HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA Reso 1996-1517 RESOLUTION 1517
RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING DRC-96-42 AUTHORIZING A
DEVIATION FROM THE OTAY INDUSTRIAL PARK PRECISE PLAN
FOR PICK-YOUR-PART TO CONSTRUCT A 10-FOOT HIGH METAL
FENCE AND 64 SQUARE FOOT FREESTANDING SIGN
WHEREAS, Pick-Your Part auto recyclers (the Applicants") have leased property
located at 880 Energy Way within the Otay Industrial Park which is within the Otay Valley Road
Redevelopment Project Area; and
WHEREAS, improvements within the industrial park are governed by the Precise
Plan Guidelines, approved by the City Council in 1979 and amended in 1994, which supersede the
Otay Valley Road Implementation Plan/Design Manual addendum for the Otay Industrial Park; and
WHEREAS, the Precise Plan Guidelines limit fencing materials to block or wood
when fences are in public view, and limits pole signs to a height of 12 feet in height and 50 square
feet in sign area, and
WHEREAS, Pick-Your-Part has requested a deviation from the fencing and pole sign
restrictions; and
WHEREAS, the Design Review Committee (DRC) reviewed the Applicants request
on July 8 and July 22, 1996 and recommended that a deviation from the Precise Plan Guidelines
be granted to allow steel fencing and a freestanding pole sign 12 feet in height with a sign area
up to 64 square feet; and
WHEREAS, the DRC further recommended that the Precise Plan Guidelines for the
Otay Industrial Park be amended to allow more fencing materials including solid metal, slatted
chain link or similar fencing provided it is at least 100 feet from the street frontage and screened
from public view by landscape planting; and
WHEREAS, the DRC recommended that the Precise Plan Guidelines be furLher
amended to increase the allowable sign area from 50 square feet to 64 square feet; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency approves ~ecommendations by the DRC for
modifications from approved design guidelines within the Otay Valley Road Redevelopment Project
Area; and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires that Pick-Your-Part undertake improvement of their
property without delay; and
WHEREAS, the proposed action has been determined to be categorically exempt
from environmental review under Section 5(a) of CEQA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Redevelopment Agency of the City
of Chula Vista finds as follows:
1. The modifications are consistent with good design principals and will not adversely
impact surrounding properties.
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2. The modifications satisfy the principle for the application of the P modifying district
set forth in CVMC 19.56.041.
3. The modifications are consistent with the purpose and application of the Precise
Plan Guidelines.
4. The modifications are therefore considered to be consistent with the General Plan
and Redevelopment Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista
hereby approves:
1. The recommendation of the DRC to allow a modification from the Precise
Plan Guidelines for the Otay Industrial Park for Pick-Your-Part auto recyclers
located at 880 Energy Way to allow 10-foot high steel fencing, located and
suitably landscaped at the approved location on their property subject to the
continued maintenance and restoration of the landscaping.
2. The recommendation of the DRC to allow Pick-Your-Part to construct a 12
foot high free standing sign with a maximum sign area of 64 square feet at
a suitable and approved location on their property is hereby approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Redevelopment Agency hereby:
1. Recommends that staff process an amendment of the Precise Plan
Guidelines for the Otay Industrial Park through the Planning Commission and
City Council.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Chris Salomone Ann Moore
Director of Community Development Acting Agency Attorney
Resolution No. 1517
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE
CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA this 17th day of September 1996 by the following
vote:
AYES: Members Horton, Rindone, Alevy, Moot
NOES: None
ABSENT: Member Padilla
ABSTENTIONS: None
Shirley Hor~6n
Chairman
ATTEST: __~
Chris Salomone
Executive Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss:
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Chris Salomone, Executive Secretary to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula
Vista, California DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy
of Resolution No. 1517 and that the same has not been amended or repealed.
Dated: q-~3'JP6 ~/ '
Chris Salomone
Executive Secretary