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RESOLUTION NO. 98-07
A RESOLUTION OF THE'PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR APPROVING PLANNED SIGN
PROGRAM N0. 98-1 AND CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
SECTION 15311 (a), A.REQUEST TO INSTALL SEVEN
ILLUMINATED WALL SIGNS WITHIN DIAMOND BAR
CENTER LOCATED AT 303-315 SOUTH DIAMOND BAR
BOULEVARD, DIAMOND BAR, CALIFORNIA.
A. .RECITALS.
1.-
The property owner/ applicant, Wohl/Diamond Bar, LLC has
filed an application for Planned Sign Program No. 98-1,
for the installation of seven illuminated wall signs.
Project site is within Diamond Bar Center (commonly
referred to as the K -Mart Center) located at 303-315
South Diamond Ear Boulevard, Diamond Bar, Los Angeles
County, California, as described above in the title of
this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the
subject Planned Sign Program shall be referred to as the
"Application".
2.
On April 18, 1989, the City of Diamond Bar was
established as a duly organized municipal corporation of
the State of California. Thereafter, the City Council of
the City of Diamond Bar adopted its Ordinance Na. 14
(1990), thereby adopting the Los Angeles County Code as
the ordinances of the City of Diamond Bar. Title 21 and
22 of the Los Angeles County Code contain the Development
Code of the County of Los Angeles now currently
applicable to development applications, including the
subject Application, within the City of Diamond Bar.
3.
Action was taken on the subject application as to the
consistency with the General Plan. It has been
determined that the proposed project is consistent with
the General Plan.
4.
The Planning Conmission of the City of Diamond Bar on
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April 14, 1998 conducted a meeting on the Application.
5.
Pursuant to Sign Ordinance No. 5A (i991), a Planned Sign
Program does net require a public hearing or notification
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of property owners surrounding the project site.
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B.. Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is found, determined and resolved by the
Planning Commission of the City of Diamond Bar as follows:
1. This Planning Commission herebyspecificallyfinds that
all of the facts set forth in the Recitals, Part A, of
this Resolution are true and correct.
2. The'Planning Commission hereby determines that the
project identified above in this Resolution is
'categorically exempt from the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act'(CEQA) of 1970, as
amended, and the guidelines promulgated thereunder,
pursuant Section 15311 (a) of Article 19 of Chapter 3 of
Title 14 the California Code of Regulations.
3. The Planning Commission hereby specifically finds and
determines that, having considered the record as a whole
including the findings set forth below, and changes and
alterations which have been incorporated into and
conditioned upon the proposed project set forth in the
application, there is no evidence before this Planning
Commission that the project proposed herein will have the
potential of an adverse effect on wild life resources or
the habitat upon which the wildlife depends. Based upon
substantial evidence, this Planning Commission hereby
rebuts the presumption of adverse effects contained in
Section 753.5 (d) of Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations.
4. Based on the findings and conclusions set forth herein,
this Planning Commission hereby finds as ollo:,-s:
(a) The project relates to a shopping center of
approximately -four acre developed with approximately
36,454 square feet of commercial units identified as
Diamond Bar Center. The project site is located at
303-315 South Diamond Bar Boulevard, Diamond Bar,
California.
(b) The project site has a General Plan band Use,
designation of General Commercial (C). It is within
the Commercial Planned Development (CPD) Zone.
(c) Generally, the following zones and use surround the
project site: to the north is the CPD Zone and the
Pomona Freeway; to the south and west is the CPD
Zone; and to the east is Neighborhood Business -
Billboard Exclusion (C -2 -BE) Zone.
(d) The proposed project is a request to install seven
illuminated wall signs and to eventually bring all
existing signage into conformance with the adopted
Planned Sign Program -
(e) The proposed signs are not in substantial conflict
with the adopted General Plan.
