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Project Manager: Jennifer Flanery Date: February 25, 2003
Email: jflanery@ci.college-station.tx.us
ZBA Meeting Date: March 4, 2003
APPLICANT: Carol Nichols, Bee Creek Neighborhood Association
REQUEST: Sign setback variance
LOCATION: 2013 Southwood Drive
PURPOSE: To place Neighborhood Area Identification sign on an
existing 3-foot high wall.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Status of Applicant: President of the Bee Creek Neighborhood
Association
Property Owner: Robert Shipley
Applicable
Ordinance Section: Section 12, Table II, Summary of Sign Regulations,
Area Identification
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Zoning and Land Use:
Subject Property: The subject property and the property to the north, east and
west are zoned and developed as R-1 Single Family
Residential and the property to the south is zoned R-6 and
developed as apartments.
Frontage: Has frontage on and takes access to Southwood Drive.
Topography &
Vegetation: Relatively flat and little vegetation
VARIANCE INFORMATION
Setback Required: A setback of 10 feet from the right-of-way is required for
Area Identification signs.
Setback Requested: 0 feet from the right-of-way.
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Case Overview: This case involves an existing brick wall that is
approximately 3 feet in height and is located along the
property line. The Neighborhood Association wishes to
place letters one foot in height on the existing wall. The
addition of the letters will now make the wall a sign. In
order for the letters to be placed on the wall this
variance must be granted.
The applicant is requesting a 10-foot variance to the
required setback for an Area Identification sign.
ANALYSIS
Special Conditions: As a special condition that applicant states that: there
was no land allocated at the time of subdivision
development for a neighborhood gateway sign that would
comply with a 10' setback. The existing gateway brick
walls, located on the property lines of the existing
residential properties, were created by the developer to
indicate a distinct area of the greater Southwood
Subdivision.
Hardships: The applicant offers the following hardship: under the
current law they would not be able to mount the sign on
the existing gateway brick walls.
Alternatives: The applicant offers no alternatives
SPECIAL INFORMATION
Ordinance Intent: The purpose of the sign ordinance is to establish clear
and unambiguous regulations pertaining to signs in the
City and to promote thereby an attractive community,
foster traffic safety, and enhance the effective
communication and exchange of ideas and commercial
information.
Area Identification signs are intended to identify smaller
neighborhoods or to identify particular sub areas of a
larger neighborhood. These signs should be located at
major intersections.
Similar Requests: This same type of sign variance was granted for two
properties in this neighborhood in February of this year.
One of the variances was granted to the property located
directly across the street from the subject property. It
has since been decided that the Neighborhood
Association would like to locate the sign on 2013
Southwood rather than at 1316 Augustine Court.
Number of Property
Owners Notified: 15
Responses Received: None as of date of staff report.
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ATTACHMENTS
Location Map
Application
Photo of existing wall
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