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BZA approves larger LED display for State Farmers Market sign on Charleston Highway
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals granted a variance to increase the changeable-copy area of the State Farmers Market’s on-site sign from 60 to 95 square feet, citing improved messaging and public-safety communications; the vote was unanimous.
The Lexington County Board of Zoning Appeals on May 1, 2025, approved a variance permitting the State Farmers Market to increase the changeable-copy area of its commercial center sign from 60 square feet to approximately 95 square feet at the market entrance on Charleston Highway.
Walt McPherson, zoning administrator for Lexington County, presented variance 05-25 and told the board the parcel is zoned ID (Intensive Development) and sits along Charleston Highway, which the county’s landscape and open-space ordinance designates as Scenic Corridor 3. McPherson said the request follows a site relocation of the market entrance tied to construction of a new DNR headquarters and related driveway realignments.
The South Carolina Department of Agriculture…
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