May 21, 2026 Sign Board

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AND I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE SIGN BOARD MEETING FOR MAY 21ST, 2026.

[1.Call to Order. ]

NO. NO COMMENTS REGARDING SIGN BOARD THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. NO CHAIRMAN COMMENTS OTHER THAN AS I SAID BEFORE, WE'LL HAVE OUR CHAIRMAN BACK NEXT MONTH.

FIRST ITEM. OUR NEXT ITEM AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE APRIL 23RD, 2026 SIGN BOARD MEETING.

[5.Consider: Approving the minutes from the April 23, 2026, Sign Board Meeting.]

MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MAY 21ST, 2026 SIGN BOARD MEETING.

HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT ITEM CARRIES FOUR ONE. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

[6.Consider: SV26-0007, Sign Variances for Restoration Church, located at 1280 E. Highland St. ]

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MELLOW SIGN IS REQUESTING VARIANCES FOR A SIGN TO BE INSTALLED ON TOP OF A KNEE WALL NEAR THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE CHURCH BUILDING.

AND THE LOCATION IS 1280 EAST HIGHLAND STREET.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. AND THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.

THEY DO INDICATE TWO SIGNS ON HERE, BUT THE ONLY SIGN UNDER CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS THIS SIGN HERE MARKED NUMBER ONE.

IT'S MARKING THE ENTRANCE, THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING.

THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED SIGN. THIS JUST REALLY ISN'T ALLOWED SIGN TYPE.

WE COMPARED IT TO A MONUMENT SIGN. SO THESE VARIANCES LISTED HERE ARE WHAT WOULD BE IF IT, IF IT WERE CONSIDERED AS A MONUMENT SIGN. THESE ARE THE VARIANTS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.

AS YOU CAN SEE IT DOESN'T HAVE THE MASONRY SURROUND THAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE WITH A MONUMENT SIGN.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ADDRESS PLACED ON THE SIGN WHERE THIS IS LOCATED ON THE SITE.

THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH REASON TO HAVE AN ADDRESS ON THERE, BUT IT IS AN ILLUMINATED SIGN.

IT'S CHANNEL CUT LETTERS. THE WIDTH OF THE SIGN IS 30FT.

AND THE SIGN FACE WIDTH IS 26FT, 8.5IN. AND THE LETTER HEIGHTS ARE ABOUT 18IN.

AND THIS IS WOULD BE IN PLACE OF ANY ATTACHED SIGN ON THE BUILDING.

THIS IS JUST A MORE DETAILED VIEW OF THE SIGN.

THESE ARE SOME SITE PHOTOS OF THE NORTH ELEVATION. AND THIS IS SHOWING WHERE THE SIGN WILL BE PLACED. WE HAVE SOME OTHER VIEWS OF THE SITE.

WE HAVE THE SOUTHEAST ELEVATION UP TOP, AND THAT'S SHOWING WHERE THE NEW MONUMENT SIGN WILL BE LOCATED.

AGAIN, THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS REQUEST. THAT SIGN HAS BEEN PERMITTED. IT JUST HASN'T BEEN INSTALLED YET. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A VIEW OF THE NORTHWEST ELEVATION HERE.

AND THE WEST ELEVATION THERE IS AN EXISTING MONUMENT SIGN THERE, BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE REMOVED.

AND HERE IS A VIEW OF THE EAST ELEVATION. I WILL NOTE ON THE WEST ELEVATION THEY DO HAVE AN ATTACHED BUILDING SIGN.

AND HERE'S A LARGER VIEW OF THAT ELEVATION SHOWING THE ATTACHED BUILDING SIGN.

AND THIS IS THE MONUMENT SIGN THAT'S BEEN PERMITTED THAT HASN'T BEEN INSTALLED YET.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE ONLY DEALING WITH THE OVERALL SIGN WIDTH AND THE SIGN FACE WIDTH.

