1-A-25-DT

Level I: Suttrees Tavern Sign

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.

Case File

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.

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