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Report regarding a Master Sign Program Amendment application to increase the size of one previously approved skyline sign (aka TS8) from 360 square feet to 700 square feet for the Genesis Campus at 1-3 Tower Place in the Business Technology Park – High (BTP-H) Zoning District in accordance with Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code and determination that the project is categorically exempt from CEQA per CEQA Guidelines Section 15311, Class 11. (Emily Lane, Associate Planner)
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MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Move to determine the project is exempt from CEQA.
Move to approve the Master Sign Program amendment subject to the attached Findings and Conditions of Approval.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission take the following actions:
Move to find that the Project (P26-0067) is categorically exempt from CEQA per CEQA Guidelines Section 15311, Class 11 (a), On-Premise Signs.
Move to make findings and approve the amendment to the previously approved Master Sign Program to increase the size of sign TS8 from 360 sf to 700 sf at the Genesis Campus at 1-3 Tower Place subject to the attached Conditions of Approval.
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BACKGROUND
The Genesis Campus is located at 1-3 Tower Place, west of Airport Boulevard and adjacent to U.S. Highway 101 and San Bruno Mountain. In January 2020, the Planning Commission approved a Master Sign Program and Design Review for the campus under P19-0036: SIGNS19-0015 and DR19-0049. The approved Master Sign Program established a comprehensive signage program for the campus, including skyline signage, campus identification, wayfinding, ground-level tenant, parking structure, and crown-level tenant signage.
As part of the original Master Sign Program review in 2019, the Design Review Board recommended reductions to the North Tower crown signage. The approved program established three potential crown-level sign locations at 2 Tower Place, identified as TS8, TS9, and T...
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