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The General Plan requires that a sign concept
address the following: scale in relationship to the
_building; landscaping and readability. It also
dictates that the concept ensure integration into
the overall site and architectural theme of the
- site's development.
u The proposed signs' scale and placement allows for
easy readability from within the project site and
for traffic traveling along Diamond Bar Boulevard.
The wall signs' design is compatible with signs
within the surrounding commercial areas. Additionl-
ly, the Planned Sign Program's implementation will
cause the eventual conformance of all signage within
`the Center.
(f) The proposed sign's will be legible to the intended
audience under normal viewing conditions, based on
their proposed locations and design of the signs
visual elements.
The proposed wall signs' placement allows for clear
identification of each business from within the
Center's parking lot and when traveling north and
south bound on Diamond Bar Boulevard. Additionally,
the type face style - Helvetica, arrangement and
colors allow for easy reading.
(g) The proposed signs will not obscure from view or
detract from existing signs, based on their
location, shape, color and other similar,
considerations. ,
The proposed stall signs will not obscure the view or
detract from existing signs because they comply with
the design standard within the City's Sign ordinance
and are compatible with the style, color and signs
within the commercial sites surrounding the project
k site.
(h) The proposed signs will be in harmony with adjacent
properties and surroundings, based on the size,
shape, height, color, placement, and the proximity
of such proposed sign to adjacent properties and
surroundings.
The proposed wall signs' design is harmonious with
the eclectic collection of sign styles in commercial
centers within this area and the City as a whole.
(i) The proposed signs will be designed, constructed and
located so that it will not constitute a hazard to
the public.
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The -proposed .•call signs were reviewed by the Public
Works Division and the Building and Safety Division.
The Building and Safety Division's plan check
review, permit and inspections will ensure that the
proposed signs will not be a public hazard.
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(j)
The proposed signs are not designed to have the
advertising thereon maintained primarily to be
viewed from a freeway, unless specifically provided
for under the terms of this Sign Ordinance.
The proposed wails signs, although within a shopping
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center locate near a freeway will not primarily be
viewed from a freeway. The proposed wall signs are
primarily visible from Diamond Bar Boulevard.
5. Based on the findings and conclusions set forth above,
the
Planning Commission hereby approves the Application
subject to the followingconditions:
(a)
The project shall substantially conform to site plan
elevations and written sign criteria collectively
labeled -as Exhibit "A" dated April 14, 1998, as
submitted and approved by the Planning Commission.
(b)
The site shall be maintained in a condition which is
free of debris both during and after the
construction, addition, or implementation of the
entitlement granted herein. The removal of all
trash, debris, and refuse, whether during or
subsequent to construction shall be done only by the
property owner, applicant or by a duly permitted
waste contractor, who has been authorized by the
City to provide collection, transportation, and
disposal of solid waste from residential,
commercial, construction, and industrial areas4
within the City. It shall be the applicants
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obligation to insure that the waste oontractor
utilized has obtained permits from the City of
Diamond Bar to provide such services.
(c)
The follow shall be added to Plan Sign Program No.
98-11s written criteria on page 2:
III. Design Requirements
B. Maximum sign face area permitted shall not
exceed 1.25 square feet per 1 lineal foot
of unit frontage, to a maximum 125 square
feet per use; or maximum sign width shall
not -exceed 660 of the lineal leased
frontage, whichever is the most
restrictive.
E. Tenants with two (2) frontages facing on
either a public right-of-way or parking
area shall be allowed two (2) signs (one
on each frontage); the maximum sign face
area permitted shall not exceed 1.25
satiare feet per 1 lineal foot of unit
frontage, per side, to.a maximum 125 j,
square feet per use; or maximum sign J*
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width, per side, shall not exceed 66% of
the lineal leased frontage, whichever is
the most restrictive.
(d) The following information shall be submitted to the
Building and Safety Division for review and
approval:
(1) Each wall sign shall require a separate permit;
(2) Plans shall delineate the location of
disconnect switch;
(3) verification of U.L. approval;
(4) Plans shall delineate method of attachment for
each sign; and
(5) Plans shall delineate size, location of each
sign.
