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          MANTIS ONE. ISN'T THAT ONE OF THEM? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 6:06 P.M. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO 
          [1. Call to order and roll call of members ]
ORDER. WELCOME TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION SPECIAL SESSION MEETING FOR MAY 21ST, 2026. CAN ACTUALLY HAVE AN AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME. ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST GO. BASED ON THE ITEM. ONE WILL BE PROBABLY BE CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS. YEP, THERE IT IS. SO I'LL GO THROUGH YOUR NAMES AND JUST SAY HERE KATHLEEN BENOIT HERE. TAMARA CURRIE IS NOT HERE. MICHAEL HENDERSHOT I'M HERE. RUSSELL MILLER HERE. 
          ROBERT KLEIN HERE. DAVE PERSON IS NOT HERE. AND WE DON'T HAVE A VACANCY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 
          [2. Approval of October 2, 2025, minutes]
ITEM TWO APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 2ND 2025. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT. IF WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, A MOTION TO APPROVE. RUSSELL. MR. RUSSELL. OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MR. KLEIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ITEM THREE, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. I 
          [3. Citizen Communication]
DON'T HAVE THE BIG BLURB IN FRONT OF ME THAT WE USUALLY HAVE. IF THERE'S ANY CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO THE BOARD RIGHT NOW, PLEASE DO SO. OTHERWISE, IF IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE CAN WAIT TILL THAT. I DON'T SEE ANY. WE'LL MOVE ON 
          [4.A. Hold a public hearing and take action on a Zoning Board of Adjustments Application, VA-26-0002, (2640 South State Highway 3), two variance requests for a pylon sign located on an arterial roadway to 1) increase the maximum allowable height from 20 feet to 30 feet and 2) increase the maximum allowable sign area from 100 square feet to 108 square feet in accordance with Table #3 of Article 8 entitled Signs in the League City Unified Development Code (Chapter 125 of the League City Code of Ordinances), located on approximately 4.728  acres, generally located along the east side of South State Highway 3 and south of East Olive Street with the address of 2640 South State Highway 3.]
TO ITEM FOUR. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS. SO ITEM FOUR A IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE ACTION ON A ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS APPLICATION. VA-26-00022640 SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY THREE TWO VARIANCE REQUEST FOR A PYLON SIGN LOCATED ON ARTERIAL ROADWAY TO ONE. INCREASED MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT FROM 20FT TO 30FT AND TWO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA FROM 100FT■S TO 108FT■S, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE NUMBER THREE OF ARTICLE EIGHT, ENTITLED SIGNS IN THE LEAGUE CITY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          CHAPTER 125 LEAGUE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES LOCATED ON APPROXIMATELY 4.72 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY THREE AND SOUTH OF EAST OLIVE STREET WITH THE ADDRESS OF 2640 SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY THREE. MOUTHFUL. GO FOR IT. 
          GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO AS MENTIONED IN THAT VERY LONG TITLE SLIDE, THERE'S TWO VARIANCE REQUESTS TONIGHT. ONE IS FOR THE HEIGHT OF A SIGN AND THE OTHER IS FOR THE AREA OF A SIGN. SO THE HEIGHT IS AN INCREASE FROM 20 TO 30. THE AREA IS AN INCREASE FROM 100 TO 108. SO THIS IS FOR THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED OR CURRENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED TRACTOR SUPPLY. 
