A number of signage ordinance amendments were given the green light by the Dripping Springs City Council last month.
Signage ordinances were amended for three separate developments in the city at the request of the properties’ owners.
According to Michelle Fischer, Dripping Springs city administrator, the city’s sign ordinance encourages master sign plans for larger developments.
“In the past, it would make sense to have sign plans for large communities once it was realized that it was easier to manage the signage in the ordinance,”
Fischer said sometimes a development owner wants stricter standards than the city’s signage ordinance allows.
The city then tries to work with the owners in creating signage that reflects the owners needs while maintaining the city’s character.
“A lot of these are from property owners to spell out what their tenants are,” said Fischer.
The signage amendments included allowing the installation and use of a third panel for a sign in the Commons Shopping Center to show tenants that had previously no visibility.
Having three panels is one more than the city’s standard allowance.
Sawyer Ranch Medical Tower also requested to have a sign for one of its tenants added onto its building.
However, the ordinance only allowed for six signs for major tenants on its building.
To compensate, Dripping Springs City Council allowed monument signs, permanent signs where the bottom of the sign is affixed to the ground and not a building, for the tenant along Sawyer Ranch road and Highway 290.
Primrose Ridge, the third development, requested a new ordinance that would cover permanent signs. However, it also needed temporary informational signs for model home sites.
