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Zoning board recommends conditional use for electronic message sign at 650 Northwest Highway

Board of Zoning, Planning and Appeals · March 23, 2026
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The Cary Board of Zoning, Planning and Appeals voted to recommend approval of a conditional use to add an electronic message center to a monument sign at 650 Northwest Highway; staff says the proposed EMC would be 25 sq ft (about 34% of a 72 sq ft sign) and would meet Unified Development Ordinance standards.

The Cary Board of Zoning, Planning and Appeals voted to recommend approval of a conditional use to install an electronic message center (EMC) on the monument sign at 650 Northwest Highway.

Brian Simmons, asked by the chair to brief the board, said the property — annexed in 1981 as part of Cary Square Shopping Center — is zoned B-2 and that the proposed sign would total 72 square feet, with an EMC portion of about 25 square feet (roughly 34% of the sign). ‘‘Within the code, there are various requirements for electronic message center…

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