HomeMy WebLinkAbout22128 - RESOLUTIONS - 1/9/2008 RESOLUTION NO. 22128
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA OVERTURNING THE
PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION AND GRANTING
THE APPEAL BY JESSE DANNER (SNIP SNIP BUZZ)
CASE NUMBER SP 07-112 / SIGN PROGRAM, WITH
CONDITIONS, AT 373 SOUTH PALM CANYON DRIVE,
ZONE CBD, SECTION 15.
WHEREAS, Jesse Danner ("Applicant") has filed an application with the City pursuant
to Section 93.20.09 of the Sign Ordinance for a sign program establishing individual
tenant signage, building identification signage, an accessory sign of 10 square feet, and
an "Open Sunday" sign of four and one-half feet for the Orleans Building located at 373
South Palm Canyon Drive (APN 513-203-012), Zone C-B-D, Section 15; and
WHEREAS, on September 24, 2007, following notification in the prescribed manner,
the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on Case No. SP 07-112, and
following consideration of staff report, related exhibits, and public testimony on the
matter, approved the project, subject to conditions, by adopting Resolution No. 7058;
and
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2007 an appeal was filed with the City Clerk on the
decision of the Planning Commission by Jesse Danner; and
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2007, a public hearing on the application was held by the
City Council in accordance with applicable law; and
WHEREAS, the proposed project is considered a "project" pursuant to the terms of the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), and the City Council hereby determines
the project to be Categorically Exempt as a Class 11 exemption (accessory structures)
pursuant to Section 15311(a) of the CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the Council has carefully reviewed and considered all of the evidence
presented in connection with the hearing on the project, including, but not limited to,
staff reports and exhibits, and all written and oral testimony presented.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the project
is Categorically Exempt from CEQA as a Section 15301 minor alteration to an existing
facility.
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SECTION 2. The City Council finds that applicant's request for additional signage, as
allowed by the approval of a sign program, is warranted due to the retail nature of the
commercial tenants within a commercial area that is defined primarily by professional
office uses and higher speed vehicular traffic-
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, based upon the foregoing, the City
Council overturns the decision of the Planning Commission and grants the appeal to
approve a sign program for 373 S- Palm Canyon Drive, subject to the conditions
contained on the attached Exhibit A, incorporated herein.
ADOPTED this 91h day of January, 2008.
David H. Ready, Ci er
ATTEST:
?Jmes Thompson, City Clerk
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 22128 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at an
adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 9ffi day
of January, 2008, by the fallowing vote:
AYES: Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Weigel, Mayor Pro Tern
Foat, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: Councilmember Mills.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None. _
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