AGENDA ITEMS

[2. BA-2026-02: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Variance Request to Allow Seven Off-Site Advertising Pylon Signs to Display Multiple Tenants of a Proposed Retail Development Located at the Southeast Corner of Griffith Road and E. Stamford Street. (Adam Holland)]

WE'RE CONSIDERING CASE BA202602.

THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AS STATED IN THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF GRIFFITH ROAD AND EAST STANFORD STREET. THIS CASE IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY ADAM HOLLAND.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ADAM HOLLAND. I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. THIS IS CASE B A 2020 602 OWNED BY WETHERBY CONSTRUCTION.

I APOLOGIZE, THIS IS I BELIEVE.

SORRY. THIS IS THIS CASE IS OWNED BY THE RAINY CREEK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR VARIANCE TO ALLOW SEVEN OFF SITE ADVERTISING PYLON AND MONUMENT SIGNS TO DISPLAY MULTIPLE TENANTS OF A PROPOSED RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS TO ALLOW A MAXIMUM OF SIX SIGNS PER BUSINESS ON LOT 101 AND SIGNS ONE AND TWO PYLON SIGNS TO BE ALLOWED AT A MAXIMUM OF 60FT IN HEIGHT, WHERE A MAXIMUM OF 50FT IS ALLOWED, AND SIGNS SEVEN AND EIGHT MONUMENT SIGNS ALLOWED AT A MAXIMUM OF 22FT IN HEIGHT.

A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT FEET ALLOWED.

HERE'S A LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE PROPOSED AREA FOR THOSE SIGNS IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF I-20 AND GRIFFITH ROAD.

HERE IS THE ZONING MAP SHOWING THE EXISTING ZONING OF THE PROPERTY.

THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL WITH AGRICULTURAL OPEN JUST SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY. THAT LINE ON THE SOUTH DENOTES A CREEK.

RAINY CREEK. HERE'S THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FOR THESE PROPOSED SIGNS.

THERE ARE SEVEN SIGNS IN THIS REQUEST.

EACH OF THEM IS GOING TO BE A PROPOSED PYLON SIGN OR A PROPOSED MONUMENT SIGN, AS SHOWN IN THIS CONCEPT PLAN THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED.

HERE ARE SOME VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CURRENTLY.

MOST OF THE PROPERTY IS UNDEVELOPED AT THIS TIME WITH THE SUPER EIGHT MOTEL BEING ON THE NORTHERN CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.

WE SENT OUT NOTIFICATIONS.

RECEIVED NONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED TO THIS REQUEST.

STAFF HAS FOUND THAT THERE ARE NO APPARENT CONDITIONS OF THE LAND THAT CREATE THE UNDUE HARDSHIP. GRANTING THE REQUEST WOULD NOT BE CONTRARY TO OR INJURIOUS TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THERE ARE NO APPARENT HARDSHIPS SUFFERED BY THE PETITIONER.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME.

SO NOW AGAIN, THE THE INDEPENDENT SIGN ITSELF IS WITHIN THE CODE.

THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT INCLUDED.

YES. JUST FOR THE MULTI-TENANT SIGNS.

CORRECT. OUR, OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DOES REFERENCE MULTI-TENANT SIGNS IN THE CORRIDOR OVERLAY WHICH IS LOCATED OFF OF BUFFALO GAP ROAD.

SO WE DO HAVE STANDARDS IN PLACE FOR MULTI-TENANT SIGNS,

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BUT THOSE, THOSE SIGNS AREN'T TYPICALLY PERMITTED IN THIS LOCATION.

AND THERE ARE IF YOU LOOK AT ONE OF THOSE FIRST SLIDES, IT'S THREE VARIANCES REALLY.

AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF DISCUSS AND MAKE A MOTION ALL TOGETHER, OR YOU CAN SEPARATE THEM OUT IF YOU NEED TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SO THE FIRST ITEM IS THE NUMBER OF SIGNS CORRECT.

NOW THIS IS TWO SEPARATE LOTS.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES. THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS JUST 101.

THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE LOTS FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS.

THERE IS THE LOT JUST TO THE NORTH PART OF THE SUPER EIGHT LOT WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PLACE A SIGN. AND THEN THE LOT 101 WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PLACE A MAJORITY OF THE REST OF THEIR SIGNS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? FOR ADAM, DO NOT. NOT AT THIS POINT, ANYWAY.

ADAM, YOU KNOW WE WILL.

THERE IS NO PROPONENT TO COME FORWARD.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

LET US SPEAK. THERE'S NOT ANYBODY ELSE HERE.

I DIDN'T SWEAR IN THE DISCUSSION.

GOOD LOOKING SIGNS OFF OF AN INTERSTATE, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THE SIGNS NEED TO BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN ON.

AND THAT'S CARRYING ALL THREE OF THEM TOGETHER. ALL THREE GROUPS OF SIGNS, THE PYLON SIGN, THE 25 FOOT SIGN, AND THE 22 FOOT SIGNS.

AND MY THINKING ON THAT IS THAT THE ROADWAY ON I-20 IS THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE AND YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THEM PRIOR TO EXITING.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SIGNS HIGH ENOUGH DUE TO THE FACT THAT WITH THE NEW CHARLIE'S IS CIDCO, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT IS WHERE YOU'D BE EXITING THE FREEWAY FROM THE EAST SIDE AND FM 600 WOULD BE WHERE YOU'D BE EXITING FROM THE THE WEST SIDE.

SO IT'D BE HARD TO SEE ANYTHING SMALLER THAN THAT.

I SECOND THE MOTION. AND THIS IS APPROVAL OF ALL THREE.

ALL THE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.

YOU HAVE TO ROLL CALL, DON'T YOU? IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO, MR. RYDER. HI, MISS DUNAWAY, I MR. HAVARD AND MISS SPARKS, I THE MOTION CARRIES.

[3. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approving a Resolution to Adopt the Council Rules of Procedure as the Rules of Procedure for the Board of Adjustment. (Kelley Messer) ]

OKAY. THE OTHER ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A RESOLUTION, AND I'LL CALL KELLY MR..

OKAY. AND AND I'LL JUST PRESENT IT FROM RIGHT HERE.

SO BASICALLY WE HAVE IN 2023, THE COUNCIL CREATED SOME RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE AND POLICIES.

AND YOU WILL SEE ON THE, THE RESOLUTION THAT I DRAFTED, THERE'S KIND OF A QUOTE FROM THAT WHERE COUNCIL SAYS THAT THEIR INTENT IS THAT ALL OF THE BOARDS FOLLOW THE RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE OR SIMILAR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND WITH ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PLANNING BOARDS, THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONFUSION.

DO WE USE THE OLD BYLAWS OR THIS? AND THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL IS REALLY THAT WE USE THESE RULES OF PROCEDURE.

IT'S KIND OF SIMPLIFIED BEYOND ROBERTS OR STURGIS WAS, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY USED.

AND AND SO THIS IS JUST CLEANING THAT UP SAYING THAT, THAT YOU WILL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO OFFICIALLY FOLLOW THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE WHICH ARE ALSO IN YOUR PACKET.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE.

MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THOSE CHANGES TO THE RESOLUTION.

I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. AND NOTHING, REALLY.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE WAY COUNCIL CONDUCTS THEIR BUSINESS.