By ABBEY KUNKLE
Special to the PRESS
January 22, 2015
With the New Year came the elections of chairman and vice chairman for the city committees. The Development Standards Review Task Force (DSRTF) was no exception as Chairman Gar Treharne was nominated and reelected along with Vice Chairman Gabriel Vanounou. The Task Force followed the standard agenda with a time for public comments and approval of minutes for the November 2014 regular meeting. They went on to discuss signage issues at Cloud 9 on Padre Boulevard that brought some concern as to enforcement of non conformance as it relates to signage.
Dr. Sungman Kim, Director of Development Services for the City of SPI, presented the signage situation to the task force for discussion and action regarding “art in public space” at Cloud 9. The sign at Cloud 9 is raised to a height of 16 feet which does not conform to the current city ordinance for signage standards. However, as this sign was in place before the standards were set, the sign is considered legally non-conforming. Recently, the view from the north side of the sign has been changed from a striped design to show a graphic of the face of Jimi Hendrix, and city staff determined that the DSRTF should decided if this change would be allowed and determined as art in public places rather than as a sign.
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