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Home My WebLink AboutNS-2390 - Amending Specific Development No. 43 to Allow Various Changes in the Signage and Street...123 GAS: 5/20/1999 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2390 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT NO. 43 TO ALLOW VARIOUS CHANGES IN THE SIGNAGE AND STREET FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MACARTHUR PLACE DEVELOPMENT (ZOA NO. 99-03) WHEREAS, this Council, by its Ordinance No. NS-1941, adopted January 4, 1988, rezoned property in the area known as MacArthur Place, more specifically described in said ordinance, to Specific Development Plan No. 43 for such property; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to allow various changes in the signage and street frontage requirements for the appropriate land uses. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 1. The amendments to district designation and Specific Development Plan No. 43, as proposed in Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 99-03, are hereby found and determined to be consistent with the General Plan of the City of Santa Ana and otherwise justified by the public necessity, convenience and general welfare. 2. That amendments to Specific Development No. 43, as set forth in Exhibit 1, attached hereto and incorporated herein, are hereby approved and adopted for the abovesaid property. ADOPTED this 21st day of June , 1999. ATTEST: /~a~ice C. Guy ' /~7 t/Clerk of the CounCi/ 1 A. It~ulid0 COUIqCILMEMBERS: Pulido Aye Lutz Aye Bist Aye Christy Ave Franklin Absent McGuigan Aye Moreno Aye APPROVED AS TO FORM: 125 Ordinance No. NS-2390 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION State of Califomia County of Orange I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance No. ,A/~ 2- ~ ~ t_> to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on ~/:L ~ [ ~ q ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance with the Charter oftl~e City o'f ~anta Aha. 127 SD43 AMENDMENT RE SIGNS SECTION VII (SIGNS) OF SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN NO. 43 IS AMENDED IN ITS ENTIRETY AS FOLLOWS: ' VII. SIGNS I, INTENT Intent and Purpose. The intent and purpose' of this section is to describe permitted sign types and provide standards for signs within the MACARTHUR PLACE Specific Development Plan. Components of the MACARTHUR PLACE signage include identification signs, directional signs, and entry signs, among others. Because of the unique size, location, and mixed use elements within the MACARTHUR PLACE Specific Development Plan Area, the sign components and standards described in this Section are designed to take into account MACARTHUR PLACE's unique character in order to adequately serve visitors, employees, and other users of MACARTHUR PLACE. II. DEFINITIONS The following definitions apply to this Section VII including the principal sign types set forth in the attached chart. "Building Mezzanine Level" means the location occurring immediately above the ceiling level of the first floor and immediately below the flOor Jevel of the second floor. "FreeWay'' means the State Route 55 (Costa Mesa) Freeway. "Freeway Parcel" means the one lot, among the lots whose primary eastern frontage is adjacent to and oriented to the Freeway (or fronting or adjacent to a storm drain or other channel or similar improvement located between such lot and the Freeway), that has the most lineal feet fronting the Freeway (or the intervening storm drain or other channel). "Freeway Parcel Owner" means the owner of the Freeway Parcel. The Freeway Parcel Owner may, but is not required to be, the Major Parcel Owner. 394/O16555-000213236455.6 m05/07199 EXHIBIT t29 "Freeway Parcel Tenant" means the Primary Tenant of the building located on the Freeway Parcel. The Freeway Parcel Tenant may, but is not required to be, the Freeway Parcel Owner or the Major Parcel Owner. "Major Parcel Owner" means the one person, firm, or entity, when including all related, associated, affiliated, subsidiary, or controlled entities, that owns the most land acreage within MacArthur Place regardless of the number of parcels, whether contiguous or non-contiguous, comprising such land acreage. "Major Tenant" means, when including all related, associated, affiliated,. subsidiary, and controlled entities, the person, firm, or entity occupying more building square footage of the buildings located on the portion of MacArthur Place owned by the Major Parcel Owner, than any other tenant or