Item 9A
Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine Sign Variance
Item 9A SV17-003
Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine, located at 3311 E. SH 114, is requesting approval of sign variance to allow an existing non-conforming, obsolete monument sign to be utilized as a monument
sign.
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SV17-003
Owner: Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine
Request: Approval of sign variance to allow an existing non-conforming, obsolete monument sign to be utilized as a monument sign
Location: 3311
E. SH 114
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Aerial View
This aerial shows the location of the restaurant on the access road of E. SH114.
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Site Plan
Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine
Existing Monument Sign
E. SH114
This site plan shows the location of the existing monument sign on the site.
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Monument Sign Approved for Red Lobster 12-3-2002
Monument Sign
The existing monument sign for Red Lobster was approved by City Council with a variance to allow 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).
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Monument Sign Approved for Red Dog Right (SV10-026)
Monument Sign
City Council approved the sign variance for the monument sign for Red Dog Right 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.
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Proposed Monument Sign
Two sided monument sign with
11’-8” x 5’-5” panels
The masonry surround on the existing monument sign is 8” on both sides of the sign face; 5” above and below sign face; and has an approximate 6” gap between sign structure and berm.
The berm is 5 -feet tall.
No address numbers on the monument sign structure
Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine is seeking approval of a sign variance to allow an existing non-conforming, obsolete monument sign to be utilized as the restaurant monument sign.
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. non-conforming, obsolete monument sign
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.
The applicant
is requesting relief from the required 8-inch illuminated address numbers located in the top 20% the sign structure. The current masonry surround is 5-inches along the top of the sign
structure.
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Site Photographs
View southeast along E. SH114 access road
View northwest along E. SH114 access road
View west from E. SH114 access road
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Summary of Sign Ordinance 704-I and the Requested Monument Sign
This is a comparison of the regulations for a permitted monument sign under Sign Ordinance 704-I with the existing monument sign. The sign ordinance has changed regulations since the
original sign variances for Red Lobster and Red Dog Right were approved.
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Sign Board
March 9, 2017; Approved (6-0) as presented; subject to the Staff Report, dated March 9, 2017; and specifically approving the variance to the address numbers.
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Questions?
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Mughlai Restaurant Front Facade
Proposed Attached Sign
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