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Commission supports Civic Center digital signs and recommends variances for EMD level and size
Summary
The Downtown Design Commission approved the Civic Center Foundation’s request to replace existing pole signs in Bicentennial Park with larger electronic message displays, and recommended the Board of Adjustment grant multiple variances for sign type, size and EMD allocation.
The Downtown Design Commission on Jan. 16 approved plans to install electronic message displays (EMDs) on existing poles in Bicentennial Park adjacent to the Civic Center Music Hall and recommended that the Board of Adjustment grant several variances for EMD level, pole size and the proportion of sign area allowed to be electronic.
Planning staff reviewed a long history of pole signage at the Civic Center site, including earlier approvals and an administrative revision that changed prior displays’ operational level. Staff noted…
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