Case Number:
A-15-031
Date:
April 6, 2015
Applicant:
Lewis Westerman
Owner:
RIO Perla Properties, LP
Council District:|1313|Location:
136 E. Grayson Street
Legal Description:
Lot 13, Block 1, NCB 14164
Zoning:
"IDZ RIO-2 AHOD" Infill Development River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl, AICP Senior Planner
Request
A request for a three foot and seven inch variance from the six foot maximum sign height, as described in Section 35-678, to allow a free-standing pole sign that is nine feet and seven inches tall in the River Improvement Overlay District.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at 136 E. Grayson Street approximately 245 feet east of E. Elmira Street. The applicant is seeking a variance to allow a free-standing pole sign to exceed the six foot height maximum by three feet and seven inches. The pole sign has already gained approval from the Historic Design and Review Commission but the HDRC cannot approve the proposed additional height. The applicant states that the additional height is necessary to identify the new hotel located within the Pearl development. The hotel, not yet open, is located interior to the site in the old Pearl Brewhouse. It is being renovated and will be operated by the Kimpton Group, known for historic boutique hotels. Because of the hotel's location without frontage on a public street, the applicant has an approved sign master plan to allow the off-premise sign. Several of the interior streets within the Pearl are not public streets. In addition, the traveling public always needs adequate signage to help them locate a hotel.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use
Existing Zoning
Existing Use
"IDZ RIO-2 AHOD" Infill Development River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District
Mixed-Use Development
Surrounding Zoning/Land Use
Orientation
Existing Zoning District(s)
Existing Use
North
"I-1 RIO-2 AHOD" Industrial River Improvement Overlay Airport Haza...
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