COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A decision by the Coldwater Zoning Board of Appeals on two variance requests concerning the new sign at the Coldwater Elks Lodge was postponed for a second time Wednesday afternoon.
With four Z.B.A. members at Wednesday’s meeting, representatives for the Elks decided to exercise an option to bring the variance requests back on December 19th so that a full board can consider the matter.
The sign action was originally scheduled for last Wednesday but was postponed for a week due to last week’s lack of a quorum.
The Elks are asking for a six square foot dimensional area variance to maintain 38 square feet of freestanding signage as well as a variance from the City’s Zoning Code to maintain the freestanding sign at a height of 11 feet, nine inches.
The zoning code limits freestanding signage square footage to 32 square feet. Freestanding signs in the city can be no higher than six feet.
The Coldwater Historic District Commission approved a request from the Elks in October of 2017 to install the new electronic sign but the city’s Neighborhood Services Department is having some issues with the variances and they are recommending they not be granted.
They want the sign built to the design approved by the Historic District Commission last year and as submitted to Neighborhood Services on the sign permit issued.
