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Zoning board approves taller sign, electronic message board for Lex Development at 10 Harding Street
Summary
The Lakeville Zoning Board of Appeals approved a special permit allowing a sign up to 25 feet and an electronic message panel for a Lex Development project at 10 Harding Street after applicants clarified dimensions and use.
The Lakeville Zoning Board of Appeals on June 12 approved a special-permit application from Lex Development to install a freestanding sign up to 25 feet tall with an electronic message panel at 10 Harding Street.
The board’s decision follows testimony from project representatives that the site, on Route 44, requires larger signage than typical in town to be visible to traffic traveling at highway speeds. "We're trying to bring that property back to life," said Tim Hashem, identified as president of Lex Development. Scott Clement of Sign Design described the new sign as sized to match neighboring signs and said the electronic message center was designed so messages would be tenant- and site‑related.
The permit request cited multiple sections of the town zoning bylaw; the hearing record also included a June 10 memo from the planning board recommending reductions in height and overall size. The planning board memo asked the applicant to reduce sign height by at least 2 feet and to clarify the message‑board dimensions. The applicant clarified on the record that the electronic message panel is 3 feet by 9 feet (27 square feet), not 22 square feet as indicated on an earlier form.
Board members asked how frequently the message would change and emphasized that off‑site advertising would not be allowed. Clement said messages would be pertinent to tenants of the building; Hashem confirmed tenants would have the option to advertise on the panel. The Board of Health submitted a memo stating it had no objection to the petition.
After discussion the board voted to approve the petition as presented. The board chair summarized next steps for the applicant: file the decision with the town clerk within 14 days, observe a 20‑day appeal period, and then file with the registry before obtaining permits.
Planning‑board concerns about size and the request to reduce the sign remain in the hearing record; the board approved the petition despite those recommendations.
