The Eastpointe Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously last week to deny a sign variance request from Sheetz.

The Pennsylvania-based company is building a new Sheetz gas station and convenience store at 19001 Nine Mile Road on the northwest corner of Beaconsfield Avenue.

The city zoning ordinance requires that monument signs are placed a minimum of 10 feet from the existing right of way. Sheetz requested a 4.58-foot variance in effort to place their monument sign 5.42 feet away from the right of way.

Zoning consultant Kyle Inbody spoke on behalf of Sheetz on Thursday night and said the variance was being requested because the Eastpointe property was more narrow than typical Sheetz construction sites and that moving the monument sign would give tankers and semi trucks more space in whi

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