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Planning board grants conditional-use permit for moving LED sign at Lily Paul Field
Summary
The Rangeley Planning Board approved a conditional-use permit for a moving LED sign at Town of Rangeley Parks & Recreation's Lily Paul Field (15 School Street). The sign will be on a separate circuit, switched off when not in use, and sponsored by four local groups at no cost to the town.
The Rangeley Planning Board on April 9 approved a conditional-use permit for a moving LED sign at Lily Paul Field, located at 15 School Street.
The board granted the Town of Rangeley Parks and Recreation Department’s application after finding the proposed use listed in the town code and concluding the project would not create a significant adverse impact on surrounding properties or municipal facilities. The applicant’s proposal calls for a professionally made sign, modeled on a similar sign used in another nearby field, that uses LED elements to display moving numerals and graphics but not flashing lights. The sign will be powered on a separate circuit with a manual switch and will be switched off when not in use.
Town and community volunteers organized the project. Meeting comments identified Matt Johnson, Patty (first name only in the record), Wes, Steve Morrow, Quinn, Selvin and Justin Quinby as participants in the effort; Sam Lau was also named in discussion. Meeting speakers said four local sponsors covered the cost of the roughly $5,200 sign; those sponsors were listed as Sergeant Family Community Fund, Eagan Savings Bank, Rangeley Alumni Association and the local fire department. Board members noted there would be little to no ongoing cost to the town beyond a small electrical load on the town hall circuit.
Board members said the sign could help promote regional youth sporting events during a historically slower period between spring and the Fourth of July and could support local hotels and restaurants. The board heard that the sign’s motion would be limited to changing digits and similar movement rather than flashing or continuous animation; it will be turned off outside of events.
The planning board opened a public hearing on the application, heard the applicant’s presentation, allowed questions, and then closed the hearing before taking the motion to grant the conditional-use permit. No individual roll-call vote totals were recorded in the transcript; the board approved the motion by the standard "all in favor" procedure recorded on the meeting minutes.
The board scheduled no follow-up conditions beyond standard permit processing. The town code sections cited during the hearing for conditional-use review were 38-6-6 and 38-9-8 of the Rangeley Town Code.
