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CITY OF PALM DESERT
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
STAFF REPORT
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Honorable Mayor and City TO: Y Council
II . REQUEST: Direction to conduct hearings on proposed sign
ordinance amendments relating to mini bank
branches
III . DATE: December 14 , 1995
BACKGROUND:
The recent past has seen a movement by banks to open mini branch
locations in supermarkets . With this activity comes requests for
signs .
At Union Bank in Ralphs they have six ( 6) bank employees and staff
approved a minor sign addition "Union Bank" in 8 inch letters .
At Vons in Palms to Pines we had a request at Architectural Review
Commission on November 28th from Wells Fargo Bank for a 27 square
foot, 18 inch letters, sign. This mini branch has no employees and
essentially offers an ATM with a rack of brochures .
Bank of America has a mini branch in Luckys at Country Club Drive
and Monterey Avenue and has spoken with staff regarding signage.
DISCUSSION:
It is requested that city council direct staff to prepare and
process appropriate amendments to regulate these signs . If council
has any suggestions as to how the city should regulate these signs
please feel free to forward such information to staff .
Issues we will be considering will include:
i) Should these minor uses be entitled to signage at
all;
ii) Should these uses be entitled to signage if
they offer only an ATM at the site;
iii) Should the signage relate to the size of the
"mini branch" and/or what formula should be
used to determine the size of such signs .
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STAFF REPORT
PROPOSED SIGN ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS
DECEMBER 14 , 1995
RECOMMENDATION:
That the city council direct staff to prepare and process
appropriate amendments to regulate signage at "mini bank branches" .
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CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
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