YES. IN GENERAL, I MEAN THEY'RE ALSO IF WE'RE COMPARING IT DIRECTLY TO A MONUMENT SIGN, A MONUMENT SIGN IS ALSO SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE ADDRESS NUMBER ON IT.

AND THAT ADDRESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ILLUMINATED.

AND THEN THE SIGN IS SUPPOSED TO BE FRAMED IN MASONRY.

SO THOSE ARE OTHER ASPECTS OF IT. BUT THIS JUST IS REALLY AN UNUSUAL SIGN TYPE.

SO IT'S THE CLOSEST THING THAT WE COULD COMPARE IT TO.

OKAY. GOT IT. UNDERSTOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE.

YES, WE'RE GOING TO, THE MONUMENT SIGN IS GOING TO, THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO PLACE.

BUT THEN THE ONE THAT'S ON THE BUILDING NOW WILL STAY AS WELL.

YES, YES, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL SIGN. YES. THIS IS ON KIND OF THE IF YOU'RE GOING INTO THE CHURCH PROPERTY IT'S BACK HERE. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING.

SO IT'S NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. IT'S TO MARK THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING, BUT IT IS A SECOND SIGN ON THE BUILDING, BUT IT'S, THEY'RE DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE BUILDING.

GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, EVEN THOUGH WE DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR SIGN BOARD AGENDA ITEMS, I DID WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE GOT A COMMENT CARD FROM DYLAN FEASTER.

PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY. WHO IS SHOWING SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

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ANY. WELL, WE HAVE AN APPLICANT ON THIS ONE, I'M PRESUMING.

AND I GUESS THAT'S YOU AS WELL. OKAY, WELL, GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP.

YOU GET TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

HOW ABOUT IF WE DO THAT? NO PROBLEM SIR. MY NAME IS DYLAN FEASTER, 5505 HIGH BANK ROAD, FORT WORTH.

AND YES, AS SHE MENTIONED, WE'RE RUNNING INTO A SIGN TYPE ISSUE WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE ONE MONUMENT SIGN ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH SHE SHOWED THAT WE ARE MOVING. WE ARE DEMOING THE EXISTING MONUMENT SIGN.

AND WE'VE WORKED WITH SHAUNTAY ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

THE TYPE OF SIGN AND WHERE IT CAME FROM THE CLIENT ORIGINALLY MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO.

AND SO WE TRIED TO, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SIGN UP ON THE BUILDING.

THEY WANTED TO ADD AN ESTHETIC, I GUESS. SO THEY HAD THAT LOW WALL AND THEY CHOSE.

SEE IF YOU CAN GET IT APPROVED ON ON TOP OF THE LOW WALL.

SO I BELIEVE SHAUNTAY, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR A WHILE, WE ASSUMED HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE.

IT'S KIND OF SURPRISING THAT HE WASN'T WHEN WE WALKED IN, BUT I THINK HE'S IN SUPPORT OF IT.

YES, IT'S NOT A WALL SIGN BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING ON THE WALL.

IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY, TECHNICALLY A MONUMENT SIGN EITHER.

IF WE NEED TO ADD THE ADDRESS. SUPER EASY TO DO, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT, YOU CANNOT SEE THIS FROM ANY ROAD, FROM ANY STREET.

YOU CAN ONLY SEE THIS SIGN WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PARKING LOT.

TO THE NEW ADDITION IS THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN SEE THIS.

TECHNICALLY, I GUESS VISIBLY, YES. YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE IT FROM DOWN THE ROAD, BUT DOWN THE ROAD IS A GOOD SIX, SEVEN, 800FT AWAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

SO I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS SIGN IS.

YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY ALREADY PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT, PAST THE MONUMENT SIGN AND THE WALL MOUNTED SIGN.

SO YOU'RE PRETTY SURE YOU'RE AT RESTORATION CHURCH? WHY DO WE NEED THIS? THEY ARE MOVING THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING.

