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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda 07A_DR-19-02_150 Dorset St_After Midnight Corp_sign_ffd#DR‐19‐02 1 CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING AFTER MIDNIGHT CORP – 155 DORSET STREET MASTER SIGNAGE PERMIT #DR‐19‐02 FINDINGS OF FACT AND DECISION Design review application #DR‐19‐02 of After Midnight Corp to amend a previously approved Master Signage Permit (MSP). The amendment consists of allowing stainless steel as a lettering color and material, 150 Dorset Street. The Development Review Board held a public hearing on June 18, 2019. The applicant was represented by Scott Richardson. Based on the plans and materials contained in the document file for this application, the Development Review Board finds, concludes, and decides the following: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The applicant, After Midnight Corp, seeks to amend a previously approved Master Signage Permit (MSP) #DR‐02‐12. 2. The amendment consists of allowing stainless steel as a lettering color and material for wall signs. 3. The owner of record of the subject property is Dorset Square Associates. 4. The application was received on May 13, 2019. 5. The applicant submitted a drawing of the proposed signage which consists of stainless steel letters backlit with LED lights enclosed in a plastic box surround with cover. 6. The property lies within the Dorset Street/City Center Sign District SIGN ORDINANCE Section 6: Dorset Street/City Center Sign District of the South Burlington Sign Ordinance reads in part that the Development Review Board must consider the following standards: (1) Consistent Design: the design of a sign shall consider and be compatible and harmonious with the design of buildings on the property and nearby. The design of all signs on a property shall promote consistency in terms of color, graphic style, lighting, location, material and proportions. (2) Promote City Center Goals: signs shall be designed and located in a manner which reinforces and respects the overall stated goals of the sign district and City Center Plan, including a high aesthetic quality and pedestrian orientation. #DR‐19‐02 2 (3) Color and Texture: the color and texture of a sign shall be compatible and harmonious with buildings on the property and nearby. The use of a maximum of three (3) predominant colors is encouraged to provide consistent foreground, text and background color schemes. (4) Materials Used: signs shall be designed and constructed of high‐quality materials complimentary to the materials used in the buildings to which the signs are related. The approved color scheme includes a range of colors for individually illuminated letters as well as for box signs. Lettering includes serif and sans serif fonts. Corporate logo letter styles are also allowed. Lighting may be internally illuminated box signs or individual channel letters. The applicant is proposing to add to the allowed materials to include stainless steel, and to add stainless steel as a color for lettering. The proposed modifications are to allow a sign with stainless steel letters backlit with LED encased in a plastic box surround and cover. The Board finds the applicant’s proposed modifications to not alter compliance with these criteria, and finds these criteria have been met. Section 8(d) reads in part that the board must consider the following: (1) The initial application for a Master Signage Permit shall establish a consistent set of parameters for the shapes, materials, foreground and background color schemes, typefaces, sizes, installations and sign types to be utilized for a property and shall include color illustrations thereof. (2) Applicants are strongly encouraged to specify parameters that will lead over time to creating a strong consistency of shape, foreground and background color scheme, typeface, size, and installation in order to ensure that all signage on a property is in accordance with the goals of the Dorset Street/City Center Sign District. (3) All Master Signage Permit applications shall specify how one or more of these graphic elements will be used to relate all of the signs to each other visually. (4) Applicants may request a review and approval of a range of potential sizes for individual signs, so that an application for an individual sign of approved materials, color and design that is within an approved size range will require only approval of the Code Officer. Consistency within the signage plan is maintained by locating the sign in an analogous location to other signs on the property. The new sign is proposed to be 4 ft high by 7 ft wide, consistent with the scale of adjoining signs. The Board finds these criterion have been met. Section 21(e) pertains to lighting: (e) In the Dorset Street/City Center Sign District, internally illuminated signs shall utilize opaque backgrounds and translucent letters, logos and/or graphics, so as to insure that the lettering, logos and/or graphics are illuminated rather than the background. Translucent backgrounds utilizing dark colors may be used with white, clear or other light translucent letters, logos and/or graphics, provided #DR‐19‐02 3 the Design Review Committee determines that the effect will be consistent with the intent of this provision. The applicant has indicated that the sign is proposed to be opaque with backlighting. The Board finds this criterion met. DECISION Motion by ___, seconded by ___, to approve sign design review application #DR‐19‐02 of After Midnight Corp subject to the following conditions: 1. All previous approvals and stipulations which are not changed by this decision, will remain in full effect. 2. The individually illuminated letter colors permitted under application #DR‐02‐12 are red, white, and yellow; with accent colors limited to orange, pink, blue and green. Box signs may be black, blue and red, with copy colors (lettering) in red, white or yellow. Stainless steel is hereby added to the list of approved sign colors for individually illuminated letters. 3. The signs permitted under application #DR‐02‐12 are limited to plastic materials. Stainless steel is hereby added as an approved material. 4. This project must be completed as shown on the plans submitted by the applicant, and on file in the South Burlington Department of Planning and Zoning. 5. The applicant shall obtain sign permits consistent with the master sign approval and specific standards of the Sign Ordinance in effect at the time of application from the Code Officer prior to any changes to signs on the property. 6. Any change to the approved plan shall require approval by the South Burlington Development Review Board or the Administrative Officer. 7. Pursuant to Section 20 of the Sign Ordinance, all signs shall be of substantial and sturdy construction, kept in good repair, and painted or cleaned as necessary to maintain a clean, safe, and orderly appearance. Mark Behr Yea Nay Abstain Not Present Matt Cota Yea Nay Abstain Not Present Frank Kochman Yea Nay Abstain Not present Bill Miller Yea Nay Abstain Not Present Jennifer Smith Yea Nay Abstain Not Present Brian Sullivan Yea Nay Abstain Not Present John Wilking Yea Nay Abstain Not Present Motion carried by a vote of _ – _ – _. Signed this ____ day of June, 2019, by #DR‐19‐02 4 _____________________________________ Bill Miller, Chair Please note: An appeal of this decision may be taken by filing, within 30 days of the date of this decision, a notice of appeal and the required fee by certified mail to the Superior Court, Environmental Division. See V.R.E.C.P. 5(b). A copy of the notice of appeal must also be mailed to the City of South Burlington Planning and Zoning Department at 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT 05403. See V.R.E.C.P. 5(b) (4)(A). Please contact the Environmental Division at 802‐828‐1660 or http://vermontjudiciary.org/GTC/environmental/default.aspx for more information on filing requirements, deadlines, fees and mailing address. The applicant or permittee retains the obligation to identify, apply for, and obtain relevant state permits for this project. Call 802.477.2241 to speak with the regional Permit Specialist.