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Dairy Queen sign variance put on hold while council, applicant explore sewer easement protections
Summary
A Dairy Queen sign-variance request to permit a pole sign and reduced setback prompted a long public hearing on Feb. 3; staff and the applicant agreed to obtain cost and engineering estimates for steel casing or other protections so the applicant’s sign would not be forced to be removed if the city performs utility work; the council asked the applicant to return when ready.
Tony McElwain, the city’s development services director, presented a sign-variance request (Case 24-365) from a Dairy Queen franchisee seeking permission for a pole sign and a reduced setback at the new Dairy Queen site on Southwest Wilshire Boulevard. The request arose after city staff and the applicant discovered a recently installed sewer line and an enlarged easement (expanded from a 10-foot to a 25-foot easement during site development), which would complicate placement of the monument sign originally proposed.
Why it matters: The case raised competing concerns about public-right-of-way/utility protection and a business’s need for visible signage at a busy state highway frontage (US 174). Dairy Queen owner Nathan Mayfield and Molly Brown…
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