HomeMy WebLinkAboutPS 91-32; Opus Southwest; Sign Permits/Programs (PS) (2)June 25, 1991
Norman A. Kerlin
Grubb & Ellis
1921 Palomar Oaks Way, Suite 200
Carlsbad, CA 92008
RE: PS 91-32 - OPUS PLAZA SIGNAGE
Dear Mr. Kerlin:
This letter is in response to your letter dated June 14, 1991 regarding the signage for
Opus Plaza. The Specific Plan text, as you have quoted in your letter, states that "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 limited to letters six inches in height. Said sign will be oriented toward the
parking or pedestrian area for that building and shall not exceed a maximum area of five
square feet." The interpretation of this is that the business entrance is the entrance to
which you enter the individual suite, not the ,entrance to the entire building. If the
entrance is inside the building, the sign will be over the suite entrance and directed
toward the pedestrian area (foyer). If the entrance to a suite has it's own separate
exterior entrance, then a sign could be exterior and over the entrance directed toward the
parking area. I have spoken with the Assistant Planning Director and Assistant City
Attorney and both concur with this interpretation of the Specific Plan's sign requirements.
There are two options at this point. The first is to submit application to the Planning
Department for an amendment to the Specific Plan. The second is that you have the right
to appeal the denial of the sign permit (PS 91-32) to the Planning Commission.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 438-1 161, extension 4325.
Sincerely,
Planning Technician
c: Gary Wayne
Ron Ball
Don Neu
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Ps9132.211
2075 Las Palrnas Drive - Carlsbad, California 92009-4859 * (619) 438-1 161