HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-8933-A Staff AnalysisFEBRUARY 27, 2017
ITEM NO.: 4
File No.: Z-8933-A
Owner: 1-30 Properties, LLC
Applicant: J. Cliff McKinney
Address: 10400 Interstate 30
Description: Northwest corner of 1-30 and Mabelvale Pike
Zoned: C-4
Variance Requested: A variance is requested from the off -premise sign provisions
of Section 36-556 to allow a billboard with reduced
separation.
Justification: The applicant's justification is presented in an attached letter.
Present Use of Property: Off -Premise Sign (Billboard)
Proposed Use of Property: Off -Premise Sign (Billboard)
STAFF REPORT
A. Public Works Issues:
No Comments.
B. Staff Analysis:
The C-4 zoned property at 10400 Interstate 30 is a small triangular -shaped property
located at the northwest corner of 1-30 and Mabelvale Pike. The property contains
several small vacant buildings which were left from a business which previously
occupied the site. The property is completely fenced, with an access gate along the
south property line. The property is approximately four (4) to five (5) feet above the
grade of 1-30.
An existing off -premise billboard sign is located along the south property line, near
the southwest corner of the property. The billboard has a height of 35 feet and an
area of 14 feet by 48 feet. There are two (2) other billboards which have been
permitted in this immediate area. There is one (1) permitted billboard site at 10510
1-30 to the west and one (1) permitted billboard site at 9709 Baseline road to the
northwest. Both of these existing permitted billboard sites are located approximately
915 feet from the proposed billboard site at 10400 1-30. These two (2) billboard sites
are the closest billboards to the proposed site.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
ITEM NO.: 4 CON'T. Z-8933-A
Section 36-556(a)(4) of the City's Zoning Ordinance ("off -premise signs") requires
a minimum separation between billboards of 1,000 feet and reads as follows:
"(4) No billboard site shall be located less than one thousand (1,000) feet from
another billboard site. The separation requirement shall be measured along
the nearest edge of pavement between points directly opposite the signs,
provided that only on streets separated by a median, each side of the street
shall be considered separately for distance purposes."
On April 28, 2014 the Board of Adjustment approved a variance to allow the billboard
with reduced separation. A recent court action nullified this approval, and the
property ownership is changing. Therefore, the applicant is requesting that the
previously approved variance be approved again for the existing billboard. The
existing billboard was not placed on the site until after the previous separation
variance was approved.
Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance from this ordinance criteria to allow
the new billboard site with reduced separation.
Staff continues to be supportive of the requested sign separation variance. Staff
views the request as reasonable. The applicant is providing over 90 percent of the
separation requirement, with a separation of approximately 915 feet from the two (2)
closest billboard signs at 10510 1-30 and 9709 Baseline Road. Additionally, this
immediate area has a long standing history of having two (2) billboard signs along
the 1-30 frontage, one (1) at 10400 1-30 (the existing location) and one (1) at 10600
1-30 to the west. The existing billboard at 10400 1-30 will maintain the same level of
billboard signage which previously existed for a number of years. Staff believes the
existing billboard sign with a minor reduced separation has no adverse impact on
the adjacent properties or the general area.
C. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested billboard separation variance, as filed.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
(February 27, 2017)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the item
and a recommendation of approval as outlined in the "staff recommendation" above.
There was no further discussion. The item was placed on the consent agenda and
approved as recommended by the vote of 5 ayes, 0 noes and 0 absent.
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