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Meeting: November 14, 2012
City of Georgetown, Texas
Historic and Architectural Review Commission Sign Subcommittee Meeting
Minutes
Wednesday, November 14, 2012, at 4:00 pm
Georgetown Municipal Complex
300‐1 Industrial Avenue, Georgetown, Texas 78627
Members: Sarah Blankenship; Tim Urban; and Ray Wahrenbrock
Staff present: Valerie Kreger, Principal Planner; and Karen Frost, Recording Secretary
Call to order by Urban at 4:04 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 action on the minutes from the September 27, 2012 Sign
Subcommittee meeting.
Motion by Wahrenbrock, second by Blankenship to approve the minutes as written.
Approved 3 – 0.
2. Public Hearing and possible action on a Certificate of Design Compliance for signage at
City of Georgetown, Block 41, Lots 6‐7 (pts.), also known as Articine Health, located at
215 W. 8th Street (CDC‐2012‐043)
Kreger presented the staff report. The applicant seeks Certificate of Design Compliance
approval from HARC for window signs for the 8th and Rock Street windows. As
proposed, the graphic will be a combination of white cut vinyl for the text and digitally
printed vinyl for the medical related logo. The logo is designed with tan and two shades
of green, in addition to white and black. Both windows measure approximately 28
square feet in size, and as presented in the submittal materials, the applicant proposes to
cover approximately 7.7 square feet (27.5%) of each. The signs include the snake and
leaf graphic, business name, Articine Health; the doctor’s name; telephone number; web
address; and a description of the service provided, integrative medicine. At this time no
other signage is included in the CDC application. Staff recommends approval of the
window signage.
There was discussion among the commissioners and Kreger regarding the methods used
to measure the lettering and signage and how to calculate the overall signage.
Wahrenbrock had estimated the size of the letters and the window and estimated that
the signage was approximately 9.2 square feet which is close to the allowable 30%
signage per window. He stated he was okay with the estimated size of the sign since it
had pleasing proportions, but would like to see the maximum height from the bottom of
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the lettering to the top of the lettering to be no more than 18 inches. Kreger had
calculated the height of the lettering would be 20 inches.
Urban opened and closed the Public Hearing at 4:14 p.m. with no citizens coming forth
to speak.
Motion by Wahrenbrock to approve the CDC for window signage as presented with
the restriction that the lettering of the signage from the bottom of the bottom lettering
to the top of the top lettering, not exceed 20 inches on the bottom half of the window,
and the logo will be calculated separately in the overall window coverage
calculations. Second by Urban. Approved 3 – 0.
3. Adjournment. Urban adjourned the meeting at 4:22 p.m.
The Subcommittee may forward these items to the next meeting of the Historic and
Architectural Review Commission for its consideration. That meeting is scheduled for
December 13, 2012.
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Approved, Tim Urban, Acting Chair Attest, Sarah Blankenship