Item 9B13 CITY OF
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Department of Planning & Development Services
STAFF REPORT
August 9, 2022
CASE NO: MSP22-0001
PROJECT: Master Sian Plan for USPI Southlake Medical Office Buildin
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY: Bennu Enterprises, Inc., on behalf of USPI, United Surgical Partners, Inc., is
requesting approval of a Master Sign Plan for the USPI Southlake Medical Office
Building located at 905 E. Southlake Blvd., Southlake, Texas.
REQUEST: The USPI Southlake Medical Office Building, currently under construction, is located
in the Tower Plaza development on the west side of Tower Plaza Blvd. between
Zena Rucker Road and E. Southlake Blvd.
The proposed Master Sign Plan includes sign regulations for Building 2 located at
905 E. Southlake Blvd. for six attached signs including two (2) upper story attached
signs, one each on the north and east elevations; three (3) attached signs on the
first floor, one on the east elevation and two on the north elevation; and one upper
story address sign. The Sign Ordinance No. 704, as amended, prohibits upper story
unless approved as part of a master sign plan or variance. The applicant has
indicated, in the narrative, that the intent of the proposed Baylor Scott and White
larger letter sizes and colors is to be consistent with the nearby two story medical
office building to the south that shares the Baylor Scott and White branding. The
proposed Master Sign Plan includes sign regulations for:
• Two (2) upper story attached signs (east and north elevations), Signs CL1 B
and CL1A.
• Three (3) 1st floor attached signs (one on the east elevation and two on the
north elevation), Signs CL2A (east) and CL2B and CL3 (north).
• One upper story address sign on the north elevation.
Case No.
MSP22-0001
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Upper Story- complies with
. Upper story address sign
Address sign on North elevation
Sign Ordinance
requires a sign permit
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Sign Area: 5 sf
. Address sign no greater than 5
2 inch depth channel letter
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Upper story signs require
(East elevation — Upper Story)
with 2nd floor lease
Master Sign Plan or variance
approval.
• Offset ± 1ft. right of the
Sign must be located within
middle 75% of the plane.
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• Letter height 22 in.
• Max. letter height. 22 in.
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• Logo ht. 50.25 in.47.375 in.
• Max. logo height 27.5 in.
• Total sign area 102 1; 94 sf
• Max. sign area 121.8 sf (174
ft. lease width on 2nd floor)
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• Internally lit letters and
• Individually -mounted channel
logo: blue 5 in. depth
channel cut letters and
letters must be white, ivory,
black, grey, beige or similar
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neutral colors for internal
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daytime and white in
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letters may be any color with
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Case No.
MSP22-0001
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• Upper story attached sign
with 2nd floor lease
• Offset ± 2 ft. right of the
middle 75% of the plane
• Letter height 22 in.
• Logo ht. 50.25 in.47.375 in
• Sign area 102 s# 94 sf
• Internally lit letters and
logo: blue 5 in. depth
channel cut letters and
logo (Blue, Teal & Yellow)
Letters to appear blue in
daytime and white in
nighttime.
• First Floor attached sign
• Sign to be located within
the middle 90% of the
plane. (within a 30 ft. by
2.83 ft. area)
• Max. letter height 22 in.
• Max. logo height 27.5 in.
• Total sign area 85 sf.
• 3 in. deep LED halo
illuminated channel letters
(lighting, lettering and logo
to follow Sign Ord. 704, as
amended)
• Upper story signs require
Master Sign Plan or variance
approval.
• Sign must be located within
75% of single 35.42 ft. fagade
plane
• Max letter height 18 in.
• Max. logo height 22.5 inch
• Max sign area 66.3 sf sign
(94.6 ft. lease width on 2nd
floor)
• Individually -mounted channel
letters must be white, ivory,
black, grey, beige or similar
neutral colors for internal
illumination. Reverse channel
letters may be any color with
white or off-white lighting.
Logos may use any color.
• Permitted
• Sign must be located within
75% of single ± 33.33 ft.
fagade plane
• Max. letter height 22 in.
• Max. logo height 27.5 in.
• Max. sign area 45 sf (± 64 ft.
lease width)
• Individually -mounted channel
letters must be white, ivory,
black, grey, beige or similar
neutral colors for internal
illumination. Reverse channel
letters may be any color with
white or off-white lighting.
