Board approves Walmart Neighborhood Market signage and pickup area at 1300 N. University Blvd.
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The Mobile Board of Adjustment approved a sign package allowing a new curbside pickup sign and relocated pharmacy signage at the Walmart Neighborhood Market at 1300 North University Boulevard; the board discussed an advertising-fee timing issue before proceeding.
The Mobile Board of Adjustment on April 7 approved a request from Walmart to add a curbside pickup sign and relocate pharmacy signage at the Walmart Neighborhood Market at 1300 North University Boulevard.
The applicant, Sunday Gorham of SGA Design Group, told the board the changes reflect continued growth in online grocery orders and an interior reconfiguration that requires a designated pickup area and clearer wayfinding. "They're wanting to reconfigure the interior of the store so they'll have a dedicated space to marshal the orders and keep the traffic clean within the store," Gorham said.
Board members discussed a procedural question before hearing the substance of the request. A board member noted the staff report said the application missed the deadline to pay the required advertising fee; staff explained the legal advertisement had been published and the applicant later paid the invoice but after the department's internal deadline. A planning staff member said the notice did publish and the fee has now been paid.
Gorham described the package as adding one freestanding sign, six wall signs and two informational signs (the pickup area and a relocated pharmacy sign). She said the project also includes a rebrand from "Walmart Neighborhood Market" to "Walmart Mobile Market" on one sign and an overall request for an additional 71.34 square feet of sign area to yield roughly 5% of the building face for signage. "The pickup sign is the new sign that we're adding to the building," Gorham said.
After board questions about the number and placement of pharmacy drive-through signs, a motion to approve the request subject to findings carried. The board did not record an individual roll-call tally in the transcript; the chair announced the motion carried.
The board's approval covers the requested signs and the relocation of pharmacy signage as described during the hearing. No members of the public spoke in opposition during the hearing.