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Board approves billboard spacing variance on US 30 despite one dissent
Summary
The Merrillville BZA approved a variance allowing a new static 14-by-48-foot billboard at 1710 W. 80th Ave, finding the spacing variance appropriate for this petitioner; the vote was 4-1 with one member dissenting.
The Town of Merrillville Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance of developmental standards to allow a new off-premise advertising sign at 1710 West 80th Avenue (case Z5V1-0325). The vote was 4 in favor, 1 opposed.
TJ Simpson, assistant general manager for Lamar Advertising of Northwest Indiana, told the board the property owner asked Lamar to place a billboard on the site and that demand and sale conditions made the location desirable.…
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