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Memorializing Council Action taken on August 1, 2012 granting the appeal of Roberta Bonoff on behalf of Creative Kidstuff located at 1074 Grand Avenue.
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WHEREAS, Roberta Bonoff, on behalf of Creative Kidstuff ("Creative"), did under DSI Zoning File No. 12-077595, apply to the Board of Zoning Appeals ("BZA") for a variance from the strict application of Leg. Code § 64.745 whose provisions constitute the Grand Avenue Special Sign District ("GASSD"), for the purpose of installing various new business signs on Creative's store commonly known as 1074 Grand Avenue (PIN No. 022823320098) and legally described as Summit Park Addition Tost Pa E 19 92/1oo Ft Of Lot 1o And All Of Lot 9 Blk 38; and
WHEREAS, GASSD's regulations limit the size of business signs to 80-square feet. Presently, Creative's signage totals 103-square feet in the form of one wall-sign and one projecting-sign. Creative proposes to remove these signs and replace them with three wall-signs and one projecting-sign. A portion of the new signage proposed by Creative consisted of two animal caricatures which would flank either side of Creative's doorway on Grand Avenue. The total size of the two caricatures is 190-square feet. Overall, the square footage of all the signs proposed by Creative totals 225-square feet for a variance of 145-square feet; and
WHEREAS, on June 25, 2012, the BZA conducted a public hearing on Creative's variance application pursuant to the requirements of Leg. Code § 61.601. At the hearing, BZA staff recommended denial of the variance with respect to the two caricature signs. At the close of the public hearing, the BZA, based upon the files and evidence presented, moved to deny the variance application based upon the following findings and conclusions as set forth in BZA Resolution No. 12-063863 which is incorporated herein by reference:
1. The variance is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the zoning code.
This finding is not met. The i...
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