Min - Board of Adjustment - 2006 - 11/07 - RegularI ; V_
CITY OF ALLEN
ATTENDANCE:
Board Members Present:
Griffith Moore, Acting Chairman
Sally Leeper
Alexander Kirk
Greg Cavalli, Alternate No. 3
Frank Brown
Board Members Absent:
Ed McRoy
City Staff Present:
David Hoover, Director of Planning
Lee Battle, Assistant Director of Planning
Pam Conway, Senior Administrative Assistant
Regular Agenda
SIGN CONTROL BOARD
Regular Meeting
November 7, 2006
Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present:
With a quorum of the Board Members present, Acting Chairman Moore 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 28, 2006.
Motion: Upon a motion by Board Member Leeper and a second by Board Member
Kirk, the Board voted 5 IN FAVOR, and 0 OPPOSED, to approve the
Minutes of the August 28, 2006 Regular Meeting. The motion carried.
Agenda Item 2: Election of Officers — Elect Chairman and First Vice -Chairman. The
elected officers will also serve on the Building Standards Committee and
the Board of Adjustment.
• Board Member Alex Kirk nominated Sally Leeper for the position of Chair. Board
Member Griffith Moore nominated Frank Brown for the position of Chair. There were
no other nominations. The Board voted 3 - 2 to elect Frank Brown as Chairman.
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November 6, 2006
• Board Member Frank Brown nominated Sally Leeper for the position of Vice -Chair.
Board Member Alex Kirk nominated Griffith Moore for the position of Vice -Chair.
There were no other nominations. The Board voted 3 - 2 to elect Griffith Moore as the
Vice -Chair.
Agenda Item 3: Public Hearing — Conduct a Public Hearing and consider a request for a
variance at Honda of Allen, 420 Central Expressway South, Allen, Texas,
75013. The request is for a variance to the requirements for a pole sign
from the Allen Land Development Code, Section 7, Table 7.23.
The proponent was not present.
Lee Battle, Assistant Director of Planning, presented the item to the Board. He reviewed the
requirements for signs from the Allen Land Development Code. Mr. Battle presented the
requested variance and also reviewed the history of the property including the approved general
development plan. He stated that a multi -tenant monument sign would be allowable with the
proposed development.
Staff recommends denial for the following reasons:
1. Not food, gas, or lodging as required for a pole sign.
2. The final layout as a unified development is questionable.
3. The problem is self created.
Acting Chair Moore opened the Public Hearing
David Hoover, Director of Planning, spoke, expanding on the history of the property He
explained that there had been some modification since the original General Development Plan
was approved, specifically that the street Allen Central Drive, renamed to Motorsport Ct., was
originally planned to be removed. These changes could create a situation where the sign would
be an off-site sign because Rec Warehouse now owns the front portion of the property He stated
a unified monument sign for the whole development is what is recommended.
With no one else present to speak, Acting Chair Moore closed the Public Hearing.
The Board discussed the information presented and the options they had for approval of a multi -
tenant monument sign. It was noted that the monument sign was allowed in the Allen Land
Development Code without a variance, but for the purpose of stressing the approval of a monument
sign, the Board preferred to make a motion with that approval being noted.
Motion: Upon a motion by Board Member Leeper and a second by Board Member
Kirk, the Board voted 5 IN FAVOR, and 0 OPPOSED, to DENY the request
for a variance for a pole sign and to APPROVE a multi -tenant,
retail/commercial monument sign, with a maximum height of 12 feet for
IAllen Honda. The Motion carried
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November 6, 2006
Other Business
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It was noted that the annual Boards and Commission dinner would be held on December 8, 2006 at
the Allen Senior Center.
Adjournment
The Board adjourned at 7.40 p.m.
These minute pproved this Jr -1-h day of qY� 200 7
Fra Brown, Chairman Pam Conway, Senior Adm. s isi t
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