occupant in such buildings. The Major Tenant and the Major Parcel Owner may be the same person, firm, or entity. "Office Tower" means an office building with three or more stories. "Office Towers Complex" means two or more Office Towers designed in architectural style and theme to be an integrated office development. "Primary Tenant" means up to, but not exceeding, three (3) tenants or occupants in an office building that are designated by the building owner to obtain signage related to such office building as permitted by these sign regulations. · - "Ground Floor Tenant" means up to, but not exceeding, two (2) tenants or occupants located on the ground level floor of an office building. III. SIGN TYPES AND STANDARDS Principal MacArthur Place Siqn Types and Standards The principal MACARTHUR PLACE sign types, and the standards and regulations applicable to those principal sign types, are set forth in the following charts. [text continues after charts] 394/016555-000213236455.6 rn05/07/99 -2- MACARTHUR pi. ACS SIGN ~Ay PARCEl. SIGN I~ER MAXIMUM SIGN HEIGHT MAXI~tUM S~GN AREA MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SIGN FACES Twa(2). UGHTING 145 [continuation of text] Be Incidental S .qns Incidental signs shall be permitted, including but not limited to miscellaneous vehicle and pedestrian directional .signs, parking signs, loading/delivery signs, hours of operation signs, handicap access signs, water control and landscaping signs, entry gate signs, and code required signs, shall be provided and shall be in accordance with applicable City, state, and federal code standards and shall to the extent possible be consistent with signage used in MacArthur Place in the vicinity of such signs. Other Commercial and Retails Si.qns; Residential Siqns All signs pertaining to commercial and/or retail uses not otherwise provided for in this Section VII (Signs), and all signs Pertaining to residential uses, shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Director. Legal Nonconform n.q Signs Any signs existing within MacArthur Place at the time these sign standards are adopted that are inconsistent with these sign standards shall be considered legal nonconforming signs. Prohibited Signs Marquee signs with the exception of theater signs approved by the Planning Director, roof-top signs, flashing signs, and rotating or revolving signs shall not be permitted. IV. ADDITIONAL STANDARDS Building tenants and occupants that are not Major Tenants, Primary Tenants, or Ground Floor Tenants, or an Office Tower or Office Tower Complex, shall be restricted to interior tenant directory listings. All sign typefaces shall be sUbject to the reasonable approval of the Planning Director. Tenant signs visible from the exterior of any building shall be devised or constructed so as not to rotate, gyrate, blink, move, or appear to move in any fashion. 394/016555-000213236455.6 m05/07/99 -3- 147 Tenant signs that include public service devices such as clocks and temperature indicators shall be devoid of advertising. Due to the unique character of MACARTHUR PLACE, there shall be a minimum of twenty-five feet (25') of separation between any freestanding ground monument signs; provided, however, that the foregoing requirement shall be calculated without including the following: Freeway Identification Sign, MacArthur Place Identification Signs, Major Tenant Perimeter Street Frontage Identification Sign, or any ground monument sign containing an Office Tower(s) identification. No "off premises" signs, as defined in Section 41-1103 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, shall be pe'rmitted with the exception of: 1. The Major Tenant Perimeter Street Frontage Identification Sign (see attached chart for this sign type). Repair and maintenance of all wall mounted and/or free standing tenant identification signs are the direct responsibility of the owner or tenant. Applicants for any sign permit, sign program, sign variance, or other approval from the City pertaining to signs must, with the application, provide evidence of prior approval by the Architectural Committee of MacArthur Place Owner's Association. LIGHTING GUIDELINES A. Objectives 1. To contribute to the safe and efficient use of a development site. 2. To contribute to site security. 3. To complement and reinforce the architecture and site design character. 4. To have lighting fixtures and illumination levels for on-site parking consistent throughout MACARTHUR PLACE District Center. 