and/or the pictorial symbol.
d. All signs attached to the building will be surface-mounted.
e. Signs visible from the exterior of any building may be lighted, but no sign or any
other contrivance will be devised or constructed so as to rotate, gyrate, blink,
move, or appear to move in any fashion.
f. Public service devices such as clocks and temperature indicators will be devoid of
advertising.
g. Each project shall have a sign program approved by the Planning Director. No
sign which is not consistent with said program shall be allowed. Each sign must
receive a sign permit.
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 building or store. 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.
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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
be oriented toward the parking or pedestrian area for that building and shall not
exceed a maximum area of five square feet.
I c. In multi-tenant commercial buildings, 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 (or Free-Standing) Signs
a. Ground signs shall not exceed four feet above grade in height nor more than one
and one-half square feet in area for each one foot of lineal frontage of the building
or store. However, no sign shall exceed 200 square feet in area (both faces).
b. Every lot may have at least one ground sign. Additional ground signs may be
added for every 200 feet of street frontage in excess of the first 100 feet of street
frontage.
c. No ground sign shall be located within 100 feet of another ground sign.
4. Fronting Palomar Airport Road
It is the intent of this section to ensure that all signs fronting Palomar Airport Road are
aesthetically pleasing in design and appearance and do not adversely impact the
appearance of the potential Palomar Airport Road Scenic Corridor. The signs subject to
these standards are all signs fronting Palomar Airport Road within Lots 1, 10, 11, 12, 13,
21, 22, 28 and 29. For purposes of this section, fronting Palomar Airport Road means
“visible from the portion of Palomar Airport Road directly adjacent to the lot in which
the sign is located.
a. Special care shall be taken in the design of all signs fronting Palomar Airport
Road. All wall and monument signs shall be subdued in tone and integrated into
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the architecture of the building. The intent of this section is not to specifically
prohibit recognizable logos.
b. All signs fronting Palomar Airport Road shall be subject to the review and
approval of the Planning Director.
c. If a Scenic Corridor Overlay is placed on the Palomar Airport Road corridor, then
all new signs fronting Palomar Airport Road shall comply with the requirements
of the scenic corridor overlay zone (Chapter 21.40). Signs existing on the
effective date of the scenic corridor which are not in compliance shall be allowed
to remain for the time limits specified (Chapter 21.41) unless they are modified or
changed in any way except for routine maintenance and/or repair.
d. Wall signs fronting Palomar Airport Road shall not exceed a combined total area
of one hundred (100) square feet per building (excluding monument signs). An
additional 40 square feet of signage may be allowed under unusual circumstances,
such as an unusually long name and/or a sign which would not normally be
visible unless extra square footage were available. A maximum of 4 signs per
building fronting Palomar Airport Road shall be allowed. Of these 4, a maximum
of 2 signs per elevation shall be allowed. A curvilinear elevation with distinctly
separated sections of substantial length may be counted as more than one
elevation. Signs permitted in Section F2b and F2c are exempt from these
regulations. The overall area of each wall sign fronting Palomar Airport Road
should be in tasteful proportion to the overall area of the elevation on which it is
located and to the elements of the elevation, and the letters or symbols employed
should ordinarily be no larger than reasonably necessary to enable them to be read
or recognized quickly and easily by vehicular passers-by. As a guideline the total
area of such sign(s) on each elevation should not exceed a ratio of % sq. It. sign
area per 1 linear foot of building elevation fronting Palomar Airport Road (and in
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no case shall the combined total area of such signage per building exceed one
hundred (100) sq. ft.) except under special circumstances noted above.
e. Monument signs are allowed in addition to wall signs, limited to one (1)
monument sign fronting Palomar Airport Road per lot, not to exceed thirty-five
(35) square feet per face.
f. Should Lots 28 and/or 29 develop entirely with commercial uses, sign programs
for those lots shall be subject to Planning Commission review with any
accompanying discretionary application.
5. Miscellaneous Signs
a. Temporary Identification Signs
1) Sales 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.
3) Temporary Future Tenant Sign. One sign allowing the identification of
the future tenants and other persons. Such signs shall not exceed 20
square feet.
