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PlIan i (" rrirr'tl soo n Acflon <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE <br />MAY 11, 2015 <br />fl "t'I_E: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY GREGG <br />BERWIN TO ALLOW REGIONAL PLANNED <br />SIGN PROGRAM NO. 2014 -01 AT WESTFIELD <br />MAINPLACE AT 2800 NORTH MAIN STREET <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2) <br />Prepared by Ali <br />rector <br />RECOMMENDED Aurm <br />PI ANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />A As Recornmei7ded <br />I I As.+Amended <br />El Scat Public Ho wing Far <br />DENIED <br />f::l Appliranf's, Request <br />EI Staff Rer. ;orrunendration <br />LSO f INUED I() <br />Acting Ellranning Manager <br />Adopt a resolution approving Regional Planned Sign Program No. 2014 -01 as conditioned. <br />Request of the Applicant <br />Gregg Berwin, representing Westfield MainPlace, is requesting approval of a comprehensive regional <br />planned sign program at 2800 North Main Street pursuant to Section 41 -885 of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code (SAMC). Specifically, the applicant is requesting approval of a variety of wall, <br />freestanding, pylon, digital, and mimetic signs at the existing regional shopping center. <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />The project site is approximately 52 -acres in size and contains a multi - tenant regional mall known as <br />Westfield MainPlace that is located at the northwest corner of North Main Street and MainPlace Drive. <br />The site is anchored by JC Penney, Macy's, and Nordstrom department stores and contains <br />numerous retail and eating establishments. The proposed regional planned sign program will contain <br />a variety of signage types that will be installed throughout the site and on the mall buildings. <br />Westfield MainPlace contains approximately 1,128,000 square feet of tenant space and was <br />significantly remodeled and expanded in 1987. Mall tenants currently share 4,768 parking spaces <br />provided in a combination of surface parking lots and parking structures. The site is surrounded by the <br />Garden Grove (State Route 22) Freeway to the north, professional and administrative office uses to the <br />south, commercial and residential uses within the City Place development to the east, and the Santa <br />Ana (Interstate 5) Freeway to the west (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />31 B -3 <br />