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STAFF REPORT
Project Manager: Matt Robinson, Staff Planner Report Date: December 5, 2007
Email: mrobinson@cstx.gov Meeting Date: December 14, 2007
For
MCDONALDS - 2420 TEXAS AVE (AW-DRB) (07-00500296)
Item: Presentation, possible action and discussions for a waiver to Non-Residential
Architectural building material requirements for McDonald's restaurant located at 2420
Texas Avenue.
Zoning District: C-1 General Commercial
Location: 2420 Texas Avenue
Applicant: Alex Fazzino, Castles Design Group
Item Summary: McDonald's restaurant is proposing to construct a new Redbox DVD
rental vending machine under the canopy of the restaurant located at Texas Avenue
and Southwest Parkway. As part of the Non-Residential Architectural Standards, the
applicant must use an approved material or abide by limitations of certain materials. In
this case, the applicant is proposing a molded plastic or fiberglass canopy to cover the
vending machine. As such, the applicant is requesting a waiver to implement a building
material scheme for an accessory building that is not one of the approved building
materials.
Section 7.9 of the Unified Development Ordinance requires that "all buildings
determined to be a single building plot by the Administrator shall have materials and
colors that are similar and complement each other architecturally". Substitutions of the
building materials may be permitted by the Design Review Board provided that the
building material is not listed as an allowed or prohibited material as per section 7.9.G.1
of the Unified Development Ordinance.
The canopy frame measures 7'7" long by approximately 8' wide and is l'-5 1/2" tall. The
DVD rental machine measures 8'-9 3/4" tall with the canopy attached.
The applicant has stated in the application that it is not possible to manufacture a non-
prototypical unit.
Supporting Materials:
1. Location Map
2. Application
3. Canopy details and pictures