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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and consider the appeal from PCH CenterCal, LLC, and PCH Realty Partners, LLC;
Uphold the Planning Commission’s decision on Conditional Use Permit (CUP19-026) and Local Coastal Development Permit (LCDP19-013) findings to (1) Deny two outward facing wall-mounted electronic message center (EMC) signs, and (2) Adopt revised findings and conditions of approval for the two inward facing EMC signs at a shopping center at 6400 East Pacific Coast Highway, within the Southeast Area Development and Improvement Plan (PD-1) Zoning District, Subarea 17; and
Accept Categorial Exemption CE19-181. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
The development project at 6400 East Pacific Coast Highway is located on the southwest corner of Pacific Coast Highway and 2nd Street, within the Southeast Area Development and Improvement Plan (PD-1) Zoning District, Subarea 17 (Project Site). The Project Site was approved as a 245,000 square-foot shopping center with electronic message center (EMC) signs by the Planning Commission in 2017. On October 10, 2018, EMC sign locations and sizes at the Project Site were initially approved in concept by the Planning Commission through the master sign program; however, all EMC signs are required to be approved through a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). A Local Coastal Development Permit (LCDP) is required whenever a CUP is considered within the designated coastal area. The applicants, PCH CenterCal, LLC, and PCH Realty Partners, LLC (Applicants), requested approval of a CUP and LCDP to allow four wall mounted EMC signs within the Project Site.
At its September 5, 2019 meeting, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on Application No. 1906-12 for a CUP and LCDP to install and operate four proposed EMC signs at the Project Site (Attachment A). Staff’s recommendation was to approve all four EMC signs with conditions of approval to address the specif...
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