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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Res 95-16 - 1995-07-19 RESOLUTION NUMBER 95-16 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COlMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 95-4, PERMITTING AN AMENDMENT TO A PLANNED SIGN PROGRAM FOR THE ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL FACILITY LOCATED AT 2201 SEAL BEACH BOill..EV ARD, SEAL BEACH THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY FIND AND RESOLVE SectIon I On June I, 1995, Dallas J Pierce on behalf of Rockwell International ('<the ApplIcants") filed an applIcatIOn for CUP 95-4 WIth the Department of Development ServIces Through CUP 95-4, the apphcant seeks to amend a planned Sign program for the Rockwell InternatIonal facilIty located at 2201 Seal Beach Boulevard, Seal Beach Specifically, the proposed amendment would permIt extensIve slgnage WIthIn the faCIlIty relatIng to buddIng identificatIOn, gate numbers, duectlOnal, regulatory uses and parkmg SectIon 2 Pursuant to ]4 CalIf Code of Regs ~ 15025(a) and ~ II B of the CIty'S Local CEQA GUIdelInes, staff has detenmned as follows The apphcatlon for CondItIonal Use Penrut 95-4 IS categoncally exempt from review pursuant to the CalIforma EnVIronmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 Cahf Code of Regs ~ 15311 (Accessory Structures), because It Involves the constructIon, or placement ofmmor structures accessory to (appurtenant to) eXIstIng commercial,. mdustnal, or 1OstructlOnal faCIlIties, mcludmg but not hmlted to (a) on-premIse SignS , and, pursuant to ~ 1 5061 (b)(3), because it can be seen WIth certa10ty that there IS no posslblhty that the approval may have a slgmficant effect on the environment Section 3 A duly noticed publIc heanng was held before the Planmng Commission on July 19, 1995 to conSider the apphcatlon for ConditIOnal Use Penmt 95-4 At the pubhc heanng the apphcant spoke m favor and no one spoke 10 opposition to the apphcatlon Section 4 The record of the heanng on July 19, 1995 IndIcates the follOWIng (a) On June I, 1995, Dallas J PIerce filed an applIcatIon for ConditIOnal Use Pennlt 95-4 With the Department of Development Services (b) SpeCifically, the apphcant IS request10g to amend a planned sign program estabhshed through Conditional Use Permit 94-7 for the Rockwell International faclhty The proposed amendment would permit extensive sign age Wlthm the faCIlity relatmg to budding Identlficatlon, gate numbers, dIrectional, regulatory uses and parkIng (c) The subject property IS located on the westerly Side of Seal Beach Boulevard between Westminster Avenue and Adolfo Lopez Dnve (d) The subject property compnses approxImately 100 acres and houses the Rockwell InternatIOnal f"actllty, Inc1udmg the newly relocated corporate headquarters (e) The apphcants are proposing a new sIgn program for the Internal areas of the Rockwell complex In conjunctIon WIth the relocation of the corporate headquarters to Seal Beach (f) On October 19, 1994 the Planmng CommiSSion approved CUP 94-7 approvtng a planned sign program for the Rockwell property and allOWIng the construction of two (2) oversized corporate IdentIficatIon signs on BuddIng 80, the tallest buddmg wlthm the Rockwell faclhty 1=\ \OJ~ BCCL... Planmng CommlslUon ResolutIOn No 95-16 July 19, 1995 . (g) In May 1995 Rochvell mstalled one of the two signs approved through CUP 94-7 (h) The subject property currently conforms to all proVlslons of the Code (I) The surroundmg land uses and zomng are as follows NORTH Located across Westmmster Avenue is the commumty of Leisure World. a complex of multi-family reSidentIal uses located m the ReSidential High Density zone (RHO) SOUTH The City'S pohce station. corporate yard and animal shelter located 10 the Pubhc Land Use/RecreatlOn zone (pLUIR) EAST A flood retention baslO located Wlthm the Hellman Ranch SpeCific Plan Regulatory zone and the attached smgle famIly dwellIng commUnity of Island Vlllage located WithIn the City of Long Beach WEST The