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(1) One wall sign shall be allowed on each primary facade and on one secondary <br />fagade. One square foot of wall sign per one linear foot of unit width shall be <br />allowed, and shall not project out more than eight inches. <br />a. Wall signs shall not extend above the roofline of an adjoining building. <br />er behigber %haR the-F-m-n-eM of %he stFiRgea se. <br />Furthermore, we'd ask staff, the Planning Commission, and City Council to re -define <br />stringcourse as: <br />A horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush withthe face of a building <br />, often molded and sometimes richly carved. <br />Below are a variety of definitions per Encyclopedia Britannica, Wikipedia, Dictionary.com and <br />Glossary of Medieval Art & Architecture for comparison purposes: <br />stringcourse I architecture I Britannica.com <br />https://www.britannica.com/technology/stringcourse <br />Jul 20, 1998 - Stringcourse, in architecture, decorative horizontal band on the exterior wall of a building. Such <br />a band, either plain or molded, is usually formed of brick or stone. <br />Course (architecture) - Wikipedia <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_(architecture) <br />A string course or band course is a thin continuous projecting course of brickwork or stone (typically of <br />complementary or where near -white, of matching color) that runs horizontally around a building, typically to <br />emphasize ceiling height and thus the junction between floors. <br />Stringcourse <br />www.dictionary.com <br />[string-kawrs, -kohrs] <br />Word Origin <br />noun, Architecture. <br />1.a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush withthe face of a building, often molded <br />and sometimes richly carved. <br />Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture <br />stringcourse: A continuous projecting horizontal band set in the surface of a wall and usually molded. <br />*Please note, while this OA is proposed for the entire downtown district, we also want to ensure our proposed wall - <br />sign for Granite Shores fits within the current code; should staff become aware of another portion of the code <br />which prohibits the sign as proposed, we ask staff work with us to update the code for relevance throughout this <br />process. <br />