4) None of the above signs (l-3) will be allowed along Palomar Airport
Road. One temporary project sign, advertising lot sales or lease, may be
placed along Palomar Airport Road, not to exceed 40 square feet per
phase.
b. Special-Purpose and Directional Signs. Directional and special purpose signs shall
be allowed, subject to approval of the Planning Director.”
SECTION 4: That the Carlsbad Airport Centre Specific Plan be amended by the
addition of text to the sign and graphic section which reads as follows:
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“All signs within the Carlsbad Airport Centre Specific Plan shall comply with
Chapter 2 1.41 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code.”
SECTION 5: That the findings and conditions of the Planning commission in
Planning Commission Resolution No. 4886 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 shalI not be
effective within the City’s Coastal Zone until approved by the California Coastal Commission.)
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City
Council on the 13th day of Februar!OOl, and thereafter.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 6th day of March 200 1, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Finnila, Nygaard and
Hall. NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ATTEST:
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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 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 Car&bad, 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 Jamrary 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:
a. With the exception of community-identity (monument) signs no other
freestanding sign shall be allowed along Palomar Airport Road or College
Boulevard.
b. 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.
c. No sign shall be higher than the height of the building upon which it is located.
d. Signs will be restricted to identifying only the person, firm, company or
corporation operating the use conducted on the site.
e. The area of a wall sign will be measured by a rectangle around the outside of the
lettering and/or the pictorial symbol.
f. All signs attached to the building will be surface mounted.
g. 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.
h. 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. Temporary 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 fit for
occupancy.
3) Temporary Future-Tenant Sign
One sign allowing the identification of the f&n-e 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-IdentitvlEntrvwav 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
efective within the City’s Coastal Zone until approved by the California Coastal Commission.)
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City
Council on the 13thdayof February 200 1, and thereafter.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 6th day of m 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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ORDINANCE NO. NS-573
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SPECIFIC PLAN 200
TO SUPERCEDE THE PARKING AND SIGN AND GRAPHIC
REQUIREMENTS WITH CHAPTER 21.44 AND 21.41,
RESPECTIVELY, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE.
CASE NAME: CARLSBAD AIRPORT BUSINESS CENTER
CASE NO.: SP 200(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 Carlsbad Airport Business Center Specific Plan
Amendment, SP 200(A) dated January 3, 2001, on file in the Planning Department, and
incorporated by reference herein, is approved. The Carlsbad Airport Business Center 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:
“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 is provided, the City shall deny the appropriate permit or license for the new
use. No parking shall be allowed in the required front yard and street side yard setbacks.”
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SECTION 2: That the Carlsbad Airport Business Center Specific Plan be
amended by the deletion of text to the sign and graphic section which reads as follows:
“All signs within the Carlsbad Airport Business Center shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 2 1.41 of the Zoning Ordinance.
1. 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 El Fuerte
Street.
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.
Interiorly-illurniniated 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
percent of the area of the elevation upon which the sign is located, whichever is
less.
b. The area of a wall sign will be measured by a rectangle around the outside of the
lettering and/or the pictorial symbol.
c. All signs attached to the building will be surface mounted.
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d. 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
be oriented toward the parking or pedestrian area for that building and shall not
exceed a maximum area of five square feet.
e. 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
percent 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. Temporary 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.
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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 El
Fuerte. One Temporary project sign, advertising lot sales or lease, may be placed
along Palomar Airport Road, not to exceed 40 square feet per face.
b. Communitv-IdentitvlEntrywav 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. One permanent ground sign, not to exceed 10 feet in length and 4 feet in
height, identifying the project will be allowed at each of the three following
locations: The intersection of El Fuerte and Palomar Airport Road, and the
intersections east and west of Loker Avenue and Palomar Airport Road.”
SECTION 3: That the Carlsbad Airport Business Center 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 Chapter 2 1.41 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code.”
SECTION 4: That the findings and conditions of the Planning commission in
Planning Commission Resolution No. 4889 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 C@‘s Coastal Zone until approved by the California Coastal Commission.)
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad
Februar City Council on the 13th day of Y ,OO 1, and thereafter.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 6thdayof March 2001, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Finnila, Nygaard and Hall.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
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