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Meeting: September 25, 2014
City of Georgetown, Texas
Historic and Architectural Review Commission Meeting Sign Subcommittee
Minutes
Thursday, October 13, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.
Georgetown Municipal Complex
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; and Karen Frost, Recording Secretary.
(This Regular Session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any purpose
authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551.)
A. The Historic and Architectural Review Commission (HARC) Sign Subcommittee, appointed by the
Commission, is responsible for hearing and taking final action on Certificates of Design Compliance
applications for Signage based upon the City Council adopted Downtown and Old Town Design
Guidelines and Unified Development Code. The Commission may, at any time, recess the Regular
Session to convene an Executive Session at the request of the Chair, a Commissioner, the Director or
legal counsel for any purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code
Chapter 551.
Welcome and Meeting Procedures:
Call to Order by Knight at 4:03 p.m. with the reading of the meeting procedures.
*Those who wish to speak must turn in a speaker form, located at the back of the room, to the recording
secretary before the item they wish to address begins. Each speaker will be permitted to address the
Commission one time only for a maximum of three minutes.
Legislative Agenda:
B. Discussion and possible approval of the minutes from the September 25, 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 Certificate of Design Compliance for business signage at
Glasscock Addition, Block 5, Lot 5 (SW/PT), 6(SW/PT), 0.16 acres located at 415 West 10th Street.
(CDC‐2014‐037)
Synatschk presented the staff report. The City of Georgetown is in receipt of an application for
business signage for a new business located at 415 West 10th Street. The signage request includes a
metal channel cut flush mounted sign mounted above the primary entrance, and a flush mounted
sign mounted adjacent to the secondary entrance.
Design Guidelines 9.1 and 9.2 state that the sign should respect the overall building composition and
be subordinate to the primary façade. Installing the metal channel cut sign on the balcony limits the
impact on the primary façade and blends with the architecture of the structure. The flush mounted
sign adjacent to the secondary entrance is appropriate signage for the parking area.
Flush mounted signs are limited to 1 square foot per linear foot of façade width. The south façade is
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38’ in width, while the west façade is 48’ in width. Each 12.5 square foot sign is within the limits
outlined by Design Guideline 9.6. The proposed signs are compatible with the structure and will be
professionally constructed and installed.
Staff is concerned regarding the impact on the primarily residential area to the south of the subject
property; however, the surrounding properties on the north, east and west sides are commercial
properties. No additional lighting is proposed for the new signage, which limits the impact on the
residential properties. Therefore, the signage is appropriate for the location.
Knight opened the Public Hearing and with no speakers present, closed the hearing.
The applicant’s agent, Ray Shawley was present for questions or discussion.
Mee asked for an interpretation of 9.19, asking if teal is a compatible color with the building colors.
He asked for a definition of the word compatible. Synatschk explained that compatible is subjective
and that it varies by person. In this case, it was deemed compatible.
Motion by Mee to approve CDC‐2014‐027 as submitted. Second by Knight. Approved 3 – 0.
Adjournment
Motion by Knight to adjourn. Second by Winder. Meeting adjourned at 4:13 p.m.
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Approved, Nancy Knight, Chair Attest, Richard Mee