Logos may use any color.
Case No.
MSP22-0001
Sign I Proposed I Allowed under 704-J
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• First Floor
• Offset to the far right 50%
of the fagade plane (within
a 30 ft. by 2.83 ft. area)
• Max. letter height 22 in.
• Max. logo height 27.5 in
• Total sign area 85 sf.
• 3 in. deep LED halo
illuminated channel letters
with white (lighting,
lettering and logo to follow
Sign Ord. 704, as
amended)
• First Floor
• Offset to the far right 92%
of the fagade plane (within
a 30 ft. by 2.83 ft. area)
• Max. letter height 22 in.
• Max. logo height 27.5 in
• Total sign area 85 sf.
• 3 in. deep LED halo
illuminated channel letters
(lighting, lettering and logo
to follow Sign Ord. 704, as
amended)
• Permitted
• Located within 75% of a ±60
ft. facade plane
• Max. letter height 18 inch (E.
Southlake Blvd.)
• Max. logo height 22.5 in.
• Max. sign area 42 sf
• Individually -mounted channel
letters must be white, ivory,
black, grey, beige or similar
neutral colors for internal
illumination. Reverse channel
letters may be any color with
white or off-white lighting.
Logos may use any color.
• Permitted
• Located within 75% of single
32.66 ft. fagade plane
• Max. letter height 18 inch (E.
Southlake Blvd.)
• 22.5 in. logo height
• Max. sign area 38 sf total sign
area
• Individually -mounted channel
letters must be white, ivory,
black, grey, beige or similar
neutral colors for internal
illumination. Reverse channel
letters may be any color with
white or off-white lighting.
Logos may use any color.
Case No.
MSP22-0001
After the August 4, 2022 Sign Board meeting, the applicant reduced the size of the
Baylor Scott and White logo from 50.25 inches to 47.375 inches to match the
existing logo on the existing south building as requested by the Sign Board.
ACTION NEEDED: Consider approval of Master Sign Plan
ATTACHMENTS: (A) Background Information
(B) Vicinity Map
Presentation
Plans
Narratives
STAFF CONTACT: Ken Baker 817-748-8067
Patty Moos 817-748-8263
Case No.
MSP22-0001
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
APPLICANT: Bennu Enterprises, Inc.
OWNER: USPI United Surgical Partners, Inc.
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 905 E. Southlake Blvd.
STRATEGIC LINK: C4 — Attract & keep top -tier businesses to drive a dynamic & sustainable
economic environment
HISTORY: March 1, 2016; City Council approved zoning change and site plan (for
Tower Plaza that included a two-story, 43,000 square foot medical
center/hospital on the southern portion of the property (Building 1) and one
two-story, 25,000 square foot office building along E Southlake Blvd.
(Building 2) was approved by City Council March 1, 2016. (ZA15-139)
A final plat for Lots 1 and 2, Tower Plaza Addition was approved on consent
by the Planning and Zoning Commission on April 21, 2016 and it was filed
April 21, 2017. (ZA16-021)
June 7, 2016; City Council approved a Zoning Change and Site Plan to
increase the size of the southernmost building (Building 1) from 43,000
square feet to 46,735 square feet and to add seven (7) parking spaces to
the site. (ZA16-038).
September 5, 2017; City Council approved a master sign plan for Building
1, Tower Plaza, 925 Tower Plaza as presented and specifically noting the
Building I, medical office building, be allowed to have four (4) attached signs
which include the following: first, two (2) upper story attached building signs
on the north facade of the building facing FM 1709 and matching the sign
specifications presented this evening; and secondly two (2) first story
attached building signs on the east facade facing Tower Blvd. and matching
the signs specifications presented this evening; in addition, we are allowing
a maximum of two monument signs for the entire 5.7 acre site, noting that
the monument signs will match the sign specifications presented. (MSP17-
002)
September 1, 2020; City Council approved a zoning change and site plan for
the USPI All Star Medical Office (Building 2) to revise the elevations of the
previously approved Building 2 located at 905 E. Southlake Blvd. to (ZA20-
0027)
SIGN BOARD: August 4, 2022; Approved (6-0), subject to the Staff Report dated August 3,
2022; and specifically noting that the Baylor Scott and White signs are
approved with the exception of the logo, which the logo size needs to be the
same as the back building or the original building; and approving the tenant
signs on the north and east elevation on the building as requested.
