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Zoning board denies variance for Briarwood Harvest Market sign package
Summary
The Ann Arbor Zoning Board of Appeals denied a request for an additional 38.73 square feet of wall signage for a new Harvest Market at Briarwood Mall, finding the applicant had not met practical-difficulty criteria.
The Ann Arbor Zoning Board of Appeals denied a request April 23 for an additional 38.73 square feet of wall signage for a Harvest Market planned at Briarwood Mall.
City planning staff presented the request, saying the project’s sign package would total 238.73 square feet and that the property is zoned C2B Business Service District. The ordinance cited by staff, table 5.24-3, limits sign area in other mixed-use and nonresidential and special-purpose zoning districts to 200 square feet.
The applicant, represented at the hearing by Jay Johnson of Johnson Sign Company, said the storefront’s setback from the main road and partial…
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