Mira Vista Professional Center sign variance approved

At its Feb. 15 meeting, the Rollingwood City Council approved a sign variance for the Mira Vista Professional Center's monument sign.

Mira Vista Professional Center is a 16,472-square-foot medical office building at 2765 Bee Caves Road.

The request, which asked to increase the sign by 4 feet in height, came from Live Oak-Gottesman, a company that recently purchased a portion of Mira Vista.

"Due to the unique topography of the area, if you're driving down Bee Caves Road, you don't see any of the signs in the center," said Ion Art senior graphic designer, Paul Ross, representing Live Oak-Gottesman. "The only visibility option from Bee Caves [Road] is this little monument at the only entrance to the center, so this is why we feel a slightly larger sign would help each tenant in this development."

The tenants include American Bank of Texas; Buckingham Center; C. Ron Byrd, M.D., ENT & Allergy; and 5 Fitness.

Wayfinding signs for Austin Surgical Center approved

Rollingwood City Council approved a waiver to allow wayfinding signs that will improve visibility of Austin Surgical Center's emergency room entrance.

"It is of the hospital's concern that our patients cannot easily find the entrance," said Donna Lee McBride, director of business development and marketing at Austin Surgical Hospital. "It's very difficult to locate the ER entrance [in the dark]."

McBride said it was common for staff to find ER patients in the main lobby when they needed immediate care.

When Austin Surgical Hospital opened, it did not have ER services, so wayfinding signs were unnecessary.

The variance was to allow a bigger sign, backlighting for the ER sign as well as vertical letters and larger parking lot signs.

There will be no change to the monument sign facing Bee Caves Road.

The waiver will expire in six months if the signs have not been put into place.