Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Old and Historic DistrictHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character.
- Geographic extent
- Old and Historic DistrictHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. of Abingdon
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Additional sign per frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
The HPRB may approve the attachment or suspension of a sign from an existing freestanding or projecting sign or, in the case of a building on a site with more than one street frontage or more than one principal entrance, one additional freestanding or projecting sign per additional street frontage or principal entrance, if the HPRB determines that such an arrangement is in keeping with the architectural character of the property.
- Certificate of appropriateness required
Signs within the Old and Historic District shall be subject to the Town of Abingdon Design Review Guidelines for the Old and Historic District, as amended, and require a certificate of appropriateness by the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB).
- Sandwich board signs allowed
Sandwich board signs are allowed without HPRB approval.
- Temporary signage maximum size12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Temporary signage is allowed with staff approval with a maximum size of 12 square feet in area.
- Window signage from public right-of-way restriction
Window signage seen from a public right-of-way is not allowed without HPRB approval.
From the ordinance
Signs within the Old and Historic District shall be subject to the Town of Abingdon Design Review Guidelines for the Old and Historic District, as amended, and require a certificate of appropriateness by the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB).