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Item 10BCity of Southlake Department of Planning STAFF REPORT November 30, 2005 CASE NO SP 05 -306 PROJECT: Sign Variance for Gateway Church REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B requirements for maximum area for a banner for Gateway Church, located at 2121 E. Southlake Blvd. The specific variances requested are as follows: Sign Reg. Permitted Requested Maximum Area of a Banner 50 square feet 380 square feet Maximum Width 11 feet 38 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) Case No. SP 05 -306 BACKGROUND INFORMATION APPLICANT: David Smith OWNER: Gateway Church PROPERTY SITUATION: The property is located at 2121 E. Southlake Blvd. REQUEST: The applicant is proposing a banner on the north side of the building facing East Southlake Boulevard. The proposed banner will have an area and width 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 21.A.2.a MAXIMUM AREA The maximum permitted area for a banner is 0.5 square feet for every one foot of width of building or lease space, not to exceed 50 square feet. The building is approximately 175 feet in width. The maximum permitted sign area is 50 square feet. The applicant is requesting a maximum area of 380 square feet. • Ord. 704 -13, Section 16.A.5 SIGN WIDTH Attached signs are limited in width to the middle 75% of the width of any building or lease space. If the facade is horizontally articulated, the 75% rule applies to the single plane facade on which the sign is to be placed. The building is approximately 175 feet in width however, the single plane facade over which the sign will be placed is approximately 14 feet 7 inches. The maximum permitted sign width is 11 feet for a sign attached to this part of the fa(ade. The applicant is requesting a sign width of 38 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 Case No. SP 05 -306 Attachment A Page 1 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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That the situation causing the unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty is unique to the affected property and is not self imposed. 11%,f ti ."r. - (� 3 Tha variance will not Injf�re and will be wholly compatltale with the use and permitted development of adjacent properties. 4 That the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose of the sign ordinance. r a 4!611 C IL) ) !rr Case No. Attachment E SP 05 -306 Page 1 S i AL "� a�� � ..(—, 1 l� f � "� ! R L/ Y C.� � �f � .' Lim •V 1 -7 4 That the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose of the sign ordinance. r a 4!611 C IL) ) !rr Case No. Attachment E SP 05 -306 Page 1