Board approves Arby’s ground-sign replacement despite size exceeding code limits

Aug 1, 2025

The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance July 2 allowing Arby’s at 1315 Elliott Drive to replace its existing freestanding sign with a new cabinet that reduces overall mounted height but retains roughly the same sign face area (about 134.5 sq ft), exceeding the 80-square-foot limit in the B-2 district.

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The Board of Zoning Appeals on July 2 granted a variance permitting a new freestanding sign cabinet at the Arby’s restaurant at 1315 Elliott Drive that exceeds the B-2 district’s standard maximum sign area, while the applicant said the new design would lower the mounted sign face height.

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