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Zoning board approves revised signage package for 75 Sylvan Street with conditions

5900762 · October 7, 2025
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Summary

The Danvers Zoning Board of Appeals approved a variance/waiver allowing a new sign package at 75 Sylvan Street after hearing that the town's recently updated sign bylaw does not account for large industrial sites. The board attached conditions including removal of existing directional signs and removal of a tenant sign installed in error.

The Town of Danvers Zoning Board of Appeals voted to grant a variance/waiver for a new sign package at 75 Sylvan Street (docket 25-55116), approving a package the applicant said would replace scattered directional signs with four larger entrance signs.

The applicant, 75 Sylvan Street LLC, sought relief under the town's new sign bylaw to allow additional freestanding and wall signs at the multi-tenant industrial complex. Attorney Nancy McCann said the property is "over 15 acres" with "over 260,000 square feet of industrial space" and that the proposal replaces about 15 internal directional signs with four entrance signs and two larger address signs on Sylvan Street and Adams Street.

Board members and the applicant focused much of the hearing on how the new Danvers sign bylaw treats very large…

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