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CITY OF COPPELL
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
P & Z HEARING DATE: November 16, 1995
C. C. HEARING DATE: December 12, 1995
LOCATION: Southeast corner of Denton Tap Road and Sandy Lake Road
SIZE OF AREA: Entire lot: 28,000 square feet
Proposed monument sign: 75 sq. ft.
CURRENT ZONING: C- S.U.P. (Commercial, Special Use Permit)
REQUEST: To amend the conditions of the special use permit to include a
monument sign on the property.
APPLICANT: Owner:
Peter Buell
104 S. Denton Tap Road
Coppell, TX 75019
(214) 393 -9040
HISTORY: The original special use permit was granted on July 22, 1994 for
Slider and Blues Restaurant and the approved site plan that was
approved did not show a monument sign.
TRANSPORTATION: Denton Tap Road is a six -lane divided thoroughfare (P6D)
contained within a 100' right -of -way; Sandy Lake Road is a two-
lane unimproved street that is proposed to be a 4 -lane divided in
a 6-lane right -of -way (C4D /6).
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SURROUNDING LAND USE & ZONING:
North - Overton Bank and Trust; TC
South - Town Oaks Centre; C
East - Town Oaks Centre; C
West - retail gasoline service station; R -SUP
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The 1987 Plan shows commercial use as most appropriate use.
DISCUSSION: Staff concludes that this review involves three major issues: 1)
Is the sign currently in place a legal sign? 2) Is the sign needed
for identification purposes? 3) If the sign is illegal, would it have
been recommended for approval had it been included on a previous
S.U.P. site plan?
Regarding the first issue, the City Attorney has furnished a legal
opinion concluding that the sign is illegal. Even though the City
issued a permit to erect the sign, an erroneously issued permit does
not make the sign legal or constitute a right for it to remain.
Otherwise, there would be no need to amend the S.U.P. site plan.
In addition, off -site advertising on this sign is illegal, since off -
premise signs are prohibited by paragraph K, Section 10 -4-3, of
the Sign Ordinance. At the very least, assuming that the sign were
to remain, the copy on the face of the sign would have to be
changed to eliminate the off -site reference.
The second issue concerns the need for this sign for identification
purposes. The Special Use Permit authorizes a total of over 140
square feet of signage on the building itself. Of this, 112 square
feet may face Denton Tap and Sandy Lake Roads. Staff concludes
that all the attached signage in place is more than adequate to
identify the business and that a monument sign has very little, if
any, additonal identification value.
The third concern relates to whether this sign would have been
recommended for approval had it followed the normal review
process. This question is difficult to address because we now have
the sign in place and the public has reacted to it variously and
negatively. Trying to remain as objective as possible, staff
nevertheless concludes that had this or a similar sign been
submitted with the original S.U.P. application, staff would have
recommended its elimination from the site plan. It is too big. It
does not conform with the desired community image. There are
too many signs on the property already. The design does not
complement the building. It is a potential traffic hazard, especially
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at night. It is unnecessary.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the proposed site plan amendment for
the reasons stated above.
ALTERNATIVES: 1) Approve the Special Use Permit Site Plan Amendment
2) Disapprove the Special Use Permit Site Plan Amendment
3) Modify the Special Use Permit
ATTACHMENTS: 1) Site Plan
2) Sign Application
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