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HomeMy WebLinkAbout00-11 CC OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 2000-11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTERS III AND IV SIGN REGULATIONS FOR THE OLD TOWN SPECIFIC PLAN PLANNING APPLICATION NO. PA00- 0350 (SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT). THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter III, Section G, Sign Regulations, for the Old Town Specific Plan are hereby amended: A. Subsection 3 (c), the first paragraph is hereby amended to read as follows: "Any project that proposes to provide space for more than one tenant shall provide a comprehensive sign plan. The comprehensive sign plan shall indicate the size and approximate location of all signs to be erected on the property at the time of initial application. Signs shall be shown on elevation drawings with accurate dimensions provided. The Director may also require the following information:" B. Subsection 5. Prohibited Signs in Old Town. The first bullet item is hereby modified to read as follows: "Freestanding signs on lots with less than 150' of frontage on a single street and buildings with front yard setbacks of ten (10) feet or less". C. Subsection 5. Permitted Signs in Old Town. Add a new bullet at the beginning of this section to read as follows: "Mini-Monument Signs for lots with buildings that have actual front yards of more than ten (10) feet that were constructed prior to 1994." D. Subsection 7. (d) Sign Standards shall be modified to allow the provision of Mini- Monument signs. This section is hereby modified to read as follows: "d. Monument Signs - one of the following sign types may be permitted per site if the following requirements are met: Monument - A maximum of one double face sign if said street frontage is over 150 feet on any one street. The maximum square footage of a freestanding sign shall be 16 square feet. Height of sign shall not exceed six (6) feet above grade. Width shall not exceed four (4) feet. Each tenant placard shall not exceed 12" high. Sign may only be indirectly illuminated. Internal illumination is prohibited. Mini-Monument - Maximum of one double face sign if said street frontage is less than 150 feet on any one street, if the building existed prior to 1994 and if the building is set back ten (10) feet or more from the street. The maximum sign area is six (6) square feet with a maximum height of four (4) feet. The sign may be placed in the front yard setback for increased visibility, but not within the public right-of-way. No'illumination is allowed, if a building has R:Ords~2000-11 I more than one tenant or building per lot, there shall only be one Mini- Monument allowed. If a sign is placed on a creative, time appropriate architectural element such as a covered wagon, wagon wheel, railroad cart, etc. (as defined in Subsection 9.7.p.), the height may be increased. The architectural element must be reviewed and approved by the Old Town Local Review Board and the Director of Planning." E. Subsection 7 (h) Sign Standards shall be modified to insert the following sentence at the end of the existing paragraph: "Each tenant may have a projecting sign, however no tenant may have both a projecting sign and a Mini-Monument sign." as follows: The following amendments are typographical errors and should be amended to read Subsection 7 (n), in the first line, the word "year" should be replaced with "rear". Subsection 7. (o) the word "are" should be replaced with "area". Section 2. Chapter IV of the Specific Plan shall be amended to read as follows: A. Subsection A. 4 (e), add a new 7~h bullet to read as follows: "Mini-Monument signs located on architectural features that exceed the standard height requirement to four feet." B. Subsection E. 2, Guideline 3 - Sign Color, revise the third bullet, first line to read as follows: "Limit colors to four on a single sign." C. Subsection G. 4 (c), add a sentence to the end of the existing paragraph which reads "Generic directional signs may be added to the existing street name poles provided the signs are approved by the applicable City Departments." Section 3. following findings: Findings. In adopting this Ordinance, the City Council hereby makes the A. The proposed Specific Plan Amendment is consistent with the General Plan and the Old Town Specific Plan because it helps promote the revitalization of Old Town by assisting businesses to have adequate signage to enhance business opportunities. B. The proposed Specific Plan Amendment promotes the public interest, health, safety, convenience or welfare of the City because the City will be providing businesses with appropriate signage to help promote business opportunities in Old Town. C. The proposed Specific Plan Amendment ensures the ~evelopment of desirable character that will be compatible with both the existing and proposed development in the surrounding area and would promote the preservation of the historic character of Old Town. R:Ords~2000-11 2 Section 4. Environmental Determination. These minor amendments to the sign ordinance concentrate on signage for buildings that were in existence prior to the adoption of the Old Town Specific Plan. Approval of these modifications does not have the potential to cause a significant impact on the environment. Any potential physical impacts to the environment associated with implementing the Old Town Specific Plan were included in the previous Negative Declarations for the Old Town Specific Plan, as well as the Final Environmental Impact Report for the City General Plan. As a result, the project is exempt from CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b) (3). Section 5. Severability. The City Council hereby declares that the provisions of this Ordinance are severable and if for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction shall hold any sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Ordinance. Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Temecula this 10th day of October, 2000. ~)~ ~ JeffreyE. Stone, Mayor R:Ords~2000-11 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss CITY OF TEMECULA) I, Susan W. Jones, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby cedify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2000-11 was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 26th day of September, 2000, and that thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temecula on the 10th day of October, 2000 by the following roll call vote: AYES: 4 NOES: 0 ABSTAIN: 1 COUNCILMEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBERS: Comerchero, Naggar, Pratt, Roberts None Stone ~ City Clerk R:Ords~2000-11 4