Item 5QCity of Southlake
Department of Planning
STAFF REPORT
August 9, 2006
CASE NO: SP06 -372
PROJECT: Sign Variance for City of Southlake 50` Anniversary Celebration for
Banners in Town Square
REQUEST: This is a variance request to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B requirements for
maximum area and maximum duration of banners. Specifically, the applicant is
requesting to display three banners over public streets in Southlake Town Square and
one banner on the pavilion in Rustin Park. The proposed display dates are August 28
through September 18, 2006. The Southlake Town Square development is located at
the northeast corner of N. Carroll Avenue and E. Southlake Boulevard (F.M. 1709).
The specific variances requested are as follows:
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Permitted
Re jested
Maximum Area
50 square feet
72 square feet
Duration
15 days
22 days
Signs Projecting On/Over
Public ROW
Only allowed with the permission of the City
isider Variance Request
Background Information
Vicinity Map
Site Plan
Sign Detail
Sign Variance Application
STAFF CONTACT: Dennis Killough (748 -8072)
Ken Baker (748 -8067)
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Attachment A
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
OWNER/APPLICANT: City of Southlake
PROPERTY SITUATION: The Southlake Town Square development is located on the northeast corner
of N. Carroll Avenue and E. Southlake Boulevard (F.M. 1709).
REQUEST: The applicant is proposing to display banners of approximately 72 square feet
in size each in various locations of Southlake Town Square for a period of 22
days. Two banners will be displayed over Main Street and one will be
displayed over Grand Avenue. The proposed banners exceed the maximum
area and duration for banner signs permitted by Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B.
In addition, the sign ordinance only allows signs to be displayed over public
right -of -way with the City's permission. Variance approval is required to
receive building permits for these signs. A fourth banner is shown on the
exhibits and will be displayed on the pavilion in Rustin Park. This banner will
require approval from the Community Services Department as they regulate
all signage in the park.
STAFF COMMENTS: The sign criteria, site plan and application are attached to this report. The
following variances are requested:
• Ord. 704 -13, Section 21.A.2.a. MAXIMUM AREA The maximum
permitted area for a banner is 0.5 square feet for every one foot of width
of building or lease space not to exceed fifty (50) square feet.
The applicant is requesting a maximum sign area of approximately 72
square feet for each banner.
• Ord. 704 -13, Section 21.A.2.c. DURATION Banners are permitted to be
displayed for a maximum of 15 days, twice per calendar year with a sixty
(60) day separation between permits.
The applicant is requesting to display the banners for 22 days, from
August 28 to September 18.
• Ord. 704 -B. Section 17.1-1. SIGNS PROJECTING ON /OVER PUBLIC
PROPERTY OR PUBLIC RIGHT -OF -WAY It shall be prohibited to
erect or display any type of sign on or over public right -of -way or other
public property, unless the same be erected by the City, County, State or
other authorized governmental agency, or with the permission ofthe City,
for public purposes.
The applicant is requesting to display three banners over public streets:
two over Main Street and one over Grand Avenue. (The banners will
have grommets and will be attached to brackets that are built into the
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buildings.) A fourth sign will be displayed on the pavilion at Rustin Park.
This banner will require approval from the Community Services
Department as they regulate all signage in the park.
The City Council may authorize variances in accordance with the following
provision of the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -13, Section 14, Variances:
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.
In granting any variance, the City Council shall determine that a literal
enforcement of the sign regulations will create an unnecessary hardship or a
practical difficulty on the applicant, that the situation causing the unnecessary
hardship or practical difficulty is unique to the affected property and is not
self - imposed, that the variance will not injure and will be wholly compatible
with the use and permitted development of adjacent properties, and that the
granting of the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose of this
sign ordinance. A person may request a variance from the Sign Ordinance by
filing the request with the Building Official. Any request for variance shall be
accompanied by a completed application and a non - refundable filing fee in the
amount specified in the current fee schedule adopted by City Council.
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Sign Variance Application
That a literal enforcement of the sign regulation will crate an unnecessary hardship or
pfactical difficulty un the appilcant
Southlake Towu Square is a mixed-ase downtown that covers a broad area.
Inf6miational signage is important to keep the cornmnity aware of the
continuin expansi on .
2. That the situation causing the unnec-essary hardship or practical difficulty is unique to the
affecte=d property and is not self imposed
Southlake Town Square is a planned 130 acre mixed-u-se central business district_
Informational signage 1 important in telling our community about the expansion
of Town Squaw.
3 That the variance will not injure and will be wholly cornpallb![B with the use and permitted
development of adjacent properfies
The signage proposed is consistent with infoiniational signag� that is found in
the Southlake area and is a revis-ed design of what is already in place_ It will be
informing ffiv. - community of coma y g expansion to the, Town S quare.
4 That the varibince wIll be In harm' any with the spirit and purpose of the sign ordinance
S ignage wi be made with dua materials Artwork wil also reflect the quality
expected by the community.
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