PC Resolution-06-09-12-01PC RESOLUTION NO. 06-09-12-01
MAMMOTH EQUITIES: CDP AMENDMENT AND SIGN PROGRAM
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN CDP 90-2 TO ALLOW SIGN PROGRAMS FOR PROJECTS IN
THE CDP AREA; AND APPROVING A SIGN PROGRAM AND TWO (2)
FREESTANDING MONUMENT SIGNS FOR THE MAMMOTH PROFESSIONAL
BUILDINGS ON RANCHO VIEJO ROAD (APN 650-011-32)(MAMMOTH EQUITIES)
WHEREAS, on May 11, 2004, the Planning Commission approved AC 03-09, an
office project totaling approximately 98,000 square feet of gross floor area on
approximately 11.5 acres located on Rancho Viejo Road south of Via Escolar, the legal
description being Assessors Parcel No. 650-011-32; and
WHEREAS, zoning and development on the subject property is regulated by
Comprehensive Development Plan CDP 90-2 previously adopted pursuant to Section 9-
3.315 of the City's Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the developer, Mammoth Equities LLC, 20532 EI Toro Road Mission
Viejo, CA 92692 has requested that the City approve an amendment to the CDP to allow
sign programs for projects in the CDP area; approve a sign program for the Mammoth
Professional Buildings, including a provision for up to two free-standing monument signs
for the business complex; and approve two free-standing monument signs for the main
entrance drive of the Mammoth Professional Buildings; and
WHEREAS, the project is Categorically Exempt from environmental review per CEQA
Guidelines Sec. 15305 (Class 5: Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations); and
WHEREAS, on September 12, 2006, the Planning Commission of the City of San
Juan Capistrano conducted a duly -advertised public hearing regarding the proposed
project and considered evidence presented by the City staff and other interested parties;
and
WHEREAS, Subsection 9-3.315(d) of the Municipal Code provides that an adopted
CDP may be amended as follows: "(A) If the Planning Commission determines that the
proposed amendment is consistent with the overall purpose and general design of the
original adopted CDP, the Planning Commission may approve the amendment by
resolution. The amended CDP shall then become the specific CDP associated with the PC
district designation on the Official Zoning Map."; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission finds that the proposed amended
Comprehensive Development Plan amendment, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is consistent
with the overall purpose and general design of the original adopted CDP in that the
provision for sign programs will not increase traffic generation or visual or other impacts
over those associated with presently -permitted land uses in the CDP; and
WHEREAS, The Planning Commission finds that the Sign Program for the Mammoth
Professional Buildings, attached hereto as Exhibit B, is consistent with the Comprehensive
Development Plan as amended herein; and
WHEREAS, The Planning Commission finds that the plan for two free-standing
monument signs at the main entry for the Mammoth Professional Buildings, attached
hereto as Exhibit C, are consistent with the proposed Sign Program and Comprehensive
Development Plan as amended herein.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission hereby
approves the amended Comprehensive Development Plan attached hereto as Exhibit A,
incorporating provisions regulating sign programs within the CDP area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission hereby approves the
Sign Program for the Mammoth Professional Buildings attached hereto as Exhibit B.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission hereby approves two
free-standing signs to be located on either side of the main entry drive for the Mammoth
Professional Buildings, attached hereto as Exhibit C.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of September, 2006 by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Drey and Ratcliffe, Vice Chairman Cohen, and Chairman
Cardoza.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Commissioner Neely
�� Molly Bogh, Commission Secretary