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DESIGN REVIEW BOARD STAFF REPORT 5.1
TO: Design Review Board Members September 26, 2024
SUBJECT: Review and approve Sign Permit request SR23-0021 to allow a new wall
sign and hanging sign for Tides Restaurant. Sign exceptions for the
proposed hanging sign are required to allow internal illumination and a
12.6 square foot sign when the maximum allowable size is five square
feet. The site is located at 312 Railroad Avenue.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This request is for two new signs including a wall sign and an internally illuminated
hanging sign for Tides. An exception is required to allow for an internally illuminated
sign within Downtown Business District 1. In addition, a size exception is required for
the hanging sign to allow it to be 12.6 square feet in size when five square feet is the
maximum size allowed under the Town’s Sign Control Ordinance.
EVALUATION
• Internally illuminated signs located within Downtown Business District 1 require
approval from the Design Review Board.
• The project proposes a new hanging sign with halo lit brass colored vinyl lettering,
a black background, and a brass border. The sign would be 12.6 feet in area. Staff
believes that the proposed halo illumination at this location will be in keeping with
the intent of the Sign Ordinance.
• Staff worked with the applicant to include a wall sign in addition to the proposed
hanging sign. The building was constructed with walls facing Railroad Ave nue.
and Church Street with areas intended for the placement of signs.
• The project proposes a new wall sign that would face Railroad Avenue. and would
have brass colored vinyl lettering, a black background, and a brass boarder. The
sign would be eight square feet.
RECOMMENDATION
Review and approve Sign Permit request SR23-0021 to allow a new wall sign and hanging
sign for Tides Restaurant. Sign exceptions for the proposed hanging sign are required to
312 Railroad Avenue – Tides Signs 2 September 26, 2024
allow internal illumination and a 12.6 square foot sign when the maximum allowable size
is five square feet. The site is located at 312 Railroad Avenue.
Prepared by:
Riley Anderson-Barrett
Associate Planner
Attachments: A – Sign Drawings
312 Railroad Ave Suite A, Danville, CA 94526
Scope Of Work:
Install Hanging Blade Sign At Store Front
Install Wall Sign Above Windows On West Side
ATTACHMENT A
Halo Lit Letter Brass Vinyl Overlay
30” Tall X 60”wide
20” Supports
over 7’
20”
36”
.125" aluminum brake formed
cabinet with corners filled
and sanded smooth;
face and edges to be painted
Matthews N923SP, satin finish
3/4" thick clear acrylic,
routed and push-thru,
1/2" exposed, mill finish
Principle white 6500
LED illumination
.063 pre-coated white aluminum
cabinet back
weep holes w/cover
COLOR/MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
BREAKFORMS: aluminum painted
satin black
WORDMARK: clear acrylic with
3M 3630-20 gold/brass vinyl 1st surface
3M 3735-50 Envision diffuser film 2nd surface
3"
Dibond Panel With Brass Vinyl Lettering
brass vinyl over lay
3/32” diebond ACM panel
55
.
4
9
"
Front Sign
.5” brass boarder
20”
36”
.125" aluminum brake formed
cabinet with corners filled
and sanded smooth;
face and edges to be painted
Matthews N923SP, satin finish
3/4" thick clear acrylic,
routed and push-thru,
1/2" exposed, mill finish
Principle white 6500
.063 pre-coated white aluminum
cabinet back
weep holes w/cover
COLOR/MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
BREAKFORMS: aluminum painted
satin black
WORDMARK: clear acrylic with
3M 3630-20 gold/brass vinyl 1st surface
3M 3735-50 Envision diffuser film 2nd surface
3"
2”x2” sq tube
5/8” holes
3/8” lags into
structural beam
.5” brass vinyl boarder
brass vinyl over lay
3/32” diebond ACM panel