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Historic Preservation Commission rejects window-decal signs for mental-health board at 40 N. Sandusky
Summary
The Delaware Historic Preservation Commission voted 4-2 to deny a request from the Delaware-Morrow Mental Health & Recovery Services Board to place upper-floor window-decal signs at 40 North Sandusky Street, citing concerns about precedent and lack of city-wide signage guidance.
The Delaware Historic Preservation Commission voted 4-2 on Feb. 26, 2025, to deny a certificate of appropriateness for upper-floor window-decal signs proposed by the Delaware-Morrow Mental Health and Recovery Services Board at 40 North Sandusky Street.
The commission’s decision follows a staff presentation recommending approval with three conditions and a 30-minute discussion in which commissioners raised questions about precedent, limits of the commission’s authority, and the pending city sign-code rewrite. Diane (city planning staff) explained the site is in the downtown historic district, zoned B-2 (Central Business District), and that the 3-story, noncontributing infill building houses multiple upper-floor tenants who say visitors have difficulty locating offices. The applicant, Steve Brown, communications director for the Delaware-Morrow Mental Health and…
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