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Saint Francis Prep seeks zoning change to legalize illuminated sign after DOB violation
Summary
Saint Francis Preparatory School asked the Queens Borough President’s land use hearing to legalize an existing illuminated, non‑flashing sign through a zoning map amendment. Community Board 8 recommended approval 19–14; one speaker testified in favor. No formal decision was made at the hearing.
Saint Francis Preparatory School asked the Queens Borough President’s land use hearing to legalize an existing illuminated, non‑flashing sign at its Fresh Meadows campus, citing community uses and compliance with overlay measurements.
Leah Villone, representing the applicant from Acreman, told the hearing the school is a Catholic college preparatory school with "the current enrollment is at 2,500 students" and that the sign sits at the corner of Francis Lewis Boulevard and the Long Island Expressway where parents and students pass at drop‑off. Villone said the application is a zoning map amendment (Calendar Item 1, Euler 250302ZMQ) to place the site within a C1‑2 overlay that…
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