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Board of Zoning Appeals approves variance for 15-foot sign at 81 Central Avenue
Summary
Albany City’s Board of Zoning Appeals approved area variance 2025-17 on May 6, allowing a 32-square-foot freestanding sign to be 15 feet tall (5 feet allowed) at 81 Central Avenue after a traffic memo found no sight-line impact and neighborhood associations submitted letters of no objection.
Albany City’s Board of Zoning Appeals voted May 6 to approve area variance 2025-17, allowing a proposed 32-square-foot post-and-panel sign to stand 15 feet tall at 81 Central Avenue — 10 feet higher than the 5-foot maximum currently allowed under the mixed-use form-based code.
Mike McCracken of Sandberg and Mueller Engineering, representing the applicant, told the board the proposal addresses concerns raised during an earlier hearing by adjusting the sign’s location, lighting and landscaping. McCracken said the sign meets required setbacks, will be the only freestanding sign despite two frontages being possible at the site, and includes an 18-inch brick base that matches the building and…
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