R-14-73 RESOLUTION NO. R-14-73
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OF FORREST
HIGGINBOTHAM/LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, LLC, OWNERS AND
APPLICANT, BY MOLLY NOVOTNY, AGENT, FOR SPECIAL
EXCEPTIONS TO CITY CODE SECTION 110-180 TO ALLOW BUILDING-
MOUNTED SIGNAGE TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN
AREA AND BE LOCATED ON NON-BUILDING FRONTAGE WALLS, TO
ALLOW MORE THAN ONE GROUND-MOUNTED SHOPPING CENTER
IDENTIFICATION SIGN, AND TO ALLOW GROUND-MOUNTED
SHOPPING CENTER IDENTIFICATION SIGNAGE TO EXCEED THE
MAXIMUM HEIGHT, SQUARE FOOTAGE AREA, AND TO IDENTIFY THE
NAMES OF INDIVIDUAL TENANTS,IN THE C-2 RETAIL COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT AND THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT ON
THE PREMISES KNOWN AS 4080 JERMANTOWN ROAD AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TAX MAP PARCEL 56-2-08-26B.
WHEREAS, Forrest Higginbotham/Lowe's Home Centers, LLC, owners and
applicant and Molly Novotny, Agent have submitted Application SE-14090121
requesting a Special Exception to modify the requirements of City Code §110-180 to
allow building-mounted signage to exceed the maximum allowable sign area and be
located on non-building frontage walls, to allow more than one ground-mounted
shopping center identification sign, and to allow ground-mounted shopping center
identification signage to exceed the maximum height, square footage area, and to
identify the names of individual tenants, and
WHEREAS, City Council has carefully considered the application, the
recommendation from Staff, and testimony received at the public hearing; and
WHEREAS, City Council has determined that the proposed Special Exception
would be appropriate because the proposal would meet the requisites established by
City of Fairfax Code §110-185, and for the following reasons:
1. The request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and other adopted city goals
and policies;
2. The request is appropriate given the size and shape of the lot and the lot's site design
on which the signage is proposed;
3. The request will not result in increased traffic congestion or otherwise negatively
impact existing traffic flow or pedestrian and vehicular safety;
4. The request will not adversely impact adjacent property or the surrounding area;
5. The request will not adversely impact the safety and welfare of residents living in the
area; and
6. The request is in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the applicable article
of Chapter 110 of the City Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Fairfax on this 18th day of November, 2014, that Application No. SE-14090121 be
and hereby is APPROVED, as requested with the following conditions:
1. All signage shall be in substantial conformance with the attached Lowe's signage
graphics (pages 1 — 14), dated September 17, 2014 and revised through October 29,
2014, Sign Exhibit EXH-1 dated 10-28-2014, and the Sign Plan Matrix, dated as
revised through October 29, 2014 or as further amended by these conditions.
2. If any future public right-of-way improvements that require the removal of Sign F,
then any and all costs associated with the removal, and any future relocation or
modification of Sign F, shall be fully and wholly borne by the landowner or its assigns
and not by the City of Fairfax or its assigns.
Adopted this 18th day of November, 2014.
S-1-41-11,6-41
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
The vote on the motion to approve was recorded as follows:
VOTE:
Councilman DeMarco Aye
Councilman Greenfield Aye
Councilmember Loftus Aye
Councilman Meyer Aye
Councilmember Miller Aye
Councilmember Schmidt Aye