Section 10-C2505. APPROPRIATE SIGN TYPES

 

2505.1 Signage shall be of a type appropriate to the affected historic building, site, or district.  The specific characteristics of the historic building, site, or district shall determine what sign types are appropriate in each instance.

 

2505.2 The following sign types, when properly designed and installed, may be appropriate for a historic property, depending on its design, setting, and characteristics:

 

(a) Banner signs;

 

(b) Blade signs;

 

(c) Channel letter signs;

 

(d) Halo lit signs;

 

(e) Hanging signs;

 

(f) Painted signs;

 

(g) Panel signs;

 

(h) Pin-mounted signs;

 

(i) Plaques, markers, and medallions that are commemorative, interpretive, or informational in nature;

 

(j) Projecting signs;

 

(k) Raceway signs;

 

(l) Reverse channel signs;

 

(m) Routed signs;

 

(n) Signs on the valance of an awning or canopy;

 

(o) Three-dimensional signs; and

 

(p) Window signs.

 

2505.3 The following sign types are typically not appropriate for historic buildings and districts:

 

(a) Internally-illuminated, plastic-faced box or cabinet signs;

 

(b) Electronic signs, flashing signs, and other signs with moving text or images;

 

(c) Moving or rotating signs;

 

(d) Pole-mounted signs more than ten feet (10 ft.) in height; and 

 

(e) Prohibited signs, as defined in § 2506.

 

authority

The D.C. Office of Planning and the Historic Preservation Review Board, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 10 of the Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979, (D.C. Law 2-144; D.C. Official Code § 6-1109), Mayor’s Order 79-50, dated March 21, 1979, section 6 of Mayor's Order 83-119, dated May 6, 1983, section III(B)(8) of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1983, effective March 31, 1983, and section 402(b) of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Support Act of 2002, effective October 19, 2000 (D.C. Law 12-172; 47 DCR 6308).

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCMR 2281, 2285 (March 19, 2010); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 58 DCR 11084, 11085 (December 23, 2011).