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December 9, 2010
City of Georgetown, Texas
Historic and Architectural Review Commission Sign Subcommittee Meeting
Minutes
Thursday, December 9, 2010 5:30 p.m.
Council Chambers, located at 101 E. 7th Street
Georgetown, TX 78626
Members present: Ron Pergl; Susan Firth; and Dee Rapp
Members absent: none
Staff present: Robbie Wyler, Historic District Planner; and Karen Frost, Recording Secretary
Call to order by Pergl at 5:30 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. Review and possible approval of the minutes from the November 10, 2010 regularly scheduled
Sign Subcommittee meeting and November 17, 2010 Sign Subcommittee special meeting.
Motion by Rapp to accept and approve both sets of minutes as drafted. Second by Firth.
Approved 3 – 0.
2. Consideration and possible action on a Certificate of Design Compliance for new signage at
Glasscock Addition, Block 22, Lots 5-8, also known as Main Street Baptist Church, located at
1001 S. Main Street. (CDC-2010-027)
Wyler presented the staff report. The applicant is requesting three pole-mounted signs for
restricted parking on their property. Ray Shawley, the agent, explained that these three parking
spaces are on the church property and that at key points of the day they are actually taken by
customers of a nearby restaurant. The church is trying to find a friendly solution.
Motion by Firth to approve the signs as submitted. Second by Rapp. Approved 3 – 0.
3. Consideration and possible action on a Certificate of Design Compliance for new signage at
City of Georgetown, Block 39, Lot 1 (pt) & Lot 4 (pt), also known as Mecca Hair Salon, located at
117 E. 7th Street. (CDC-2010-028)
Wyler presented the staff report. The applicant seeks Certificate of Design Compliance approval
from HARC for two new signs. The first is a flush-mounted sign that will read “Mecca Hair
Salon, Inc.” in the business’ beige decorative font. The sign will be constructed of Moderate
Density Overlay (MDO) wood and painted black with Parchment/Beige colored vinyl letters.
The sign will be mounted directly to the west-face of the black corrugated metal awning.
The applicant also requests additional window advertisement in a currently empty storefront
window. The sign will read “Mecca Hair Salon, Inc.” in all caps and in the same business font
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and color as the wall-mounted sign. It will be installed on the large 7th Street window directly
east of the entrance door as shown on the provided rendering and photograph.
Ray Shawley, the agent, was available for commissioner questions. He commented that the
black of the awning sign would actually be the same black as the awning, not what the color
picture indicates.
Motion by Firth to approve the Certificate of Design Compliance for the two signs as
submitted. Second by Rapp. Approved 3 – 0.
4. Consideration and possible action on a Certificate of Design Compliance for new signage at
City of Georgetown, Block 50, Lot 1 (s/pt), also known as the Moksha Yoga on the Square,
located at 824 S. Austin Avenue. (CDC-2010-029)
Wyler presented the staff report. The applicant seeks Certificate of Design Compliance
approval from HARC for four new signs. The first is a projecting sign that will read “Moksha
Yoga on the Square” in all caps and in a block font. The sign will be constructed of Moderate
Density Overlay (MDO) wood with digital printed vinyl faces on both sides. It will be hung
from a black wrought iron bracket. Colors will consist of a wine-red colored backdrop with a
golden yellow circle containing the depiction of a white lotus flower. “Moksha Yoga” will be in
black letters outlined in white and “On the Square” will be centered below in a smaller black
font with no outline.
Next, the applicant requests three secondary window signs. Two will utilize the same design as
the projecting sign with the exception that they will be all white. Each sign will be centered on
the lower sash of both the eastern most window facing 9th Street and the other on the southern
most window facing Austin Avenue. The third window sign will be located on the north-facing
vestibule window at the Austin Avenue entrance. It will provide hours of operation and
additional business information in a white Times font. No logo is proposed at this time for the
vestibule window sign.
Jeff Maurice, the applicant, was available for questions. Pergl questioned whether the red on
the sign is the same as the awning color of red. Maurice explained it is not exact, but matches.
Firth questioned the hours of operation listed as “45 minutes before class” being enough
information for the customers. Maurice says the owners discussed this at length and decided
that more information would be available on their website, as the times of the classes were
constantly changing. He explained the doors would be locked during class with a “Class in
Session” sign hung on the inside of the door. He also explained that they were looking for some
form of brochure holder to be placed just inside the door that would give more information
about their business and classes. They are looking for something that would fit inside the door
so that the brochures would not be picked up by everyone on the street and possibly litter the
Square. The Commissioners questioned the size and look of the box. Wyler stated since it is not
part of the application and it is not a sign, he will review it and decide whether it should return
to HARC for review. Firth and Rapp cautioned Maurice about cluttering the windows. He
commented that was not his intention.
Motion by Rapp to approve the Certificate of Design Compliance as submitted, with the
brochure box to be reviewed by staff before being installed. Second by Firth. Approved 3 – 0.
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5. Adjournment. Pergl adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m.
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Approved, Ron Pergl, Chair Attest, Susan Firth