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DATE: June 2, 2016
TO: Board of Adjustment
FROM: Adina Ward, Planner II
SUBJECT: To consider a request for a variance to the maximum height and size for signs in
the Urban Corridor from the allowed 20' in height to 30'6" and 60', and from the
allowed 60 square feet in area to 245 square feet and 244 square feet.
FILE: 704-BA
STAFF REPORT
Tri-Con, Inc. is developing Exxpress Mart #28 at 1655 E. Cardinal Drive. The applicant feels
the property is at a topographical disadvantage because of the height of the adjacent Highway 69
overpass, and their signs will not be visible at the required height. The zoning of this portion of
the property is GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling District), and is located
within the Urban Corridor. Therefore, the maximum sign height allowed is twenty (20) feet with
a maximum of sixty (60) square feet in area.
Tri-Con hopes to construct 2 signs within this portion of their property. The first sign is a
gasoline pricing sign. This sign has been designed to be 30 feet 6 inches in height and 245
square feet in area. The second sign is an owner identification sign which has been designed to
be 60 feet in height and 244 square feet in area.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 4 .
Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition .
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Being Lot 1, Block 11, Plat B-22, J.A. Veatch Survey, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas,
containing 3.2278 acres, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Tri-Con, Inc.
PROPERTY OWNER: Elias Sarkis
LOCATION: 1655 E. Cardinal Drive
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General Commercial - Multiple
Family Dwelling District) / LI (Light
Industrial)
PROPERTY SIZE: 3.2278 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Convenience Store under construction
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: “X” - Areas determined to be outside 500-
year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Multi Family GC-MD (General Commercial - Multiple
Family Dwelling District)
EAST: Heavy Commercial LI
SOUTH: E. Cardinal Drive LI (Light Industrial)
WEST: Industrial LI
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Lamar University Special District
STREETS: S. Martin Luther King Parkway- Major
Arterial with a 130' right-of-way and a 90’
pavement width.
E. Cardinal Drive - Freeway with a 400'
right-of-way and a 35’ access road pavement
width.
DRAINAGE: Curb & gutter
WATER SERVICE: 8” water line
SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: 8" and 10" sanitary sewer lines
PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED WITHIN 200'
CAMPUS VILLAGE LAMAR LP
INTEGRATED POWER SERVICES LLC
DEE'S FAMILY PARTNERSHIP LTD
MAGNA PROPERTIES LTD