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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-8689 Staff AnalysisAUGUST 29, 2011 ITEM NO.: 7 File No.: Owner: Applicant: Address: Description: Zoned: Dorothy Ussery/Harold Crye Living Trust John Thatcher, Kum & Go 7620 Baseline Road Northwest corner of Baseline Road and Chicot Road C-3 and C-4 Variance Requested: A variance is requested from the sign provisions of Section 36-557 to allow wall signs without street frontage. Justification: The applicant's justification is presented in an attached letter. Present Use of Property: Commercial Strip Center and Vacant Single -Family Residence Proposed Use of Property: Convenience Store with Gas Pumps STAFF REPORT A. Public Works Issues: No Comment B. Staff Analysis: The C-3 /C-4 zoned property at 7620 Baseline Road is currently occupied by a one-story commercial building located at the center of the property, with parking on its south side. The southernmost portion of the property is undeveloped and grass -covered. The north portion of the property contains an old, vacant single- family structure. The property is located at the northwest corner of Baseline and Chicot Roads. Access drives from Baseline and Chicot Roads serve the development. The commercial building is part of a larger commercial development extending to the west, with the drive from Baseline Road being a shared driveway. The applicant is planning to construct a new convenience store with gas pumps facility on this property. The development will include a convenience store building located within the north portion of the property, with gas pumps and covered canopy within the south half. Paved parking will be located on the north and south sides of the convenience store building. Access drives will be located along the Chicot and Baseline Road frontages. The driveway from Baseline Road will continue to be a shared driveway. AUGUST 29, 2011 1� � �►�i � �L�)�l[K�L1�1 As part of the development plan, the applicant is proposing wall signs on the north, south and east elevations of the convenience store building, as noted on the attached building elevations. Wall signs are also proposed on the south, east and west elevations of the gas pump canopy. The applicant will also be installing one (1) ground -mounted sign on the property, along the Baseline Road street frontage. The wall signs on the north elevation of the convenience store building and the west elevation of the gas pump canopy do not have direct street frontage, face a street right-of-way. The wall sign on the north elevation of the convenience store will be 39 square feet in area, with the sign on the west elevation of the canopy being 25 square feet. Section 36-557(a) of the City's Zoning Ordinance requires that all on -premise wall signs face required street frontage. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow the wall signs on the north building elevation and west canopy elevation. Staff is supportive of the requested variance. Staff views the request as reasonable. The signage as proposed is typical of that found in conjunction with convenience store developments throughout the city. The proposed wall signs on the west canopy elevation will face interior parking and access drives within this overall development. The proposed signs will aid in identifying this business to traffic within this larger development, as well as to traffic eastbound on Baseline Road and southbound on Chicot Road. The wall sign on the north building elevation is proposed in -lieu of a ground -mounted sign along the Chicot Road frontage. Staff believes the proposed signage is consistent with that found in other similar developments, and will have no adverse impact on the adjacent properties or the general. C. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the requested sign variance, subject to the following conditions: 1. Permits must be obtained for all signs. 2. The sign located on the gas pump canopy must not extend above the face of the canopy. 3. No ground -mounted sign will be allowed along the Chicot Road frontage. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: (AUGUST 29, 2011) The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the application with a recommendation of approval, with conditions. The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved, as recommended by staff with a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 1 recusal (Winchester) and 0 absent.