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Meeting: August 28, 2014
City of Georgetown, Texas
Historic and Architectural Review Commission Meeting Sign Subcommittee
Minutes
Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 5:30 p.m.
Council and Courts Building
101 E. 7th Street, Georgetown, TX 78626
Members present: Nancy Knight, Chair; Richard Mee and Mary Jo Winder
Commissioners absent: none
Staff present: Matt Synatschk, Historic Planner; Jackson Daly, Executive Assistant; and Karen Frost,
Recording Secretary.
A. Call to Order by Knight at 5:35 p.m. with the reading of the meeting procedures.
* Those who speak must turn in a speaker form, located at the back of the room, to the recording
secretary before the item that they wish to address begins. Each speaker will be permitted to address the
Commission one time only for a maximum of three (3) minutes.
This Regular Session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any purpose
authorized by the Open Meeting Act, Texas Government Code 551.
Legislative Agenda:
B. Discussion and possible approval of the minutes from the July 24, 2014 Sign Subcommittee Meeting.
Motion by Mee to approve the minutes as submitted. Second by Winder. Approved 3 – 0.
C. Public Hearing and possible action on a request for a Certificate of Design Compliance (CDC) for
business signage for the property located at 111 West 9th Street, bearing the legal description of City of
Georgetown, Block 51, Lot 6 – 7 (PTS), .1446 acres (CDC‐2014‐030).
Synatschk presented the staff report. This was a medium priority structure than was downgraded to a
low priority structure in the 2010 Historic Resource Survey. The applicant is requesting business signage
to be installed above the primary entrance to the structure and on the door leading in to the office. The
colors, placement and size of the proposed signage meet the design guidelines. Staff recommends
approval.
The Public Hearing was opened by Chair Knight and was closed with no speakers coming forth.
Motion by Winder to approve the application of CDC‐2014‐030 as submitted. Second by Mee.
Approved 3 – 0.
D. Public Hearing and possible action on a request for a Certificate of Design Compliance (CDC) for
business signage for the property locate at 814 South Main Street, bearing the legal description of Old
Fire Station Sub, Block 51, Lot 2, .09915 acres (CDC‐2014‐031).
Synatschk presented the staff report. The applicant requests permission to mount a hanging sign
underneath the existing canopy, above the primary entrance to the building. The proposed design
coordinates with the façade of the structure and conforms to the color and size requirements.
Portable signs are allowed in the Downtown Overlay District for use during business hours. The
proposed portable sign is in compliance with the design guidelines. Staff recommends approval of the
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hanging sign.
The Public Hearing was opened by Chair Knight and was closed with no speakers coming forth.
Mee questioned the height of the sidewalk and whether it was sufficiently tall enough to hang this sign.
Synatschk reported it was.
Motion by Mee to approve the signage for CDC‐2014‐031 as submitted. Second by Winder. Approved
3 – 0.
Adjournment. Motion by Mee to adjourn the meeting. Knight adjourned the meeting at 5:43 p.m.
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Approved, Nancy Knight, Chair Attest, Richard Mee