Item 10GCity of Southlake
Department of Planning
STAFF REPORT
September 1, 2004
CASE NO: SP 04 -186
PROJECT: Slender Lady
REQUEST: Variance to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B requirements for letter /logo height. The
tenant is located in the Carroll Oaks shopping center at the southwest corner of the
intersection of Carroll Avenue and eastbound access road of S.H.114. The specific
variances requested are as follows:
Sign Reg. Max. Permitted Max. Requested
Letter Height 12 inches 20 inches
Logo Height 12 inches 30 inches
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)
Ken Baker (481 -2046)
Case No.
SP 04 -186
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
OWNER/TENANT: Slender Lady
APPLICANT: The Alpha Sign Centre
PROPERTY SITUATION: The owner's business, Slender Lady, is located in the Carroll Oaks shopping
center at the southwest intersection of S.H 114 and Carroll Avenue. The
property address is 1101 E. S.H. 114, Suite 114.
REQUEST: The applicant, on behalf of Slender Lady, is requesting a variance from the
letter height and logo height standard of Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B.
STAFF COMMENTS: The sign criteria, building elevations, site plan and applications are attached
to this report. The following variances to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -B are
requested:
• 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 60 feet from the street right -of -way. The
maximum letter and logo size permitted is 12 inches. The applicant is
requesting a letter height of approximately 20 inches and a logo height of
30 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.
City Council
Action:
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The following chockfist is a summaryy of rcquiremenis for sign variance requests as required by
the City of South lake. The applicant shoutd Further refer to the Sign OrdiTwnce No.704 and
arnendtnenm and other ordinances map-, and codes available at the City Hall that may pertain
to this sign variance rcgtiegt..
Completed sign variance request applk*ion-
Completed demonstration of conditions applicable to the requested variance [see
attached.)
Site plan showing the location of the sign variance request and any other signs
that contbrrn to or are exempt from the sigh ordinance, The site plan shall also
indicate the building, landscaped areas, parking & appraachcs and adjoining,
street R. 0, W-
Scaled and dimensioned elevations of the signs five which the variance is
rcquc;5tcd. Fur attached sighs, the clevatit m shall show the building, the sign
for which the variance is requested, and any other signs that conform to or are
exempt from the sign ordinance.
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3- That the variance wil I not injure and wilt be wholly compatible with tire. use and
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