Sign changes bring greater visibility to area hospital

FARMINGTON HILLS — Farmington Hills City Council members voted unanimously  to change the signage at Beaumont Hospital’s Farmington Hills campus at a meeting Jan. 13.

A planned unit development amendment request was made at the meeting to change the current monument and wall signage at the hospital, which is located at 28050 Grand River Ave.

The aim of the amendment request is to provide more visibility on the road as vehicles enter the campus and to reflect the hospital’s current name, Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital.

A proposal to replace the current sign, which is 10 feet 8 inches high and 7 feet wide, to a sign that is 12 feet high with a monument that is 6 feet wide, was made by Claire McCready, who is the senior project manager for Signworks.

“These sign modifications are to promote vehicular traffic visibility and to make sure the roads are safe with this type of sign,” McCready said.

Currently, the planned unit development does not allow for signs 12 feet high, which is why a proposed amendment to the zoning regulation was requested.

The new sign would be 2 feet smaller than current signs, according to McCready.

The wall sign on the hospital will be changed from Beaumont Hospital to Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital.

“Which we feel better identifies the hospital and has more of a sense of community,” McCready said.

Before the vote was taken, Councilmen Randy Bruce and Jon Aldred made remarks.

“This is a hospital and it’s very important to have high visibility,” Bruce said. “People are coming here because they are having an emergency. They’re coming to visit family or friends. … There is a line of sight issue because the other sign is there and (it) makes it difficult to see the existing sign.”

Bruce called it a safety issue and voted in favor of the new signs.

“Both signs are an improvement,” Aldred said.