CC RESOLUTION 4573RESOLUTION NO. 4573
A RESOLUTION APPROVING TWO 1,334 SQUARE -FOOT SIGNS ON
A COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING AND ADOPT THE
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
NO. EA -802, SIGN PERMIT SP 08 -01 LOCATED AT 101
CONTINENTAL BOULEVARD.
The City Council of the City of El Segundo does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares that:
A. On August 18, 2008, Western Signs Systems, filed an application for an
Environmental Assessment No. 802 and Sign Permit No. 08 -01, to install
two 1,334 square -foot signs for a commercial office building for the
Northrop Grumman Corporation at 101 Continental Boulevard;
B. The application was reviewed by the City's Planning and Building Safety
Department for, in part, consistency with the General Plan and conformity
with the El Segundo Municipal Code ( "ESMC ");
C. In addition, the City reviewed the project's environmental impacts under
the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§
21000, et seq., "CEQA "), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal.
Code of Regulations § §15000, et seq., the "CEQA Guidelines "), and the
City's Environmental Guidelines (City Council Resolution No. 3805,
adopted March 16, 1993);
D. The proposed project was analyzed for its environmental impacts and is
deemed categorically exempt under Section 15311(a), Class 11 of the
CEQA Guidelines;
E. On October 7, 2008 the City Council held a public hearing and considered
the information provided by City staff, public testimony and Western Sign
Systems;
F. This Resolution, and its findings, are made based upon the entire
administrative record including, without limitation, testimony and evidence
presented to the City Council at its October 7, 2008 public hearing
including the staff report submitted by the Planning and Building Safety
Department.
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SECTION 2: Factual Findings. The City Council finds that the following facts exist:
A. The project site is located in the Corporate Office (CO) Zone located at
101 Continental Boulevard;
B. The proposed project is to install two 1,334 square -foot permanent signs
on a commercial office building at 101 Continental Boulevard;
C. The subject site is currently vacant, and was formerly occupied by the
Xerox Corporation;
D. The proposed signs conform to Section §15 -18 -2 of the ESMC regulating
signs in the City of El Segundo.
SECTION 3: General Plan. The proposed project conforms with the City's General
Plan and the zoning regulations in the ESMC as follows:
A. The General Plan land use designation for the site is Corporate Office.
B. The Corporate Office (CO) land category use permits a mixture of office
and food serving uses in single- tenant or multi- tenant buildings with limited
retail uses in the lobby area.
C. The proposed project will encourage the effective use of signs as a means
of communication in the city; maintain and enhance the aesthetic
environment and the city's ability to attract sources of economic
development and growth; encourage signs which are integrated with and
harmonious in size, design, style, material, and appearance to the
buildings and sites which they occupy and surround; the proposed project
is consistent with the purpose of the zone in that signs are allowed.
D. The proposed signs are consistent with the General Plan. The General
Plan contains several relevant Goals, Objectives, and Policies in the Land
Use Element. Staff finds that allowing signs is consistent with the General
Plan. The two signs are consistent with Land Use Element Policy LU1 -5.2
in that the two signs comply with the quantity, quality and location
requirements in the adopted comprehensive sign ordinance. The
proposed use is consistent with Land Use Element Goal LU4 in that the
two signs provide a means of communication for commercial uses that
provide a stable tax base for the City.
E. The surrounding land uses include: a hotel and office uses. The proposed
signs for the office use will be compatible with the surrounding uses.
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SECTION 4: Environmental Assessment. The City Council makes the following
environmental findings:
C. The project is categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section
15311(a), Class 11;
G. Accordingly, based upon the evidence presented to the City Council, the City
need not prepare an environmental impact report for the proposed project.
SECTION 5: This Resolution is City Council's final decision and will become effective
immediately upon adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of October, 2008.
elly McDowell, Mayor
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ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 4573 as duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and
signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 21st day of October, 2008, and the same was so passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: McDowell, Busch, Brann, Fisher, Jacobson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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