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Board approves billboard sign variance despite cityattorney advice and pending litigation
Summary
The Board of Adjustment voted to grant a variance to sign-spacing rules for a proposed billboard after a contentious hearing in which city attorneys urged denial and opponents warned of setting a legal precedent; the request drew sustained debate about how to measure the 300-foot separation from Historic Preservation (HP) zoned property.
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance request to allow a billboard sign despite objections from the cityattorney's office and a pending district-court appeal over the same permit decision.
The vote followed a multi-hour hearing in which attorneys for both sides debated whether the city—s new sign regulations require 300 feet of separation measured to HP-zoned property and whether the board—s earlier ruling created a new, binding measurement method. Supporters of the variance said the HP property within 300 feet is Broadway Avenue (a street) not single-family homes, and that the separation requirement—s purpose (protecting residences) is not implicated by the proposed sign. Opponents said the ordinance is clear, that zoning lines extend to the center of the roadway, and that granting…
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