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Level I: Market Square H-1

10-K-14-HZ

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Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION FROM 10-16-2014: Staff recommends dividing the sign into two smaller signs of 6 square feet or less each, mounting one on each of the two facades.

RECOMMENDATION FOR 11-20-2014: STAFF RECOMMENDS AGAINST PROVIDING A WAIVER TO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES UNLESS FINDINGS OF FACT ARE SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO WARRANT. THE COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO AGREE WITH FINDING NUMBER 7 ABOVE, OR PRESENT ANY NEW FINDING THAT JUSTIFIES THE WAIVER OF THE GUIDELINE WHICH RECOMMENDS THAT PROJECTING SIGNS BE NO LARGER THAN 6 SQUARE FEET. IF APPROVED, THIS LARGE SIZE OF SIGNAGE WOULD BECOME AN OPTION TO THE OTHER 3 BUILDINGS IN MARKET SQUARE THAT ARE LOCATED ADJACENT TO CITY STREETS. THIS IS BECAUSE SIMILARLY SITUATED BUILDINGS MUST BE TREATED SIMILARLY IN ORDER FOR THE HZC TO BE CONSISTENT WHEN UTILIZING PERTINENT FINDINGS IN REVIEWING FUTURE SIGNAGE REQUESTS ON MARKET SQUARE.
Applicant Request
    • _QWER_Mount sign on a 45-degree angle from the corner of the building, constructed of wood and sealed with an all-weather Spar-Varnish protective treatment used on wooden ships. Secure with steel brackets and framing and secured into steel I-beams inside of the building. Sign to include a top header panel slightly wider than the other six. The remaining six panels will be a uniform 24" wide with some slight variance in the 1.15-foot height. The seven panels together total 9.45 sq feet.
Market Square H-1
    • Style: Victorian Vernacular Commercial, c. 1870 (altered)
      • J. F. Horne building. Two-story brick with second-story windows with arched window lintels (blocked in on north elevation). Altered storefront and north elevation (1960). J.F. Horne & Bros., a tobacco and liquor store, occupied this building from 1876 to 1905, when it became a restaurant and confectioners. From 1920 until at least 1965, it was known as the Gold Sun Café, and has remained in restaurant use. (Contributing)
Applicable Guidelines
Market Square Design Guidelines and Designation Report, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on July 24, 2001.
    • D. Signs
      • 1. A storefront shall not have more than two signs, a primary and a secondary sign. One of these may be a flush-mounted sign board located below the second story window sills and above the storefront display windows. It should not be more than 2-1/2 feet high with lettering between 8" and 18" high and covering about 65% of the sign board.
      • 2. A hanging sign can be mounted above the sidewalk, projecting no more than five feet. It can display the image of a product or use text to identify a tenant and should be 4-6 square feet in area
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Meeting Date
November 20, 2014
COA Expires November 19, 2016
Market Square H-1
35 Market Square 37902
Applicant
Richard Richard Wozniak (COO); - Robert Speck (CEO) Robert Speck (CEO)
Owner DARWIN WALKER PROPERTIES, LLC? DARWIN WALKER PROPERTIES LLC?

Case History

Date Filed
October 21, 2014
Date Heard
November 20, 2014
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