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Winchester BZA denies O'Reilly Auto Parts request for larger building-mounted sign
Summary
The Winchester Board of Zoning Appeals denied a variance request from Jonathan James on behalf of O'Reilly Auto Parts to install an additional 70-square-foot building-mounted sign at 603 Cedar Creek Grade, finding no unique hardship and citing corridor-overlay rules; the motion to deny passed on a roll-call vote.
The Winchester Board of Zoning Appeals on March 12, 2025 denied a variance request from Jonathan James, on behalf of O'Reilly Auto Parts, to add a 70-square-foot building-mounted sign at 603 Cedar Creek Grade.
The variance request, filed as BZA 25-21, sought relief from section 18-8-14(a) of the Winchester zoning ordinance to exceed the maximum building-mounted sign area. City planning staff recommended denial, saying the applicant had not shown the unique hardship required for a variance and noting that financial hardship is not a recognized basis under Virginia state code.
Davis, a city planning staff member, told the panel the ordinance limits building-mounted signage to 1.5 times the linear frontage up to a 200-square-foot cap. For this property staff calculated a maximum allowable building-mounted sign area of 31.49 square feet based on the…
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