Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Baylor Healthcare Systems, for Approval of a Comprehensive Sign Package for Baylor Hospital, Approximately 57.75 Acres, Located on the Northwest Corner of Lake Forest Drive and U.S. Highway 380 (University Drive).
Summary
MEETING DATE: September 27, 2011
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning
CONTACT: Brandon Opiela, Senior Planner
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to City Council for final approval at the October 18, 2011 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed comprehensive sign package.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: September 12, 2011 (Original Application)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing a comprehensive sign package for Baylor Hospital, on approximately 57.75 acres, at the northwest corner of Lake Forest Drive and U.S. Highway 380 (University Drive). The hospital is currently under construction and will feature a 465,110 square foot, 6-story hospital building and an 87,750 square foot physician’s office building.
The governing planned development district ordinance (PD 2007-07-068) states, “signage shall be submitted as a comprehensive sign package (including elevations), subject to review and approval by City Council either prior to or as part of the site plan process.” The approved site plan (08-094SP) for the subject property has been modified twice and was most recently approved on July 27, 2010. Although the language in the governing planned development district states that the sign package shall be approved prior to or as part of the site plan process, each time the associated site plans were to be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, the applicant was not prepared to formally submit a comprehensive sign package at such early stages of design and construction of the site. Therefore, Staff feels the sign package should be considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission (as it would have been in conjunction with site plan approval), with a recommendation forwarded on to City Council for final approval.
The applicant has provided a comparative matrix (see Exhibit A - attached) illustrating the difference between the proposed sizes of each sign versus what is currently permitted by the City of McKinney Sign Ordinance, and has also compiled illustrations and details of each proposed exterior sign on the campus (see Exhibit B - attached).