HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-050 Sybase Amend 11-26-2002AGENDA STATEMENT
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 26, 2002
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING: PA 02-050 SYBASE, Amendment to a Master Sign
Program to Permit an additional building identification sign.
(Report Prepared by: Eddie Peabody, Jr., Director of Community
Development)
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Sign Plans
2. Resolution Approving the revised Master Sign Program
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Hear Staff Presentation
2. Open Public Hearing
3. Hear Applicant's Presentation
4. Question Staff, Applicant and the Public
5. Close Public Hearing
6. Deliberate
7. Adopt Resolution (Attachment 2) Approving the revised Master
Sign Program
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant, Sybase, Inc. is requesting an amendment to their Master Sign program to permit the
addition of an additional building mounted sign. The sign is to be located on the southwest corner of the
westerly building. The sign is proposed to be located at the highest point on the precast building concrete
building face. The sign would consist of fabricated aluminum channel letters with white acrylic faces. The
sign will be internally illuminated by a neon light source. These channel letters will be mounted on a
perforated aluminum panel that would then be mounted to the precast concrete building face.
Background
The Planning Commission, at their meeting of May 9, 2000, reviewed the entire Sybase project. A
condition of approval required the applicant to prepare a Master Sign Program for the entire site. The
review authority for the Master Sign Program was delegated to the Director of Community Development
through a Condition of Approval. The Director subsequently reviewed the applicant's Master Sign
Program and approved the document shortly after the Planning Commission approval of the overall
project. The project has been built and all required and permitted signs have been installed.
Sybase has requested an additional building mounted sign, not shown in the original Master Sign Program
and located at a point on the building previously not considered for signage. Pursuant to Section
8.128.030(E) of the City of Dublin Zoning Ordinance, Staff has decided to refer the review of the
proposed signage to the Planning Commission, due to the location and design of the proposed signage.
COPIES TO: Applicant(s)
Property Owners
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Design
The design of the original Sybase signage by "Square Peg design," presented a very unique and
coordinated concept. The Commission is fortunate in that the project is constructed and all signage is
installed. This allows the Planning Commission to see the finished product. The "major" building
mounted signage is placed in recessed corners at the southeast and northwest corners of the two buildings
that make up the Sybase Campus. The corporate logo and "Sybase" lettering is applied to perforated
screen background which projects off of the recessed niche and away from the building face.
The applicant is proposing to add an additional sign on the southerly facade of the westerly building.
Some of the proposed sign's components are the same as that approved and constructed. The new sign is
proposed to face south, is proposed to be mounted on a perforated screen as are the original signs and will
utilize stylized channel letters like the original signs. However, there are some differences that Staff is
concerned about.
Staff has three concerns. The first concern is that the original signs were designed into the building face
and are "fitted" to the structure. The proposed sign does not do this. The second concern is the lack of
consistency between the proposed sign and the existing signs. The existing building mounted signs
include the Sybase logo. The proposed sign will not include this. The final concern would be that the
proposed sign itself is sized to be equivalent to the existing "Sybase" portion of the sign. The location of
the proposed sign (as it is not intended to fit within a created niche), the lack of the Sybase logo and
projection above the parapet on which it is mounted are inconsistent with a coordinated and cohesive
hierarchy of a Master Sign Program.
In evaluating the applicant's request for additional signage, we have discussed alternatives with the
applicant. However, it is the applicant's position that the sign proposed is the one they have chosen to
pursue for approval by the Planning Commission. Staff would recommend that, as the proposed sign will
not be located where the existing "major" signage is (projecting from a major recessed niche) and that the
Sybase logo is not included, then this proposed sign should be designated a "minor" building mounted
sign and it's size and scale be reduced to fit in the location proposed. The six-foot dimension should be
reduced to four feet and the perforated aluminum panel should be equally reduced in size so that a portion
of the precast concrete building face is exposed above the perforated panel. In this way the applicant can
be granted the additional signage and this signage would be in keeping with the hierarchy theory of a
Master Sign Program. Included within Attachment No. 2, the Resolution recommending approval of the
revised Sybase Master Sign Program, is a statement noting the proposed changes requested by staff in
order to support this approval recommendation.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The Sybase property is within that Dublin General Plan Eastern Extended Planning Area and the Eastern
Dublin Specific Plan, which was the subject of and Environmental Impact report, certified by the City of
Dublin in 1993 (Addenda were approved on May 4, 1993 and August 22, 1994). Subsequently, a
Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared for the Sybase project itself and the review period for this
document ended On April 24, 2000. The Mitigated Negative Declaration was approved with the Sybase
project on May 9, 2000.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Planning Commission open the Public Hearing, deliberate and adopt a Resolution
(Attachment 2) Approving the revised Master Sign Program with staff s recommendations included in the
attached resolution.
