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Home My WebLink AboutARB201700047 Review Comments Architectural Review Board Approval 2017-05-26APPLICATION REVIEW HISTORY ARB #/NameARB2017-47 One Main Financial Sign ACTION DATE NOTES County received application 5/12/17 Corresponding submittal deadline/ARB meeting date 5/22/17 submittal date; 7/3/17 ARB meeting Transfer from intake to ARB Staff 5/12/17 First ARB staff review 5/24/17 Clarifications needed Comments to applicant 5/24/17 Email sent to applicant asking for clarifications Resubmittal received by staff 5/26/17 Clarifications received via email Resubmittal reviewed by staff 5/26/17 Were all comments addressed? Yes Comments to applicant Resubmittal received by staff Resubmittal reviewed by staff Were all comments addressed? Comments to applicant Resubmittal received Resubmittal reviewed Approval letter sent 5/26/17 Email and letter sent ARB meeting date ARB action ARB COMPREHENSIVE SIGN REVIEW APPROVED CONDITIONS PROJECT #/NAME: ARB- F(Sign) 1999-45 Rio Hills Shopping Center TAX MAP/PARCEL#: Tax Map 45, Parcel 94A SIGN FEATURE APPROVED CONDITION NOTES SIGN TYPE Channel letter wall signs OK LETTER FACE COLOR Individual letters may incorporate only one OK: 3M 3635-8549 Blue color. Appropriate colors include blue, perforated vinyl (opaque) white, red, green, orange, black, and yellow. TRIM CAP Trim cap = GEM trim No. 8886 COLOR/RETURN COLOR Metallic Silver; Returns = Clear anodized aluminum RACEWAY COLOR N/A CABINET FACE COLORS SIZE LIMITATIONS LOCATION(S) Signs shall be located in the sign bands above the storefronts OK MOUNTING DETAILS individually mounted LOGO/GRAPHICS Signs may include small logo boxes or DETAILS graphics OK: small logo included ILLUMINATION OK: internally illuminated by DETAILS Signs are to be internally illuminated GE GEWHMMS5-65K White mini max LEDs TEXT LETTER TYPE/FONT Two fonts MATERIALS Plastilight (vinyl), aluminum, paint COLORS Signs may incorporate more than one color, OK: letters are one color (blue), but individual letters may incorporate only while logo has six one color. Appropriate colors include blue, complementary colors (four white, red, green, orange, black, and yellow. shades of blue, white, and red) This form outlines the specific design criteria established for signs at this location. All standard ARB Sign Guidelines also apply. ARB2017-47: One Main Financial Sign at Rio Hills Shopping Center HNM 5/26/17 SIGN 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 OK (mounted on a raceway or individual letters) is preferred to cabinet signs. ❑ 5.b When channel letters cannot be adequately accommodated, N/A internally illuminated cabinet signs may be considered. ❑ 6 Reader boards are discouraged. N/A MATERIALS ❑ 4.c Materials used in the sign should complement the building OK being served by the sign. COLOR ❑ 4.e Color for raceway -mounted channel letters, the raceway N/A: individually mounted letters shall match the wall color. Sign colors must be harmonious with each other. OK: as per ARB Comprehensive Sign program for Rio Hills Shopping Center, the letter face colors may be blue, white, red, green, orange, black, and yellow. The proposed letters are blue. Sign colors must not clash with the site, when viewed in OK daylight and at night. Overly intense color, (such as dayglo or fluorescent OK colors), are prohibited. Use of three colors or less (black and white considered as OK: logo has six colors but they are complementary colors). (four shades of blue, white, and red) Additional colors may be approved if they contribute to the ARB2017-47: One Main Financial Sign at Rio Hills Shopping Center HNM 5/26/17 REF CHECKLIST ITEM NOTES sign balance/unity. SIZE, SCALE, PROPORTION, AND LOCATION ❑ 4.b Signs may not exceed the size, height and setback OK requirements as outlined in Section 4.15 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance (unless sign has a variance). ❑ Appendix A ratio of 1/3 text to 2/3 wall area or 1/4 text to 3/4 wall OK A.A area is a good working proportioning system for placing a 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 OK element's size. The sign should not over -crowd the architectural element, OK the wall, or the sign area. Buildings and building elements should not be used as billboards. ❑ 9.a Wall signs must integrate with the building's architecture. OK The sign placement should not obscure architectural OK features or details, (such as cornices, windows, columns, pilasters and paneling). ❑ 9.d An appropriate height for channel letters in a 30" high sign OK band is 18". This allows 6" of unoccupied space above and below the OK letters. 