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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