Case Number:
A-15-106
Applicant:
Carter Thurmond
Owner:
Gayle Perron Testamentary Trust
Council District:|1313|Location:
4041 Bluemel Road
Legal Description:
Lots 6 & 8, NCB 14939
Zoning:
"C-2" Commercial District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl, AICP Senior Planner
Request
A request for 140 foot variance from the 200 foot sign spacing requirement, as stated in Section 28-241 (d), to allow two signs to remain 60 feet apart.
Executive Summary
The subject property is a 3.88 acre parcel originally constructed in 1984 as an extended stay hotel. The applicant has recently changed the use to apartments and is seeking approval for the existing signage. The apartment parcel wraps around a 1.0 acre restaurant parcel, home to the Alamo Caf?. The apartment complex has two signs along the IH-10 frontage, one of which is located on the Alamo Caf? property. The sign was installed prior to the subdivision in 1984, which created the restaurant parcel as a stand-alone lot. The plat created an easement for the sign and cross access. Therefore, it is currently an off-premise sign. The applicant is seeking a solution to this issue by applying for a sign master plan, which will treat both lots as a single parcel. Sign Master Plans cannot be approved unless and until each sign is conforming. Today, the Alamo Caf? free-standing pole sign is located approximately 48 feet from the shared property line. The extended stay hotel installed a new free-standing pole sign in 2011 along its IH-10 frontage approximately 15 feet from the shared property line. If the parcels are considered together, then the minimum 200 foot spacing between signs regulations are applied. Therefore, the applicant is seeking a 140 foot variance to allow the two signs to be 60 feet apart. The other apartment pole sign currently on the restaurant parcel is 205 feet from the Alamo Caf? sign, adequate distance to satisfy the regulations. The two signs that are the subject of this requested variance are not t...
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