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Zoning board denies variance for projecting sign at Blue Lime Apartments on Lake Street
Summary
The Minneapolis Zoning Board of Adjustment on July 17 denied a request to increase the allowed area of a projecting sign at 2922 Aldridge Avenue S (Blue Lime/Blue Lime Apartments), adopting staff findings that practical difficulty was not shown. The vote was 6-0.
The Minneapolis Zoning Board of Adjustment on July 17 denied a sign variance request for 2922 Aldridge Avenue S, known as Blue Lime Apartments, rejecting an application to increase the allowed area of a projecting sign from 20 square feet to about 31.9 square feet.
City planner Fatima Olukoga presented staff’s recommendation to deny the projecting-sign variance, telling the board the application failed the required “practical difficulty” finding under the district’s sign rules and noting other compliant options—such as wall signage—were available.
The variance application sought a projecting (blade) sign on the corner of Lake Street and Aldridge Avenue South.…
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