Council committee hears two conditional-use requests for billboards at 800 Flora Avenue

Kenjo Outdoor asked an Akron City Council planning committee on conditional-use permits to place two double-sided, V-shaped outdoor advertising displays at 800 Flora Avenue, one with digital panels and one externally illuminated, and both reaching an overall height of 65 feet above ground.

The requests were introduced by planning staff. Planning consultant/agent Antonucci said the digital faces would measure 48 feet by 14 feet (672 square feet per face), sit on a 48-inch-diameter steel monopole with a base elevation roughly 10–12 feet above the interstate surface, and would be oriented toward the highway. Antonucci said a lighting study had been submitted and “it is expected that the digital display would comply with national lighting requirements.” He added that the proposal meets most zoning development standards and that both planning staff and the planning…