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Board approves Arby’s ground-sign replacement despite size exceeding code limits
Summary
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.
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.
Staff member Miss Abbess summarized the application (case number 19-25), noting the property is in the B-2 Community Business District where the code permits freestanding signs up to 10 feet in height and 80 square feet in area for lots of the indicated width. The applicant requested a ground-mounted sign 13 feet tall with a 134.5-square-foot sign face; staff explained the existing sign structure on-site is legally nonconforming and that any alteration that changes the sign’s face or height removes that nonconforming status and requires a new sign to meet current code unless…
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