HomeMy WebLinkAboutPermit Board of Appeals 1984-10-10SPRINGFIEI-D
CruY OF SPRINGFIELD
Department of Public Works
VARIANCE REQUEST:Maximum surface area permitted for signs in the ResidentialSign District.
crrY REFERENCE: 9-7-Lr (s) (a) of the springfield Sign 0rdinance.
At the Board of Appeals -meeting held on september 25, 1gg4, the Board of Appealsrendered the following decisioi regarding ihe above referenced variance request:
APPLICANT: Harry S. Ruchaber
ADDRESS: 6590 Thurston Road
APPROVED X
FINDINGS OF FACT:
BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS
NOTICE OF DECISION
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DATE: October 10, 19g4
CASE N0: 84-11
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The orientation :f. tlu building on the site does present a visibility problem.A larger, illuminated sign wili ressen the visibility problem.
Thurston Road is designated as a minor arterial. As compared to residentialstreets along which most -neighborhood markets are situated, an arterial streetcarries larger amounts of "piss throughf' t"uiri" traveling at higher speeds.so whereas there is perhaps no more appropriate zoning designation, it is alsoappropriate to recognize ihat the P.D:8. Irlarket is not a trpical neighborhoodrnarket in that it relies on customers passing through the neighborhood as wellas on those residing therein. rt is aiso gui"rrrty recognizea trrat highertravel speeds warrent larger signs.
The fact lh"q- plans for a "mini-shopping praza, on the site have beenapproved by the city_suggests that i-aiitir.tion has already u"", dr"r.,between this site and a-inormal' neighborhood market site.
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