2012-105 Newport Hub Sign Standards ORDINANCE NO. 2012-105
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE AMENDING SECTION
II B 4 OF SPECIFIC PLAN No. 248 (NEWPORT HUB) ON SIGN STANDARDS
The City Council of the City of Menifee does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section II B 4 . of Specific Plan No. 248 is hereby amended to read as follows
(Strikeouts and underlined text shown for tracking purposes only):
h. Signage
All signs shall conform to the design guidelines as described below
and shall be for the purpose of identification and
direction, information, or regulation only. Interior signage shall be screened from the Paloma
and Salt Creek Channels.
"Frontage" shall mean the length of a property line along the street that
forms its boundary. If a parcel has two (2) or more frontages, then the primary frontage shall be
that which is either abutting a major arterial or is longer than other frontages.
(1) Identification & Direction
A sign program shall be required of each project area. A project area
will be defined by the project application and each sign program shall require approval by the
Planning Commission through a minor plot plan. All signage shall be compatible with surrounding
uses, and shall not create any public health or safety hazards, or impair lines of sight.
(a) All of the signs shall be harmonious and visually related to
each other through the incorporation of common design
elements.
(b) The signs shall be architecturally integrated with the buildings
to which they are appurtenant.
(c) The signs shall not adversely affect nearby land uses or
obscure the view of other signs.
(d) No permits shall be issued for any sign, except pursuant to an
approved sign program.
(e) Signs on buildings shall be in compliance with the MINIMUM
standards in Table A below:
Ordinance No. 2012-105
Specific Plan 248 (Newport Hub)
Table A
Sign Type Standards
Tenant Wall 1 square foot of sign area for every 1 linear foot of building
Signs face—200 square foot maximum
Tenant wall signs for multi-tenant office and medical office
buildings shall be limited to units that have a minimum 5,000
square feet of floor area
Tenant wall signs shall be located at the top story of the
building.
Building 2 square feet of sign area for every 1 linear foot of building
Identification face.
Sign For multi-tenant office or medical buildings, one building
identification shall be permitted for each frontage and
freeway frontage
Roster Directory 1 Roster Directory Sign per building for multi-tenant office or
Sign medical buildings only. Sign shall not exceed 48 square feet
and eight feet in height. Maximum of 10 name spaces on
the roster directory sign and maximum 6" letters. Roster
Directory sign shall identify only tenants in the building.
(2) General Outdoor Advertising
Lal Three (3) freestanding project identification signs shall be
permitted along the Escondido Freeway (1-215). The signs shall be located not less than twenty-
five feet (25') from the freeway roadbed and shall be designed and function as follows:
A primary sign shall be constructed at the southeast corner of
the property for project and tenant identification not to exceed
sixty feet (60') in height with not more than 250 square feet of
surface area.
iA secondary sign shall be constructed at the northeast corner of
the property for project and tenant identification not to exceed
forty-five feet (45') in height with not more than 250 square feet
of surface area.
A tenant identification sign shall be constructed toward the
center of the property along the freeway not to exceed forty-five
feet (45') in height and 150 square feet of surface area.
See Figure 21
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Ordinance No. 2012-105
Specific Plan 248 (Newport Hub)
(b) The design of the freestanding project identification signs shall
incorporate suitable materials to conform with the overall design theme and to enhance the
aesthetic appeal of the project in the following manner:
u Support poles shall be masked by appropriate materials
(including wood, stucco, etc.).
Temporary
Streamers, banners, pennants, bunting, balloons, flats, A-frames or
similar signs shall only be permitted with a minor plot plan for a consecutive period of not more than
fourteen (14) calendar days after the business occupies the building or for special events (sales,
grand-reopening) not to exceed four (4) times in any twelve month period.
(4) Window
(a) Window signs may cover a maximum of 25%of the total area
of the windows on the primary frontage.
(5) Prohibited Signs
(a) Flashing
(b) Revolving
(c) Moving or simulated motion
(d) Billboards
(el Painted signs on wall or buildings (window signs excepted)
(ff) Mechanical lifts, metal ramps, or other elevating devices
Section 2. CEQA. No Further Environmental Documentation is required because (a) all
potentially significant effects of the proposed project have been adequately analyzed in an
earlier EIR or Negative Declaration (EA 264) pursuant to applicable legal standards, (b) all
potentially significant effects of the proposed project have been avoided or mitigated pursuant to
that earlier EIR or Negative Declaration, (c) the proposed project will not result in any new
significant environmental effects not identified in the earlier EIR or Negative Declaration, (d) the
proposed project will not substantially increase the severity of the environmental effects
identified in the earlier EIR or Negative Declaration, (e) no considerably different mitigation
measures have been identified and (f) no mitigation measures found infeasible have become
feasible.
Section 3. Effective Date.
This ordinance shall be effective 30 days from the date of its adoption.
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Ordinance No. 2012-105
Specific Plan 248 (Newport Hub)
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17`" Day of
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John V enver, Mayor
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Jose cher, City A o y
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, KATHY BENNETT, City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Ordinance No. 2012-105 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City of
Menifee
ro�n/July
/17, 2012 and that said ordinance was published in accordance with the law.
Date: ! ` l �!
Kat y Bennett, City Clerk
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John V.Denver
Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
Mayor PrrooTem
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Wallace W.Edgerton I, Kathy Bennett, City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby certify that the
Councilmember foregoing Ordinance No. 2012-105 was duly adopted by the City Council of the
Darcy Kuenzi City of Menifee at a meeting thereof held on the 17`" day of July, 2012 by the
Councilmember following vote:
Sue Kristjansson Ayes: Denver, Edgerton, Fuhrman, Kristjansson, Kuenzi
Councilmember Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
Kathy Bennett, City Clerk
29714 Haun Road
Menifee,CA 92586
Phone 951.672.6777
Fax 951.679.3843
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