Historic Landmark Commission approves signs for Mines Meat Market, recommends variances to Design Review Committee

BOERNE, Texas — The Boerne Historic Landmark Commission on June 9 approved a certificate of appropriateness for three new signs for Mines Meat Market at 101 South Main Street, Suite C, and voted to forward recommendations to the Design Review Committee to consider variances for total sign area and for a projecting hanging sign.

The decision affects a hanging sign, an attached canopy sign and a wall-mounted sign proposed for the East San Antonio-facing side of the noncontributing 1967 commercial building. Staff recommended approval of the signs’ design but noted the package exceeds the Unified Development Code limits for tenant sign area and the projection allowed under canopy rules, so the applicant requested variances.

Joanne Marie Andrade of the City of Boerne Planning Department told commissioners the three signs form a single cohesive package for the new…