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Needham design board approves Highland Spa signs with dimming, color and centering conditions
Summary
The Needham Design Review Board approved three signs and an awning for Highland Spa at 120 Highland Ave. after members raised concerns about nighttime brightness, color matching and alignment; the board required dimmable illumination and color/centering conditions.
The Needham Design Review Board on Aug. 11 approved three exterior signs and an awning for Highland Spa, 120 Highland Ave., but added conditions aimed at reducing nighttime brightness and improving visual consistency with adjacent tenants.
Board members cited concerns that an internally illuminated Highland Avenue sign could be overly bright at a nearby intersection and that a pylon (plaza) sign should match the background color of adjacent tenant signs. The board approved the parking-lot channel-letter sign as submitted; it approved the Highland Avenue sign with conditions that the fixture be dimmable, that its lighting level be set to match adjacent signs, and that the copy in the oval panel be centered; the board approved the pylon sign on the condition that its background color match the two adjacent signs. The board also approved the proposed awning.
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