Item 5DCity of Southlake
Department of Planning
STAFF REPORT
September 28, 2005
CASE NO
SP 05 -252
PROJECT: Sign Variance for RadioShack
REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B requirements for maximum area for
attached signs. The tenant is located in the Village Center shopping center. The
specific variance requested is as follows:
Sign Reg. Permitted Requested
Maximum Area 22.5 s.f. 55 s.f.
ACTION NEEDED: Consider variance request.
ATTACHMENTS: (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
Background Information
Vicinity Map
Site Plan
Building Elevation & Sign Detail
Adjacent Signs
Sign Variance Application
STAFF CONTACT: Dennis Killough (748 -8072)
Ken Baker (748 -8067)
Case No.
SP 05 -252
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
APPLICANT: Chandler Signs
OWNER: Equity (TX) Village Center
PROPERTY SITUATION: The property is located in the Village Center shopping center. The address is
2140 East Southlake Boulevard, Suite K.
REQUEST: The applicant is proposing an attached sign on the west side of the building
facing the parking lot. The proposed sign will have an area 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 variances to Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B are
requested:
• Ord. 704 -13, Section 16.A.3 MAXIMUM AREA The maximum
permitted area is 0.75 square feet for every one foot of width of building
or lease space.
The lease space is approximately 30 feet in width. The maximum
permitted sign area is 22.5 square feet. The applicant is requesting a
maximum area of 55 square feet. The existing sign has an area of
approximately 73 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
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.
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Attachment A
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COUNCIL ACTION: Consider variance request.
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Attachment A
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Vicinity Map
RadioShack
2140 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. K
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Site Plan
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Building Elevation/Proposed Sign
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Attachment D
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PREFORMED ALUMINUM CHANNEL LETTERS -
PRE- FINISHED BLACK - LOGO PRE - FINISHED RED -
PAINT INSIDE WITH SPRAYLAT STAR -BRITE LIGHT
ENHANCING PAINT
7328 WHITE PLEXIGLAS LETTER FACES W/ BLACK --
TRIMCAP - 2283 RED LOGO FACE W/ RED TRIMCAP
15MM 650L WHITE 30 m -A. NEON ILLUMINATION -
IN LETTERS - CL. RED 30 m.A. NEON IN LOGO
ELECTROBITS PYROLENE ELECTRODE INSULATORS
HI-FLEX MAX INTEGRAL SLEEVE GTO THRU FLEXIBLF
CONDUIT TO REMOTE TRANSFORMER IN GALV. BOX
BEHIND FASCIA
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LETTERS MADE INSIDE
POWER PRO BOXES BEHIND WALL
MOUNT LETTER DISPLAY FLUSH TO WALL WITH -
NON - CORROSIVE FASTENERS AS REQUIRED
GLASS NEON TUBE SUPPORTS -
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T& N$FOFMER
A" DIA. WEEP HOLES IN LOW POINTS OF LETTERS Y.L. LABELS REQUIRED
INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE W/
.125" ALUMINUM BACKGROUND PLATE PTD. SATIN BLACK NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODES
LETTER / LOGO SECTION
REMOTIA TRANSFORMERS
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SCOPE OF WORK
MANUFACTURE, SHIP AND INSTALL (1) ONE SET 24" "RADIOSHACK"
CHANNEL LETTERS, (1) ONE SET 30" LOGO CHANNEL LETTERS
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CHANNEL LETTERS - ALUMINUM LETTER RETURNS PREFINISHED
WRISCO BLACK WITH BLACK TRIM CAP. FACES ARE #7328 TRANSLUCENT
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WHITE PLEX. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED WITH #6500 WHITE NEON.
CHANNEL LETTERS ARE FABRICATED PER DETAIL.
LOGO CHANNEL LETTER - ALUMINUM RETURNS PREFINISHED WRISCO RED
WITH RED TRIM CAP. FACES ARE #2283 RED TRANSLUCENT PLEX.
INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED WITH CLEAR RED NEON.
LOGO CHANNEL LETTER IS FABRICATED PER DETAIL.
PREFORMED ALUMINUM CHANNEL LETTERS -
PRE- FINISHED BLACK - LOGO PRE - FINISHED RED -
PAINT INSIDE WITH SPRAYLAT STAR -BRITE LIGHT
ENHANCING PAINT
7328 WHITE PLEXIGLAS LETTER FACES W/ BLACK --
TRIMCAP - 2283 RED LOGO FACE W/ RED TRIMCAP
15MM 650L WHITE 30 m -A. NEON ILLUMINATION -
IN LETTERS - CL. RED 30 m.A. NEON IN LOGO
ELECTROBITS PYROLENE ELECTRODE INSULATORS
HI-FLEX MAX INTEGRAL SLEEVE GTO THRU FLEXIBLF
CONDUIT TO REMOTE TRANSFORMER IN GALV. BOX
BEHIND FASCIA
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LETTERS MADE INSIDE
POWER PRO BOXES BEHIND WALL
MOUNT LETTER DISPLAY FLUSH TO WALL WITH -
NON - CORROSIVE FASTENERS AS REQUIRED
GLASS NEON TUBE SUPPORTS -
S"
T& N$FOFMER
A" DIA. WEEP HOLES IN LOW POINTS OF LETTERS Y.L. LABELS REQUIRED
INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE W/
.125" ALUMINUM BACKGROUND PLATE PTD. SATIN BLACK NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODES
LETTER / LOGO SECTION
REMOTIA TRANSFORMERS
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Adiacent Signs
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Attachment E
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Sign Variance Application
Demonstration
Please demonstrate that the following conditions are applicable to the requested si n
variance:
That a literal enforcement of the sign regulation will crate an unnecessary hardship or
practical difficulty on the applicant.
Code allows 12" letters, We now have 24" RadioShack letters with a 46" logo.
2. That the situation causing the unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty is unique to the
affected property and is not self imposed.
Other tenants in the center have either stacked letters or larger than 12" letters. This would cause RadioShacks
sign to look dwarfed in comparison.
3. That the variance will not injure and will be wholly compatible with the use and permitted
development of adjacent properties.
What we want to install are 24" RadioShack letters with a 30" logo. The sign we have now is a set of 24"
RadioShack letters {the same as what we would like to replace them with and a 46" logo, this is much larger than
the 30" logo we are submitting with the new sign.
That the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose of the sign ordinance.
The two rows of 12" letters stack that other tenants have are very proportionate to the in -line letters that
RadioShack has now and the new sign RadioShack would like to install.
Case No.
SP 05 -252
Attachment F
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