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Macomb ZBA approves two sign exceptions for Jack’s Car Wash with monument-sign condition
Summary
The Macomb Township Zoning Board of Appeals granted sign exceptions allowing two 50-square-foot wall signs for a new Jack’s Car Wash, on the condition the signs not be used if a monument sign is later installed; if a monument is added, wall-sign allowances revert to standard limits.
Aaron Tuckfield, chairman of the Macomb Township Zoning Board of Appeals, opened and presided over the board’s April meeting and led the panel through deliberations on a sign-exception request from Jack’s Car Wash for a property on Romeo Plank Road.
The board voted to permit two building-mounted signs of up to 50 square feet each — one on the south elevation and one on the west elevation — subject to a condition that the exceptions be voided if a monument sign is later installed on the property. If a monument sign is subsequently placed, the wall-sign sizes would revert to the ordinance standard (4 square feet for side/rear signs or the otherwise applicable limit).
The request before the board sought two separate sign exceptions: a south-facing wall sign of 50 square feet where 20.1 square feet is allowed, and a west-facing wall sign of 50 square feet where 4 square feet is allowed under the sign code. Planning staff summarized departmental…
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