Item 9B PresentationSV17-014
Sign Variance for
Dance With Me
SV17-014
Applicant: Priority Signs and Graphics
Owner: Dance With Me
Request: Approval of a variance to the Southlake
Town Square Grand Avenue District sign
regulations and Sign Ordinance No. 704, as
amended, to allow a painted business sign.
Location: 290 Grand Avenue
Aerial View
Aerial View – West Elevation
Location of
proposed sign
Request
Proposed Sign Sign Ordinance
704-I
Southlake Town Square
Grand Avenue District
Regulations
Sign directly painted on West
Elevation of building located at 290
Grand Avenue (greater than 5 square
feet; not intended for the purpose of
identifying physical building)
Prohibited sign
Non-Conforming Sign, to be
considered on a case-by-case
basis
Proposed Sign
Existing Signage
Existing and/or Previous Town Square Painted Signs
Previously Approved Grand Avenue District Sign Variances
Sign Board
November 9, 2017; Approved (3-1) subject to
the Staff Report dated November 3, 2017.
Questions?
9.6.2 VARIANCES
a.Variance Authorized. The City Council may authorize variances to any restriction set forth in this ordinance,
including but not limited to the number, type, area, height, or setback of signs, or any other aspect involved
in the sign permitting process.
b. Approval Standards. In granting any variance, City Council shall consider the following criteria:
•Special conditions exist which are peculiar to the land, structure or building involved and are not applicable
to other lands, buildings or structures in the same zone. The City may attach such conditions to granting all
or a portion of any variance necessary to achieve the purpose of this ordinance, and;
•The strict interpretation of the provisions of the ordinance would deprive the applicant of rights commonly
enjoyed by other properties in the same zone under the terms of the ordinance, and;
•The special conditions and circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicant and such
conditions and circumstances do not merely constitute pecuniary hardship or inconveniences, and;
•Granting the variance will meet the objectives of the ordinance and not be injurious to the adjoining property
owners or otherwise detrimental to the public welfare, and;
•The request will be the minimum variance necessary to alleviate the special hardship or practical difficulties
faced by the applicant in meeting the requirements of this ordinance; and;
•Granting of the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose of this sign ordinance.
•Granting of a variance shall be specific to the subject sign(s). Any modification of the signage approved by
the variance or the installation of new or replacement signage that does not meet the specific requirements
of the City Council variance approval is prohibited and will be deemed non-compliant.