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Grant Variance for Church Sign

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Activeformal_resolutionongoingThe Board granted an area variance allowing St. John's Reformed Church to place a 4' x 8' permanent changeable identity sign at 8130 Albany Post Road in the Upper Red Hook Hamlet district, finding that the sign size is necessary for legibility at local speed limits and that both parcels (the sign location and church location) have the same owner.
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2015-06-10
Latest event
2015-06-10
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RESOLVED

  1. An area variance is granted to allow placement of the proposed 4' x 8' permanent changeable sign, provided that both the sign location parcel and the church location parcel continue to have the same owner
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  • WHEREAS, the applicant, St. John's Reformed Church, seeks an area variance to place a permanent 32 square foot changeable identity sign at 8130 Albany Post Road in the Upper Red Hook Hamlet zoning district
  • WHEREAS, Section 143-27 prohibits off-premises signs and Section 143-27 D (4) limits nonresidential signs in the Hamlet District to a maximum of 8 square feet for single identity signs and 3 square feet for single wall signs
  • WHEREAS, the church currently owns both the parcel where the sign will be located and the parcel where the church is situated

Lifecycle (1 event)

2015-06-10adoptedvote: 4-2
Grant an area variance to St. John's Reformed Church to place a 32 square foot permanent changeable sign on parcel 6374-00-223038 at 8130 Albany Post Road.
moved by Ross · seconded by Carney
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Resolved
  1. An area variance is granted to allow placement of the proposed 4' x 8' permanent changeable sign, provided that both the sign location parcel and the church location parcel continue to have the same owner
Whereas
  • WHEREAS, the applicant, St. John's Reformed Church, seeks an area variance to place a permanent 32 square foot changeable identity sign at 8130 Albany Post Road in the Upper Red Hook Hamlet zoning district
  • WHEREAS, Section 143-27 prohibits off-premises signs and Section 143-27 D (4) limits nonresidential signs in the Hamlet District to a maximum of 8 square feet for single identity signs and 3 square feet for single wall signs
  • WHEREAS, the church currently owns both the parcel where the sign will be located and the parcel where the church is situated
Subject key: st_johns_church_sign_variance