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CITY OF SAVANNAH
HISTORIC DISTRICT BOARD OF REVIEW
REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
PETITIONER:
Flint North
Speedi Sign
Savannah, GA 31401
FILE NUMBER:
14-006066-COA
ADDRESS:
36 West Broughton Street
PIN:
2-0004-37-001
ZONING:
B-C-1
STAFF REVIEWER:
Sara Farr
DATE:
January 14, 2015
NATURE OF REQUEST:
The applicant is requesting approval for two projecting principal use signs at 36 West Broughton
Street as follows:
Café Sign
Location:
The sign will be located on the Broughton Street façade of 36 West
Broughton Street.
Size:
The sign will have a diameter of 24 inches for a total of approximately .79
square feet.
Materials/Mounting: The sign will be mounted to the building using a black bracket with a gold
finial. The bracket will project 31.82 inches. The sign will provide 10
feet of clearance from the sidewalk. The sign will be constructed of
HDU/PVC.
Design/Colors:
The circular sign will read Café in raised letters and be grey and white.
Lighting:
The sign will not be illuminated.
Paris Market Entrance Sign
Location:
The sign will be located on the corner of the building.
Size:
The sign will be sized 30.5 inches by 42.25 inches for a total of
approximately 8.8 square feet.
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Materials/Mounting: The sign will be mounted to the building using the existing bracket with a
new gold finial and will project approximately 3.5 square feet. The sign
will provide 10 feet of clearance and be constructed of HDU and PVC.
Design/Colors:
The circular sign will read “The Paris Market & Brocante”. It will have a
white background with a grey design and brown lettering. It will be
double sided.
Lighting:
The sign will not be illuminated.
FINDINGS:
36 West Broughton Street was constructed in 1878 and is a contributing structure within the
Savannah National Historic Landmark District and the Savannah Local Historic District. The
following standards from the Historic District Section (8-3030) of the City of Savannah Zoning
Ordinance apply:
Preservation of historic structures within the historic district. An historic structure, and any
outbuildings, or any appurtenance related thereto, visible from a public street or lane,
including but not limited to walls, fences, light fixtures, steps, paving, sidewalks, and signs,
shall only be moved, reconstructed, altered, or maintained in a manner that will preserve the
historical and exterior architectural features of the historic structure or appurtenance
thereto and are consistent with the current edition of the Secretary of the Interior’s
Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitation published by the U.S. Department of the
Interior. The visual compatibility factors [Section (m)] and the design standards [Section
(n)] shall apply.
For the purposes of this section, exterior architectural features shall include but not be
limited to the architectural style, scale, general design, and general arrangement of the
exterior of the structure, including the kind and texture of the building material, the type and
style of all roofs, windows, doors and signs. In considering proposals for the exterior
alterations of historic structures in the historic district the documented original design of the
structure may be considered.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards 2– Historic Character. The historic character of
a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or
alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property
will be avoided.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards 5– Distinctive Features. Distinctive materials,
features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that
characterize a property will be preserved.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards 9– New Additions to not Damage. New
additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic
materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new
work shall be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic
materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of
the property and its environment.
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Secretary of the Interior’s Standards 10– New Additions Reversible. New additions
and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if
removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its
environment would be unimpaired.
The preservation standards are met.
Visual compatibility factors. New construction and existing buildings and structures and
appurtenances thereof in the historic district which are moved, reconstructed, materially
altered, repaired or changed in color shall be visually compatible with structures, squares
and places to which they are visually related. The following factors shall be considered in
determining the visual compatibility of such a building, structure or appurtenance. These
factors shall not be the basis for appeal of an adverse decision. Greater weight shall be given
to adjacent historic structures.
Relationship of materials, texture and color. The relationship of materials, texture and
color of the facade of a structure shall be visually compatible with the predominate
materials, textures, and colors used on contributing structures to which the structure is
Visually Related.
The standard is met. The signs are visually compatible.
The following standards from the Broughton Street Sign Section (3-3119) of the City of
Savannah Zoning Ordinance apply:
Principal use and supplemental identification signs. Principal use and supplemental
identification signs shall be permitted subject to the following:
Number of principal use and supplemental use signs per establishment. One principal use
sign shall be permitted for each business establishment. One such sign may be mounted
or erected as a facia sign, or one such sign may be erected as a projecting sign. Where a
business establishment fronts on more than one street or pedestrian walkway providing
public access, one principal use sign for each frontage shall be permitted; provided, that
only the maximum sign area computed for a given street frontage shall face that street.
The copy area shall not exceed 40 percent of the display area of a principal use sign. In
addition to the principal use sign, supplemental identification signs, not exceeding an
aggregate sign area of four square feet, shall be permitted adjacent to each entrance of
the principal use. Such identification sign shall be limited to providing the trade name or
logo of the establishment and shall be mounted or attached flat against the building.
The standard is met. The main entrance sign is on the corner, so the business is allowed a
second sign over the entrance to the café.
Size, height and location of principal use signs. Such signs shall be limited by the most
restrictive of the following:
Projecting signs.
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For all principal uses occupying 125 or less linear feet of street frontage, "projecting"
signs shall be permitted one square foot of display area per sign face per linear foot of
frontage occupied by each principal use; provided, that a maximum sign area of 45
square feet shall be permitted per sign face for each projecting principal use sign
allowed.
For all principal uses with building frontage exceeding 125 linear feet, one additional
square foot of sign area shall be allowed for each additional foot of building frontage
occupied over 125 feet; provided, such sign shall not exceed 175 square feet in area.
The outer edge of a projecting sign shall not extend more than six feet from the building
to which it is attached.
The height of a projecting sign shall not extend above the parapet wall of the building,
and the lowest point of the projecting sign shall not be less than ten feet above the
established grade.
The standards are met. The main entrance sign is 8.8 square feet and the building
maintains 50 feet 2 inches of street frontage on Whitaker Street and 45 feet 7 inches of
frontage on Broughton Street. The Café sign is sized .79 square feet. Both provide 10
feet of clearance from the sidewalk and project less than 6 feet.
Restrictions on the material used in sign construction. Paper and cardboard shall not be
used as materials for a principal use sign in the Broughton Street sign district.
The standard is met.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of two new projecting principal use signs at 36 West Broughton Street, because
the signs meet the standards and are visually compatible.
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