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Level I: Suttrees Tavern Sign

1-A-25-DT

Approve Subject To Conditions

APPROVE Certificate 1-A-25-DT, subject to the following condition: 1) sign be revised to feature internal illumination limited to the individual letters, with revisions submitted to staff for review.
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of Certificate 1-A-25-DT, subject to the following condition: 1) sign be revised to feature internal illumination limited to the individual letters, with revisions submitted to staff for review.

Applicant Request
Level I: Sign
    • New internally illuminated wall sign measuring 20" tall and 10'-10" wide (approximately 18 square feet). Sign will be located above the middle storefront, directly above the existing awning on the first story. The entire wall sign will be internally illuminated with a white LED illumination and red letters.

Property Notes / Work to be Completed
    • Illuminated signs require review by the Design Review Board. The wall sign form, mounted flush to the building façade and above the storefront windows, meets the guidelines for new signs in the historic district. The 18 square foot sign is proportional to the wall on which it will be installed. However, guidelines recommend that signs should not be lit internally. There is a precedent to allow internally illuminated signs on a limited basis in the historic district in cases where the lighting is limited to push-through letters or a logo. The entire block of the sign will be illuminated; the sign should be revised so that only the letters themselves are illuminated instead of the whole sign.

Applicable Guidelines
Downtown Design Guidelines
    • 7. Recommended Signs
      • 7a. Locate signs above storefront windows, below second-story windows on the sign board, or on the storefront windows themselves (30% is maximum coverage), or off the front of the building as a projecting sign (maximum size: 9 square feet).
      • 7b. Create signs that are proportional to the building where they are located.
      • 7c. Do not light signs internally.
See Guidelines

Meeting Date
January 15, 2025

Suttrees Tavern sign
407 S. Gay St.
DK (Downtown Knoxville)

Applicant
T and T Signs, Inc Lori Colborn
Owner 411 Gay St LLC

Staff
Lindsay Lanois
Phone: 865-215-3795
Email: lindsay.lanois@knoxplanning.org

Case History

Date Filed
December 19, 2024

Date Heard
January 15, 2025
Case File

Case History