Klaben Gets Variance for old Huntington Bank Building
New, used car dealership to occupy former bank on West Main
Klaben Auto Stores received several variances from the Kent Board of Zoning Appeals Monday for signage related to its new, used car dealership at 1035 W. Main St. The board approved variances to allow one building and two free-standing signs, one of which will be closer to the road than allowed by city code. The signs are for a used car dealership Klaben is planning to open in the former Huntington Bank branch. The Kent Planning Commission approved the site plan for the new dealership in October 2012. Al Klaben, Jr., said they wanted the variance to put one of the free-standing signs closer to West Main Street because the former bank buildings sits further back from the road compared with Klaben's other buildings, one of which is directly …
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Paul Sellman
9:14 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Actually, the Hunting Bank building was built to be a bank, Portage National Bank. The Klaben service building is the old Rutan building. (They were originally downtown on South Depeyster St (Filthy McNasty's). Klaben sale is in the old Lyman Chevrolet building. more ›