Delray SPRAB approves reduced change to Marketplace of Delray master sign program, denies curbside pickup sign

The Delray Beach Site Plan Review and Appearance Board on July 23 approved most but not all changes requested to the Marketplace of Delray Master Sign Program (file PZ62025), permitting a spirit-shop sign at BJ's and other adjustments while rejecting a separate curbside-pickup sign as submitted.

Board action came after a staff presentation and applicant remarks describing four requested modifications to the master sign program for the shopping center at the northwest corner of Military Trail and Atlantic Avenue. Senior planner Susie Rodriguez said the property contains about 240,000 square feet of retail and eight outparcels and that the applicant sought four separate approvals: two additional tenant signs for the corner anchor, a color change to under-canopy signage, an increase in tenant panels on a freestanding sign from seven to nine, and the addition of plaza-name panels to three freestanding signs.

The board’s decision reflected a split of concerns over scale and visibility. Several board members said the spirit shop — a separate, smaller tenant inside the BJ's anchor that will have its own entrance…