          IT'S LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF OLIVE STREET AND HIGHWAY THREE. SO THIS IS THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN 646 AND HIGHWAY 96. SO THE PROPOSED SIGN IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. IT IS HAS MENTIONED 30 FOOT TALL. THIS IS A RENDERING SHOWING THE SIGN AND 108FT■S. SO THE 30 FOOT CONSTITUTES A 50% INCREASE IN THE TOTAL ALLOWABLE AREA, WHICH IS 20FT PER ORDINANCE, AND THE 108FT■S CONSTITUTES AN 8% INCREASE, WITH THE ALLOWABLE AREA BEING 100FT■S. SO JUST SOME OBSERVATIONS OF GOING DOWN THIS CORRIDOR. I DROVE IT YESTERDAY JUST TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THE AREA AND FOUND THAT NO SIGNS EXCEED THE MAXIMUM AREA OR HEIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY THREE CORRIDOR. AND IN FACT, THERE'S ONLY TWO PYLON SIGNS IN THE ENTIRE STRETCH THAT ARE OVER TEN FEET IN HEIGHT. SO THE, THE 20 FOOT, FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE IS A SUFFICIENT HEIGHT FOR A SIGN ALONG THIS CORRIDOR AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AREA. SO AGAIN, FROM THE COMMISSION STANDPOINT, YOU LOOK AT THE EIGHT CRITERIA. HAPPY TO GO THROUGH ANY OF THESE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND GO THROUGH EACH ONE WITH YOU UNLESS YOU ASK ME TO. SO JUST GENERALLY FINDINGS THAT STAFF HAS FOUND THAT FIVE OF THE EIGHT CRITERIA HAVE NOT BEEN MET, THE REQUESTED VARIANCES EXCEED THE MAXIMUM SIGN ALLOWANCE BY 50% HEIGHT AND 8% IN THE AREA. THE PROPOSED SIGN DOES HAVE DIRECT FRONTAGE ON HIGHWAY THREE. IT'S NOT OBSCURED AND IT DOES PROVIDE ADEQUATE VISIBILITY FOR THE SITE. THE APPLICANT HASN'T DEMONSTRATED ANY UNIQUE SITE CONDITIONS THAT PREVENT COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE, AND THE REQUEST IS BASED ON REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE 
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CORPORATE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS, RATHER THAN UNIQUE SITE CONDITIONS. I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HE WOULD LIKE A CHANCE TO SPEAK, AND I'M HERE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF JUST YET? OKAY. IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP. AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. HEY, YES, MY NAME IS AJ LOVING FOR THIS TRACTOR SUPPLY LOCATION. OKAY, SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY FOR HAVING ME TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A VARIANCE FOR THIS LOCATION DUE TO TRAFFIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY ACCESS, AS DUE TO THE NATURE OF TRACTOR SUPPLY THAT PEOPLE. THEY LIKE TO ACCESS THIS DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS LIKE STORMS AND HURRICANES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEY NEED ACCESS TO THIS. SO THIS WOULD CAUSE GREATER VISIBILITY DURING SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. THE NEXT ONE, LIKE I SAID, TRAFFIC SAFETY IS A LARGER SIGN. LARGER SIGN IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE MOTORISTS CAN IDENTIFY THE ENTRANCE SAFELY AT APPROPRIATE DISTANCES. WE HAVE CUSTOMERS WHO DRIVE LARGER VEHICLES, AND THEY MAY NEED TO SEE IT FROM THEIR VANTAGE POINT, AND THIS WOULD HELP THEM DO THAT. IF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON HIGH SPEED HIGHWAY CURB, YOU KNOW, INTERSECTION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS WOULD GREATLY HELP THAT. SO I HOPE THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY CAN SEE THAT THIS IS FUNCTIONAL AND SAFETY RELATED AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING ECONOMICAL AND SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF. AND THAT'S MY POINTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. TIME FOR THAT YET. I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOW. WE'LL OPEN IT AT 608. AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND, AND SPEAK TO THIS MATTER, CAN GO AHEAD AND DO SO. OKAY. DON'T ANY. SO I THINK WE& CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 608. AND THEN WE CAN I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS. SO THE MOTION. THERE COULD BE ONE OR I GUESS THERE COULD BE TWO MOTIONS. IN THIS CASE. THERE'S THE AREA AND THERE'S THE HEIGHT. SO WE CAN MAKE ONE SINGULAR MOTION THAT SAYS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE. AND THEN WE CAN DEBATE AND VOTE. OR WE CAN DO A SECONDARY MOTION THAT SAYS MOTION TO APPROVE THE HEIGHT, MOTION TO APPROVE THE AREA, AND AND DELIBERATE ON BOTH OF THOSE. SO DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DO BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME. SO WE WANT IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE AS APPLIED. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK I'M RIGHT ON. OKAY. THAT'S. MR. MR. RUSSELL, MR. MILLER HAS MADE THE MOTION. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. AND THAT'S MISS BENOIT. SECOND. 
