Item 10CCity of Southlake
Department of Planning
STAFF REPORT
April 14, 2004
CASE NO
SP 04 -065
PROJECT: Sleep Experts
REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -A.
ACTION NEEDED: Consider variance request.
ATTACHMENTS: (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
Background Information
Vicinity Map
Site Plan
Building Elevation & Sign Detail
Sign Variance Application
Supporting Photos
STAFF CONTACT: Dennis Killough (481 -2073)
Bruce Payne (481 -2036)
Case No.
SP 04 -065
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
OWNER/APPLICANT: Sleep Experts
PROPERTY SITUATION: Sleep Experts is located in the Cornerstone Plaza development on the south
side of E. Southlake Blvd next to the Ultimate Electronics site. The property
address is 2757 E. Southlake Blvd, Suite 120.
REQUEST: The applicant is proposing an attached sign on the north and east sides of the
building. The proposed signs will have a letter height 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 Sleep Experts:
• Ord. 704 -A, Section 16.A.2 N[AXD" LETTER/LOGO HEIGHT The
maximum permitted letter height is 12 inches for a sign less than 100 feet
from the right -of -way.
The store front is approximately 90 feet from the right -of -way. The
maximum letter size permitted is 12 inches. The applicant is requesting a
letter height of 24 inches.
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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Case No. Attachment E
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