Politics & Government

Klaben Auto Gets Variances for New Lincoln Sign

Kent zoning board approves sign after 90-minute discussion

It took 90 minutes, but the got the two variances they needed to build advertising their Lincoln car brand.

The car dealer, as mandated by Ford Motor Co., was forced to replace their existing sign at 1089 W. Main St. to eliminate the portion advertising the now-defunct Mercury brand.

But the proposed sign, very similar in size to the existing sign, does not meet requirements of the city's new sign code, which was adopted in April 2010 — on the same day Klaben submitted their sign proposal.

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Zoning board members wrangled over how the new code should apply to the proposed sign for 90 minutes, but ultimately they voted to approve the variance requests allowing the sign despite being taller and slightly larger than allowed by Kent's sign code.

Read the full story Tuesday on Kent Patch.

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