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Commissioners approve larger building signs for U-Haul center after applicant offers to remove road-front monuments
Summary
St. Johns County commissioners overturned a planning agency decision and approved a nonzoning variance allowing increased building-mounted signage for a proposed U-Haul center, on condition the developer forgo several roadside monument signs and increase landscaping; vote passed 4-1.
The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve a nonzoning variance allowing expanded building-mounted signage at a proposed U-Haul center, after the developer agreed to remove several road-facing monument signs and add vegetation.
The applicant's representative (Mr. Whitehouse) told the board the main building spans about 125,000 square feet and occupies a prominent intersection along County Road 16/16A. He said the project's PUD currently authorizes monument signs on the state and county roadways but argued that removing the road-facing signs and allowing larger signs on the building facades is a reasonable exchange given the scale of the buildings…
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