Min - Board of Adjustment - 2001 - 06/11 - RegularALLEN SIGN CONTROL BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
JUNE 11, 2001
ATTENDANCE:
Board Members Present:
Melanie Jones (Chair)
Griffith Moore (Vice -Chair)
Ed Spivey
Board Members Absent:
Frank Brown
Ray Lewis
City Staff Present:
Sally L. Leeper, Project Coordinator
David A. Hoover, Assistant Director of Planning & Development
CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM:
With a quorum of the Board present, the Sign Control Board was called to order at 3:50 p.m. by
Chairperson Jones at the City Council Chambers, One Allen Civic Plaza, Allen, Texas.
CONSENT AGENDA:
1. Approve minutes of May 14, 2001 Regular Meeting
2. Consider renewal of Class 4 Temporary Sign for Goodman Homes located at 1710
Brookcrest Court in Country Brook Estates
MOTION: Upon a motion by Board Member Moore and a second by Board Member Spivey,
the Board voted 3 FOR and 0 OPPOSED to approve the consent agenda as
presented. The motion carried.
SIGN CONTROL BOARD
JUNE 11, 2001
.% REGULAR AGENDA:
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3. Consider renewal of Class 4 Temporary Sign for Buescher Homes located at 750 Cheyenne
Drive in Bethany Creek Estates.
Based on the fact that more than six months has passed since the last permit was issued in the
subdivision, staff recommended denial of the renewal.
MOTION: Upon a motion by Board Member Spivey and a second by Board Member Moore,
the Board voted 3 FOR and 0 OPPOSED to deny the request for renewal of the
temporary sign located at 750 Cheyenne Drive in Bethany Creek Estates. The
motion carried.
4. Tabled Item — Consider permanent sign for Twin Creeks Golf Club as approved by the Sign
Board on February 13, 2001, and confirmed by the City Council on March 1, 2001.
In the absence of the proponent, Ms. Sally Leeper presented the request to the Board. She
noted that the request is to place the sign on the nose of the curb and recommended that the
sign be placed back some distance from the curb with brick pavers or other landscaping in
front of the sign. The added that the Engineering Department has indicated that the sign will
present no traffic visibility problems.
The Board discussed the possibility of the sign being a road hazard in the location presented
by the applicant. They indicated a preference that the sign be placed back from the curb 3 to
5 feet. They further requested that staff initiate the appropriate process to have the existing
temporary sign removed. Discussion was held regarding the need for brick pavers,
stonework, grass, or very low -growing landscape materials in front the sign.
MOTION: Upon a motion by Board Member Moore and a second by Board Member Spivey,
the Board voted 3 FOR and 0 OPPOSED to approve the sign as proposed, set
back from the curb 3 to 5 feet, with brick or stonework, grass or low -growing
landscape materials in front the sign, to be approved by staff. The motion
carried.
5. Other Business
None
SIGN CONTROL BOARD
JUNE 11, 2001
ADJOURNMENT:
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MOTION: Upon a motion by Board Member Moore and a second by Board Member Spivey,
the Board voted 3 FOR and 0 OPPOSED to adjourn the June 11, 2001, meeting of
the Sign Control Board at 4:00 p.m. The motion carried.
These minutes approved this 9th day of July 2001.
Me; ire Jones, Chairperson
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Sa ly L. Leeper