Seal Beach Naval Weapons Stallon located across Seal Beach Boulevard m the PLUIR zone (J) The City has received no wntten responses to ItS mailed notice for CUP 95-4 Section 5 Based upon the facts contamed m the record. mcludmg those stated m ~ 4 of thIs resolutIOn, and pursuant to ~~ 24-1803, 28-2503 and 28-2504 of the City'S Code. the Planmng ComnusslOn hereby finds as follows (a) Condlttonal Use Permit 95-4 IS conSistent With the proVlslons of the Land Use Element of the Clty's General Plan which permits hght mdustnal uses of the property of the subject property The use IS also consistent with the remaInIng elements of the Clty's General Plan as the polICies of those elements are consistent with. and reflected m. the Land Use Element Accordmgly, the proposed use IS conSistent With the General Plan (b) The proposed slgmng IS consistent with the mtent of this article and the general plan as thiS request IS for conSiderable less Slgnage than is allowed by the Code The SignS Included 10 thiS planned Sign program meet the mmlmum deSign standards for signs Wlthm the City (c) Approval does not constitute a grant of specific pnvilege or allow substantially greater Vlslbihty than the standard prOVIsions allow The Rockwell faclhty is uruque WIthIn the CIty for several reasons. Includmg the fact it IS the only large Industnal fac1l1ty located Wltlun the City Additionally. With a gross floor area of over 1 1 mIllion square feet the faCIlIty has over three tImes as much bulldmg area as Rossmoor Center. the Clty's second largest co1Tllt1erclaVmdustnal center FInally, the proposed slgnage IS only 47% of the mllXlmum allowable signage under the prOVlSions of the Code (d) The fbUowmg Items shall be conSidered In a planned sign program (1) DIstance of'butldmgs from street - The bUlldmgs on WhiCh signage IS proposed. Bulldmgs 80 and 90 are located approximately 100 feet off of Seal Beach Boulevard. With the eXJstmg slgnage on Buddmg 80 bemg located approximately 120 feet from the ground level and the proposed sIgn age on BUlldmg 90 bemg located on the 2nd and 4th floors Page 2 1=\ 'ClJPIR.- ace ~ , ~ Plannmg CommiSSion Resolution No 95-16 July /9, 1995 (2) Size ofbUlldmgs - With over 1 1 million square feet, the Rockwell facIlity IS over three tImes as large as the second largest mdustnal/commerclal center Wlthm the City (3) (4) Traffic speed on the street - 50 mIles per hour Arrangement ofbUlldmgs on the lot or parcel - The Rockwell site encompasses approXimately 100 acres The maJonty of the proposed slgnage will be located Wlthm the parkmg area and will consist of small mfonnatlOnal SIgnS (5) Number of anchor tenants - Rockwell Intematlonal's 100 acre faclhty SectIOn 6 Based upon the foregomg, the Planmng Commission hereby approves Conditional Use Pennlt 95-4, subject to the followmg conditIons 1 ConditIOnal Use Pennlt 95-4 IS approved to permIt an amendment to the planned Sign program for the Rockwell International facility located at 2201 Seal Beach Boulevard, Seal Beach SpeCIfically, the planned sign program wdl encompass all facets of slgnage wlthm the faclhty, mcludmg but not hmlted to corporate IdentificatIon Signs (channel letter and monument), buddmg Identification, directional and parkmg area control signs and entrance IdentIfication signs 2 All constructIOn shall be In substantial comphance With the plans approved through CUP 95-4 3 This Conditional Use Permit shall not become effective for any purpose unless an "Acceptance of CondItIOns" form has been SIgned by the apphcant m the presence of the Director of Development Services, or notanzed and retumed to the Plannmg Department, and unttl the ten (10) day appeal penod has elapsed PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planmng Comrmsslon of the City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 19th day of July, 1995 by the follOWing vote AYES CommiSSioners Campbell, Dahlman, Law, Sharp NOES ComnusslOners ABSENT CormmsslOners Brown ~~ {;~'e6 Whittenberg. 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