HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - Board of Adjustment - 2000 - 06/13 - RegularALLEN SIGN CONTROL BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
JUNE 13, 2000
ATTENDANCE:
Board Members Present:
Melanie Jones (Chair)
Kenneth Harvey (Vice -Chair)
Frank Brown
Board Members Absent:
Griffith Moore (Secretary
Ray Lewis
City Staff Present
Sally L. Leeper, Project Coordinator
CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM.
With a quorum of he Board present, the Sign Control Board was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by
Chairperson Jones at the City Council Conference Room, One Allen Civic Plaza, Allen, Texas.
CONSENT AGENDA. (Agenda Item 1-8)
1. Approve minutes of May 9, 2000 Regular Meeting.
2. Consider request for Class 4 Off-site Temporary Promotional Sign for Texas Advertising
representing Mercedes Homes to be Located at the Northwest Comer of Alma Drive and
Exchange Parkway.
3. Consider Renewal of Class 4 Temporary Promotional Sign for Coleman Homes Located
at 1202 Meadowgate.
4. Consider Renewal of Class 4 Temporary Promotional Sign for Stephen Dean Homes
Located at the Southwest Comer of Allen Heights Drive and Park Place Drive.
5. Consider Renewal of Off-site Class 4 Temporary Promotional Sign for Hammond Homes
Located at the Northeast Comer of Exchange Parkway and SH5.
6, Consider Renewal of Class 4 Temporary Promotional Sign for Hammond Homes Located
at 1201 Meadowbend Ct.
7 Consider Renewal of Off-site Class 4 Temporary Promotional Sign for Landstar Homes
Located at 2043 Nottingham Place.
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8. Consider Renewal of Class 4 Temporary Promotional Sign for John Bowles Company
Located at the Southeast Comer of Exchange Parkway and SHS.
Consider Renewal of Class 4 Temporary Promotional Sign for Coleman Homes Located
at 602 Meadowgate Drive.
Ms. Sally Leeper advised that the signs on the consent agenda are in good condition.
MOTION: Upon a motion by Board Member Harvey and a second by Board Member Brown,
the Board voted 3 FOR and 0 OPPOSED to approve the consent agenda. The
motion carried.
REGULAR AGENDA.
10. Public Hearing — Consider a Request by Edwin Place Partners, Ltd. for a Variance to the
Requirements for a Class 5 Sign Located at 333 and 335 N. Allen Drive, to Allow the
Sign to be Placed 7 Feet from the Drive Cut
Ms Leeper presented the request to the Board and Dr. Scott Williams was available for
questions. The Board discussed the fact that the sign would be placed 23 feet from the
back of the curb. The ordinance requires 15 feet placement from the back of the curb,
and the additional distance would allow for visibility for entering and exiting traffic.
11. MOTION: Upon a motion by Board Member Harvey and a second by Board Member
Brown, the Board voted 3 FOR and 0 OPPOSED to recommend approval
of the variance for Edwin Place Partners, Ltd. to allow the sign to be
placed 7 feet from the drive cut, and 23 feet from the back of the curb.
12. Other Business
The Board discussed possible revisions to the Sign Ordinance to be considered. They
were: 1) weekend directional signs; 2) visibility comer requirements; 3) window signs.
Ms. Leeper indicated that staff would be prepared to begin the annual review as soon as
the Land Development Code was finalized.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: Upon a motion by Board Member Brown and a second by Board Member Harvey,
the Board voted 3 FOR and 0 OPPOSED to adjourn the June 13, 2000, meeting of
the Sign Control Board at 8:00 p.m. The motion carried.
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These minutes approved this 11'n day of July, 2000.
Mel ie Jones, Ch firman
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riffith Moore, Secretary