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Design review board denies special exception for Stone House blade sign installed below standard clearance
Summary
The board denied a request to allow a blade sign on North Oakland Avenue to remain at roughly 7 feet instead of the sign-code minimum 8 feet, declining a special exception after owner testimony and board deliberation.
The Shorewood Design Review Board on Dec. 19 denied a request for a special exception that would have allowed a blade sign for Stone House Collective to remain mounted at about 7 feet above grade on North Oakland Avenue, below the code minimum clearance of 8 feet.
The petitioner installed a blade sign after relocating it from an approved patio location; the village’s building inspector said the new mounting did not match the approved placement. The Board of Appeals directed the matter to the Design Review Board for a special‑exception determination. Village staff told the DRB the sign otherwise met Shorewood sign regulations except for the minimum clearance requirement in the blade‑sign standard (code section 44523).
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