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Smyrna denies appeals for fireworks store signs

Fireworks illuminate the skies over Lenox Square during the annual July 4th event, Saturday, July 4, 2015, in Atlanta. Lenox Square held Atlanta's 56th Independence Day celebration and is the Southeast's largest firework show. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

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Fireworks illuminate the skies over Lenox Square during the annual July 4th event, Saturday, July 4, 2015, in Atlanta. Lenox Square held Atlanta's 56th Independence Day celebration and is the Southeast's largest firework show. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL
By Carolyn Cunningham
Feb 3, 2016

The Smyrna City Council denied two appeals on variances for a new fireworks store.

TNT Fireworks, one of the largest fireworks store companies in the world, wants to open at 2781 South Cobb Drive in the former Piccadilly Cafeteria on a seasonal basis and requested a sign on the roof that would be 99 square feet instead of 40 square feet.

Council denied the requests with a 5-2 vote on Monday. These requests also were denied by the city’s License and Variance Board on Jan. 13.

The company said it plans to spend at least $500,000 to retrofit the building that has been vacant for several years and once had a rooftop sign for Piccadilly.

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