REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Adopt a Billboard Relocation Agreement (PLN24-00424) with Outfront Media LLC to Install a Single-Sided Digital LED Billboard, Located at 1700 Duane Avenue
Report
BACKGROUND
The applicant, Outfront Media, filed an application on August 19, 2024, to construct a new 672 square-foot (14 feet tall by 48 feet wide) single-sided, light-emitting diode (LED) digital billboard (also known as "digital display" and used interchangeably in this report) at 1700 Duane Avenue (File No. PLN24-00424). The display on the billboard would be mounted on a new 46-foot-tall supporting column (approximately four feet in diameter). The proposed billboard would be 60 feet in height overall from the grade to the top of the sign.
The project requires approval of a Conditional Use Permit and a Minor Modification from Planning Commission, and approval of a Billboard Relocation Agreement from City Council. A Conditional Use Permit is required to erect an electronic billboard. A Minor Modification is proposed to reduce the required 1,500 linear foot separation distance from another existing electronic digital display message sign by up to 25%. The Billboard Relocation Agreement would require the removal of three billboard faces on El Camino Real to allow the erection of the subject new electronic billboard.
In accordance with the City Code, the Planning Commission can act on the Conditional Use Permit and Minor Modification requests and make a recommendation to the City Council for action on the Billboard Relocation Agreement. The Planning Commission approved the Conditional Use Permit and Minor Modification, and recommended City Council approval of the Billboard Relocation Agreement at their August 13, 2025, Planning Commission meeting. The City Council is now being asked to take action on the Billboard Relocation Agreement. A draft of the proposed Billboard Relocation Agreement is included as Attachment 2 to this report.
DISCUSSION
The proposed ...
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