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Item 10CCity of Southlake Department of Planning STAFF REPORT February 25, 2004 CASE NO: SP 04 -020 PROJECT: Spa D' Aroma REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -A. 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 (481 -2073) Bruce Payne (481 -2036) Case No. SP 04 -020 BACKGROUND INFORMATION OWNER/APPLICANT: Spa D' Aroma PROPERTY SITUATION: Spa D' Aroma is located in the Village at Timarron development on the southeast corner of E. Southlake Blvd and Byron Nelson Pkwy. The property address is 613 E. Southlake Blvd, Suite F. REQUEST: The applicant is proposing an attached sign on the west side of the building facing Byron Nelson Pkwy. The proposed sign will have an area greater than permitted under the Sign Ordinance No. 407 -A. 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 regulations for the Variance have been proposed for Spa D' Aroma: • Ord. 704 -A, Section 16.A.3 MAXIMUM AREA The maximum permitted area for attached signs is 0.75 square feet for every one foot of width of building or lease space not to exceed 400 square feet. The store front width is approximately 48 feet in width. The maximum area permitted is 36 square feet. The applicant is requesting an area of approximately 81 square feet. The City Council may authorize variances in accordance with the following provision of the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -A, 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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LOUISA HAMMONDS a17.327.532❑ Qo�aEBa: 613 SOUTHLAKE BLVD. _fux 817.279.2528 O1r STATE, SOUTHLAKE TX CUS7ONLR AI 'PRrj\ /A L. b b d L/1 z �-+ d Demonstration Please demonstrate that the following conditions are applicable to the requested sign 1. That a literal enforcement of the sign regulation will crate an unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty on the applicant. ,!f t ULr,)L) Ltka w -n4 a bra �.�e�nr� S. r /i� -84tr Pi OG L'1 - n - lu, -- rNLr 81613 Lt)OOL8 &V i36 1 709 1 5 I t i AEE - 12W O) oi.). - BYRM ON - PALr- 0,6' 2. That the situation causing the unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty is unique to the affected property and is not self imposed. FEZ ABDLk_r. Augjz - Me - n .�OP� �12c)ti7; �I� �1>✓� QG MoV Soo P P?ZMA- - W 'ROAax VAY9 IT &wt-a L W L J`_A) 6�voL�s len HAG6' - TNL 7 ' 6A) - 17rlr - TtiA7 - N6 c rry O-Er7L -P-YA kt2D UIPUt i TXLtM oll- 3. That the variance will not injure and will be wholly compatible with the use and permitted development of adjacent properties. (S E3' A k.] iNE3 L'Bx.vz-vP— - A6 Vl1O OA 1 S[a2J" - �nu - Mg - OrA -->✓em 2:�PA uJ 'n16 s 4. That the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purpose of the sign ordinance. N ) (r VAP141JLE L UI L L A UbLO - Ml� - SIG,U - 7D 89 S Rr7T` ACsD ULLY SOU ADPTA rL '/ LOOA�S IMUfN B&rT,'r cIA) T/V L'' RVI,LbIA) t-Y. MAwpfileslbuildinglvariance.app Revised: January 6, 2004 RECD F EB 112004 , �3 PO4 -0 Case No. Attachment E SP 04 -020 Page 1