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GENERAL INFORMATION:
PROPERTY OWNER: Sybase, Inc.
5000 Hacienda Drive
Dublin, CA 94568
APPLICANT: Ernest J. Piccone
LOCATION: Northwest Corner of Hacienda Drive and Dublin Blvd.
EXISTING ZONING: Planned Development
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RESOLUTION NO. 02 -
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
APPROVING PA 02-50, AMENDMENT TO SYBASE MASTER SIGN PROGRAM
PREVIOUS PA 99-062
WHEREAS, Ernest Piccone has requested approval of an Amendment to the existing Sybase
Master Sign Program; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Amendment to the Master Sign program would include a Sybase
identification sign located on the southerly facade of the westerly building, and
WHEREAS, the proposed sign would include channel letters internally illuminated by a neon
light source which would be mounted on a perforated aluminum panel mounted to the precast building
face, and
WHEREAS, a complete application for the above noted entitlement request is available and on
file in the Department of Community Development; and
WHEREAS, The Sybase Project was within the scope of the Eastern Dublin Extended Planning
Area and the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan, for which a Program EIR was previously certified (SCH No.
91103064). A Mitigated Negative Declaration was previously prepared and has been approved for the
Sybase Project which, together with the Program EIR, adequately describes this project for the purposes
of CEQA. Since the Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted, the City has identified no changes in
the Sybase Project or in the circumstances under which the Sybase Project was to be undertaken or any
other new information, which requires revisions to the Mitigated Negative Declaration or to the Program
EIR; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing on said application on November
26, 2002, for this project; and
WHEREAS, proper notice of said public hearing was given in all respects as required by law; and
WHEREAS, a Staff Report was submitted recommending that the Planning Commission approve
the Site Development Review; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hear and use their independent judgment and
considered all said reports, recommendations, and testimony hereinabove set forth, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE Planning Commission of the City of
Dublin does hereby make the following findings and determinations regarding said proposed Amendment
to the Sybase Master Sign Program.
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ATTACHMENT
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A. The amendment to the Master Sign Program contributes to an effective and attractive identification
of the campus office complex and its users by providing clear, legible and succinct signage that
will identify and direct automobile and pedestrian traffic to the site.
B. The design quality of the site, improved with this amendment and the surrounding area will be
superior to the quality that would result under the regulations and standards of Section 8.84.40
"Sign Development Regulations"; 8.84.050, and Signs Subject To Permits, 8.84.110, "Regulations
for Wall Signs and Projecting Signs". All proposed signage will conform to the overall design and
layout of the complex.
C. All of the proposed signs have been designed to be compatible with the style and character of the
improvements on the site and they are well related to each other providing the recommendations
incorporated herein are applied to the proposed amendment.
D. The proposed signage is visible, legible, does not cause glare or disrupt the flow to pedestrian or
vehicular traffic and conforms with the Design Criteria in Section 8.84.060, of the Zoning
Ordinance. The proposed signs are of a scale that relates well to the existing signs and layout of
the campus office complex
E. The approval of the Amendment to the Sybase Master Sign Program, as conditioned, complies
with the General Plan and the general requirements established in the Zoning Ordinance because it
maintains a comprehensive, well-designed signage program for the development.
F. The approval of the Amendment to the Sybase Master Sign Program, as conditioned, will not
adversely affect the health or safety of persons residing or working in the vicinity, or be
detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare because it promotes a sign program that
will provide effective and attractive identification for the site with modifications as referenced
herein.
G. The proposed Amendment to the Sybase Master Sign Program considered site layout, vehicular
access, circulation, parking, setbacks, height, walls, public safety and similar elements to ensure
that the SDR design assists in the provision of a desirable environment.
H. Architectural considerations, including the character, scale and quality of the design, the
architectural relationship with the site and other buildings, building materials and colors, screening
of exterior appurtenances, exterior lighting, and similar elements have been incorporated into the
Amendment where appropriate, in order to insure the compatibility of the wall signs with the site
design concept and the character of adjacent buildings and uses.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE Planning Commission of the City of Dublin does hereby
approve the Amendment to the Sybase Master Sign Program for PA 02-050. This approval shall be
generally depicted on the plans prepared by Square Peg Design herein, labeled Attachment 1, stamped
approved and on file with the Dublin Planning Department with the following modifications: The chrome
letters shall be reduced to 48 inches in height and the perforated aluminum panel on which the sign is
placed and mounted to the building shall be reduced in size to more appropriately "fit" the structure
designating the sign as a "minor" building identification sign and said sign shall not protrude above the
parpet.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Attachment 1, Master Sign Program with the modifications
hereinabove set forth revises and supercedes the existing Master Sign Program.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of November 2002.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
Planning Commission Chairperson
Community Development Director
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