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Item 5KCity of Southlake Department of Planning STAFF REPORT June 1, 2005 CASE NO SP 05 -131 PROJECT: Sign Variance for Southlake Cornerstone Business Park REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B requirements for number of monument signs and minimum setback. The site is located at 405 -415 South Nolen Drive. The specific variances requested are as follows: Sign Reg. Permitted Requested Number of Signs Minimum Setback One monument sign per street frontage; no closer than 500 feet. 15 feet from any property line. 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) Two signs, ±220 ft apart. 12.5 ft Case No. SP 05 -131 BACKGROUND INFORMATION APPLICANT: Identity Management OWNER: S -SI Southlake Two, LP PROPERTY SITUATION: The property is located on the northeast side of South Nolen Drive, between the intersections of Crooked Lane and South Nolen Drive and Silicon Street and South Nolen Drive. The address is 405 and 415 South Nolen Drive. REQUEST: The applicant is requesting a second monument sign approximately 220 feet from the existing permitted monument sign. The applicant is also requesting to place the sign approximately 12.5 feet from the property line. 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 16.13.5 NUMBER OF SIGNS Only one monument sign is permitted along each street frontage on any site. Monument signs may be no closer than five hundred feet on any one site. The applicant is requesting to place a second monument sign along South Nolen Drive to provide sign exposure for 415 South Nolen Drive, which does not have frontage on Nolen Drive. The existing permitted sign provides exposure for 405 South Nolen Drive and is located on the southern corner of the site, near Silicon Drive. The proposed sign will be located on the northwestern corner of the site, near Crooked Lane. The second sign will be approximately 220 feet from the existing sign. • Ord. 704 -13, Section 16.13.6 MINIMUM SETBACK Monument signs must be fifteen feet from any property line. The applicant is requesting to place the second sign approximately 12.5 feet from the property line along South Nolen Drive to minimize the impact of the concrete footing on the root systems of 3 existing trees. 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 Case No. SP 05 -131 Attachment A Page 1 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. COUNCIL ACTION: Consider variance request. 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ELECTRICAL "a" CA BOX RIGID CONDUIT s so' IN SLAB NOTE: CABINET WILL 5E 15" SINGLE -FACED FLUOREBCENT ILLUMINATED. rosy .1 �-- d SKIM E M WE M V10 X11 �� r - ■ r r r r ■ ^-r r Y u r ■ -y] 1 Fj 1 r 16 1 -0 1, C0 NF= 570 OFFICE 5L� I L ED I NS r"IO 1UMF;::NT SIGN m r a 5 Ln ra C=) �r I EIFS TO U LLJ MATCH BLDG, CAST STONE OR SIM. STONE rb WATE RT,45L E TO c MATCH BLDG. ELECTRICAL "a" CA BOX RIGID CONDUIT s so' IN SLAB NOTE: CABINET WILL 5E 15" SINGLE -FACED FLUOREBCENT ILLUMINATED. rosy .1 �-- d Existing and Adiacent Signs Case No. SP 05 -131 Attachment D Page 2 Sign Variance Application Demonst .� VT t -.k 1. Than a literal enforcement of the sign regulation Will Create an unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty on the applicant. A 2 "' signs (Sign 8) on this tract (separation 22C feet between sigma) will provide sign expo5uFe or) the principal th-Droughfare fior the building to be constructed on Lot 3R (address; 415 S. Nolen [give), located iinmediMely behind the building in place on Lot 2RIR (address. 40S S. Bolen Drive). Let 3R does riot have any property immediately adjacent to S. Nolen Drive, other than the area 100% included in the concrete driveway(s) providing access to Lot 2R. The Fire Marshall has &taped a preferences for vlsible (sign) presence for Lot 3R (415 S. Nolen) in order to facilitate rapid location of this building and minimize rie5portse time to this location, as t'hls bluilding will be effectively scretpled from view from S. Nolen Drive by the building On 11 2RIR, In order to minimize the impact of the 2"" sign, we have changed the signs plan from double -sided to single -sided (ore still have a total of 2 sides of risible signs space, now shared between 2 signs located at either end of the tracts width; this will optimize being able to locate are address quickly and easily in proximity to both access driveways, And will minimize improper slowing of traffic in the vicinity and inappropriate diversiorp of driver; attention. We have also angled the Signs t-D approximately 45 degrees from perpendii ialar, wh will i nc reaSe aesthetics, decrease i mpact of Sign positioning, and further facilitate address- locating from the thoroughfare. Pprmitting construction of this 2 sign at this time will enable ors to construct this sign ovt of lot/color-consistent building materials (masonry) to provide desirable aesthetics coincidental with the facing elevation~ of the building being built on Lot 2RiR= W e are also attempting to minimize the impact of the concrete footing for the Nortl`'_ rnoFt sign (Signs A) on the root systems of 3 significant specimen trees which we are attempting to preserve at the front of the property; placement of the sign in conformance with the 15' property line set -back requirement will cause this sig to be located within 3" of an existing 20" Ca Case No. Attachment E SP 05 -131 Page 1 tree. We wound like to center the slgn at the midpoint between these trees, which would cause the sign feting to be 9' from the base of the trees on either side on the sign. 2, That the $ituation causing the unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty is unique to the affected property and is riot self imposed. The manner in which these lots have been platted creates the unique requirement for 2 signs to he located on a singie tract. The existing (natural) location of 3 significant trees at the property front creates the unique situation for which efforts to preserve these tree are deli red . 3. That the ,variance will not injure and will be wholly compatible with the use and permitted development of adjacent properties. The placement of these signs and the manner in which they are constructed will optimize aesthetics for the neighboring tracts and will optimize -and facilitate orderly local traffic movements. 4. That the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose of the slgn ordinance. All other aspects of the sign ordinance will be complied with acid this variance whll achieve the desired effect of maximizing aesthetics while at the same time provIdIng the optimal solution to providing sign exposure for the properties iu vowed Case No. SP 05 -131 Attachment E Page 2