4" of clear space above, below, and to the sides of a OK channel letter sign is considered a minimum, with larger clearances required for larger sign bands. ARB2017-47: One Main Financial Sign at Rio Hills Shopping Center HNM 5/26/17 REF CHECKLIST ITEM NOTES Degree of visibility, the distance from the Entrance OK Corridor, and the architectural design of the building/area will determine sign size, placement, and proportions. ❑ 4.d Lettering should be in proportion (font size and typeface OK style) to the sign and the building. Use of three typefaces or less. OK: two typefaces proposed Additional typefaces may be approved if they contribute to N/A a balanced/legible/unified sign design. ❑ 9.e.iv The width of the outline must be in proportion to the width N/A of the letter. An outline width of 1/8" has been found to be an N/A appropriate sign dimension. TRADEMARKS, CORPORATE LOGOS AND GRAPHICS ❑ 4.f The ARB may require that the color and scale of standard OK: as per ARB Comprehensive Sign program for Rio templates for trademarks, service marks, corporate logos Hills Shopping Center, signs may incorporate more and graphics be modified. than one color, but individual letters may incorporate only one color (appropriate colors include blue, white, red, green, orange, black, and yellow). This design complies. When used, trademarks, service marks, corporate logos OK and/or graphics should be incorporated as an integral part of the overall sign. ❑ 5.a External (or no) illumination is preferred for approved Internally lit by LEDs graphics/logos; ❑ 5.b internal illumination may be considered for approval on a OK case-by-case basis. LIGHTING ❑ 9.e.i External (or no) illumination is preferred for wall signs. Internally lit by LEDs ❑ 5.f Any internal illumination is considered to contribute to ARB2017-47: One Main Financial Sign at Rio Hills Shopping Center HNM 5/26/17 REF CHECKLIST ITEM NOTES visual clutter and will be limited. ❑ 5.c Internal illumination design approval will be evaluated on OK size, balance, complexity, and distance from the Entrance Corridor. ❑ 9.e.iv The backgrounds of such cabinet signs must be made N/A opaque (zero light transmission). ❑ 5.e External illumination should be shielded and not create N/A glare. All external light sources shall be white. N/A ❑ 9.ii Sign lighting (external) should be shielded so that it N/A 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 OK spilling outward from the top, bottom, sides or back. Faces and returns of channel letters shall be opaque when OK back -lit (halo -lit). ❑ 9.iv Cabinet signs shall have a non -illuminated background, or N/A an opaque (zero light transmission) background. Cabinet signs shall be constructed such that no light spills N/A outward from the top, bottom, sides or back. ❑ 5.g All illumination shall be non -blinking. OK ❑ 5.h An exposed light source that forms the body of a sign, N/A (such as exposed neon signs), shall not be used in the Entrance Corridors. ARB ACTIONS ❑ If LED lighting is proposed the sign drawing must state Note not included The level of illumination provided by the LED lights will not exceed the illumination produced by a single stroke of 30 milliam (ma) neon. ARB2017-47: One Main Financial Sign at Rio Hills Shopping Center HNM 5/26/17 REF CHECKLIST ITEM NOTES ❑ Action on Red acrylic #2283 has been determined to be an OK ARB -P inappropriate color for signs. Pantone color match for 2283 (BP)2001- is 485C. Red #2793 has been approved as an acceptable 12 Wood substitute. Pantone color match for 2793 is 187C. (See Grill below. 12/21/15 Generally, for signs in the Entrance Corridors, red 485 may be N/A action on acceptable on a case-by-case basis as a secondary color. ARB 2015-114 & -115 Shell Signs ARB Visual clutter resulting from adjacency, for example at the N/A 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 N/A Action as a graphic, up to 33% of the length of the sign. Memo: 8/3/2015