Item 5ICity of Southlake
Department of Planning
STAFF REPORT
June 1, 2005
CASE NO
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PROJECT: Sign Variance for Carried Away — Fort Worth, LP
REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B requirements for maximum letter height
and maximum area for attached signs. The tenant is located in the 114 Kimball
Square development on the northwest corner of E. State Highway 114 and Shady
Lane. The specific variances requested are as follows:
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Max. Letter Height 12 inches 26 inches
Max. Area 19 square feet 40 square feet
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 (748 -8072)
Ken Baker (748 -8067)
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
OWNER/APPLICANT: Todd Elwood
PROPERTY SITUATION: Carried Away — Fort Worth, LP is located in the 114 Kimball Square
development on the northwest corner of E. State Highway 114 and Shady
Lane. The property address is 2360 E. State Highway 114, Suite 2362.
REQUEST: The applicant is proposing an attached sign on the south side of the building
facing E. State Highway 114. The proposed sign will have a letter height and
sign area greater than permitted under Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B. Approval
of a variance is required in order to receive a building permit for this sign.
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 76 feet from the right -of -way. The
maximum letter size permitted is 12 inches. The applicant is requesting a
letter height of 26 inches and a logo height of 40 inches.
• Ord. 704 -13, Section 16.A.3 MAXIMUM AREA The maximum
permitted area for attached signs is 0.75 square feet for every one foot of
width of building or lease space not to exceed 400 square feet.
The store front width is approximately 25 feet. The maximum area
permitted is 19 square feet. The applicant is requesting an area of
approximately 40 square feet.
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
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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.
COUNCIL ACTION: Consider variance request.
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