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Item 10CCity of Southlake Department of Planning STAFF REPORT October 29, 2003 CASE NO SP 03 -064 PROJECT: Smoothie Factory 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 Building Elevation Sign Detail Site Plan Sign Variance Application STAFF CONTACT: Dennis Killough (481 -2073) Bruce Payne (481 -2036) Case No. SP 03 -064 BACKGROUND INFORMATION BUSINESS OWNER: Smoothie Factory APPLICANT: Joan A. Gebhart PROPERTY SITUATION: Smoothie Factory is a tenant in the Pecan Creek development located on the south side of E. Southlake Blvd. The address of this property is 711 E. Southlake Blvd, Suite 100. PURPOSE: The applicant wants to place an attached sign on the north side of the building, facing E. Southlake Boulevard, containing a logo with a height greater than the permitted 12 inches. The logo is approximately 29 inches in height. Also, the sign is limited in area to 0.75 square feet per 1 foot of width of the lease space. The 35 square feet of sign is greater than permitted 18 square feet. Approval of variance is required in order to receive a permit for this sign. STAFF COMMENTS: The sign plan, building elevation, site plan and variance application are attached to this report. The following variances to the Sign Ordinance No. 704 -A are requested: • Ord. 704 -A, Section 16.A.2 minimum/maximum letter/logo height: The maximum height allowed for letters and logos less than 100 feet from the ROW is 12 inches. The proposed logo height is approximately 29 inches. • Ord. 704 -A, Section 16.A.3 maximum area: The maximum area allowed shall be 0.75 square feet for every one (1) foot of width of building or lease space not to exceed 400 square feet. The square footage of the proposed sign is approximately 35 square feet. The width of the lease space is 23 feet - 6 inches allowing a maximum area of approximately 18 square feet for the sign. 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 Case No. Attachment A SP 03 -064 Page 1 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. M \Community Development \WP - FILES \MEMO \SIGNS \SP03 -064 Smoothie Factory.doc Case No. SP 03 -064 Attachment A Page 2 Vicinity Map 1000 0 1000 2000 3000 Feet N ks Case No. SP 03 -064 E Attachment B Page 1 Smoothie Factory Dt 400 81 - 111 e c x i now E) Logo Icon Graphics 10 illuminated can w/ 6" dark bronze returns 2a Approximate size: 98.6" wide x 28. high ®IAAAONO SIGNS INC. PO Box 177264 Irving Tx 75017 (972) 554 -6781 Fax: (972) 554 -1732 Internally Illuminated Channel Letters 1� Red faces, I" dark bronze jewelite, white interiors and 6" dark bronze returns Letters individually mounted to building �3 "Wholesale... " is an illuminated can w/ 6" dark bronze returns Approximate sizes: "Smoothie Factory" = 102" wide x 25.25" high "Wholesale" = 102" wide x 10.3" high I Case No. SP 03 -064 Attachment C Page 1 b � o � ` z O � C1 A NOTES: SMOOTHIE FACTORY EXTERIOR CHANNEL LETTER SIGNS WALL MOUNTED CHANNEL LETTERS 0' DEEP ' ACRYUTE RED #2780GP 3116 PLEXI FACES 1' JEWEUTE PAINTED DARK BRONZE #313 :12 MM CLEAR RED NEON LETTERS FLUORESCENT LIGHTS IN LOWER AND ]MIDDLE BOX SIGNS ` 30 M.A. TRANSFORMERS ALL FASTENERS, SHALL BE NON - FERROUS. WHITE INTERIORS '080 ALUMINUM SIGN CAN BACKS "PAINTED DARK BRONZE #313 RETURNS 'WEEP HOLES ON SIGN CAN BOTTOMS PAINTED DARK EPONZE 7313 PETLPM P.EMUTE PNNTED DARK BRONTt9313 , MITE 3o MA 7 I Flflf TO JWX I I I I 11 10 hM CLEMRL-0NEON L - TfERS I I II G3J WEEP HOLES ON SIGN CAN BOTTOMS' 10 - 4 TYPICAL BULK HEAD SECTION so WAY I SIDE VIEW iL -5 16 n�D CD ELEVATION WALL OPTION A ~ CHANNEL LETTERS (35SQFT) DIAMOND SIGNS INC. 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BLOCK 1 f s rL NAN Af N E PECAN CREEK mr ar a x. m - 'EA °v:uu 1,744 ACRES SITUATED IN THE p s¢VR _ ,J PRerPS9 m+ElApF OW KNIGHT SuRWE Y, ABSTRACT NO 899. —1 CITY OF SOUTHLAKE �7 ` I Y. �-1,� 1• w nr¢- -T TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS rm ilTU 11 x PRIW Ilpll Pql: CASE NO. 2AO2 -051 - nr,mNB 4, 2002 � a v hd �M Demonstratio Ptease demonstrate that the following condi# ions a" pHeahfe to Lbe rgees ted slap variance: I- That a keal enhurement of -sign segues :anr*ce&sary haraswp or P=t=t. dW=Ay .ran Me appReant u I t Ce / • I S q 5 rrn p h e•� loo V4, 2. 'hat the sifaScn cwsing. the unnecessary twdsho Of Pfacticat Micu is unique to the aftdat - af Id is ::lDts 3_ That the variance w9l not snare and wifi he whop cmpatWe with the arse and permitted de w- A zpment of adkcent properfies. 4_ That the va4ance. w be in hanriony w th the apk# and pose of the sign ordinance, VV,O, w a-�+ S-r- s �; y P(- Case No. Attachment F SP 03 -064 Page 1