5. To prevent casting glare onto adjacent lots. 6. To prevent casting glare onto adjacent streets in such a manner as to decrease the safety of vehicular movements. 7. To encourage lighting design that is in conformance with energy saving guidelines. 394/016555-0002/3236455.6 rn05/07/99 -4- 149 Guidelines All lighting potentially visible from an adjacent street except bollard lighting less than forty-two (42) inches high, shall be indirect or shall incorporate a full cut off shield type fixture. Parking areas, access drives, and internal vehicular circulation area lighting fixtures shall be a zero cutoff. The parking lot illumination level shall achieve a uniformity ratio of 3 to I (average to minimum) with a maintained average of 3.0 foot candle and a minimum of 1.0 foot candle. Service area lighting shall be contained within the service yard boundaries and enclosure walls. No light spillover should occur outside the service area. The light source should not be visible from the street. Building illumination and architectural lighting shall be indirect in character. No light source visible. Indirect wall lighting or "wall washing" overhead down lighting, or interior illumination which spills outside is encouraged. Architectural lighting should articulate and animate the particular building design as well as provide the required functional lighting for safety and clarity of pedestrian movement. 5. Pedestrian walk lighting is divided into two types of areas. Primary areas. Outdoor pedestrian use areas such as courtyard, entry way, etc. Pedestrian lighting should achieve a foot candle minimum of 1, with an average illumination of .60 foot candles and a minimum of .18 foot candles. Secondary areas. Walk 'lighting where point to point lighting is acceptable with no specific illumination levels required. The main emphasis in this areas should be to clearly identify the pedestrian walkway and direction of travel. VI. INTERPRETATION This Section VII sets forth sign and related standards for MACARTHUR PLACE in accordance with Division 3 of Article XI (commencing with Section 41-880) of the Santa Aha Municipal Code. In the event of any conflict between the standards set forth in this Section VII pursuant to the authority granted in 394/O16555-OOO2/3236455.6 mO5/O7/99 -5- 151 Division 3 of Article Xl (commencing with Section 41-880) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, and the sign standards set forth in other chapters, divisions, section.s, or paragraphs of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, this Section VII shall control. VII. ENFORCEMENT The penal provisions and permit requirements set forth in Article Xl of the Santa Aha Municipal Code (effective as Of the date of adoption of this Specific Development Plan, or as to any amendments to this Section 'VII (Signs), the date of adoption of any amendment to this Section VII [Signs]), shall apply to all signs within the MacArthur Place District' Center. 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Financial <.~E ~ .................. ~: :: V~ ACCESSt~ ........... ~- ....................... ~ 159 SD43 AMENDMENT RE LOT FRONTAGE Paragraph C ("Site Coverage") under the heading "Professional and Business Offices/Commercial/Retail/Hotel" of Section V (Development Standards) of Specific Development Plan No. 43, is amended as follows: V. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS OFFICESlCOMMERCIALIRETAILIHOTEL [Paragraph "C" titled "Site Coverage" appearing on page 13 of specific Development Plan No. 43 is retitled and amended to read as follows (added language shown in underline]: Site Coverage/Lot Frontage All building setbacks as described in B. above and as shown in Exhibit B shall be provided. Building setbacks shall be maintaine(J for site coverage. Site coverage for individual parcels or tracts is unlimited, provided that the setbacks described above are maintained..Each lot shall have at least one hundred twenty (120) feet of street fronta.qe as set forth in Section 41-373 of the City of Santa Ana Municipal Code, with the exception of: 1_~. Parcel 6 of Tentative Parcel Map 98-232, which may have less than one hundred twenty (120) feet, but shall not have less than eiqhty (80) feet, of street frontage; and Parcel 9 of Tentative Parcel Map 98-232, which may have less than one hundred twenty (120) feet, but Shall not have less than ninety (90) feet, of street frontage. [end of amendment] 3941016555-000213248941.1 m03/16/99 TENTA T/VE PARCEL MAP NO. 98-232 TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 98-232