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ZBA approves replacement signage for self-storage site; chair abstains
Summary
The ZBA approved replacement wall signs above the first floor and refacing of a freestanding pylon for a self-storage tenant; the board treated the work as replacement-in-kind under SEQRA and granted variances for signs higher than the first-floor rule and for the pylon setback. Chairman Scalzo abstained.
The Zoning Board approved requests from MBH Development Group to replace building-mounted signage that sits above a first-floor limit in the Town's zoning text and to reface a freestanding pylon that sits closer to the property line than the code permits.
Applicant representatives said the proposed signage reflects a change of tenant (to a self-storage operator) and that the signs will replace existing installations in the same locations and at similar sizes. Engineer James Martinez told the board the project is a replacement-in-kind and thus a Type 2 action under SEQRA. Board members reviewed the configuration: wall signs sit above a mezzanine and thus are technically higher than the 'first-floor' allowance; the pylon base is pre-existing and the proposal is a refacing rather than an enlargement.
After discussion, the ZBA approved the requested relief, finding the changes would not cause neighborhood harm and are consistent with replacement of existing commercial signage. The vote carried with Chairman Darrin Scalzo abstaining.
