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Plan panel approves IHOP‑Applebee’s exterior remodel and signage with conditions
Summary
Commission approved plans to reopen a vacant restaurant at 3100 Gulf Road as a combined IHOP and Applebee’s, granting exterior paint, awnings and signage changes but limiting awning logo area and requiring staff coordination on illumination and pylon sign colors.
Plan Commission members on July 30 approved exterior renovations and signage for a proposed combined IHOP and Applebee’s at 3100 Gulf Road, subject to several conditions on awning logos and illumination.
Tom Babra, the project designer, and Valerie Dovay of IHOP/Applebee’s corporate presented colored elevations showing repainted brick, new canopies and awnings and proposed illuminated brand signs. Amy Barrows, the city planner, said most of the proposed signage complies with the code, but the Apple “apple” logos on multiple awnings would push the project over allowed sign area unless some logos were removed or the awnings modified.
“All of the signs except for the awnings do comply…
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