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Board denies roofline tenant signs but approves electronic message center for Monroe Street pylon

Board of Zoning Appeals · April 14, 2026
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Summary

The La Porte Board of Zoning Appeals denied a request to place tenant sign cabinets above the roofline but approved converting part of an existing pylon sign to an electronic message center, after staff recommended denial of the combined request as incompatible with Monroe Street signage.

The La Porte Board of Zoning Appeals on April 14 denied roofline tenant signs for a Monroe Street commercial property but approved a limited retrofit to add a double-faced electronic message center to an existing pylon sign.

Tom Steinler, owner of Steinler Signs and Graphics, spoke for the petitioner (Engstrom's Furniture and Pawn Shop) and described a plan to install nine individual tenant sign cabinets above the building roofline and to retrofit a double-faced electronic message…

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