STAFF COMMENTS: City Council approval of the proposed plan does not eliminate the
requirement for appropriate sign application submittals prior to installation of
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signs. Please contact Seantay Carpenter at 817-748-8215 or
scarpenter(a)ci.south lake.tx.us for sign application processing and pre -install
inspections.
Sign Ordinance No. 704, as amended:
Table 4: Attached Signs
1. Permitted attached signs include the following:
a. Reverse Channel Sign (any color letter). Back light color shall
be limited to white or off white. No illumination shall have
exposed bulbs whether they are LED or any other type
b. Individually -mounted channel letters that comply with the
following rules:
• If the sign only contains words and no logo, the
lettering may occupy 100 percent of the permitted
area and the sign and must be white, ivory, black,
grey, beige or similar neutral colors.
• If the sign has lettering and a logo, the logo may only
cover 20 percent of the permitted sign area and may
be of any color. The letters must be white, ivory, black,
grey, beige or similar neutral colors.
• If the sign consists of a logo only, the logo may cover
100 percent of the sign and use any color.
2. Each lease or tenant space shall be permitted only one attached
building sign per street front with a maximum of two signs per
tenant/lease space.
3. The dimensions of each of the two signs shall be based upon the
street typology that the respective building fagade fronts on.
4. The distance from the edge of pavement shall be measured from the
closest street which has clear visibility of the entire facade/tenant
space in question.
5. Each sign shall be located in the middle 75% of the single plane
fagade or centered on an articulated surface of the building fagade.
6. Exposed neon is prohibited.
7. The maximum logo height for an attached sign may be no more than
125% of the maximum permitted letter height.
8.4.9 Multistory Buildings
a. For multistory corporate offices and hotels, signs should be limited to
monument signs and possibly a single fagade sign of appropriate scale
and size that identifies the name of the major tenant or building.
For multistory commercial buildings, upper story signs should be
limited to tenants that have a minimum of 25 feet of horizontal building
frontage.
DESIGN GUIDELINES- MASTER SIGN PLANS:
Commercial signage is an integral part of the urban design fabric of
Southlake. It is absolutely necessary and shall be deemed as a tool that
helps promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public by
providing guidance to both the vehicular driver and pedestrian. Due to its
visual prominence and effect on the overall design character of our city,
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signage as part of master sign plans must be considered on the broader
scale of community rather than on an individual site basis. Signage is an
integral part of the visual urban streetscape and shall not be designed to
visually compete with its surroundings, but rather serve to build on the quality
of the traveler's and pedestrian's experience.
The basis for submitting a master sign plan application should not be to have
larger signs or logos permitted by ordinance but should clearly be related to
the sign design goals listed below:
Design Goals
1) To develop organized hierarchies of signage design types that help
identify the location and size standards for individual signs without
infringing on the capability of creative design.
2) To establish design criteria that promote the overall visual quality of
the streetscape environment for the general public while providing
reasonable and improved standards for identification of individual
properties.
3) To improve the overall visual cohesive appearance of the site through
signage guidelines, with strong consideration that the visual
streetscape.
4) To promote a "sense of place" for the City of Southlake while
promoting creative design for individual developments.
5) To promote signage as an architectural complement rather than
being visually and thematically disconnected.
The sign design guidelines are designed to help ensure quality signs that
communicate their message in a clear fashion; however, the "guidelines" are
not as strict as sign "standards." The review authority may interpret the
design guidelines with some flexibility in their application to specific
signs/projects, as not all design criteria may be workable or appropriate for
each sign or project. In some circumstances, one guideline may be relaxed
to facilitate compliance with another guideline determined by the review
authority to be more important in the particular case. The overall objective is
to ensure that the intent and spirit of the design guidelines are followed.
City Council approval of the proposed signs does not eliminate the
requirement for appropriate sign application submittals prior to the
installation of signs. Please contact Seantay Carpenter at 817-748-8215 or
scarpenter(a ci.south lake.tx.us for sign application processing and pre -install
inspections.
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