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Planning commission recommends allowing one illuminated wall sign at Allen Retail Center PD53 after 6–1 vote
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 7 voted 6–1 to recommend approval of an amendment to PD 53 to permit one illuminated wall sign per suite facing Alma Drive within 50 feet of single‑family zoning in the Allen Retail Center; staff had recommended denial citing ALDC restrictions and concerns about glare and precedent.
The City of Allen Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval, by a 6–1 vote, of an amendment to Planned Development No. 53 that would permit one illuminated wall sign per suite on the eastern facade of the Allen Retail Center building facing Alma Drive even where the building edge is within 50 feet of a single‑family residential zone.
Planning staff presenter Matt Beckloff described the request and explained staff’s recommendation of denial. Beckloff told the commission that the relevant sign regulation in the Allen Land Development Code (ALDC) “specifically say that any illuminated sign within a 50 feet…
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