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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) Case No. SP 05 -014 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. Case No. SP05 -014 Attachment A Page 1 City Council Action: Consider sign variance request. 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NEC' J 1 2003 Rev, 0410 Jai e) 5 —(!) 4 ,,V L j , C (1Q l 1 C9 f9 O y UQ H— n b � o� 00 SOUTH ELEVATION ND ERSOI T - 7 1 , 0 c,. rry WEST ELEVATION i ' bJ AND�'�-°f�5 � E BS loss b �s 0 0 fG !O z 12 Case No. SP 05 -014 Attachment D Page 2 Existing Signs Adjacent Signs Case No. SP 05 -014 Attachment D Page 3 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. Cxa.. e o 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. -"'C°� r N�4 C) Case No. Attachment E SP 05 -014 Page 1