245 Washington Street sign program

An addiction medicine doctor at the clinic explained patients regularly end up in the Dust Bowl Brewery parking lot because the building is hard to find, and asked for signage so patients — many walking or biking — can locate life-saving treatment.

A clinic physician and building co-owner explained the two unpermitted signs replaced signs from the prior urgent care tenant, described the unique four-sided island building, and said the clinic is open to reasonable conditions — but didn't know how to redesign the program.

The owner of Monterey Signs, who designed the program, argued the island building's four-sided visibility and unusual umbrella-tenant business model justify thinking outside the box, citing precedent at Wharf Marketplace, and offered to accept conditions.