Item 10BCity of Southlake
Department of Planning
STAFF REPORT
June 9, 2004
CASE NO: SP 04 -107
PROJECT: Nicole Day Spa
REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B.
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)
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
OWNER/APPLICANT: Nicole Day Spa
PROPERTY SITUATION: Nicole Day Spa is located in the Carroll Oaks development on the southwest
corner of E. State Highway 114 and N. Carroll Avenue. The property
address is 1101 E. State Highway 114, Suite 110.
REQUEST: The applicant is proposing an attached sign on the front fagade of the lease
space that will have a letter height greater than permitted under the Sign
Ordinance No. 704 -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 regulations for the Variance have been
proposed for Nicole Day Spa:
• Ord. 704 -13, Section 16.A.2 MAXIMUM 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 70 feet from the right -of -way. The
maximum letter size permitted is 12 inches. The applicant is requesting a
letter height of 20 inches.
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.
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Demonstration
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