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Wylie zoning board denies variance for 20-foot monument sign at FM 544

5442574 · July 21, 2025
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Summary

The Wylie Zoning Board of Adjustments voted 4-0 July 21 to deny a variance request from AFA Enterprises, LLC to install a 20-foot-tall, 160-square-foot monument sign at 3201 FM 544, citing concerns about size, motorist distraction and a self-imposed hardship.

The Wylie Zoning Board of Adjustments on July 21 voted 4-0 to deny a variance request from AFA Enterprises, LLC for a monument sign at 3201 West Farm Road 544 (FM 544).

City planning staff told the board the applicant seeks a 20-foot-tall, 8-foot-wide monument sign totaling 160 square feet; the ordinance for a property of that size allows a maximum height of 14 feet and 60 square feet. Planning staff noted the variance request was largely driven by the number of tenants on the property and warned that "a hardship cannot be self imposed."

The board’s denial followed a short public hearing with no members of…

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