(e) The applicant shall comply with Planning and Zoning,
and Building and Safety Division's and Public Works
Division's requirements.
(f) This grant is valid for one year and construction
shall commence (i.e. footings) within this one year
period or the grant shall expire.
(g) This grant shall not be effective for any purpose
until the permittee and owner of the property
involved (if other than the permittee) have filed,
within fifteen (15) days of approval _of this grant,
at the City of Diamond Bar Community -and Development
Services Department/ Planning Division, their
affidavit stating that they are aware of and agree
to accept all the conditions of this grant.
Further, this grant shall not be effective until the
permittee pays remaining city processing fees.
(h) If the Department of Fish and Game determines that
Fish and Game Code Section 711.4 applies to the
approvalof this project, then the applicant shall
remit to the City, within five days of this grant's
approval, a cashier's check of $25.00 for a
documentary handling fee in connection with Fish and
Game Code requirements. Furthermore, if this
project is not exempt from a filing fee imposed
because the project has more than a deminimis impact
on fish and wildlife, the applicant shall also pay
to the Department of Fish and Game any such fee and
any fine which the Department determines to be owed.
The Planning Commission shall:
(a) Certify to the adoption of this Resolution; and
(b) Forthwith transmit a certified copy of this
Resolution, by certified mail, Wohl/Diamond Bar,
LLC, 2402 Michelson Drive, #170, Irvine, CA 92612.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 14TH DAY OF APRIL 14, 1998, BY
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR.
Joe McManus, Chairman
I, James DeStefano, PlanningCommissionSecretary, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly introduced, passed, and adopted
by the Planning Commission of the City of Diamond Bar, at a regular
meeting of the Planning Commission held on the 14th day of April,
1998; by the following vote:
AYES: McManus, Tye, Ruzicka, Kuo, Nelson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: " on,
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ATTEST:
James DeStefadp, Secretary
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PI&MIRG COMMISSION
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DIAM011 D BAR APPROVING PLANNED SIGN PROGRAM NO. S4-1
AND CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION SECTIO14 15311 (a),r A-
REQUEST TO INSTALL SEVEN ILLUMINATED WALL SIGNS WITHIN
DIAMOND BAR CENTER LOCATED AT 303-315 SOUTH DIAMOND
BAR BOULEVARD, DIAMOND BAR, CALIFORNIA.
A. -RECITALS.
1. The property owner/applicant, Wohl/Diamond Bar, LLC has filed an application for Planned
Sign Program No. 98-1, -for the installation of seven illuminated wall signs. Project site is
within Diamond Bar Center (commonly referred to as the K-Mart Center) located at 303-
315 South Diamond Bar Boulevard, Diamond Bar, Los Angeles County, California, as
described above in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject
Planned Sign Program shall be referred to as the "Application".
2. On April 18, 1989, the City of Diamond Bar was established as a duly organized municipal
corporation of the state of California. Thereafter, the City Council of the City of Diamond
Bar adopted its Ordinance No. 14 (1990), thereby adopting the Los Angeles County Code
as the ordinances of -the City of Diamond Bar. Title 21 and 22 of the Los Angeles County
Code contain the Development Code of the Coun4k --- y of Los,Angeles,now currently
applicable to developi—ent applications, including the subject Application, within the City of
Diamond Bar.
3. Action was taken on the subject application as to the
consistency with the General Plan. It has been determined that the proposed project is
consistent with the General Plan.
4. The Planning Commission of the City of Diamond Bar on April 14, 1998 conducted a meeting
on the Application.
5. Pursuant to Sign Ordinance No. 5A (1991), a Planned Sign Program does not require a public
hearing or notification of property owners surrounding the project site.
B., Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is found, determined and resolved by the Planning commission of the City of Diamond
Bar as follows: 1. This Planning Commission hereby specifically finds that
all of the facts set forth in the Recitals, Part A, of this Resolution are true and correct.
2. The'Planning Commission hereby determines that the project identified above in this Resolution
is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environme'ntal Quality
Act'(CEQA) of 1970, as amended, and the guidelines promulgated thereunder, pursuant
Section 15311 (a) of Article 19 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 the California Code of Regulations.
3. The Planning Commission hereby specifically finds and determines that, having considered the
record as a whole including the findings set forth below, and changes and alterations which
have been incorporated into and conditioned upon the proposed project set forth in the
application, there is no evidence before this'Planning Commission that the project proposed
herein will have the potential of an adverse effect on wild life resources or the habitat upon
which the wildlife depends. Based upon substantial evidence, this Planning Commission
hereby rebuts the presumption of adverse effects contained in Section 753.5 (4) of Title 14
of the California Code of Regulations.
4. Based on the findings -and conclusions setforth herein, this Planning Commission hereby finds
(a) The project relates to a shopping center of approximately -four acre developed with
approximately 36,454 square feet of commercial units'identified as Diamond Bar
Center. The project site is located at
South Diamond Bar Boulevard, Diamond Bar, California.
(b) The project site has a General Plan Land Use, designation of General Commercial (C).
It -is within the Commercial Planned Development (CPD) Zone.
(c) Generally, the following zones and use surround the project site: to the north is the
CPD Zone and the Pomona Freeway; to the south and west is the -CPD Zone;,and
to the east is Neighborhood BusinessBillboard Exclusion (C -2 -BE) Zone.
(d) The proposed project is a request to install seven illuminated wa '11 signs and to
eventually bring all existing signage into conformance with the adopted Planned
Sign Program.
(e)- The proposed signs are not in -substantial conflict with the adopted General Plan.
The General Plan requires that a sigh concept address the following: scale in
relationship to the building; landsca ing'-A—and readability. It also
pr
The proposed signs, scale and placement allows for easy readability from within the -
project site and for traffic traveling along Diamond Bar Boulevard. The wall signs'
design is compatible with signs within the surrounding commercial areas.
Additionlly, the Planned Sign Program's implementation will cause the eventual
conformance of all signage within the Center.
(f The proposed sign's will be legible to the intended audience under normal viewing
conditions, based on their proposed locations and design of the signs visual
elements.
The proposed wall signs' placement allows for clear identification of each business
from within the Center's parking lot and 'when traveling north and south bound on
Diamond Bar Boulevard. Additionally, the type face style - Helvetica, arrangement
and colors allow for easy reading.
(g) The proposed signs will not obscure from view or detract from existing
'signs, based on their location, shape, color and
other similar, considerations.
The proposed wall signs will not obscure the view
or detract from existing signs because they comply with the design standard within
the Cityfs'Sign Ordinance and are compatible with the style, color and signs within
the commercial sites surrounding the project site.
(h) The proposed signs will be in harmony with adjacent properties and surroundings,
based on the size, shape, height, color, placement, and the proximity of such
proposed sign to adjacent properties and surroundings.
The proposed wall signs' design is harmonious with the eclectic collection of sign
styles in commercial centers within this area and the City as a whole.
(i) The proposed signs will be designed, constructed and located so that it will not
constitute a hazard to the public.
T -he -proposed wall signs were reviewed by %e Public -Works Division and the
Building and Safety Division. The Building and Safety Division's plan check
review, permit and inspections will ensure that the proposed signs will not be a
public hazard.
Q) The proposed signs are not'designed to have the advertising thereon maintained
primarily to be viewed from a freeway, unless specifically provided
for under the terms of this Sign Ordinance.
-The proposed walls signs, although within a shopping center locate near a freeway
will not primarily be viewed from a freeway. The proposed wall signs are
primarily visible from Diamond Bar Boulevard.
