Item 10CCity of Southlake
Department of Planning
STAFF REPORT
January 26, 2005
CASE NO: SP 05 -014
PROJECT: Sign Variance for Anderson's Furniture & Design Gallery
REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B requirements for letter /logo height. The
tenant is located in the Village Center shopping center at the northeast corner of the
intersection of N. Village Center Drive and E. Southlake Boulevard. This is a
variance for the letter height. The specific variance requested is as follows:
Sign Reg. Permitted Requested
Max. Letter Height 12 inches 27 inches
ACTION NEEDED: Consider Sign Variance Request.
ATTACHMENTS: (A) Background Information
(B) Vicinity Map
(C) Site Plan
(D) Building Elevation & Sign Detail
(E) Sign Variance Application
STAFF CONTACT: Dennis Killough (481 -2073)
Ken Baker (481 -2036)
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
OWNER/APPLICANT: Anderson's Furniture & Design Gallery
PROPERTY SITUATION: Anderson's Furniture & Design Gallery is located in the Village Center
shopping center at the northeast corner of the intersection of N. Village
Center Drive and E. Southlake Boulevard. The property address is 2140 E.
Southlake Boulevard, Suite R.
REQUEST: Anderson's Furniture & Design Gallery is requesting a variance from the
letter /logo height standards of Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B.
STAFF COMMENTS: The sign criteria, building elevations, site plan and applications are attached
to this report. The following variances to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B are
requested:
• Ord. 704 -13, Section 16.A.2 MAXIMUM LETTER /LOGO HEIGHT The
maximum permitted letter height is 12 inches for a sign less than 100 feet
from the right -of -way.
The store front is approximately 90 feet from the street right -of -way. The
maximum letter and logo size permitted is 12 inches. The applicant is
requesting a letter height for the `A' and `S' of 27 inches and a letter
height for the remaining letters of 16 inches in "Anderson 's ".
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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Attachment A
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City Council
Action: Consider sign variance request.
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Sign Variance Application
Demonstration
Please demonstrate that the following conditions are applicable to the requested sign
variance:
1. That a literal enforcement of the sign regulation will crate an unnecessary hardship or
practical difficulty on the applicant.
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2- That the situation causing the unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty is unique to the
affected property and is not self imposed.
3. That the variance will not injure and will be wholly compatible with the use and permitted
development of adjacent properties.
4. That the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose of the sign crdinarice.
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