Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Architecture board gives OK to historically accurate sign plan
Subtle and historically accurate signs on the renovated Acorn Corner will identify the building's tenants to the public. The Kent Architectural Review Board signed off on a comprehensive sign plan for the building that was presented to the group Tuesday by developer Ron Burbick. Burbick said the 11 total signs were first presented to the Ohio Historic Preservation Office in Columbus, where state historic preservation officials gave the sign plan the green light. "All these signs were historically on the building," he said. The signs, and their locations, are: Burbick said the signs must remain as approved by the state preservation office for five years in order to comply with regulations set so he could obtain the close to $2 million in …
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Architecture board approves facade update with changes
The Kent Architectural Review Board approved facade and sign renovations at Ramella's Pizzeria on Erie Street. The architecture board approved the changes to the pizza shop's exterior this week, but the board also stipulated the business must remove one of its window signs and its internally lit sign. The overall sign plan must also go to the Kent Board of Zoning Appeals for variances related to size. That meeting is not yet scheduled.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
All information is according to the Kent Community Development Department
Here's the latest batch of building permits issued by the Kent Community Development Department:
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-81.37485
ACS Industries
2151 Mogadore Rd, Kent, OH
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1094564
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United Disability Services
1010 W Main St, Kent, OH
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1094615
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41.153778
-81.356813
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-81.358159
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Kent Architectural Review Board signs off on design specifications for downtown parking deck, bus transfer garage
New retail and commercial tenants in PARTA's Kent Central Gateway transit center will have some strict guidelines to follow on how they advertise their business to the public. The Kent Architectural Review Board approved a set of sign guidelines Tuesday that dictate how commercial tenants in the $26 million transit center can hang signs on the building's facade. The guidelines essentially spell out where a tenant can put their sign, put limits on size of the sign and dictate how it can be lit. Bryan Smith, project manager for PARTA overseeing construction and design of the transit center, said the transit agency will hire a property management firm to find and oversee tenants for the available commercial spaces on the first-floor of the …
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-81.356399
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hometown Bank changes color scheme
Hometown Bank recently changed its sign profile on its building on North Water Street downtown. The bank changed the signs to a green background with gold-leaf lettering with the approval of the Kent Architectural Review Board. Andy Metz of Advance Display put the finishing touches on the new Hometown Bank sign recently.
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Hometown Bank
142 N Water St, Kent, OH
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1094105
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Davey Tree installs signs on new building at 295 S. Water St.
The Davey Resource Group, a division of The Davey Tree Expert Company, marked their move to downtown Kent a few weeks ago. But this week it became more or less "official" when their new building at 295 S. Water St. got its name via some new signs. Look inside Davey Tree's new offices here: Read more about downtown signs here:
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Monday, September 10, 2012
All information is according to the Kent Community Development Department
Several of downtown Kent's new tenants recently got permission to install signs on their new store and business fronts from the city. Here's the latest batch of building permits issued by the Kent Community Development Department:
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-81.358206
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-81.358159
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Zoning board grants 2 variances for signs
Kent's newest cycle shop gets to keep its large sign on the western side of its building while adding a second sign to the Lake Street facade. The Kent Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously to give Kent Cycle two variances Monday night. The first variance allows the business to have two building-mounted signs where only one is permitted by city code. And the second variance lets Kent Cycle's signs exceed the total size allowed by city code. City code dictates the building can't have more than 100 total square feet of signs, but the variance lets the bike shop have a total 244 square feet with the existing sign and a new sign that will read "Kent Cycle" above the front door on Lake Street. Stefan Meyer, a co-owner of the business, said …
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-81.35744
Kent Cycle
115 Lake St, Kent, OH
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Kent Planning Commission vote on sign package for new CVS tabled
An hour-long discussion over signs for the new Kent CVS ended with the Kent Planning Commission agreeing to delay its vote on the application. CVS already has approval from the planning commission to demolish and rebuild its existing store with a newly designed, larger building. But the pharmacy chain had to submit a comprehensive sign package under the city's recently adopted sign code to deal with the proposed electronic sign and standard letter signs on the building facade. Brad Rhodes, of SignArt Inc., is designing the sign package for CVS and said the building signs would be somewhat smaller at the new Kent store than the typical CVS store. One example: the "CVS Pharmacy" signs on the Kent building would have a 30-inch letter set …
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CVS Pharmacy
514 S Water St, Kent, OH
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Banners, displays similar to prints on the library and recreation center on campus
The design of the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center may look all business, but that serious facade will be accented by some "flashy" art work. Part of the sign package for the as-yet-unidentified hotel brand will include some large banners with graphics advertising Kent State. The latest plans shows members of the Golden Flashes football team stretched across huge banners on the outside of the hotel. The banners are similar to ones already on the Kent State Library and Student Recreation and Wellness Center on campus. Jeff Glavan, a partner in the architecture firm designing the hotel, said the graphics signal the connection between Kent State and downtown. "The whole idea of what we were doing … is an extension of what the …
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Bob Mayfield
3:18 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
The sign plan will be before the Planning Commission on March 19th. more ›