THEY'RE ADDING ON THIS ADDITION. THEY'RE MOVING THE MAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE DOORS THAT YOU SEE DOWN THE LITTLE VESTIBULE AREA.

AND SO THE CLIENT WOULD JUST LIKE TO STICK A SIGN OUT FRONT ON THIS LOW WALL TO ADD AN ESTHETIC TO GIVE THEM SOME BRANDING.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON THE SIGN THAT SAYS, THIS IS THE ENTRANCE THIS WAY OR POINTING.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF IT AT ALL BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T SEE A GOOD USE FOR IT.

IF THERE'S NO SIGN HERE ON THIS LOW WALL CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, THERE'LL BE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ON THIS WALL.

OKAY, THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN ARCHITECTURAL PROBLEM, BUT MY POINT IS, IS THAT WOULD LOOK BETTER THAN HAVING A SIGN ON A LOW WALL.

NO, I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. I'M SORRY. IT'S THAT THAT IS AN ARCHITECTURAL DECISION THAT THE CHURCH.

SO I CAN'T I CAN'T SEE JUST US DOING AN ARBITRARY SIGN THAT IS OUT OF CONFORMANCE JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTS IT IT.

AND IT'S TO ME, I DON'T SEE WHERE IT'S BRINGING ANY VALUE TO THE PROJECT OR IT'S NOT GIVING ME ANY INFORMATION OTHER THAN TELLING ME I'M AT RESTORATION CHURCH, WHICH I SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THAT IF I'VE GOTTEN AROUND TO THIS ENTRANCE OVER HERE.

SO I'M NOT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT AT ALL. IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION TO TO THE POINT THAT YOU YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE SIGN AT ALL UNTIL YOU'RE IN THE PARKING LOT.

AS FAR AS THAT EVEN MAKES IT EVEN MORE USELESS.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM ANYWHERE UNTIL YOU GET THERE.

AND SO YOU DRIVE, YOU WALK PAST IT AND YOU GO LIKE, OH, WE MUST BE AT RESTORATION CHURCH.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, I JUST DON'T I DON'T SEE. THE IDEA THAT IF THE CHURCH HAD A MUCH LARGER PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THE CHURCH WAS SET BACK SEVERAL HUNDRED, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF FEET BACK THERE, AND THEY AND THE CHURCH HAD DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE DEEP INTO THE PROPERTY THAT YOU COULD NOT SEE FROM THE ROAD.

YOU COULD NOT SEE FROM THE HIGHWAY. WOULD YOU STILL HAVE TO PERMIT THOSE SIGNS? YES. ANSWER IS YES. THE ANSWER IS YES. YES. AND I AGAIN, I AM NOT 100% FAMILIAR WITH THE ENTIRE SOUTHLAKE SIGN CODE.

AND THAT'S THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP AND BROUGHT UP THE REASON OF YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM ANY ROADS, BUT IF THAT DOESN'T APPLY, THEN IT DOESN'T APPLY.

UNDERSTOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? WELL, POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR STAFF. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. SO COULD THEY STILL THEY COULD PUT A SIGN WITHOUT A VARIANCE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

YES, THEY COULD PUT A SIGN ON THE BUILDING. OKAY.

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I'M FINE WITH IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. AS I SAID, WE DO NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO I THINK WE'VE HEARD EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS. AND IF WE WANT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE, LET'S TAKE A SHOT AT IT. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER SV26-0007. SIGN VARIANCES FOR THE RESTORATION CHURCH, BASED ON STAFF REPORT DATED MAY 15TH, 2026, TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MONUMENT SIGN LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NEW ENTRANCE OF THE CHURCH. I HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND THAT CARRIES FOUR-ONE.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 7, SV26-0008.

[7.Consider: SV26-0008, Sign Variance for The Jane, located at 1151 E. Southlake Blvd., Suite 390.]

