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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 26, 2010 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - FILED BY ICI DEVELOPMENT <br />COMPANY FOR VARIANCE NO. 2010-03 TO INSTALL <br />A NEW FREESTANDING SIGN THAT EXCEEDS THE <br />NUMBER OF SIGNS ALLOWED WITHIN AN <br />INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT SITE AT 2130 EAST <br />SEVENTEENTH STREET <br />Prepared by Verny Carvajal <br />Executive Director <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />? Applicant's Request <br />? Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Z-42A d-4A- 44441 <br />Planning Ma er <br />Adopt a resolution approving Variance No. 2010-03 as conditioned. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Request of Applicant <br />ICI Development Company is requesting approval of a variance from the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />(SAMC) in order to allow a freestanding sign that exceeds the total number of signs allowed within an <br />integrated development site at 2130 East Seventeenth Street. <br />Property Description <br />The subject site, known as the Centre on Seventeenth, is an 18.42 acre site located on the south <br />west comer of Seventeenth Street and Tustin Avenue. The parcel is bounded by Seventeenth Street <br />and retail uses to the north; Williams Street and office uses to the west; Tustin Street and mixed retail <br />and office to the east; and office with residential uses to the south. The site currently contains <br />community commercial shopping center development with approximately 202,950 square feet of <br />leasable commercial space, including an Albertson's Supermarket, Staples, Petsmart, Ross and <br />Claim Jumper Restaurant. A total of 1,023 parking stalls are provided on site. <br />The property has approximately 1,450 feet of linear frontage along Seventeenth Street, and <br />approximately 640 linear feet along both Tustin Avenue and Williams Street. The zoning <br />designation for this parcel is Community Commercial (Cl) consistent with the General Plan land <br />use designation of General Commercial (GC) for the area (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />There are five existing freestanding signs on the site which were approved as part of the original <br />development in 1996 (Exhibit 4). <br />EXHIBIT A 4