Resolution - 5002RESOLUTION NO. 5002
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA GRANTING A VARIANCE (Variance
Application No. 711 - Quiel Bros. Sign Co. -
Mandy Williams Oldsmobile)
• The City Council of the City of West Covina does
resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. It is hereby found and determined.that the
application of Quiel Bros. Co. for a variance to permit the construction
of a detached pole sign having a height of 42 feet and additional
signage of a maximum of 386 square feet on that certain property
generally described as 2525 East Workman Avenue in the C-2 Zone
and more particularly described i'n.Variance Application No. 711, was
duly made, that a hearing thereon was duly held by the Planning
Commission after legal notice thereof, that the Planning Commission
denied said variance by its Resolution No. 2563, that said action
was appealed to the City Council, and the City Council has held a
hearing thereon after legal notice thereof.
SECTION 2. It is hereby found by the City Council that:
(a) There are exceptional circumstances applicable to
the property which distinguish it from other properties in the same
area in that the present free standing sign is not visible from
the major thoroughfares in the immediate vicinity of the property.
(b) The granting of the variance will not be materially
detrimental to the public welfare inasmuch as it will permit the
upgrading of the property and the elimination of a substandard
free standing sign.
(c) The granting of the variance will not adversely
affect the general plan.
SECTION 3. A variance is hereby granted as applied
for in Variance Application No. 711. It is granted upon the
following conditions, the violation of any one of which shall be
grounds for the revocation of this variance by the Planning Com-
mission or the City Council:
1. The existing free standing pole sign on thefron:t
of the property shall be removed and replaced by a free standing
pole sign, the maximum height of which shall be 42 feet.
2. The maximum sign area permitted on the front of
the building and on the faces of the detached sign shall not exceed
a maximum of 386 square feet.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby finds that the
improvement project for which the variance is granted is categorically
exempt under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality
Act.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution.
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Adopted and approved this 27th day of January 1975.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk"
IV
Resolution No. 5002
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 27th day of January 1975,
by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Browne, Miller, Tice, Shearer.
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
Abstained: Councilman Chappell.
APPRO ED AS TO FORM:
Cit Attorney
A" zv�
ity Clerk
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