19920512 r-92-09RESOLUTION NO. R-92-9
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OF FAIRFAX HOTEL, INC.,
FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A FREE-STANDING SIGN
AT 3535 CHAIN BRIDGE ROAD
WHEREAS, Fairfax Hotel, Inc., by George A. Snell, pres-
ident, has submitted application No. SE-93A-92-1 requesting
special exceptions to the city Code listed below:
Section 26-43(a)(3) and 8 - To permit a free-standing sign
to be less than the required 20 feet from the right-of-way;
and
Section 26-44(b)(2) (c)l - To permit a free-standing sign
style.other than the permitted ground-mounted style; more
than the allowed 50 square feet maximum free-standing sign
area; a free-standing sign height greater than the allowed
six-foot maximum; and to permit more than the one allowed
free-standing sign.
WHEREAS, City Council has determined that the proposed
special exceptions are appropriate because the proposal meets
the requisites established by City of Fairfax Code Section 26-48
and 26-103(c) for the following reasons:
The subject property has a unique burden due to the heavily
landscaped right-of-way between the hotel property and
Chain Bridge Road.
Approval of the requested special exceptions will not
create negative impacts to adjacent properties or existing
traffic patterns.
Granting the special exceptions is not inconsistent with
the Comprehensive Plan or the Sign Ordinance except that
the additional sign area devoted to changeable copy does
not seem warranted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the city Council of the
City of Fairfax on this 12th day of May, 1992, that application
No. SE-93A-92-1 be and hereby is approved with the following
conditions:
The maximum sign area (including the changeable copy sign
board) be fifty square feet.
2. The smaller existing sign be removed.
3. The 26 square foot pylon sign be removed.
MAYOR
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