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CITY UFFICE
anu;AM F. Aasorr JULY 8, 1976
SALEM. MASS.
JOSEPH F. DOYLE
JOHN M.GRAY,SR.
ARTHUR E LGAN UE
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JANET. LE. FAMES AQDECISION ON THE PETITION OF GIFT PHARMACIES INC.. d/b/a VINNIN
DONALD E. AMfSQUARE PHARMACY & GIFT SHOP TO REPLACE AN EXISTING SIGN WITH
EMERY P. TANCH A NEW SIGN AT 4_STATE ROAD. (B-2 ZONE) THE PROPOSED SIGN IS IN .
VIOLATION OF THE SALEM SIGN ORDINANCE.
Hearing was held on this petition on Thursday, July 8, 1976 at 7:30 P.M.
Present were Chairman John M. Gray, Sr. , Donald Eames, William Abbott and
Jane T. Lundregan. Notices were duly mailed to abutters and others in
accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 808.
Mr. Harvey Lazarus, the petitioner, represented himself before the Board..
The proposed sign is in violation of the Salem Sign Ordinance because it
is located on the roof of the building. Such signs are not allowed under
the ordinance.
A letter was received from the Planning Department stating that they do not
feel that the granting of relief from the sign location requirements of the
ordinance in this particular case would derogate from the purpose of the
sign ordinance. The store in question is located in the Vinnin Square Shopping
Center and in the complex all of the buildings have signs located on the
roof.
The Board voted to grant the variance requested. The Board noted that in this
particular case there were practical difficulties in the enforcement of the
Sign Ordinance. All of the buildings in the complex have signs on the roof
and it would be un-harmonious to locate the sign in question on the building,
the Board therefore felt that it could grant the variance requested without
derogating from the intent of the Salem Sign Ordinance, or without derogating
from the surrounding neighborhood.
APPEALS FROM THIS DECISION, IF ANY, SHALL BE MADE PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 OF THE
MASS. GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 808, AND SHALL BE FILED WITHIN TWENTY DAYS AFTER
THE DATE OF FILING OF THIS DECISION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. A COPY OF
THIS DECISION HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE CITY CLERK.
VARIANCE GRANTED HEREIN SHALL NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL A COPY OF THE DECISION
BEARING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE CITY CLERK THAT TWENTY DAYS HAVE ELAPSED AND
NO-APPEAL HAS BEEN FILED, OR THAT IF SUCH AN APPEAL HAS BEEN FILED IT HAS BEEN
DISMISSED OR DENIED AS RECORDED IN THE SOUTH ESSEX REGISTRY OF DEEDS AND INDEXED
IN THE GRANTOR INDEX UNDER THE NAME, OF THE OWNER OF RECORD, OR RECORDED AND NOTED
ON THE OWNER'S CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
GRANTED SALEM BOARD OF APPEAL
BY
SECRETARY