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Westminster Planning Commission approves variance for three Uplands subdivision entry signs after extended debate
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 4–3 to grant a variance allowing three subdivision entry signs for the Uplands Filing No. 1 to be placed at corner locations off the code's defined entry locations; staff had recommended denial.
The Westminster Planning Commission voted 4–3 on Jan. 14 to approve a sign-code variance requested by Uplands Filing No. 1 that will allow three subdivision entry signs at corner locations along Federal Boulevard and Lowell Boulevard rather than at the internal entry locations defined in the Westminster Municipal Code.
City planner Carson Beyerhoff told the commission the request seeks placement of three “subdivision entry signs” at the southwest corner of West 80 Eighth Avenue and Federal Boulevard, the northwest corner of West 80 Fourth Avenue and Federal Boulevard, and the northeast corner of West 80 Fourth Avenue and Lowell Boulevard. Beyerhoff said staff had concluded the proposal did not meet two of the six criteria in Section 11-11-13(e)(2) of the Westminster Municipal Code—specifically, staff wrote there are no special circumstances on the property that would restrict the effectiveness of signs and that granting the…
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