5. Based on the findings and conclusions set forth above, the Planning Commission
hereby approves the Application subject to the following conditions:
(a) The project shall substantially conform to site plan
elevations and written sign criteria collectively labeled -as Exhibit "All dated
April 14, 1998, as submitted and approved by the Planning Commission.
(b) The site sha 11 be maintained in a condition which is free of debris both during
and after the construction, addition, or implementation of the entitlement
granted 'herein. The removal of all trash, debris, and refuse, whether during
or subsequent to construction shall be done only by the property owner,
applicant or by a duly permitted waste contractor, who has been authorized
by the City to provide collection, transportation,,, and -disposal of solid waste
from residential, commercial, construction, and industrial areas within the
City. It shall be the applicant's obligation to insure that the waste oontractor
utilized has obtained permits from the City of Diamond Bar to provide such
services.
(c) The follow shall be added to Plan Sign Program No. 98-11s written' criteria on
page 2:
III. Design Requirements
B. Maximum sign face area permitted shall not
exceed 1.25 square feet -per I lineal foot of unit frontage, to a
maximum 125 square feet per use; or maximum sign width
shall not exceed 665.-' of the lineal leased
frontage, whichever is the most restrictive.
E.- Tenants with two (2) frontages facing on
either a public right-of-way or parking area shall be allowed
two (2) signs (one on each frontage); the maximum sign
face area permitted shall not exceed 1.25 S"Uarp feet ner 1
lineal foot of unit
ontage, per side, to -a maximum 125 square feet per use;
or maximum sign
width, per side, shall not exceed 66% of the lineal leased frontage,
whichever is the most restrictive.
(d) The following information shall be submitted to the Building and Safety Division for
review and approval:
(1) Each wall sign shall require a separate permit; (2) Plans shall delineate
disconnect switch;
(3) Verification of U.L. approval;
(4) Plans shall delineate method of attachment for each sign; and
(5) Plans shall delineate siz.e, location of each sign.
(e) The applicant shall comply with Planning and zoning,
and Building and Safety Division's and Public Works
Division's requirements.
f This grant is valid for one year and construction
hall commence i.e. footings) within this one year
eriod or the grant shall expire.
This grant shall not be effective for any purpos
until the permittee and owner of the propert
involved if other than thepermittee) have filed,
within fifteen 15 days of approval -of this grant,
at the City of Diamond Bar Communit 'and Develo men
services Department/ Planning Division, the.L
affidavit stating that they are aware of and agree
to accept all the conditions of this grant.
Further, this grant shall not be effective until the
permittee pays remaining City processingfees.
h If the Department of Fish and Game determines that
Fish and Game Code Section 711.4 applies to the
approval of this project, then the applicant shall
remit to the City, within five days of this rant'
approval, a cashier"s check of $25.00 for a
documentary handling fee in connection with Fish and
Game Code requirements. Furthermore, if this
project is not exempt from a filing fee impose
because the project has more than a deminimis im ac
on fish and wildlife, the applicant shall also pa
to the Department of Fish and Game any such fee and
any fine which the Department determines to be owed.
The Plannin Commission shall:
a Certify to the adoption of this Resolution; and
(b) Forthwith'transmit a certified copy of this Resolution, by certified mail, Wohl/Diamond Bar,
LLC, 2402 Michelson Drive, 1170, Irvine, CA 92612.
APPROVED ANDADOPTED THIS 14TH DAY OF APRIL 14, 1998,
BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR.
BY: A; -k
Joe McManus, Chairman
I, Jam /sDeStefano, Planning Commission Secretary, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was duly introduced, passed, and adopted by the Planning
Commission of the City of Diamond Bar, at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission held
on the 14th day of April, 1998i by the following vote:
AYES McManus, -Tye, Ruzicka, Kuo,Nelson NOES: None
ABSENT: None ABSTiATN: an Ve n 1A
ATTEST: Jan,Qb DeStefadp, secretary