31B - VARIANCE - 1500 E WARNER AVE

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Variance No. 2012-09 November 13, 2012 Page 2 Protect Descrintion The proposed project consists of the installation of a monument sign along the east property line of the development that fronts the Costa Mesa (SR-55) Freeway. The sign is proposed to be located between the retail building at 1554 East Warner Avenue (Brookhollow Drive) and the two-story office building at 1560 East Warner Avenue (Brookhollow Drive). The sign is proposed to be 26 feet in height, 14 feet 4 inches in width and contain a sign area of 171 square feet. The signs will incorporate Brookhollow's trademarked web address on the structural support column and contain panels for six major tenants. The web address will consist of reverse pan channel letters with halo illumination. The tenant panels will be routed out push through letters with internal illumination. The sign will incorporate a legerstone veneer that will be incorporated into the existing monument signs within the Brookhollow Office Park (Exhibits 3, 4 and 5). Project Background In May 1977, the City Council approved a rezoning of the subject property from Industrial to Specific Development No. 8 (SD-8) to allow the construction of the Brookhollow Office Park. Shortly thereafter, the first of the 24 buildings were constructed, with construction completed by 1985. The site's zoning was changed due to the mixture of uses (retail, office and warehouse) proposed for the site. In 1989, 2004 and 2006, the SD was revised to address new uses and modify development standards in place at the office park. In 2005 and 2007, subdivision maps were approved to allow the creation of 15 separate parcels at the office park. General Plan and Zonina Analysis The General Plan land use designation for the site is Professional and Administrative Office (PAO), which allows for office development sites such as Brookhollow Office Park and ancillary signage for permitted developments. Professional and Administrative Office areas are designed to serve as anchors for the City's office uses. The project site and signage proposal is consistent with this General Plan land use designation. The zoning for the site is Specific Development District No. 8 (Brookhollow Office Park). The SD-8 designation is a mixed-use zone that allows office, restaurant, retail, hotel and industrial land uses. The zoning also permits signage that supports uses permitted in the SD No. 8 district. Therefore, the proposed use is also consistent with the zoning designation. Prolect Analysis Variance requests are governed by Section 41-638 of the SAMC. Variance requests may be granted when it can be shown that the following can be established: That there exists a special circumstance related to the property, such as size, shape, topography, location or surroundings. 31 B-4