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10/01/2012-CC-Agenda Packet-Work SessionSaklu�UAS iT AGENDA CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 6:00 PM 502 ELM STREET 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Discuss Animal Shelter Issues. 3. Discuss Potential Amendment to the Sign Ordinance, Permitting Additional Signage for Businesses Near the Intersection of Interstate 35 and EM/455 Chapman Road. 4. Overview of Items on Regular Agenda. 5. Adjourn. I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted on the bulletin board, at the City Hall of the City of Sanger, Texas, a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public at all times, and said notice was posted on the following date and time: at —.in. and shall remain posted until meeting is adjourned. Tami Taber, City Secretary City of Sanger, Texas rrruuuu Wi���� This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for accommodations or interpretive services must be made 48 horns prior to this meeting. Please contact the City Secretary's office at (940) 458-7930 for further information. CITY OF SANGER COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM AGENDA TYPE ® Regular ❑ Special ❑ Consent Reviewed by Finance I ❑ Yes I ® Not Applicable ❑ Workshop ❑ Executive ❑ Public Hearing Reviewed by Legal Yes UNotApplicable Council Meeting Date: Submitted By: Monday, October 1, 2012 Joseph D. Miff, AICP City Manager Reviewed/Approval Initials Date ACTION REQUESTED: ❑ORDINANCE ❑ RESOLUTION # ❑ APPROVAL ❑ CHANGE ORDER ❑AGREEMENT ❑ APPROVAL OF BID ❑ AWARD OF CONTRACT ❑ CONSENSUS []OTHER Discussion and Direction AGENDA CAPTION Discuss potential amendment to the Sign Ordinance permitting additional signage for businesses near the intersection of Interstate 35 and FM 455/Chapman Road FINANCIAL SUMMARY ®N/A ❑GRANT FUNDS ❑OPERATING EXPENSE ❑REVENUE ❑CIP ❑BUDGETED ❑NON -BUDGETED BACKGROUND/SUMMARY OF ITEM Tire Sign Ordinance describes in Section 3.1407 the allowable signage in Business and Agricultural Zoning Districts. Businesses are permitted to have both attached and detached signage. Attached signage includes wall and window signs. Detached signage includes monument and pole signage. Also permitted are directional signs, such as `Enter Here" or "Exit Only". The Sign Ordinance does not permit attached signage to be placed above the roof line. (§3.1407 a 2) Staff has received requests for increasing the allowable signage for properties near the intersection of Interstate 35 and FM 455, but not directly fronting either thoroughfare. The I-35 and FM 455 intersection is Sanger's primary commercial area, featuring businesses serving both local and regional customers. The area includes a number of building sites that do not front on to either I-35 FM 455. or Buildings on the sites may be or will be located behind another building. This creates a situation where a business already has, or potentially will have in the future, limited visibility to traffic on either street, despite being located nearby. To generate increased visibility for businesses in the area but not fronting either street, Staff is researching the following possibilities: 1. Similar to the Downtown District, the Sign Ordinance could create an area around the 1-35 & FM 455 intersection that allows increased signage. 2. Within the area, a business would be permitted to install either attached signage that extends above the roofline of the building, or to install signage on the roof itself. 3. Businesses would also be permitted to place their detached signage on an adjacent site with the agreement of the adjacent property owner. Businesses could also share signage that was off -site to one of them, provided the maximum signage allowed to both was not exceeded. STAFF OPTIONS & RECOMMENDATION Staff is requesting direction from City Council concerning the idea of expanding the commercial signa a options for businesses near the Interstate 35 and FM 455 intersection List of Supporting Documents/Exhibits Attached: Prior Action/Review by Council, Boards, Commissions or Other • Aerial Photo of the Interstate 35 & FM Agencies: 455/Chapman Road area None 1-35 & FM 455 0 237.5 475 050 Feet httP:I/Www.dentoncounty.com TMs product is for Informatlonal parposes and may rot have been prepared for or be witable for legal,-t medrg. orwneying purposes. It does ad represent as on-thegraund �a lay ad represents only the appmxlmata 10.0a lopgon of prope+ly bovndadea. Denton County does not guarantee the conectnass or aowmgof anyfeatures on Ws produclarM aswmes norespons�Itih in mrmecdon Nerexitlr. TMs produ may be revised at any time x bout 1 .fi Uon to anyuser.