Applicant seeks variances for larger signs, citing wide lot and utility easement

An applicant is requesting variances to install two on-site signs, arguing site constraints require larger and taller signage. Staff described the request as seeking relief from Section 152.231 to allow two signs on the lot and to exceed the ordinance maximum sign area and height limits. "The on premise pole sign is proposed to be a 147.5 square feet, and the monument sign is proposed to be 84.3 square feet," the staff member said. The staff member also listed proposed sign heights: 22 feet 1 inch for the pole sign and 9 feet 10 inches for the monument sign.

The staff member told the commission the lot is approximately 360 feet wide and that a 20-foot front utility easement pushes any sign placement farther from the street, which the applicant and staff said supports a larger and taller sign. The Development Review Committee met on Aug. 20 and "do recommend approval of all variances," staff said. Applicant Bob Senoff (president and CEO of Graham and Jake Greens; senior director of regional development) said a larger, video-style sign is intended to be readable from farther back and to provide ongoing information for visitors. "...to have a constant messages on there announcing physicians and hours and things like that," Senoff said.

Commissioners compared the request to other recent approvals for larger signs and asked questions about placement and visibility. No formal vote was recorded in the portion of the transcript provided; staff indicated the applicants were present and available to answer questions. The commission did not adopt a final action in the recorded segment; next procedural steps were not specified in the transcript.