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ZBA allows slightly larger, slightly higher signs for renovated West Broadway restaurant with conditions
Summary
The board granted relief for two exterior signs at 240 West Broadway that marginally exceed the municipal sign‑size and parapet height rules, subject to lowering the signs so they do not project above the mansard/parapet and confirming final placement with the Building Department.
The board approved a sign permit variance for two exterior signs for Cooktop Guardian (the renovated restaurant in the former Southside building at 240 West Broadway), but imposed conditions to reduce potential visual precedent.
Owner Ken Wong and designer Christophe Chartier asked the board for relief because their sign faces are about 4.5 feet high by 9 feet long; the primary sign face was described as…
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