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Meeting: February 26, 2015
City of Georgetown, Texas
Historic and Architectural Review Commission Meeting Sign Subcommittee
Minutes
Thursday, February 26, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Council and Courts Building
101 E. 7 th Street, Georgetown, TX 78626
Members present: Nancy Knight, Chair; Richard Mee and Mary Jo Winder
Commissioners absent: none
Staff present: Matt Synatschk, Historic Planner; Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager; Andreina
Davila, Project Coordinator; and Karen Frost, Recording Secretary.
(This Regular Session may, at any tim e, 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 h earing 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 a t 5:33 p.m.
*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 December 11, 2014 Sign Subcommittee
Meeting.
Motion by Winder, second by Knight to approve the minutes as written. Approved 2 – 0.
Public hearing and possible action on a Certificate of Design Compliance Request for Signage at City
of Georgetown, Block 40, Lot 3 (N/PT), 0.55 acres, located at 705 South Main Street.
Synatschk presented the staff report. The applicant’s request for new window signage is in
compliance with the design guidelines. The Guidelines allow for window signage not exceeding 50%
of the area of each window, and not exceeding 30% of all window areas combined. Any signage
indicating hours of operation is exempted from the calculation. The size and colors are appropriate
for the structure and is within the allowable size. The existing signage was approved with a previous
CDC application.
Knight opened the Public Hearing and with no speakers coming forth, closed it.
Motion by Mee to approve the application for CDC-2014-048 as submitted. Second by Winder.
Approved 3 – 0.
Adjournment
Motion by Knight to adjourn, Second by Winder.
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