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Zoning board denies oversized digital sign at former Kmart site on North Campbell Street
Summary
The Rapid City Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a request to increase the allowed size of an on‑premises electronic message center from 60 square feet to 281.25 square feet at 413 North Campbell Street (the former Kmart), citing traffic‑safety and visual‑clutter concerns.
The Rapid City Zoning Board of Adjustment on Sept. 25 denied variance 25 VA 15, rejecting a proposal to install a two‑sided electronic message center sign measuring about 281.25 square feet at 413 North Campbell Street, the former Kmart now occupied by Trav's Outfitter.
City planning staff told commissioners the sign would far exceed the 60‑square‑foot LED maximum in the sign code and raise traffic‑safety and light‑pollution concerns on North Campbell, a principal arterial. “This sign is going to be located 5 feet from the curb edge of the parking lot … a digital sign of this size, near that busy intersection and that busy road does…
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