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Commission approves two multi-tenant sign plans after debate over frontage rules
Summary
The Farmington Town Plan & Zoning Commission approved a replacement wall and monument panel for Hangar Clinic at 220 Farmington Ave and a three-sign package for the Warren Apartments at 402 Farmington Ave. Commissioners debated how to measure building frontage for sign-area limits before voting.
The Farmington Town Plan & Zoning Commission voted March 9 to approve two separate multi-tenant sign applications amid a discussion about how the town measures building frontage for sign-area limits.
Jeremy, a contractor with Arco Signs, told the commission the Hangar Clinic application at 220 Farmington Avenue would add a 4-by-7-foot wall sign (28 square feet) plus vinyl panels on an existing monument sign. Commissioners and staff disagreed on whether the property's allowable attached signage should be calculated from the length of the building's single longest wall (which one commissioner said would allow about 80 square feet) or from the property's full frontage (which staff recorded as permitting about 120 square feet). The difference, commissioners said, explained why some tenants on the site already have larger signs.
The commission also confirmed the town's lighting rules: internally illuminated box signs are not permitted, while halo-lit signs have been allowed in practice; lighting for the Hangar Clinic sign must not exceed 4,000 kelvin. After a motion to approve the Arco Signs application as presented, the commission voted in favor; no recorded roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript.
Separately, Lauren Rosen, representing 402 Farmington Avenue LLC, presented three signs for the Warren Apartments including a 25-square-foot primary monument sign, a secondary monument/directional panel intended to aid motorists at a short entrance throat, and non-illuminated channel letters mounted on the building canopy. Commissioners discussed the town's directional-sign standard (typically limited to 2 square feet and black-on-white) and noted they have discretion to permit a second detached monument sign when safety and circulation warrant it. The commission approved the 402 Farmington Avenue application as presented.
Both approvals were taken under the town's sign regulations (Article 4, Section 7) and will be followed by the usual building-permit reviews and any required inspections. Commissioners emphasized the town cannot retroactively force other property owners to change existing, previously approved signage; their review applied to the new and replacement signs before them.
