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Meeting July 9, 2009
City of Georgetown, Texas
Historic and Architectural Review Commission Sign Subcommittee Meeting
Minutes
Thursday, July 9 2009 4:00 p.m.
Conference Room A, Georgetown Municipal Complex
300-1 Industrial Ave Georgetown, TX 78626
Members Present: Will Moore; Ron Pergl and Dee Rapp
Members Absent: none
Staff Present: Robbie Wyler, Historic District Planner; Elizabeth Cook, Acting Director of
Community Development; Valerie Kreger, Principal Planner; and Karen Frost, Recording
Secretary
The meeting was called to order by acting Chair Will Moore at 4:10 p.m.
The Historic and Architectural Review Commission Sign Subcommittee is responsible for
hearing and taking final action on sign applications, by issuing Certificates of Design
Compliance based upon the City Council adopted Downtown Design Guidelines. This is a
regular scheduled meeting of the Sign Subcommittee, for consideration and possible action on
the following:
1. Nomination and appointment of a new Sign Subcommittee Chair.
Pergle nominates Moore as chair of the subcommittee. Second by Rapp. Approved 3 – 0.
2. Review and possible approval of the minutes from the June 25, 2009, Sign Subcommittee
meeting.
Moore asked for any action regarding the minutes. Motion by Pergl to accept the minutes as
written. Second by Rapp. Approved 3 – 0.
3. Consideration and possible action on a request for a Certificate of Design Compliance for
signage at Lost Addition, Block 63 (pt), to be known as The Merlot House office building,
located at 1006 S. Rock Street. (CDC-2009-020)
Wyler presented the application. The applicant seeks approval of a freestanding sign in
front of his office building. The sign is within the size restrictions of the UDC. Staff
recommends approval of the new sign as supported by Guidelines 9.3, 9.13, 9.17, and 9.18.
The Commissioners discussed the proposal. Rapp stated she visited the site and measured
where the proposed sign would be located based on the existing pole location. The sign as
proposed would obscure the view of the house next door. She feels the sign is too tall. Pergl
suggested lowering the sign height to four feet tall. The commissioners discussed what their
options were in regards to this application. They did not want to completely deny the sign
and force the applicant to come back before the commission.
Motion by Pergl to approve the sign as submitted with the stipulation that the height of the
sign be decreased from 6 feet to 4 feet above ground level. Second by Rapp. Approved 3 –
0.
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4. Consideration and possible action on a request for a Certificate of Design Compliance for
signage at City of Georgetown, Block 49, Lot 1 (w/pt), to be known as Pink and Chic Organic
Day Spa, located at 308 W. 8th Street, Suite 102. (CDC-2009-021)
Wyler presented the staff report. The applicant is seeking approval of a new hanging sign to
be attached to an existing metal awning on the front of the building. The proposed sign is to
be white, silver and pink and to be hung underneath the existing green awning. Staff
recommends commissioners consider and discuss other options for the sign location and
colors, because the proposed location would not be allowed for lack of an 8 foot minimum
clearance. Wyler distributed a drawing of his suggestion of proposed location.
The applicant, Mayra Reyes, and tenant of the new Pink and Chic Organic Day Spa attended
the meeting and represented not only this application but the following application as well,
which is to be installed adjacent to this sign. She said she was amenable to the new
proposed location of the sign(s). Rapp proposed putting the signs on the awning, straddling
the edge, like the neighboring Red Poppy Cafe sign. Perl suggested if the sign(s) were placed
on the building front, lighting could be applied at a later date. There was concern from the
commissioners that the signs were actually too small for the front of the building and would
be dwarfed. Options were discussed. Colors were discussed and color examples were
brought out to show the applicant examples.
Motion by Rapp that the applicant would have two options: either the sign(s) could be 5
feet by 2 feet by 1 inch with the condition that these signs straddle the awning and meet the
eight foot clearance above the sidewalk; OR the signs can be 8 feet by 3 feet and installed
on the front facade of the building, equidistant and proportionate to the building. This
motion was also contingent that both signs would be treated the same. And the Pink and
Chic sign colors would be presented to staff before approval so that the pink could be
toned to match the ruby color on the building and the silver crown color could be outlined
in black to make it more prominent. Second by Pergl. Approved 3 – 0.
5. Consideration and possible action on a request for a Certificate of Design Compliance for
signage at City of Georgetown, Block 49, Lot 1 (w/pt), to be known as Island Music, located at
308 W. 8th Street, Suite 101. (CDC-2009-022)
Wyler described this application as a duplicate of the sign above. Ms. Reyes stated she was
representing the tenant for this application. There was some discussion regarding the color
because two different yellow colors were presented. Wyler stated this was due to color
printer differences.
Motion by Rapp to repeat the conditions of the approval as stated above and to make the
applicant to bring in the color of yellow to be used on the Island Music sign so that the
yellow would more closely match the color of the building and staff could approve the
exact color to be used. Second by Pergl. Approved 3 – 0.
6. Discussion and possible action to change the day and time of the Sign Subcommittee
meetings.
After discussion of possibilities the time and date of these meetings remains the same – the
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second Thursday of the month at 4:00 p.m.
7. Adjournment
Chair Moore adjourned the meeting at 5:06 p.m.
The Subcommittee will not forward these items to the next meeting of the Historic and
Architectural Review Committee for its consideration as the votes were unanimous. That
meeting is scheduled for July 23, 2009.
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Approved, Will Moore, Chair Attest, Ron Pergl, Commissioner