HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes No 510PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 510
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCING FINDINGS AND APPROVING
A VARIANCE FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PALM DESERT
MUNICIPAL CODE (SIGN ORDINANCE) REGARDING THE USE OF
FREE-STANDING IDENTIFICATION SIGNS IN COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL ZONES.
CASE NO. VAR 04-79
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Palm Desert,
California, did on July 18, 1979 hold a duly noticed Public Hearing to
consider the application of MYRA GOLDWATER REALTOR and CALIFORNIA CANA-
DIAN BANK, requesting a variance from Section 25.68.310 of the Palm Desert
Municipal Code to allow errection of a joint use free-standing sign
located at the intersection of Parkview Drive and Highway 111, more parti-
cularly described as:
APN 621-303-001
WHEREAS, at said Public Hearing, upon hearing and considering
all testimony and arguments, the Planning Commission did find the following
facts and reasons to exist to justify the approval of said variance:
1. The strict or literal interpretation and enforcement of
the adopted Sign Ordinance will result in practical
difficulty or unnecessary physical hardship inconsistent
with the objectives of the Ordinance.
2. There are recognizable exceptional or extraordinary
circumstances or conditions involved that do not generally
apply to other commercial buildings with similar orienta-
tions.
3. The 'exception' is temporary in nature, and will thereafter
conform to the Sign Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of
the City of Palm Desert, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct and
constitute the findings of the Commission in this case;
2. That Case. No. VAR 05-79 is hereby approved, subject to
the conditions contained in the attached.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm
Desert Planning Commission, held on this 18th day of July,1979, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Berkey, Fleshman, Kryder, Snyder
NOES: None
ABSENT: Miller
ABSTAIN: None
WALTER SNYDER,
ATTEST:
PAUL A. WILLIAMS, Secretary
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PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 510
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CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
Case No. VAR 05-79
1. Design of Sign shall conform with Exhibit A (Case No. VAR 05-79)
on file with the Department of Environmental Services, as modified
by the following conditions.
2. Use of the approval granted herein shall be subject to the restrictions
and limitations of all Municipal Ordinances and State and Federal
Statutes now in force, or which hereafter may be in force, except as
otherwise specifically provided by this approval.
3. Prior to the issuance of a building permit to errect the sign contemplated
by this approval, the applicant(s) shall first complete all procedural
requirements of the City which includes, but not limited to, Design
Review process, and related building permit procedures.
4. This approval is granted for a maximum period of 18 months, or the
termination of occupancy of either tenant, whichever comes first. There-
after, all signing shall conform to the Municipal Code (Sign Ordinance)
Section 25.68.et.sec.
5. Except for the provision of a maximum of a three square foot entrance
sign for each business, no other signs shall be permitted on the
building.