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Commission approves larger sign for Dry Eco Garment Care after agreeing to nighttime dimming

City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach · April 20, 2026
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Summary

The City Commission approved a variance allowing a 96.4‑square‑foot wall sign for Dry Eco Garment Care at 18660 Collins Avenue, citing reduced storefront visibility from a new bus shelter. Commissioners attached a condition allowing night‑time dimming rather than a full shut‑off; the variance passed 4–1.

The City Commission voted to allow Dry Eco Garment Care to install a much larger wall sign at its storefront on Collins Avenue, following testimony that a recently installed bus shelter reduced the shop’s visibility.

Planning staff explained that the property at 18660 Collins Avenue is zoned neighborhood business (B‑1) and the code limits a wall sign to 28.5 square feet. The applicant, represented in the meeting by Martin Lopez, asked the commission to permit a 96.4‑square‑foot sign on the upper parapet above the awning, arguing…

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