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Historic commission reviews hanging sign and window decals for 7541 Main Street; motion to approve recorded
Summary
The Sykesville Historic Commission reviewed an application for a two-sided hanging sign and window/door decals for a business at 7541 Main Street. Staff presented measurements and guideline comparisons; a motion to approve the application was made. Vote tally was not recorded in the transcript.
The Sykesville Historic Commission reviewed an application for a two-sided hanging sign and window and door decals for a business at 7541 Main Street.
Staff member, presenting the application to the commission, said the proposed hanging sign would be 30 inches wide by 29 inches high, digitally printed on PVC, would hang from the existing bracket at a minimum of 8 feet above the sidewalk, would not project more than 42 inches from the front façade and would be set back 12 inches from the curb. The presenter said those dimensions were intended to comply with the commission’s signage guidelines.
The staff presentation included measurements for the display window and door decals. Staff said the decal on the left window covered about 3.5% of that window’s total area and the decal on the right window about 7.3%. For the front door, staff reported a combined ‘‘binding rectangle’’ coverage calculation of about 33.2% of the glass pane and 12.2% of the total door; using the applicant’s own occupancy estimates for lettering, staff said the effective coverage would be about 25.6% of the glass pane and 9.6% of the entire door. The presenter noted that vinyl is listed as a material “not recommended” in the commission’s guidelines but that prior vinyl decals for the business were approved by the commission in October 2019.
Commission discussion focused on the size calculations and material. One commission member said, “it looks like we’re in compliance.” Staff reiterated that the commission may approve materials the guidelines do not recommend if members feel comfortable doing so. No statutory citation or external legal restriction was presented beyond the commission’s guidelines and the October 2019 prior approval noted in the staff report.
A motion was made to approve the application for the hanging sign and window/door decals at 7541 Main Street. The transcript records the motion being made but does not include the name of the mover or a recorded vote tally or explicit outcome in the provided excerpt.
The commission record will need the formal vote tally and mover/second entered into the minutes; the transcript excerpt supplied here does not include that detail.
