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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. Case No. SP 05 -252 Attachment A Page 1 COUNCIL ACTION: Consider variance request. Case No. SP 05 -252 Attachment A Page 2 Vicinity Map RadioShack 2140 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. K �V E Is Case No. SP 05 -252 Attachment B Page 1 FAgT gOtITHI -AKE BLVD 440 4 400 Soo 1240 Feet Site Plan • NORTHW Ff WA Y OUTHLA BLVD. Case No. Attachment C SP 05 -252 Page 1 Existing Sian IMG 6059.JPG Building Elevation/Proposed Sign STOREFRONT ELEVATION NTT Case No. SP 05 -252 Attachment D Page 1 A N a� a s 50s° A- 24" CHANNEL LETTERS & 30" RS LOGO W /CLOUD MOEN SCALE: 1/2 " =1' -O' 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$FOFMER A" DIA. WEEP HOLES IN LOW POINTS OF LETTERS Y.L. LABELS REQUIRED INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE W/ .125" ALUMINUM BACKGROUND PLATE PTD. SATIN BLACK NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODES LETTER / LOGO SECTION REMOTIA TRANSFORMERS N Z N � O V � ON BACKGROUND PLATE - REMOTE TRANSFORMERS SCOPE OF WORK MANUFACTURE, SHIP AND INSTALL (1) ONE SET 24" "RADIOSHACK" CHANNEL LETTERS, (1) ONE SET 30" LOGO CHANNEL LETTERS a� AND (1) ONE CLOUD BACKGROUND. y CHANNEL LETTERS - ALUMINUM LETTER RETURNS PREFINISHED WRISCO BLACK WITH BLACK TRIM CAP. FACES ARE #7328 TRANSLUCENT a WHITE PLEX. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED WITH #6500 WHITE NEON. CHANNEL LETTERS ARE FABRICATED PER DETAIL. LOGO CHANNEL LETTER - ALUMINUM RETURNS PREFINISHED WRISCO RED WITH RED TRIM CAP. FACES ARE #2283 RED TRANSLUCENT PLEX. INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED WITH CLEAR RED NEON. LOGO CHANNEL LETTER IS FABRICATED PER DETAIL. PREFORMED ALUMINUM CHANNEL LETTERS - PRE- FINISHED BLACK - LOGO PRE - FINISHED RED - PAINT INSIDE WITH SPRAYLAT STAR -BRITE LIGHT ENHANCING PAINT 7328 WHITE PLEXIGLAS LETTER FACES W/ BLACK -- TRIMCAP - 2283 RED LOGO FACE W/ RED TRIMCAP 15MM 650L WHITE 30 m -A. NEON ILLUMINATION - IN LETTERS - CL. RED 30 m.A. NEON IN LOGO ELECTROBITS PYROLENE ELECTRODE INSULATORS HI-FLEX MAX INTEGRAL SLEEVE GTO THRU FLEXIBLF CONDUIT TO REMOTE TRANSFORMER IN GALV. BOX BEHIND FASCIA CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LETTERS MADE INSIDE POWER PRO BOXES BEHIND WALL MOUNT LETTER DISPLAY FLUSH TO WALL WITH - NON - CORROSIVE FASTENERS AS REQUIRED GLASS NEON TUBE SUPPORTS - S" T& N$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 N Z N � O V � Adiacent Signs Case No. SP 05 -252 Attachment E Page 1 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 Page 1