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
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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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PO Box 177264
Irving Tx 75017
(972) 554 -6781
Fax: (972) 554 -1732
Internally Illuminated Channel Letters
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�3 "Wholesale... " is an illuminated can w/ 6"
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"Smoothie Factory" = 102" wide x 25.25" high
"Wholesale" = 102" wide x 10.3" high
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Demonstratio
Ptease demonstrate that the following condi# ions a" pHeahfe to Lbe rgees ted slap
variance:
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2. 'hat the sifaScn cwsing. the unnecessary twdsho Of Pfacticat Micu is unique to the
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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,
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