Case Number: A-16-183
Date: November 7, 2016
Applicant: Walton Signage
Owner: Bubble Bath Properties ADA, LLC
Council District: |910|Location: 3726 S. New Braunfels Avenue
Legal Description: Lot 17, NCB 7589
Zoning: "C-2 S AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with Specific Use for a Carwash
Case Manager: Shepard Beamon, Senior Planner
Request
A request for 1) a 14 foot variance from the maximum free-standing height of 24 feet, as described in Section 28-239, to allow a single-tenant 39 foot pole sign and 2) a 55 square foot variance from the maximum 150 square feet of sign area to allow a sign with 205 square feet.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located at the intersection of Ada Street and South New Braunfels Avenue, identified as an Arterial Type B thoroughfare. The sign will be used for a carwash that was recently approved by City Council. Per Section 28-239 of the San Antonio Sign Code the tallest height permitted for a single-tenant Arterial Type B/Commercial Collector sign is 24 feet. During field visits to the subject property, and stated by the applicant, it was noted that, should the sign comply with the standard and drop to 24 feet tall, that the entire sign would be obscured from the view of traffic by the existing trees on site, which stand 30 feet tall. Also, in order to preserve the trees on-site, the sign will be located further back from the front of the property, thus the request for a larger sign area to increase visibility.
Subject Property Zoning/Land Use
Existing Zoning
Existing Use
"C-2 S AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with Specific Use for a Carwash
Proposed Carwash
Surrounding Zoning/Land Use
Orientation
Existing Zoning District(s)
Existing Use
North
"C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District, "C-3 AHOD" General Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District
Bank, Vacant Lot, Paved Parking, Commercial Strip
South
"C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District
Commerc...
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