title
PC - PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a New Comprehensive Sign Ordinance (Citywide)
body
Meeting Date: June 25, 2025
Contact Person/Dept: Gabriela Silva, Associate Planner
Emily Stadnicki, Current Planning Manager
Phone Number: 310-253-5736 / 310-253-5727
Fiscal Impact: Yes [ ] No [X] General Fund: Yes [ ] No [X]
Public Hearing: [X] Action Item: [ ] Attachments: Yes [X] No [ ]
City Council Action Required: Yes [X] No [ ] Date [07/14/25]
Public Notification: (Email) Public Notifications - Planning Commission (06/20/25), Meetings and Agendas - Planning Commission (06/20/25), Interested Parties (06/20/25); (Posted) City website (06/20/25), (Published) Culver City News (06/05/25)
Department Approval: Mark E. Muenzer, Planning and Development Director (06/12/25)
____________________________________________________________________________
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution recommending the City Council:
1. Make a finding that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)((3) (Common Sense Exemption); and
2. Approve a proposed new Sign Ordinance as detailed in Resolution No. 2025-P009.
PROCEDURES
1. Chair calls on staff for a staff report and Commission poses questions to staff.
2. Chair opens the public hearing, providing the public the opportunity to speak.
3. Chair seeks a motion to close the public hearing after all testimony has been presented.
4. Commission discusses the matter and arrives at its decision.
BACKGROUND
Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC), Chapter 17.330 (Sign Ordinance or the "Ordinance") provides standards and procedures for the regulation of signs in the City. Additional sign regulations are also included in CCMC Chapter 13.02 Offenses Against Property and CCMC Chapter 17.550 Variances, Administrative Modifications and Reasonable Accomm...
Click here for full text