HomeMy WebLinkAboutPS 98-85; Palomar Triad Building; Sign Permits/Programs (PS)- City of Carlsbad
August 7, 1998
Mr. Curt Bauer
Integrated Sign A sociates 11 60 Pi neer Way, Suite M
El Cajon, CA 92020
SUBJECT: PS 98-85 - proposed Amendment to Palomar Triad Sign Program
Thank you for submitting your application No. PS 98-85 requesting an amendment
to the Palomar Triad Building Sign Program for the property located at 201 1
Palomar Airport Road. After careful review of the proposal, it has been determined
that your request to eliminate one sign on the building and reinstate the monument
sign located on Palomar Airport Road cannot be supported and therefore,
application PS 98-85 has been denied.
Monument signs in the P-M zone are only permitted if approved as part of a sign
program for the master plan or specific plan. This project was developed under
Specific Plan 145 which did not include specific standards for signage, other than
those proposed as part of the original site plans. Therefore, the City's Sign
Ordinance serves to regulate signage for the property.
Our records indicate that in order to provide some consistency for signage along
Palomar Airport Road, the Planning Department had been applying the sign criteria
for Carlsbad Airport Center Specific Plan SP 181(A) to the subject property.
However, even this criteria only permits one monument sign fronting Palomar
Airport Road per lot. The Palomar Triad monument sign located at the intersection
of Palomar Airport Road and Camino Vida Roble is considered to be facing Palomar
Airport Road and serves as the one monument sign for the lot.
Our records also indicate that there were permits issued in March 1987 for the
second monument sign on Palomar Airport Road. This permit should not have been
issued since the sign was not permitted as part of the specific plan and it also
established a second monument sign on Palomar Airport Road. However, the sign
was permitted to remain since it was the City's error in issuing the permit.
Subsequently, in December 1991, an amendment to the sign program (PS 91 -1 04)
was requested. This amendment request increased the number of permitted wall
signs from four to five and also eliminated the use of the second monument sign.
As you know, the monument sign has been "bagged" for quite some time and
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should have been removed since it is no longer a permitted sign for the
development.
The denial of this request is not appealable. In order to proceed further with this
request, you would need to submit an application for an amendment to Specific
Plan 145 and include comprehensive signage criteria for the entire specific plan
area, However, please be advised that based on other sign programs in the vicinity,
it is doubtful that staff would be supportive of any sign program which would allow
more than one monument sign on Paiomar Airport Road. The base fee for a
Specific Plan Amendment is $1,000 plus deposits in $1,000 increments. The
Zoning Ordinance section relating to monument signs and the Specific Plan SP
18 1 (A) section which discusses monument signs on Palomar Airport Road are
attached for your review.
Please contact your staff planner, Barbara Kennedy, at (706) 438-1 161, extension
4325, if you have any additional questions.
Sincerdy, A
Assistant Planning Director
GW:BK: vd
C: Michael Holzmiller
Chris DeCerbo
Barbara Kennedy