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Board denies Happy State Bank's request for more building signs, 3-1-1
Happy State Bank asked for more building identification signs than the standards allow on its downtown building, saying it wanted visibility from the street and from Hodgetown ballpark. Staff recommended denial, saying approval would set a precedent. Members said the existing signs were visible and the ballpark seating did not face the building. A motion to approve died for lack of a second, and the motion to deny passed 3-1-1. The same night the board unanimously approved Amarillo College's Innovation Outpost addition.[1]
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COA-20-24 (applicant: Happy State Bank; Fillmore St. and S.E. 8th Ave.) sought more building identification signs than allowed. Staff "expressed concerns that if approved, the request would set a precedent" and "recommended denial as presented." A bank representative said the bank wanted visibility "from the public Right-of-Way and also from those in the Hodgetown Ballpark." A motion to approve by Vice Chairman Cindi Bulla "failed for lack of a second." The motion to deny, by alternate Gregg Bliss seconded by Alan Cox, "was voted 3-1-1": Bliss, Cox and Gary Jennings for denial, Chairman Wesley Knapp abstaining and Bulla against. [1]
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COA-20-26, the Amarillo College Innovation Outpost project at S.W. 12th Ave. and Polk St., was approved unanimously as presented; staff said its design elements were "in character with the surrounding architecture" and recommended approval. [1]
