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Council reopens Compass sign variance after Mould Center objections; signage vote tabled to next meeting
Summary
The council agreed to reconsider an omnibus-approved sign variance for 3100 Skokie Highway after the Mould Center's attorney and owner said the proposed sign would not be visible to their business; Alderman Coleman moved to reconsider and later successfully moved to table the item to the May 19 meeting to allow further negotiation with Compass.
Adam Kingsley, attorney for Jim Sackelman of the Mould Center, and Sackelman told the council they were not given adequate opportunity to resolve a sign dispute with the Compass project at 3100 Skokie Highway. Sackelman said the sign option the developer offered was only 3 feet high and would be obscured by traffic, hampering the Mould Center's visibility and livelihood.
"The sign that they've offered us is 3 feet, and the cars are next to it ... All we're asking is 8 feet high ' the starter sign so we're visible," Sackelman said during public comment. That…
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