Min - Board of Adjustment - 2006 - 08/28 - RegularI ; V_
CITY OF ALLEN
ATTENDANCE:
Board Members Present:
Ed McRoy, Chair
Sally Leeper
Ed Spivey
Alexander Kirk
Greg Cavalli, Alternate No 3
Board Members Absent:
Griffith Moore
Steven Knaack, Alternate No. 4
City Staff Present:
Lee Battle, Assistant Director of Planning
Pam Conway, Senior Administrative Assistant
IReeular Aeenda
SIGN CONTROL BO.
Regular Meeting
August 28, 2006
Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present:
With a quorum of the Board Members present, Chairman McRoy called the meeting to order at
7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers at Allen City Hall, 305 Century Parkway
Agenda Item 1: Approve Minutes from Regular Meeting, August 7, 2006.
Motion: Upon a motion by Board Member Kirk and a second by Board Member
Leeper, the Board voted 5 IN FAVOR, and 0 OPPOSED, to approve the
Minutes of the August 7, 2006 Regular Meeting. The motion carried.
Agenda Item 2: Tabled Item/Public Hearing for a request for a variance to the
requirements for the separation of pole signs from the Allen Land
Development Code, Section 7, Table 7.23, for Holiday Inn Express
Chair McRoy opened the Public Hearing.
With no one present to speak, the Public Hearing was closed.
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August 28, 2006
1 Motion: Upon a motion by Boardmember Leeper and a second by Boardmember
Kirk, the Board voted 5 IN FAVOR, and 0 OPPOSED, to Remove Item 2
from the table. The Motion carried.
Mr. Lee Battle, Assistant Director of Planning, stated that this request was tabled at the August
7" meeting to give the applicant additional time to contact Arby's. He stated that the public
hearing was renoticed and that we received one email from a citizen in favor of the variance.
Mr. Battle stated that several attempts were made by the applicant to contact Arby's, but he was
unable to get a response.
Perry Molubhoy, Atlantic Hotel Group, Ltd., (Holiday Inn Express), addressed the Board. He stated
that he did contact Arby's, explained the situation and was directed to their regional office. He was
given a name and number and he called, left a detailed message and requested a call back. Arby's
never responded. He called back a second time and left another detailed message — and sill received
no response.
Mr. Molubhoy requested the Board grant his request for a variance.
The Board briefly discussed the request, and questioned what would be done with the existing
monument sign. Mr. Battle reminded the Board that the ordinance does not allow more than one
sign, but that directional signs could be utilized.
Motion: Upon a motion by Boardmember Kirk and a second by Boardmember
Spivey, the Board voted 5 IN FAVOR, and 0 OPPOSED, to approve the
request for variance for a pole sign for the Holiday Inn Express. The motion
carried.
Adiournment
The Board adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
These minutes approved this (.P th_day of jkLi2 2006.
Pam -Conway, Senior Adm. As ant