Case Number:
A-15-132
Applicant:
David Fabian
Owner:
Aksan RE United Fortune, LLC
Council District:|13
13|Location:
1327 Austin Highway
Legal Description:
Lot 38, Block A, NCB 8695
Zoning:
"C-2 MC-3 AHOD" Commercial Austin Highway/Harry Wurzbach Metropolitan Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl AICP, Senior Planner
Request
A request for a 20 foot variance from the maximum 25 foot sign height, as required in Section 35-339.01, to allow a free-standing pole sign that is 45 feet tall.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located in the City's most recent design overlay, Austin Highway/Harry Wurzbach Metropolitan Corridor Overlay District, adopted in March of 2012. The primary goal of the overlay regulations is to encourage the continued revitalization that began with the Austin Highway Revitalization Project (AHRP) in 2002. AHRP was a non-profit board of directors who approved revitalization grants for proposed projects consistent with design requirements. The corridor is recognized as one of the City's first commercial corridors and as such is experiencing a surge in renovation and re-investment.
The applicant recently constructed and opened a new Taco Bell restaurant, adjacent to another new business, the Bubble Bath Car Wash. The Taco Bell restaurant came to the Board of Adjustment in August of 2014 seeking 5 variances from the development standards of the corridor overlay, including reductions in landscaping and an increase in maximum front setback. These were all granted. One of the impacts of the increased building setback is that the sign is also setback and, while installed at the allowed sign height of 25 feet, is difficult to see according to the applicant. To correct this problem, the applicant is seeking a 20 foot variance from the maximum 25 foot sign height to allow the sign to be raised to 45 feet in height.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use
Existing Zoning
Existing Use
"C-2 MC-3 AHOD" Commercial Aust...
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