AND THIS IS A VARIANCE FROM THE MASTER SIGN PLAN FOR PARK VILLAGE.

THE LOCATION IS 1151 EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, SUITE 390.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE, THE PARK VILLAGE.

AND HERE'S THE SIGN SITE PLAN. YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS WHERE THE JANE IS LOCATED.

AND THIS IS WHERE THE SIGN IS LOCATED ON THEIR PATIO.

THIS IS AN EXISTING SIGN. IT'S AN ATTACHED LED SIGN ON THE WEST ELEVATION.

IT'S INSIDE THEIR PATIO. IT'S JUST NOT A PERMITTED SIGN TYPE UNDER THE THE MASTER SIGN PLAN.

THEY ARE ALLOWED ONE SIGN PER FACADE AND THIS WOULD BE A SECOND SIGN FOR THIS FACADE.

ALSO, THE SIGN WITH IS A LITTLE BIT OVER AT SIX FEET SEVEN INCHES, AND THEY'RE ALLOWED SIX FEET FOUR AND 7/8 EIGHT INCHES.

HERE ARE THE, THE, THESE ARE JUST SHOWING WHERE THE SIGN IS LOCATED AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DETAIL HERE.

MORE SITE PHOTOS. THIS SHOWS THEIR MAIN BUILDING SIGNAGE HERE.

AND HERE IS THE SIGN IN QUESTION. AND THEN WE JUST HAVE A BUNCH OF SITE PHOTOS FROM THIS SHOPPING CENTER HERE.

LET'S RUN THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK AND JUST SOMETHING SIMILAR.

SHAKE SHACK DID GET A VARIANCE TO HAVE A MURAL TYPE SIGN AND THEIR COVERED PATIO AREA.

THIS IS WHAT THEIR SIGN LOOKS LIKE CLOSE UP. AND IT'S NOT THE GREATEST PICTURE HERE IN THE LOWER RIGHT, BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN SEE OF THE SIGN WHEN WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEIR PATIO IS CLOSED UP.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AM I CORRECT WE DO NOT HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TODAY? APPEARS TO BE THE CASE. YES. YEAH. ANY. HAVE THEY REACHED OUT AT ALL TO NOT KNOW? SAY THEY HAD A PROBLEM GETTING HERE OR ANYTHING? NO, WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. OKAY.

DO WE? I KNOW IN TIMES PAST WE WOULD JUST DENY THESE.

OR DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TABLE IT OR. YES YOU CAN.

YEAH. YOU, WE, YOU CAN TABLE IT. YOU CAN YOU CAN STILL DISCUSS IT AND ACT ON IT IF IF YOU WISH.

IT'S YOUR CHOICE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, JUST AS A, I GUESS, COURTESY QUESTION FOR ME, I WOULD PREFER THAT THE APPLICANT WHO WANTS TO SIGN IT HERE. SO I'D BE IN FAVOR OF TABLING JUST IN CASE THEY HAD A PERSONAL ISSUE THAT CAME UP AND THEY COULDN'T NOTIFY US AS OPPOSED TO JUST DENYING IT RIGHT OFF THE BAT. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. ALL RIGHT. I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH THAT.

DO YOU WANT TO DO A MOTION? WE'LL TABLE THIS TO THE WOULD IT BE THE JUNE 6TH OR THE JUNE.

JUNE 4TH. CORRECT. JUNE. JUNE 4TH. YES. YES. OKAY.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM NUMBER SVR26-0008 SIGN VARIANCE FOR THE JANE BASED ON STAFF REPORT DATED MAY 15TH, 2026.

THE REASON FOR THE TABLING WAS THE APPLICANT WAS NOT HERE TO DEFEND THE CASE.

AND TO CLARIFY TABLING TO THE JUNE 4TH, 2026 MEETING AND TABLED UNTIL THE JUNE 4TH, 2026 MEETING.

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PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ITEM CARRIES FIVE ZERO.

MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.