In Springdale, Ohio, QuikTrip Corporation is seeking to add a splash of color to its electronic fuel price display, but not without a little pushback from local zoning codes. Skylar Evans, representing QuikTrip, has found themselves caught up in the bureaucratically intricate web of the city's regulations. Their request is straightforward: they want to use two colors on the fuel price display rather than the single color currently allowed by the city's zoning laws. This seemingly simple change has necessitated a variance, a deviation from the rules that govern the makeup of Springdale's urban aesthetic.
According to a recent social media post from the City of Springdale, Ohio, the variance requested is specifically to allow the "electronic fuel price display to have two colors where only one color is permitted," as per Section 153.460(D)(3) of the Springdale Zoning Code. The procedure set in motion is now on a trajectory to culminate in a public hearing, set to be held before the Board of Zoning Appeals on January 27, at 7:00 pm. Interested parties have been invited to voice their perspectives or concerns in this matter at the Council Chambers in the Springdale Municipal Building.
Those keen to dive deeper into the specifics of the application, perhaps to scrutinize the precise hues at the center of this zoning scuffle, can view the documents through the Building Department's website or by visiting the department's office. Springdale has extended the opportunity for its citizens to submit written comments before the hearing, ensuring that public opinion has the chance, at least theoretically, to shape the outcome of the variance request.
