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DATE: December 7,
2006
TO: Board of Adjustment
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for a variance to the maximum height requirement for
an owner identification sign from 50' to 70'
FILE: 551-BA
STAFF REPORT
Site Enhancement Services is requesting a variance to the maximum
height requirement for an owner identification sign from 50' to 70'.
The property is located at 5560 W. Cardinal Drive.
Value Place Hotels is constructing a new hotel at W. Cardinal Drive
and IH-10. The applicant states the variance is vital to the property
in order to provide motorists the proper site visibility. To the
southwest of the property are trees that block the vision of eastbound
traffic on IH-10. The applicant feels that the additional height will
allow the sign to be placed above the treetops and provide adequate
signage from the site. In addition, given the rate of speed that
motorists will be traveling in this corridor, drivers must see and
comprehend a sign from more than 720' away in order to make a
safe traffic maneuver into a location. To safely maneuver, the
applicant states that a sign must be placed at a height of over 65'.
The sign, as submitted, shows an electronic message board. As
explained to the applicant, an electronic message board is not
permitted.
The applicant shall have the burden of proof to demonstrate that all
three conditions necessary for a variance have been met.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 10 .
Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition
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GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Site Enhancement Services
PROPERTY OWNER: Value Place L.L.C.
LOCATION: 5560 W. Cardinal Drive
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 3, Tract 1, Lots 4 & 5 and
Lot 6, Tract 1, Block 2, Executive
Business Park
EXISTING ZONING: LI (Light Industrial) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 2.35 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Vacant
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: Shaded Zone A X @ - Areas of
100-year or 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Commercial LI (Light Industrial) District
EAST: Commercial LI
SOUTH: Commercial, vacant LI
WEST: IH-10/Hwy. 69 interchange LI
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Stable Area
OTHER PHYSICAL
FEATURES: None
STREETS: IH-10 - Freeway with varying
right-of-way and pavement
widths; W. Cardinal Drive (Hwy.
69) - Freeway with varying
right-of-way and pavement
widths
DRAINAGE: Curb and gutter
WATER: 6", 8" and 12" water lines
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 8" and 10" sanitary sewer lines