          SO DISCUSSION. MR. KLEIN, A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE SIGN. AND FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S DO WE KNOW WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS ON THAT STRETCH OF NINE OR IT'S ROUTE THREE, RIGHT. YES, SIR. I BELIEVE IT'S 50MPH. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. IT'S 50. AND AS FAR AS THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH OF ROAD WHERE THIS IS BEING LOCATED, ARE THERE ANY CURVES LEADING UP TO THIS LOCATION ON THE ROAD? NO, SIR. IT'S A STRAIGHT SHOT. OKAY. SO. ALL RIGHT, IT'S A STRAIGHT SHOT, SO THERE'S NO OBSTRUCTIONS, CURVES, TALL TREES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE AREA. NOT. NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, SIR. OKAY. I THINK THERE IS CERTAINLY STRAIGHT. IT DOES NOT CURVE. THERE'S A SMALL LIKE ONE STORY CHURCH NEXT TO IT WITH A MONUMENT SIGN. AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING GOING. THERE'S NOTHING SOUTH. YEAH. THERE'S NOTHING. I MEAN, I DRIVE SEMIS, I DRIVE LARGE PICKUP TRUCKS, AND I'VE NEVER HAD A HARD TIME SEEING A 20 FOOT SIGN OR A TEN FOOT SIGN. I GUESS I WAS I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE HEIGHT AND THE THE REASONING BEHIND THE HEIGHT. I SUPPOSE I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE SITE PLAN THAT MADE IT SEEM LIKE WE WERE TRYING TO GET UP AND OVER SOMETHING. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS. IT WAS JUST 
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A TYPICAL SORT OF 30 FOOT TRACTOR SUPPLY SIGN. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER THOUGHT GIVEN TO IT. THERE HAS BEEN OTHER TRACTOR SUPPLY STORES AROUND THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IN TEXAS, THAT DO HAVE THE LARGER SIGNS. SOME OF THOSE ARE MORE WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF OFFSET FROM THE MAIN ROAD. BUT THE THE MAJORITY OF THE REST OF THEM ARE AT THE 20 FOOT HEIGHT OR WHAT THE CITY HAS SET UP ANY THE ONE OUT IN WEST TEXAS, OUT IN PECOS, IT'S ACTUALLY 45 FOOT BECAUSE IT'S IN BETWEEN TWO MOTELS, AND THERE'S PROBABLY NOT AN ORDINANCE AGAINST IT. NO. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WELL, I WONDER IF WE CAN RECONSIDER THE MOTION TO CONSIDER THIS AS ONE AND INSTEAD LOOK AT IT FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES BECAUSE PARDON ME, MY MY THOUGHTS ON ON THIS ARE THAT 108FT■S VERSUS 100FT■S TO E DOESN'T SEEM PARTICULARLY MATERIAL. THAT'S MINOR 30FT AS OPPOSED TO 20FT. THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT. AND SO AGAIN, TO MY WAY OF THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO MOVE AT THIS TIME, THAT WE CONSIDER THESE AS TWO SEPARATE ISSUES AS OPPOSED TO ONE. SO I WILL SO MOVE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE. I THINK IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I GUESS. MR. I MR. MILLER MOVED SO HE'D HAVE TO WITHDRAW HIS MOTION. RIGHT. HE COULD AMEND THE MOTION OR IT COULD BE A MOTION TO AMEND MOTION. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO OR. YES. OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO MR. MILLER'S AMENDING THE MOTION. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON APPROVING THE HEIGHT VARIANCE. CORRECT. AND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON APPROVING SEPARATELY THE AREA VARIANCE. SO LET'S GO ONE AT A TIME. LET'S START WITH THE HEIGHT VARIANCE. DO WE DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT AMENDMENT. I THINK YEAH WE NEED A SECOND ON THE AMENDMENT. YEAH I CAN I CAN AMEND THE SECOND AS WELL. MISS BEN WAS GOING TO SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK WE GO TO A VOTE UNLESS THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER DELIBERATIONS. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A VOTE ON THE FIRST MOTION, WHICH IS THE HEIGHT VARIANCE OF 30FT. 
          REMEMBER THE MOTION IS IN FAVOR. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE VARIANCE SAY I. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED I I. OKAY. THAT IS A VOTE 0 TO 4. UNANIMOUS AGAINST THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION. SO NOW WE'LL VOTE ON THE AREA VARIANCE. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AREA VARIANCE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ALL THOSE OPPOSED I. SO THAT'S THREE THREE VOTES TO ONE ON THE AREA VARIANCE TO APPROVE THE AREA VARIANCE. OKAY. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WHAT ELSE. 
          I THINK THAT THAT CLOSES THAT MATTER. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA. 
          STAFF COMMENTS. I HAVE NO COMMENTS TODAY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AFTER A WHILE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT NO COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NUMBER SIX IS ADJOURNMENT. SO WE CAN ADJOURN OUR MEETING AT
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