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Tustin Corridor: Incredible Hulk statue gets to stay

Orange officials have allowed the owner of an LA Boxing Gym to display a statue of the Incredible Hulk that was originally deemed to have violated multiple zoning codes.

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In June, gym owner Bryson Miller bought the 9-foot-tall, 80-pound statue made out of polyurethane foam from a company that made 240 “The Incredible Hulk” statues as decorations for theaters showing the 2008 movie, starring Edward Norton. Miller paid $7,000 for the statue, featuring the Hulk in boxing shorts and gloves and now with the LA Boxing logo, and put it on a trailer in the gym parking lot. Less than two days later, Miller said a code-enforcement officer made him remove the statue.

“They said he didn’t conform with any of the codes,” Miller said. “He was too big, he was too wide and he was too green.”

Miller said his father suggested taking his story to the press.

Less than a week after a story ran in The Orange County Register and on television, Miller said Mayor Carolyn Cavecche stopped by the gym to arrange a meeting between him and city officials.

“She was making every point to get me in there,” Miller said. “She was really cool.”

City spokesman Paul Sitkoff said Miller fulfilled certain conditions to allow the statue to be displayed.

“The Hulk has been placed on a trailer, moves around and is no longer permanently affixed outside the storefront,” Sitkoff said. “It is supposed to be stored in back at night. As long as this is the case, it is no longer in violation.”

Miller said his business has tripled in the three weeks the Hulk has stood outside his business.

“Before I got him, I averaged 30 memberships a month,” Miller said. “Last month, I got 87.”

Cavecche said she was trying to promote business in the city.

“I felt it was an issue for a local businessman who was trying to do well for the city of Orange,” Cavecche said. “I’m thrilled that it’s working out for him.”

Note: LA Boxing did not receive a variance to display the statue – City officials said the gym owner simply brought the display standards to code.

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