Gardner zoning board continues variance request for Nurea sign at 4 Oak Street

The Gardner City Zoning Board of Appeals on Oct. 21 continued a variance request from New Hampshire Signs on behalf of convenience-store operator Nurea for a circular storefront sign that would project above a parapet at 4 Oak Street in Gardner.

The variance application, filed as case 20251001, seeks relief from a Gardner sign-code provision cited in the application as "Section 6 75 9 70 (signs permitted in commercial and industrial districts)." Peter March, representing New Hampshire Signs, told the board the proposed circular sign would measure about 16 square feet and that the site would be allowed up to 80 square feet of signage under the city code. March said the sign would be mounted on a Nichiha-clad architectural element the applicant considers part of the building’s façade, and argued that the structure should not be treated as a parapet for the purposes of the ordinance.

"We're well under the 80 square feet that we would be allowed," Peter March, representing New Hampshire Signs, said, describing the proposed storefront logo and the…