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Home My WebLink AboutARB202100111 Checklist 2021-11-02SIGN REVIEW CHECKLIST with REFERENCES — Wall Sign, Single Business Updated. 6-17-2016 REF CHECKLIST ITEM NOTES TYPE ❑ 9.b For internally illuminated signs, channel lettering Sign is combination of channel letters and a logo (mounted on a raceway or individual letters) is preferred to panel/cabinet. Sign elements are internally lit. cabinet signs. ❑ 5.b When channel letters cannot be adequately accommodated, internally illuminated cabinet signs may be considered. ❑ 6 Reader boards are discouraged. Not applicable MATERIALS ❑ Ac Materials used in the sign should complement the building Acrylic sign compliments brick background being served by the sign. COLOR ❑ Ae Color for raceway -mounted channel letters, the raceway Not applicable shall match the wall color. Sign colors must be harmonious with each other. Sign colors: blue, green and white. Day view lettering Sign colors must not clash with the site, when viewed in color is blue; white at night. daylight and at night. Overly intense color, (such as dayglo or fluorescent No intense colors used colors), are prohibited. Use of three colors or less (black and white considered as Sign colors: blue, green and white. Day view lettering colors) color is blue; white at night Additional colors may be approved if they contribute to the sign balance/unity. SIZE, SCALE, PROPORTION, AND LOCATION ❑ Ah Signs may not exceed the size, height and setback Signs are incompliance with ordinance requirements as outlined in Section 4.15 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance unless sign has a variance). REF CHECKLIST ITEM NOTES ❑ Appendix A ratio of 1/3 text to 2/3 wall area or 1/4 text to 3/4 wall Proportions and layout of sign, including form, shape AA area is a good working proportioning system for placing a and composition of elements are appropriate. sign. ❑ Appendix Color, form, surface pattern, shape, and disposition of A.A.4 elements and openings in an architectural design can affect our perception of scale and can impact the appearance of a sign on a building. ❑ 9.d The wall sign's size must coordinate with the architectural Size is proportionally appropriate to the wall area. element's size. The sign should not over -crowd the architectural element, Sign does not over -crowd architectural elements of the the wall, or the sign area. building. Buildings and building elements should not be used as Not applicable billboards. ❑ 9.a Wall signs must integrate with the building's architecture. Wall sign is integrated with architecture. The sign placement should not obscure architectural Sign placement does not obscure architectural details. features or details, (such as cornices, windows, columns, pilasters and paneling). ❑ 9.d An appropriate height for channel letters in a 30" high sign There is an appropriate amount of clear space band is 18". surrounding the sign. This allows 6" of unoccupied space above and below the letters. 4" of clear space above, below, and to the sides of a channel letter sign is considered a minimum, with larger clearances required for larger sign bands. Degree of visibility, the distance from the Entrance Building is approx. 120' from entrance corridor/Rt 20. Corridor, and the architectural design of the building/area According to site plan SDP2020-26, existing tree will determine sign size, placement, and proportions. buffer along corridor will remain. 2 REF CHECKLIST ITEM NOTES ❑ 4. d Lettering should be in proportion (font size and typeface Lettering is proportionate to the rest of the sign and the style) to the sign and the building. building. Use of three typefaces or less. Single typeface is used. Additional typefaces may be approved if they contribute to a balanced/legible/unified sign design. ❑ 9.e.iv The width of the outline must be in proportion to the width No outline used. of the letter. An outline width of 1/8" has been found to be an appropriate sign dimension. TRADEMARKS, CORPORATE LOGOS AND GRAPHICS ❑ 4.f The ARB may require that the color and scale of standard templates for trademarks, service marks, corporate logos Corporate Logo integrates with the sign. and graphics be modified. When used, trademarks, service marks, corporate logos and/or graphics should be incorporated as an integral part of the overall sign. ❑ 5.a External (or no) illumination is preferred for approved Internal illumination used (face lit). graphics/logos; ❑ 5. b internal illumination may be considered for approval on a case -by -case basis. LIGHTING ❑ 9.e.i External or no illumination is preferred for wall signs. Internal illumination is used; the sign is deemed appropriate based on the size and the distance from the ❑ 5.f Any internal illumination is considered to contribute to visual clutter and will be limited. entrance corridor. Wall signs are over 150' from the entrance corridor. ❑ 5.c Internal illumination design approval will be evaluated on size, balance, complexity, and distance from the Entrance Corridor. ❑ 9.e.iv The backgrounds of such cabinet signs must be made Sign transmits light through face only. opaque zero light transmission). REF CHECKLIST ITEM NOTES ❑ 5.e External illumination should be shielded and not create Internally lit sign, face only. Light does not transmit Tare. through the sides. All external light sources shall be white. ❑ 9.ii Sign lighting (external) should be shielded so that it illuminates only face of the sign and does not shine beyond the edge of the sign. ❑ 9.iii Channel letters with translucent faces must have no light Letters and logo are face lit, no light transmission on spilling outward from the top, bottom, sides or back. sides Faces and returns of channel letters shall be opaque when back -lit (halo -lit). ❑ 9.iv Cabinet signs shall have a non -illuminated background, or Letters and logo are face lit, no light transmission on an opaque zero light transmission background. sides Cabinet signs shall be constructed such that no light spills outward from the top, bottom, sides or back. ❑ 5.g All illumination shall be non -blinking. ❑ 5.h An exposed light source that forms the body of a sign, No exposed lighting used (such as exposed neon signs), shall not be used in the Entrance Corridors. ARB ACTIONS ❑ Deleted following ifLED ligh ng i .we a......:.........S4 proposee sign State The �,,. , l ..r:n..mi , fien ..re ;a,.a b., LED fights the w;n 6/3/19 30 miffiantp (ma) neon. ARB action ❑ Action on ARB-P Red acrylic #2283 has been determined to be an (BP)2001-12 inappropriate color for signs. Pantone color match Not applicable Wood Grill for 2283 is 485C. Red #2793 has been approved as an acceptable substitute. Pantone color match for 2793 is 187C. See below. 12/21/15 action on Generally, for signs in the Entrance Corridors, red 485 Not applicable REF CHECKLIST ITEM NOTES ARB 2015-114 & - may be acceptable on a case -by -case basis as a 115 Shell Signs secondary color. ARB Visual clutter resulting from adjacency, for example at the Not applicable Action Hardee's locations, is a reasonable basis for not allowing Memo: illumination of the graphic. 5/7/12 ARB Accent color letters can be used in a sign when portrayed Not applicable Action as a graphic, up to 33% of the length of the sign. Memo: 8/3/2015