Case Number:
A-15-063
Applicant:
AM Signs & LED
Owner:
Colonnade Retail LTD.
Council District:|1313|Location:
9837 IH 10 W
Legal Description:
SW IRR 364 ft of Lot 4, NCB 14978
Zoning:
"C-3 AHOD" General Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl, AICP Senior Planner
Request
A request for a 7 foot variance from the minimum 200 foot spacing between two signs in an Urban Corridor, as described in Chapter 28-220, to allow 2 signs which are 193 feet apart.
Executive Summary
The subject property is a 6.8 acre multi-tenant commercial shopping center with over 70,000 square feet of tenant space originally constructed in 1982. As expected, the tenants have changed several times. The original signage has likely been on the site for many years. The subject sign was originally built in a landscaped node which defines parking stalls. It is currently 193 feet from the original multi-tenant sign, making both signs legally non-conforming. The Urban Corridor provisions of the sign code were added in August of 1992, with the adoption of Ordinance #76,381, requiring the additional spacing between signs. "Face changes" are permitted in legally non-conforming signs, but the original cabinet must remain to retain the legal non-conforming status. In this case, the installation crew changed out the entire cabinet, triggering the need for the variance. All other provisions of the sign are consistent with the minimum standards in the Code. Though the sign identifies two separate restaurants, the code requires three to qualify for multi-tenant allowances. Nevertheless, even as a single-tenant sign, it is under the maximum sign height of 50 feet at 42 feet tall and less than the maximum allowed sign area of 350, with 280 square feet.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use
Existing Zoning
Existing Use
"C-3 AHOD" General Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District
Multi-Tenant Shopping Center
Surrounding Zoning/Land Use
Orientation
Existing ...
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