Item 4 - SV17-003 MughlaiCase No.
SV17-003
S T A F F R E P O R T
March 3, 2016
CASE NO: SV17-003
PROJECT: Sign Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704, as amended, for Mughlai
Fine Indian Cuisine EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY: Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine is requesting approval of a variance to the Sign
Ordinance No. 704, as amended, to allow an existing non-conforming, obsolete
monument sign to be utilized. Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine is located at 3311
East S.H. 114, Southlake, Texas.
REQUEST
DETAILS: The applicant is requesting a variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704-H
requirements, as amended, to allow an existing non-conforming, obsolete
monument sign to be utilized as the restaurant monument sign. Red Dog Right
moved out the building in December 2015.
The applicant has installed the new sign face prior to the sign variance request.
A permit not required for the refacing of the monument sign. It was determined
that after the sign face had been installed that the monument sign was
obsolete.
The Sign Ordinance defines an obsolete sign as any sign which for at least 6
continuous months does not identify or advertise a bona fide business, lessor,
service, owner, product or activity on the premises on which the sign is located.
Due to the length of time the property has been vacant, approval for the
monument sign has expired. Approval of a sign variance is required in order for
the sign to be used.
The monument sign regulations under Sign Ord. 704-I comparison for
monument signs located along SH114 is as follows:
Department of Planning & Development Services
Case No.
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Sign Regulation Permitted (Sign
Ord. 704-I Proposed (existing)
Maximum Sign Total Height
(including berm height)
12 feet (including a
max. 2 ft. base)
11’-6” (6’-6” monument sign
and 5’ berm)
Maximum Sign Face Height
(berm height) 10 feet 5’-5”
Maximum Sign Width 24 feet 11’-8”
Maximum Sign Face Area 80 sf per sign face/
160 sf total
63.5 sf
Maximum Number of Sign
Panels 8 1
Minimum Required Setbacks 15 feet Approx. 15 feet
Masonry Requirement
6” completely
surrounding
masonry sign face
8” on both sides of the sign
face; 5” above and below
sign face; approximate 6”
gap between sign structure
and berm
ACTION NEEDED: Consider approval of a sign variance
ATTACHMENTS: (A) Background Information
(B) Vicinity Map
Link to PowerPoint Presentation
Link to Demonstration
Link to Plans, Support Information and Sign Package
STAFF CONTACT: Dennis Killough (817)748-8072
Patty Moos (817)748-8269
Case No. Attachment A
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
TENANT: Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine
APPLICANT: Javeed Khan
PROPERTY SITUATION: 3311 East S.H. 114, Southlake, Texas.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 7R, Block A, Southlake Bank Place Addition
CURRENT ZONING: “C-3” General Commercial
HISTORY: December 3, 2002 City Council approved a sign variance for the
existing monument sign for Red Lobster allowing a 11’-6” monument
sign height as sign is placed on a berm (permitted height allowed 6’-
6”),allowing an additional attached sign due to frontage(one allowed per
street frontage), allowing 36-inch “R”, “L”, “d’, and “b”; 30-inch “t”;
remaining letters to be 24 7/8 inches (allowed 12 inches); and allowing
51.5 square foot sign area (16.5 square feet allowed).
January 18, 2011; City Council approved the monument sign stipulating
the sign will have a 1 ½ inch black frame around the sign as indicated
by the applicant; stipulating that the sign will be internally lit; requiring
that seasonal color will be maintained year around as presented in the
picture for the Red Lobster approval; and granting the requested
variances for a 5-foot monument base height (2-feet permitted), a total
height of approximately 11’-6” (12-foot permitted) and 8-inches of
masonry frame on both signs of the sign face; 5 inches of masonry
frame above the sign face and an approximate 6-inch gap between the
sign structure and the base (6-inch masonry completely surrounding the
sign). (SV10-026).
Red Dog Right closed in December of 2015. No other bona fide
business occupied the premise until Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine made
application for re-occupancy on December 21, 2016 and was issued a
re-occupancy permit on December 30, 2016. A Certificate of Occupancy
is still pending.
STAFF COMMENTS: The sign demonstration, site plan, support information, and sign
package are located in the attachments.
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Case No. Attachment B
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