HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Fast Eddie's Restaurant
700 University Drive East
1. Variance to maximum allowable size for attached signage
2. Fast Eddie's is a billiards bar located in the University Park
East Shopping Center behind Blockbuster on University
Drive East
3. Applicant would like to install a 40 sf sign on the back of
the lease space to increase identification, but it would
exceed maximum allowable size
4. UDO allows 2.5 sf for every linear foot of a façade that has
a public entrance
5. Fast Eddie's entrance façade measures at 38' which would
allow 95 sf of signage
6. Applicant has recently installed an 82.5 sf sign on the front
façade which is 12.5 sf less than the maximum area
allowed
7. Applicant is requesting 27.5 sf in order to place the 40 sf
sign on the rear of the building
8. Applicant states as a special condition and hardship that
their angled storefront and entrance has limited the amount
of attached signage for the business
9. No alternatives have been proposed, but staff has identified
the following...
10. Applicant may reduce the area of the existing sign for a
larger second sign
11. Applicant may work with the property owner to develop a
sign plan for the entire shopping center that could allow
them more area
12. Applicant may also provide another entrance on another
façade to increase maximum sign area
13. Staff was unable to find a unique circumstance related to
the PHYSICAL characteristic of the PROPERTY that has
resulted in a hardship, and that one of the alternatives
would
14. Therefore staff is recommending denial
15. No responses from the public