Zoning Board of Adjustments - Regular Meeting

Your meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustments is Thursday, September 17th at 6.01 p.m. I'd like to welcome everybody to tonight's meeting. Due to the limitations of the Texas Open Meetings Act, the board may only discuss items posted on tonight's agenda. All other inquiries will be forwarded to staff. The board will strive to ensure that the meetings are conducted in a courteous manner in an atmosphere free of intimidation, defamation, personal affronts, profanity, or threats of violence. Roll call, please.

All right, we can start a roll call vote. Cody DeSalvo? Here. Hayek Carunful?

Here.

Maddie Roberts?

Here.

Daniel Summers? Here. Chana Temple? Andrew James? We have a quorum.

Is there anyone signed up for citizen comment period? Okay. We will now close the citizen comment period. Item four, consider approval of the regular meeting minutes. Is there a motion?

Motion to approve.

I second.

Seconded.

Anyone want to discuss it? Nope. May we have a roll call vote?

Hi, a current full.

Yes. Approve.

Maddie Roberts?

Yes.

Daniel Summers? Yes. Cody DeSalvo? Yes. Motion passes.

Item 5A.

Good evening, commissioners. My name is Jack Ruth. I'm a planning technician with the city of San Marcos. We are here for a public hearing for VR2612 at 3375 South I-35. VR 2612, HEB sign variants hold a public hearing and consider a request by Wendy Allgood, FSG Signs, on behalf of HEB for a variance to section 7331A2D of the San Marcos Development Code, which states that an attached sign shall not exceed 10% of the facade to allow two signs to exceed 10% of the facade area. Let me go. There we go. The property is approximately 17.669 acres located at the southeast corner of Interstate 35 and East McCarty Lane. It is designated for commercial and employment medium for the comprehensive plan, and the surrounding uses include hotel, car, a car dealership, and a grocery store. The existing zoning is for general commercial and section 7331AD wall sign, the maximum area is 10% of the facade area, so. whatever the area of the facade is, 10% of that. The request is for two signs, an HEB fuel sign and HEB wash sign that exceed the maximum allowable square footage of a facade. A note on this, it's technically more than two signs, but two of them are the exact same, located on the same fuel canopy. This is the site plan showing the location of the site. This is all the signs that are a part of this sign plan. However, we're specifically looking at A2, A3, and I believe E1. Here are the dimensions of each sign. This is for the HEB fuel sign, A2 and A3. As you can see, there are calculations at the top for the percentage of the facade that is taken up. So for A2, it's about 23.21 of the facade. And for A3, it's the same, 23.21. This is for the HEB wash sign, E1, and it is 11.77% of the facade. I believe we have it. as a little higher than that, but that is due to the calculation of however you would calculate the facade. We did not include the opening, the entrance in our calculation. However, the difference is two or 3%, give or take. So regardless, it would still require the variance. Section 2824A, criteria for approval is to be applied when reviewing the variance request. Staff finds criteria three, four, five, eight, and nine consistent with the San Marcos Development Code, and staff had a neutral finding on criteria one, two, six, and seven. That concludes my presentation.

Thank you. Would the applicant like to make a presentation?

Hi, I'm Wendy Allgood. I'm with FSG Signs. I'm representing HEB. I just came to say thank you for hearing us, and I came basically just to be here in case there's any questions from the community, the surrounding area, business owners, or the council here.

Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone on chambers who wishes to speak on this item? If you want to have a seat, we'll call you back if we have any questions.

Sorry, I actually do have a question.

But we aren't at that point yet. Yeah, no. No, if you could have a seat, we'll call you back in just a second. Okay. Is there anyone in the chambers who wishes to speak on this item? Nope. Staff, do we have anyone signed up for this agenda item?

No, we do not, besides Wendy and the online, but I do not see them. available online at this moment.

OK, thank you. I will now close the public hearing. Do I have a motion?

Motion to close the public hearing.

Approve or deny?

Approve. I have a motion to approve.

I second. I don't really have anything to say. Cody or Hyatt?

Nothing from me on this one.

I guess can we have a roll call vote?

I have one question. I noticed that A1 and E2 are also in the plan, and I was wondering if those are going to be maybe compliant with the code or if they're going to come up in a different future application to be more than 10%.

Could you, yeah, could you go up to, and we can put the presentation up so you can see for reference.

The sides of the gas station and the car wash are smaller. Okay. Right, the ends. And the sides are technically too big for that. On the main side of the actual side of the building, it's a much smaller comparison.

So it meets the requirement. It's within the 10% of code. I believe it's E2. which is on the side of the car wash, for example, I already have a permit for that. It's just still on the plan, so y'all can see the overall scope of work that we've proposed.

That makes sense.

Okay, thank you.

Okay, may we have a roll call vote?

Code of Decibel?

Yes.

Hyatt-Corinthal?

You're on mute, Hyatt.

Yes. Also, did we clarify exactly that we're voting for approval? I didn't hear that, Daniel. Yes.

Yes, that is still the motion on the table.

Yeah, there is a motion to approve by Board Member Daniel Summers and second by Maddie Roberts, or maybe the other way around. Okay, great.

I just heard the motion. I didn't hear a motion to approve. I wanted to be clear that that's what's happening. So, yes.

Maddie Roberts?

Yes.

And Daniel Summers? Yes. Motion passes.

All right. Item number six is question and answer with the press and public. The board and staff may respond to questions related to items on this agenda. Is there anyone in chambers who wishes to speak on this item? No. Staff, do we have anyone signed up for this agenda item?

No, we do not. All right.

Can I have a motion to adjourn?

Motion to adjourn.

Aye. Second. May we have a roll call vote? Cody DeSalvo.

Yes. Hyatt-Corinthal?

Yes.

Maddie Roberts?

Yes.

Daniel Summers? Yes. Motion to adjourn passes.

6-10. Thank you. Thank you.