Parkside Tower Sign Subdistrict at N. Harwood Street
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An application to create a new subdistrict within the Downtown Special Provision Sign District on property zoned Subarea 1 of Subdistrict 155 within Planned Development No. 193, with a Downtown Perimeter Subdistrict SPSD Overlay, on the west corner of Woodall Rogers Fwy and N. Harwood Street, AKA [2123 N Harwood Street]. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to conditions. SSDAC Recommendation: Approval, subject to amended conditions. Applicant: William Preuitt of PE Parkside Tower, LLC Representative: Suzan Kedron / Jackson Walker LLP Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 14 Z-26-000115
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Obtain written text of amended sign conditions before vote
Why now: The August 6 agenda item shows a staff condition set and a separate SSDAC amended condition set for the same application, with Liliana Garza listed as planner (Z-26-000115).
What to do: Ask planner Liliana Garza for the document that states the advisory committee's amended conditions verbatim, and confirm which version will be carried into the draft ordinance creating the subdistrict. Whether "amended conditions" are reduced to writing in the record before the commission acts is the question to resolve now, because an approval that references amendments not in the packet leaves the operative sign restrictions ambiguous for the applicant and for later enforcement.
Act before: After the amended conditions document is produced
Compare two competing sign rule sets for Harwood Street tower
Why now: The August 6 City Plan Commission item lists Staff Recommendation: Approval subject to conditions but SSDAC Recommendation: Approval subject to amended conditions for the new subdistrict at 2123 N Harwood Street (Z-26-000115).
What to do: Pull both the staff-recommended conditions and the Sign Special District Advisory Committee's amended conditions for the proposed subdistrict and line them up on sign area, height, placement and illumination — the amended version is what the commission is being asked to endorse. If you design the tower's signage package to the staff conditions and the amended set governs, you rebuild the sign program after permitting.
Act before: After the August 6 City Plan Commission hearing
Ask why advisory committee rewrote staff sign conditions downtown
Why now: The August 6 item pairs a staff approval-with-conditions with an SSDAC approval-with-amended-conditions for a parcel already carrying a Downtown Perimeter Subdistrict overlay, filed by William Preuitt of PE Parkside Tower, LLC through Suzan Kedron of Jackson Walker LLP.
What to do: Request the Sign Special District Advisory Committee's minutes and its amended condition list for this application and identify exactly which staff conditions were changed and on whose motion. The record shows two bodies reaching the same conclusion by different terms, and the property already sits under a Downtown Perimeter Subdistrict sign overlay — so ask what the new property-specific subdistrict permits that the existing overlay does not.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Check illumination limits for new highway-facing tower signs
Why now: The application would create a new subdistrict within the Downtown Special Provision Sign District at 2123 N Harwood Street, heard by the City Plan Commission on August 6, 2026, in Council District 14.
What to do: Downtown and Uptown residents facing the west corner of Woodall Rogers Freeway and N. Harwood Street should read the proposed conditions for limits on sign brightness, hours of illumination, and whether changeable or digital display faces are allowed before the commission acts. A property-specific sign subdistrict sets the signage rules for that building for years, and objections are far harder to raise once the ordinance language is fixed.
Act before: After the August 6 City Plan Commission hearing
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An application to create a new subdistrict within the Downtown Special Provision Sign District on property zoned Subarea 1 of Subdistrict 155 within Planned Development No. 193, with a Downtown Perimeter Subdistrict SPSD Overlay, on the west corner of Woodall Rogers Fwy and N. Harwood Street, AKA [2123 N Harwood Street]. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to conditions. SSDAC Recommendation: Approval, subject to amended conditions. Applicant: William Preuitt of PE Parkside Tower, LLC Representative: Suzan Kedron / Jackson Walker LLP Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 14 Z-26-000115