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Item 10ACity of Southlake Department of Planning STAFF REPORT July 13, 2005 CASE NO SP 05 -173 PROJECT: Sign Variance for Rapid Refill Ink REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B requirements. The site is located in Grapevine Plaza, Lot 3 and the address is 3300 S.H. 114, Suite 103. The specific variance requested is as follows: Sign Reg. Permitted Requested Maximum Letter/ 12 inches 15 inches Logo Height ACTION NEEDED: Consider variance request. ATTACHMENTS: (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) Background Information Vicinity Map Site Plan Building Elevation & Sign Detail Existing and Adjacent Signs Sign Variance Application STAFF CONTACT: Dennis Killough (748 -8072) Ken Baker (748 -8067) Case No. SP 05 -173 BACKGROUND INFORMATION APPLICANT: Doug Vance, Rapid Refill Ink OWNER: Park Place Shopping Center Ltd. PROPERTY SITUATION: The property is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Business 114 and Park Blvd. in Grapevine Plaza. The address is 3300 S.H. 114, Suite 103. REQUEST: The applicant is proposing an attached sign on the south side of the building facing S.H. 114. The proposed sign will have a letter size greater than permitted under Sign Ordinance No. 407 -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 variance to Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B is requested: • Ord. 704 -13, Section 16.A.2 MINIMUM/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 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. COUNCIL ACTION: Consider variance request. Case No. Attachment A SP 05 -173 Page 1 N: \Community Development \MEMO \SIGNS \2005 \SP05 -173 Rapid Refill Ink.doe Case No. SP 05 -173 Attachment A Page 2 Vicinity Map 3300 S.H. 114 }-- �- - - - -,- - %i •, i ,i 1000 0 1000 2000 3000 Feet V6' E Case No. SP 05 -173 Attachment B Page 1 SITE PLAN with regard to this Exhibit, the parties agree that the exhibit to attached solely for tips purpose of locating the Shopping Center and the aemlsed Promises within the Shopping Center and that no representation, warranty, or covenant Is to be Implted by any other information shown on the exhibit (i.e., any Intormatlon as to buildings, tenants or prospective tenants, etc., is subject to change at any hma). Case No. Attachment C SP 05 -173 Page 1 b � o� ~' o w ACEWAY WILL BE PAINTED TO IATCH BUILDING. b i A b � CfQ � FABRICATE AND INSTALL (1) SET OF INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED CHANNEL LETTERS, CONSTRUCTED FROM .040 ALUM. BACKS, .040 RED ALUM. RETURNS WITH 3116" RED PLEX 1" RED JEWLITE TRIMCAP, MOUNTED ON RACEWAY. A A A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING ONLY. DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATE & MAY CHANGE DUE TO CONSTRUCTION FACTORS OR ACTUAL FIELD CONDITIONS. DEPICTED COLORS ARE .AS CLOSE AS PRINTING WILL ALLOW & MAY 11ARY FROM ACTUAL SPECIFICATIONS. * *THIS DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF NORTH TEXAS SIGNS & ROUT RAPID REFILL INK PHC9VE FAX DOUG VANCE 817- 946 -8152 NAME 2100 W CRAPVINE HWY STE, 103 SPATE ZIP COD GRAPEVINE TX 76051 'DOES NOT INCLUDE FINAL ELECTRICAL HOOK -UP TC PREMISES NC. AND ALL RIGHTS TO ITS REPRODUCTION AND CISPLAY.ARE RESERVED BY NORTH TEXAS SIGNS & ROUTING, INC. CUSTOWFvLANDLORD APPROVAL A40 BILLING ADDRESS NORTH TEXAS SIGNS, INC. METRO 877.379ZON FAX 877.379.1262 'This quote only valid for 30 days only 6 -24 -05 V16P mm MEMO— =RICKDOM 0RMRkCLN0hrX8rRkUW U SWAY MOUNT au 0 0 a . ra �-- It Existing and Adiacent Sians Case No. SP 05 -173 Attachment E Page 1 Case No. SP 05 -173 Attachment E Page 2 Demonstration Please demonstrate that the following conditions are agglicable to the requested sign variance: That a literal enforcement of the sign regulation will crate an unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty on the applicant Rapid Refill Ink's store location is adjacent to a Blockbuster Video store, which has a backlit 48 inch high blue sign with 24 inch yellow letters. Restricting Rapid Refill Ink's sign to 12 inches to comply with the regulation will cause Rapid Refill Ink's sign to be insufficiently visible to potential customers. 2. That the situation causing the unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty is unique to the affected property and is not self imposed. Suite 103 is one of two suites adjacent to Blockbuster Video. The tenant of the other suite, Texas Tan, was allowed a variance, and a sign with 24 inch letters, due to their proximity to the large Blockbuster signage. The difficulty was not self - imposed in that Rapid Refill Ink does not have control over the adjacent company's sign. 3_ That the variance will not injure and will be wholly compatible with the use and permitted development of adjacent properties Adjacent properties will not be adversely affected by the variance. The sign will be 15 inches tall and will not interfere with the visibility of adjacent properties and will not impede upon the development of adjacent properties. The sign for the business on the east side of Rapid Refill Ink (i.e., Blockbuster Video) is 48 inches high with 24 inch letters, and the sign on the business on the west side of Rapid Refill Ink (i.e., Qualtrust Federal Credit Union) is 21 inches high with 15 inch letters. 4 That the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose of the sign ordinance, The sign ordinance permits 12 inch letters for signs less than 100 feet from the right of way and 18 inch letters for signs 101 -150 feet from the right of way. The exact location of the right of way is difficult to ascertain, but the proposed sign is 108 feet from the edge of the roadway in front of the suite (Northwest Highway). The use of 15 inch letters would comply with the spirit of the criterion, Please see the attached photos of the proposed sign as evidence that sign is appropriate and is not in conflict with the spirit and purpose of the sign ordinance. Revised: 3a:u:a;; 6, 2004 iU J'JIV 4 -1 WO SF05- 173 Case No. SP 05 -173 Attachment F Page 1