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Date: July 22, 2017 Certificate of Appropriateness application information: Property Address: 106 N. Main Street, South Bend, Indiana 46601 A). Written description of project: 1). The request is to allow for the addition of a fagade sign to be placed on the east face of the JMS Building, located at 106 North Main Street, South Bend, Indiana. The proposed fagade sign is for the recent tenant, Centier Bank who is occupying a portion of the JMS Building. Centier Bank had previously requested and was approved to allow for a fagade signage on the north face of the JMS Building by the Historic Preservation Commission. 2). The proposed fagade sign is shown on the attached diagrams. The sign was designed by Vanadco Sign Company. The sign consists of the Logo for Centier Bank along with lettering which spells out "Centier BANK". Shown on the diagram is the proposed sign raceway which will hold the logo and the lettering. The logo and lettering will be placed in an aluminum frame with the logo and lettering made out of white plastic faces. The copy area of the sign would be 32.43 square feet. Maximum letter height would be 20 inches, with the remaining lettering being 10 inches and 15 inches. The length of the sign with the logo would be 14 feet, 5 inches. The sign would be placed on the east fagade in the brick band just below the top band of the building's roof cap. The sign would be placed on the southernmost portion of the building's east fagade. The sign would be internally illuminated. The sign height would be approximately 90 feet above the buildings first floor elevation. 3). The proposed sign is being placed on that portion of the building which is brick. The sign will be affixed to the brick fagade per the latest building anchoring techniques' and as approved by the City's Building Department and City Building codes. This portion of the JMS Building east fagade contains no terra cotta materials that are located mostly on the south and west facades of the building. 4). The proposed sign will not have a negative impact on the historic architecture of the existing building. The proposed fagade sign was purposely placed so as to not detract or interfere with the historic terra cotta clad south and west building facades.