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Design Review Board

Level 1: Sign

6-A-15-DT

Reuse of one existing roof sign and installation one new painted wall sign.

Roof sign (sheets 1.0, 1.1 & 1.4): The existing roof sign will be painted as shown on Sheet 1.1. The sign is 8'-0" tall and 36'-1" wide, or 288 square feet. The sign will be externally illuminated with 4 gooseneck lights, as shown.

Painted sign (sheets 1.2, 1.3 & 1.4): The new painted sign will be installed on the east (side) elevation, which faces Gay Street. Only the border and letters are painted, the background will remain unpainted. The sign is 4'-6" tall and 16'-0" wide, or 72 square feet, and will be externally illuminated with 2 gooseneck lights, as shown.

Location
416 W Jackson Ave
Applicant Request
Reuse of one existing roof sign and installation one new painted wall sign.

Roof sign (sheets 1.0, 1.1 & 1.4): The existing roof sign will be painted as shown on Sheet 1.1. The sign is 8'-0" tall and 36'-1" wide, or 288 square feet. The sign will be externally illuminated with 4 gooseneck lights, as shown.

Painted sign (sheets 1.2, 1.3 & 1.4): The new painted sign will be installed on the east (side) elevation, which faces Gay Street. Only the border and letters are painted, the background will remain unpainted. The sign is 4'-6" tall and 16'-0" wide, or 72 square feet, and will be externally illuminated with 2 gooseneck lights, as shown.
Staff Comments
This property is located within the Southern Terminal and Warehouse (National Register) Historic District and the 'Warehouse District' of the Downtown Knoxville Design Guidelines (page 40). Painted signs are allowed in the Warehouse District, however, roof signs are not a recommended sign type by the guidelines but since the sign legally exists, it can be reused (or refaced).

Applicable guidelines:
C. THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT
Section 2.C.1. (RECOMMENDED SIGNS)
The entire Warehouse district is already listed on the National Register of Historic Places and these buildings are also eligible for local overlays. Signs should therefore be governed by historic standards. These recommendations recognize that certain types of signs are dominant in the Warehouse District and should be encouraged in the future.

GUIDELINES:
1a. Projecting signs of modest size (9 square feet, maximum); a larger sign must be approved by the board
1b. Wall signs on sign boards mounted flush to the building facade
1c. Painted wall signs
1d. Painted or new window signs, less than 30 percent coverage, including neon signs
1e. Building name sign and/or building directory
Applicant

The Standard

Planning Staff
Mike Reynolds
Phone: 865-215-3827
Email: mike.reynolds@knoxplanning.org
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