CC 03-21-2023 Item No. 7. Petition for Reconsideration_Desk Item
CITY COUNCIL REPORT
DESK ITEM
Meeting: March 21, 2023
Agenda Item # 7
Subject
Consider petition for reconsideration regarding the City Council decision of February
7, 2023, to uphold the appeal in part, approve one of the two requested freeway‐
oriented signs, and deny the requested sign exception. Application No(s): EXC‐2022‐
003; Applicant(s): David Ford (All Sign Services); Location: 20565 Valley Green Dr.;
APN #326‐10‐044.
Recommended Action
That the City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt Resolution No. 23‐XXXX
denying the petition for reconsideration.
Background:
City Staff has also received questions from City Councilmembers. Staff’s responses to
questions received from councilmember are shown in italics.
Q1: Could council have imposed conditions of approval on the Public Storage building
at the time that the Architectural and Site Plan permits were approved that would
have:
1. required the cosmetic freeway‐facing hallway to be turned off or dimmed
after regular business hours?
2. disallowed the cosmetic freeway‐facing hallway?
3. disallowed additional signage on the freeway‐facing building walls?
(Councilmember Fruen)
Staff response: City Council, within its discretion, has authority to impose conditions of
approval, including but not limited to architectural modifications. These include the limitations
as mentioned in the above questions.
Q2: The Hyatt House features illuminated signage on its main building facings,
including an ostensibly freeway‐facing sign.
1. When did the Hyatt House illuminated freeway‐facing sign come before
the Planning Commission?
2. What is the level of luminosity of the Hyatt House freeway‐facing sign?
(Councilmember Fruen)
Staff response: The Planning Commission at its hearing on January 8, 2019, approved a Sign
Program (SP ‐2018‐ 04) to allow new signs consistent with Condition of Approval #25 of City
Council Resolution No. 14‐ 202, Sign Exception (EXC‐ 2018‐ 06) to consider allowing six wall
signs, including three freeway‐oriented wall signs, at the Hyatt House Hotel. All signs that
were included in the subsequent Building Permit were below 250 foot‐lamberts.
Q3: How should we catalogue and announce all ex parte disclosures?
1. Do we need to include all emails received to the city council email
address that have come in after the February 7 hearing?
Staff response: Each councilmember should disclose ex parte communications after the agenda
item has been introduced. However, there is no need to disclose emails sent to Councilmembers
unless they are from the applicant or the appellant. In that case, stating that the councilmember
received emails from the applicant or appellant would be sufficient.