02.07.2011 - Village of Deerfield

Proposed Plan
The Deerfield Community Nursery School is requesting a ground sign for their facility
which is located in the Christ United Methodist Church building. They would like the
ground sign for identification purposes and also to get some recognition of their facility
in the community. The petitioners are proposing a permanent sign of approximately 10
square feet in area (3 feet 10 inches long by 2 feet 6 inches high including the first
hanging panel = 9.58 s.f. = 10 s.f.). The proposed sign will be located in the front yard
of the Church property, facing Rosemary Terrace, parallel to Rosemary Terrace and
perpendicular with Deerfield Road. The proposed ground sign will be placed to the
south of the existing sidewalk on the church property. The content of the sign will be
Deerfield Community Nursery School with a graphic and the address. The sign will be
set back approximately 17 feet from the Rosemary Terrace (west) property line and
approximately 27 feet from the Deerfield Road (south) property line. The proposed sign
will be a double faced sign made of sandblasted wood. The background will be painted
white, and the lettering, logo, and border on the sign will be raised and will be painted
red. The sign panel will be 2 inches thick and will have two supports. The wood
supports will have decorative caps and balls at the top, and will be painted white. The
sign will be unlit. The height from grade to the top of the sign is 4 feet.
Hanging from the sign will be a panel with the nursery school’s address. The address
panel will be 2 feet 6 inches in length and 4 inches in height and will be hung from the
sign by chains. The wood panel will be painted red and the lettering will be in white.
The petitioners are proposing two (2) additional hanging panels (hung by chains) below
the permanent address panel. The two (2) additional panels will be for temporary
events such as open houses and registration. The petitioners have indicated that the
temporary panels would be up no more than two (2) weeks prior to the event, and the
panels will be removed after the event is concluded. The base of the sign will be
landscaped with boxwoods, knockout roses, and daylilies in a mulch bed.
There is a temporary type sign that currently exists on the subject property for the
Deerfield Community Nursery School which will be removed and replaced with the
permanent ground sign. No wall sign exists for the Deerfield Community Nursery
school. The Christ United Methodist Church currently has an existing 24 square foot
double-sided ground sign that fronts on Deerfield Road and the location is shown on the
petitioner’s plat of survey.
Zoning Conformance
At the present time, only a wall sign is allowed for a childcare facility operated in
conjunction with a place of worship. This text amendment was made in 2001 when
Christian Beginnings (located within the First Presbyterian Church property) requested a
text amendment for a wall sign for a childcare facility located in a house of worship
located in a residential district.
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