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Zoning board approves two sign replacements and grants upper‑story sign for Hilton Garden Inn after debate
Summary
The Saratoga Springs Zoning Board of Appeals approved three sign requests for 125 South Broadway on April 7: two sign replacements were approved unanimously, and after debate a previously proposed denial of an upper‑story wall sign was reversed and the board approved the wall sign 5‑1 with findings and conditions.
The Saratoga Springs Zoning Board of Appeals on April 7 considered three related area‑variance requests for signage at 125 South Broadway (Hilton Garden Inn). The board approved two sign changes unanimously and ultimately approved a third request for an upper‑story wall sign by a 5‑1 vote after extended discussion about comparables and the pedestrian‑oriented Neighborhood Center T5 district.
Adirondack Sign Company (representing Allen Industries) sought three variances under a single application number: (1) replacement of a porte‑cochère (bridge) sign face/logo (from an 18‑inch logo to a 20‑inch logo — 2‑inch, or approximately 11% relief), (2) replacement of a monument sign that exceeded the 12‑square‑foot maximum (proposed 14.5 sq ft; relief 2.5 sq ft, about 20.8%), and (3) addition of a wall sign with halo‑lit letters on the upper story facing north (a sign above second‑floor elevations, proposed 22 sq ft at about 34 feet elevation) that…
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