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ZV2025-0004, Walmart, 151 SW 184 Avenue, variance request. (Cole) (District 4)
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION / BACKGROUND:
Lisa Leonard, agent for Wal-Mart, is requesting a sign variance for the existing Super Wal-Mart site, located at 151 Southwest 184 Avenue. The applicant is requesting a variance to allow directional and informational signs on-site without meeting certain site requirements.
LDC Section 155.699 permits directional and informational signs where there are two or more buildings; a building has a drive-thru; or a building is not visible from the primary frontage.
The applicant requests the ability to add directional/informational signs to their site to direct customers to on-line pickup areas. Upon review of the Wal-Mart request, zoning staff have determined that the site does not meet the criteria to allow such signs.
Walmart was approved in 1997 through site plan SP (97-25). In 2002, the site was approved for 24-hour Super Wal-Mart with associated parking, landscaping, signage and circulation. As a result of the 2002 application, the original Wal-Mart Walmart was demolished once Super Wal-Mart Walmart was completed. Additionally, in 2002, the site was approved for a variance to allow 514.56 square feet of wall signage.
In 2019 through MSC2019-12, in the drive aisle adjacent to the northwest corner of the building, seven short-term parking spaces were approved with a freestanding canopy covering six of the seven short-term parking spaces. In 2024 through ZV2024-0006 33 short-term parking spaces were approved for the site.
VARIANCE REQUEST DETAILS:
The applicant is requesting a variance to allow directional and informational signs where there are fewer than two buildings, the building does not have a drive-thru and the building is visible from the primary frontage.
The applicant has provided the attached justification statement to support their request. Directional...
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