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Board grants variance 3295 for multi-sign wayfinding package at Keuka Park Lane site
Summary
The Ithaca City Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously Nov. 4 to grant variance number 3295 to allow a reduced-family of wayfinding and gateway signs for the Keuka Park Lane development after the applicant scaled down five previously denied signs and provided elevations and dimensions.
The Ithaca City Board of Zoning Appeals on Nov. 4 approved variance number 3295 to allow a suite of wayfinding and gateway signs for the development presented as Keuka/Keegan Park Lane.
Widom Planning and Design, which presented the application, said it had previously won approval for several on-building signs and a primary gateway sign but returned to seek variances for five additional signs. The applicant told the board the five signs were redesigned to be a consistent, lower-scale family of wayfinding signs and that the earlier large monument sign had been folded into that package. "We have redesigned those 5 signs," the applicant said during the presentation, adding that elevations and face dimensions were included in the submission.
The board deliberated without additional public comment. In making the motion, Chair David Barkin said the board considered environmental impact, size and scale, legibility and compatibility with existing signage in the vicinity. Barkin moved to grant the variance and the motion was seconded and approved unanimously. Barkin recited findings that the signs would not negatively affect open spaces, views or the general amenity of the neighborhood and that the reduced scale aligned more closely with what would be allowable under code.
Board members voiced no objection during deliberations; one member described the revised signs as "reasonable and tasteful, fitting to the site." The board directed staff to prepare the written decision and forward it to the building division for permit processing.
The approval covers the five reduced signs presented at the Nov. 4 hearing; the applicant provided plans showing setback, post configuration for wayfinding signs, and an L-shaped four-face sign for a four-way intersection to show directional information from all approaches. The written decision and conditions will be issued by the board and provided to the applicant and the building division.
The board's action was procedural and limited to the variance request; any permit issuance remains subject to building-division review and compliance with applicable codes.
