Recommended for approval
See case notes below
TTCDA
Sign Permit
1-A-23-TOS
See case notes below
Details
Request
Property Info
Case Notes
Details of Action
− +Staff recommends the following actions on the required waivers from the Design Guidelines:
1) Approve the waiver to decrease the signage setback to allow the existing signage at the right-of-way to remain since it is an existing legal nonconformity and the right-of-way of Technology Drive is 76 feet in front of the subject property and, since it is a local road, is only required to be 50 feet.
2) Approve the waiver to allow 2 signs for a nonresidential development since the signs have been installed for 21 years and are a brick structure of a more permanent nature than other types of yard signs and thus harder to remove.
3) Approve the waiver to allow the sign structure to exceed the sign?s message area to allow the existing sign structures to remain since the structure is already built, so to come into compliance, the message area would need to be increased and staff finds the message area to be of an appropriate size and does not wish to see it increased.
Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness for a Sign Permit, subject to the following condition:
1) Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance, as appropriate.
1) Approve the waiver to decrease the signage setback to allow the existing signage at the right-of-way to remain since it is an existing legal nonconformity and the right-of-way of Technology Drive is 76 feet in front of the subject property and, since it is a local road, is only required to be 50 feet.
2) Approve the waiver to allow 2 signs for a nonresidential development since the signs have been installed for 21 years and are a brick structure of a more permanent nature than other types of yard signs and thus harder to remove.
3) Approve the waiver to allow the sign structure to exceed the sign?s message area to allow the existing sign structures to remain since the structure is already built, so to come into compliance, the message area would need to be increased and staff finds the message area to be of an appropriate size and does not wish to see it increased.
Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness for a Sign Permit, subject to the following condition:
1) Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance, as appropriate.
Applicant Request
− +Variances
1) Decrease the signage setback to allow the existing signage at the right-of-way to remain.
2) Allow 2 signs for a nonresidential development.
3) Increase the sign structure size ratio over the sign?s message area by the amount sufficient to allow the existing sign structures to remain.
Property Information
− +Location
Size
Sector
10325 Technology Dr.
Southwest corner of the northernmost intersection of Cogdill Rd & Technology Dr
Commission District 3
Size
1.03 acres
Sector
Northwest County
Land Use Designation? TP (Technology Park)
Currently on the Property
Small office building
Case Notes
− +Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends the following actions on the required waivers from the Design Guidelines:
1) Approve the waiver to decrease the signage setback to allow the existing signage at the right-of-way to remain since it is an existing legal nonconformity and the right-of-way of Technology Drive is 76 feet in front of the subject property and, since it is a local road, is only required to be 50 feet.
2) Approve the waiver to allow 2 signs for a nonresidential development since the signs have been installed for 21 years and are a brick structure of a more permanent nature than other types of yard signs and thus harder to remove.
3) Approve the waiver to allow the sign structure to exceed the sign?s message area to allow the existing sign structures to remain since the structure is already built, so to come into compliance, the message area would need to be increased and staff finds the message area to be of an appropriate size and does not wish to see it increased.
Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness for a Sign Permit, subject to the following condition:
1) Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance, as appropriate.
Details of Action
Staff recommends the following actions on the required waivers from the Design Guidelines:1) Approve the waiver to decrease the signage setback to allow the existing signage at the right-of-way to remain since it is an existing legal nonconformity and the right-of-way of Technology Drive is 76 feet in front of the subject property and, since it is a local road, is only required to be 50 feet.
2) Approve the waiver to allow 2 signs for a nonresidential development since the signs have been installed for 21 years and are a brick structure of a more permanent nature than other types of yard signs and thus harder to remove.
3) Approve the waiver to allow the sign structure to exceed the sign?s message area to allow the existing sign structures to remain since the structure is already built, so to come into compliance, the message area would need to be increased and staff finds the message area to be of an appropriate size and does not wish to see it increased.
Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness for a Sign Permit, subject to the following condition:
1) Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance, as appropriate.
Applicant
