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KEEP HIGHLAND RURAL - No Flashing Signs HereĀ 

4/7/2014

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Below is the text for Highland Conservancy's strong objection to Highland Township's request for a variance to install a flashing electronic sign above the current sign at the entrance to the library and post office.

Highland Township Zoning Board of Appeals
205 N. John St.
Highland, Michigan 48357
April 1, 2014
Re:  Case 14-02

Dear ZBA Members,

This letter is being written in objection to the requested sign size variance for the following reasons:

1. The existing sign at the Town Center was widely hailed as the best looking sign in Highland when it 
was originally erected. Its natural elements arranged artistically were a model for how attractive signs 
could be constructed to reflect as a visual indicator of the values of the community. Electronic (LED) 
signs are widely considered to be annoying and unattractive. To take the existing attractive “model” sign and degrade it with electronic elements that are not an expression of the values of the community is unacceptable and counter to the direction that the Planning Department has been guiding private 
business. 

2. It sets a bad precedent and presents a bad model for the local governing body to grant a variance to 
another government body for relief from standards that the rest of the community are expected to 
uphold.

3. The requested variance is major (on the order of 200% of the allowable size) and there is no practical difficulty adhering to the ordinance and leaving the existing beautiful sign alone. Off premise advertising has been highly restricted for decades in Highland and the proposed sign would also venture into that realm.

The Directors of the Highland Conservancy believe that the sign should reflect the natural values and 
rural character of Highland and that this proposal takes us in the wrong direction for all of the above 
reasons and that the variance should be rejected. 


Sincerely
James Lloyd
President - Highland Conservancy
www.highlandconservancy.net

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Highland's Hazardous Waste Day a Success by Katheryn Krupa

4/7/2014

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This Saturday, April 5, 2014, Highland had more than 650 cars that dropped of all kinds of hazardous waste. Everything from tires, old computers, dead batteries, and dangerous chemicals are now being recycled and kept out of landfills. A huge thanks goes out to all our volunteers who helped make this event a success.  And as our reporter on the scene Matt Haz says "Good going Highland!!!"  

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