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Development review committee backs Shell sign exemption with conditions
Summary
The City of Grass Valley Development Review Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the Planning Commission approve a sign exception permit for a Shell station at 2001 Nevada City Highway, approving internally lit Shell logos and price signs but denying a proposed LED light bar around pump canopies and requiring an opaque monument sign face.
The Development Review Committee recommended approval Wednesday of a sign exception permit for a Shell-branded service station at 2001 Nevada City Highway, finding some internally illuminated features acceptable but rejecting a proposed LED light bar around the pump canopies.
The committee voted to forward the application to the Planning Commission with three added conditions: the monument sign cabinet must have an opaque background, no illuminated light bar is allowed around the two pump canopies, and the housing for the canopy lighting must be painted to match the repaired canopy underside. The committee also adopted the staff recommendation that the project is categorically exempt from CEQA under Section 15301 (existing facilities).
Staff said the gas station — built around 1980 and with a monument sign installed about 1990 — is changing branding to Shell. The sign-exception request covers three…
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