HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-7862 Staff AnalysisJUNE 27, 2005
ITEM NO.: 11
File No.: Z-7862
Owner: Frazier Properties, LLC
Applicant: Rick Frazier
Address: 808 Reservoir Road
Description: West side of Reservoir Road, North of Rodney Parham Road
Zoned: C-3
Variance Requested: Variances are requested from the sign provisions of Section
36-555and 36-557 to allow a ground sign with reduced setback, a ground sigh with
decreased separation and an off -premise sign.
Justification: The applicant's justification is presented in an attached letter.
Present Use of Property: Office
Proposed Use of Property: Office
STAFF REPORT
A. Public Works Issues:
No comments.
B. Staff Analysis:
The C-3 zoned property at 808 Reservoir Road is occupied by a one story
commercial/office building. There is paved parking on the east side of the
building, with two (2) access drives for Reservoir Road. There is a small
ground -mounted sign at the southeast corner of the property advertising a
chiropractic clinic which is in the south half of the building. The existing ground
sign is approximately 16 feet tall and 20 square feet in area. Frazier Insurance
Agency occupies the north half of the building.
There is a concrete walled detention basin located on the property to the north,
just on the north side of the dividing side property. The applicant recently
received permission from the property owner to the north and painted the south
wall of the detention basin as a sign advertising the insurance agency. The
sign/wall is approximately four (4) feet in height and 128 square feet. There is
JUNE 27, 2005
ITEM NO.: 11 (CON'T.)
an existing ground -mounted sign (Cleo's Furniture) a few feet north of the
detention basin.
Section 36-555(b) of the City's Zoning Ordinance requires that ground -mounted
signs be located at least five (5) feet back from property lines. Section 36-
557(c ) requires a minimum separation of 150 feet between commercial signs
on a property's street frontage when a minimum of 300 feet of street frontage
exists. Additionally, the Zoning Ordinance does not allow this type of off -
premise sign. Therefore, the applicant is requesting variances to allow the
ground -sign with a reduced setback and separation, and the sign being located
on the adjacent property.
Staff is supportive of the requested variances. Although staff typically does not
support off -premise signs and signs with this minimal amount of separation,
staff feels that the circumstances are appropriate in this case. Staffs support is
conditioned on the sign being for this business only and there being no
additional height or area added to the existing ground -mounted sign at the
southeast corner of 808 Reservoir Road. The Ordinance typically allows ground
signs in commercial zones to have a maximum height of 36 feet and a
maximum area of 160 square feet. Staff feels that with the conditions above,
the variance requests are reasonable and the sign painted on the detention
basin wall should not only have no adverse impact on the adjacent properties,
but should also help eliminate sign clutter in the immediate area.
C. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested sign variances, subject to the
following conditions:
1. The variances are allowed for Frazier Insurance Agency only. If this
business vacates the site, the wall must be painted a solid neutral
color.
2. There is to be no additional ground signage on the property, no
additional height or area added to the existing ground sign at the
southeast corner of the property.
3. A sign permit must be obtained for the new sign.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: (JUNE 27, 2005)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the
item and a recommendation of approval.
The applicant offered no additional comments.
The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved as recommended by
staff by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent.
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