Item 10CCity of Southlake
Department of Planning
STAFF REPORT
February 9, 2005
CASE NO
SP 04 -131
PROJECT: Sign Variance for La Petite Academy
REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B requirements for maximum letter /logo
height of an attached sign. The applicant is requesting a variance from the maximum
logo and letter height permitted on the south facade facing W. Southlake Boulevard.
The building is located at 1400 W. Southlake Boulevard. The specific variance
requested is as follows:
Sign Reg. Permitted Requested
Maximum logo height 12 inches
Maximum letter height 12 inches
ACTION NEEDED: Consider 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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15 inches
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
OWNER: La Petite Academy
APPLICANT: Chandler Signs
PROPERTY SITUATION: The building is located on the north side of W. Southlake Boulevard across
from the Carroll I.S.D. Natatorium. The property address is 1400 W.
Southlake Boulevard.
STAFF COMMENTS: The sign criteria, building elevations, site plan and applications are attached
to this report. The following variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B is
requested:
• Ord. 704 -13, Section 16.A.2 MAXIMUM LETTER /LOGO HEIGHT The
maximum permitted letter /logo height is 12 inches for a sign less than
100 feet from the right -of -way.
The sign proposed on the south fa(ade is approximately 85 feet from the
street right -of -way. The maximum letter /logo size permitted is 12 inches.
The applicant is requesting a logo height of 36 inches and a letter height
of 15 inches.
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.
City Council
Action: January 4, 2005; Tabled until the January 18, 2005 meeting.
January 18, 2005; Tabled until the February 15, 2005 meeting.
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4. That the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose of the sign ordinance.
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