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Denton ZBA approves larger sign for Love's Travel Stops after TxDOT right‑of‑way reduced frontage
Summary
The Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 6‑0 to approve a variance allowing Love's Travel Stops to expand a ground sign to a maximum effective area of 451 square feet after staff said TxDOT right‑of‑way acquisition removed a previously permitted sign; the board removed a staff‑recommended restriction on additional ground signs.
The Zoning Board Adjustment of the City of Denton on a 6‑0 vote approved a variance to allow a ground sign with a maximum effective area of 451 square feet for a Love's Travel Stops property at the southwest corner of Barthold Road and North IH‑35.
Senior planner Mia Hines told the board the site, developed in 2017 on about 17.2 acres, lost one of its previously permitted ground signs after TxDOT acquired additional right‑of‑way and utility easements, reducing available frontage. Hines said the sign code’s maximum effective area is 250 square feet and staff concluded the acquisition and easement changes created a unique hardship that can justify a variance. Staff recommended conditional…
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