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Planning board deadlocks on Market Street sign exception after neighbors object to lifting SHOD protections
Summary
The New Hanover County Planning Board split 3–3 on a conditional rezoning that would allow a 25-foot freestanding sign to remain on Market Street, leaving the recommendation to the county commissioners after residents raised lighting, trust and corridor-protection concerns.
The New Hanover County Planning Board on May 7 deadlocked on a conditional rezoning, Z2604, that would remove the State Highway Overlay District (SHOD) designation from a Market Street property while preserving most SHOD development standards but exempting the existing 25-foot freestanding sign from the overlay's 6-foot height limit.
Colin Tarrant, an attorney for the applicant, told the board the site already complies with SHOD standards except for the sign, which was built following a permit issued in error. "We've got a 25-foot sign here only 18 feet away from the right of way," Tarrant said, describing the permit mistake and his client's pursuit of a variance that was denied.
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