File #: 24-0089    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Public Hearing Status: Passed
File created: 1/23/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/7/2024 Final action: 2/7/2024
Title: ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT 2023-0006 TO TITLE 17 OF THE CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE, SECTION 17.74.040 (A), TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE FOR PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS INITIATED BY THE CITY (APPLICANT: CARLOS PADILLA, CPI PROPERTIES, LP)
Attachments: 1. Staff report, 2. Exhibit 1 - Ordinance No. 3387 (Clean version), 3. Exhibit 2 - Ordinance No. 3387 (Red version), 4. Exhibit 3 - Planning and Housing Commission staff report, 5. Exhibit 4 - Draft minutes of the Planning and Housing Commission meeting of January 22, 2024
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION


DATE: 02/07/2024

TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members

FROM: Planning & Development Department

SUBJECT:
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ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT 2023-0006 TO TITLE 17 OF THE CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE, SECTION 17.74.040 (A), TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE FOR PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS INITIATED BY THE CITY (APPLICANT: CARLOS PADILLA, CPI PROPERTIES, LP)

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to approve an ordinance that would amend the City's Sign Ordinance in Chapter 17.74 of the Corona Municipal Code (CMC) to establish criteria for directional signage that would support properties that have been physically and visually altered by a public improvement project initiated by the City.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:

a. Approve ZTA2023-0006, as recommended by the Planning and Housing Commission.

b. Introduce, by title only, and waive full reading of consideration of Ordinance No. 3387, first reading of an ordinance amending Section 17.74.040(A) of Title 17 (Zoning) of the Corona Municipal Code to permit directional signage for properties affected by public improvement projects initiated by the City (ZTA2023-0006).

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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
CPI Properties ("applicant") owns the property located at the northeast corner of McKinley Street and Sampson Avenue. The property is 5.3 acres and is developed as a commercial center (Los Arcos Plaza) that consists of commercial services and restaurants. The original condition of the applicant's property had frontage on McKinley Street and unobstructed visibility. A portion of the property owned by the applicant, which is being bifurcated from the rest of the property, is being acquired by the City through eminent domain proceedings to support the new roadway alignment on McKinley Street. The grade separation that will be constructed over the railroad tracks located just south of the appli...

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