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PLANNING RKPORT DATE: CASE NUMBER: APPLICANT: LOCATION: ACTION REQUESTED: PLANNING CONS4DERA'TIONS: • 6 March 1985 1581-85 Sperry Corporation Northeasterly of Highcrest Drive and Walnut Street Approval of Variance to Sign Size and Location 1. The Sperry Corporation, formerly known as Sperry Univac, occupies approximately 1.5 million square feet in three structures owned by the Space Center, I+nc., at an area between Walnut Street and Highcrest Drive at the far .iesterly end of the City. The Sperry Corporation has been at this location since the structures were originally constructed in the early 60s and have continuously expanded at that location. The current plans include expansion of their facilities in the existing structures and potential expansion with additional structures on the site. In March of 1972, the Planning Commission and Council approved the installation of a series of directional signs so as to identify the sum 20 points of access to the three structures. Now that the company has changed its name from Sperry Univac to Sperry Corporation, they propose to install a new uniform sign system to carry out the same objectives that being to facilitate the identity and function of the various entrances to the structures. 2. Attached is a reduced copy of a proposed sign program which illustrates the location of proposed directional signs at nine locations to the west, south, and east of the structures, contiguous to Eiighcrest Drive and Walnut Street. 3. Also attached is a copy of a letter dated 6 February 1985 from J. A. Grundtner, Facilities Planning and Design Department, outlining their proposal. Also attached is a copy of a typical sign indicating the nature of the message to be put on the sign and the dimensions of the sign itself. We have reviewed the sign proposals with representatives of the Sperry Corporation and our only concern is the possibility of the signs impeding any lines of sight at street intersections. Mr. Drown suggested that if the sign program is approved, that the City reserve the right to require sign modification or removal in the event a sight line problem develops at any particular intersection. One way to alleviate this line of sight problem is to make sure the bottom on the sign is placed at a high enough elevation so as to not impede visibility at the corners. This program as proposed indicates this height to be four feet from ground level. Depending upon the grade of the streets involved at the intersections, this distance may or may not be