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Item # 6.a.

City Council (FY24)

Meeting Date:	05/28/2024
Department:	Development Services

AGENDA CAPTION:

Present, discuss, and consider action on a request for a Meritorious Exception to Chapter 62 of the Code of Ordinances for Chick-Fil-A, located at 3790 Belt Line Road, in order to allow Chick-Fil-A to construct a detached single-tenant monument sign within the Addison Town Center Special District. (Case MR2024-02/3790 Belt Line Road - Chick-Fil-A).

BACKGROUND:

Chick-fil-A is constructing a new restaurant at 3790 Belt Line Road and has requested a Meritorious Exception to the Sign Ordinance to install a detached monument sign. The property lies within the Addison Town Center special sign district, which only allows attached wall signs or centrally located multi-tenant signs. The district was intended to create cohesive and unified signage for the large shopping center. However, over time, properties within the district have been subdivided, changed ownership and/or redeveloped, warranting additional signage opportunities for single-tenant sites.

The proposed monument sign meets all minimum standards for a detached single-tenant monument sign, such as setbacks and size. The proposed location for the sign is in a water easement, and a hold-harmless agreement with the Town will be required for the sign placement. The Public Works and Engineering Department has reviewed and approved the sign location.

Meritorious exceptions to the Sign Ordinance are allowed under the following provision:

Town of Addison Code of Ordinances, Chapter 62 (Signs)
- Section 62-33. – Meritorious exceptions.
  - (d)(3) The council may consider appeals on the basis that such regulations and/or standards will, by reason of exceptional circumstances or surroundings, constitute a practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or on the basis that the proposed improvement although falling under the definition of a “sign”, constitutes art that makes a positive contribution to the visual environment.

Staff believes that the hardship criteria of the meritorious exception requirements have been met for the proposed detached single-tenant monument sign. The proposed sign will be consistent with the character of other similar single-tenant sites along Belt Line Road which also have detached monument signs along the street.

RECOMMENDATION:

Administration recommends approval.

Attachments
MR2024-02 Presentation
MR2024-02 Ordinance
MR2024-02 Plans