HDC SAC approves master sign plan and projecting sign for 28 Center Street, requires menu box removal within 30 days

The Historic District Commission Assigned Advisory Committee (HDC SAC) on March 18, 2025, approved a master sign plan and a projecting (hanging) sign for 28 Center Street and required the removal of an existing menu box within 30 days.

Chair Chris Young, chair of the HDC Assigned Advisory Committee, opened the item and described the proposals and the related application materials. The committee approved the master sign plan on a motion requesting staff sign-off of a revised wall-sign drawing and removal of temporary window banners from the plan; the motion passed unanimously. The committee separately approved the proposed carved-and-painted projecting sign, again by unanimous roll-call vote. After reopening discussion, the committee adopted a motion requiring that the menu box referenced in the application be removed within 30 days.

The committee…