Board approves 140-foot Tidewater water tower and larger-than-code sign for Gerald Ridge subdivision
Kent County—s Board of Adjustment approved three variances for Tidewater Utilities to build a 140-foot, 500,000-gallon water tower at Gerald Ridge and to place a 672-square-foot logo sign about 123.5 feet above grade, despite staff recommending denial of the sign-size variance.
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The Kent County Board of Adjustment voted to grant Tidewater Utilities three variances for a proposed Gerald Ridge water tower serving an 85-lot subdivision: increasing the tower height to 140 feet, allowing a sign to sit roughly 123.5 feet above grade, and expanding the permitted sign area to 672 square feet (about 24% of the building front area) from the code—s 10% (280 square feet).
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