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Southborough ZBA allows taller wall sign at 153 Corteville Road but rejects backlit illumination
Summary
The Zoning Board granted a special permit to allow a wall sign above the 20-foot height limit at 153 Corteville Road (Industrial Park) while declining to approve backlit LED illumination; the applicant agreed to redesign the sign to comply with the board's conditions.
The Southborough Zoning Board of Appeals on May 7 granted a special permit to 153 Corteville Road LLC to install a wall sign above the town—ylaw height limit for a building in the Industrial Park district, but the board did not approve internally backlit (LED) illumination as proposed by the applicant.
Shannon Boyce, real estate permitting manager for Capital Group Properties, told the board the tenant reduced the requested sign area from an initial 80 square feet to 50 square feet after a planning-board review; the board noted 50 square feet complies with the district's area limits and that a special permit is needed only to exceed the 20-foot height limit. "We have scaled it back down to 50 square feet total," Boyce said, and asked…
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