Design Review Board

Level 1: Sign

8-A-12-DT

Add a hanging sign above the awning with a metal bracket that will be approximately 9 square feet. It will have a metal face with routed letters and design elements. It is internally illuminated with light penetrating only the push-thru letters and design elements (see attached drawings).


Location
135 S Gay St

Applicant Request
Add a hanging sign above the awning with a metal bracket that will be approximately 9 square feet. It will have a metal face with routed letters and design elements. It is internally illuminated with light penetrating only the push-thru letters and design elements (see attached drawings).

Staff Comments
In National Register Historic Districts, the guidelines that hanging signs be a maximum 9 square feet and non-illuminated. For a sign to have internal illumination, the board must determine if the request is appropriate in context with its surrounding development.

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