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City of South Bend and St. Joseph County Historic Preservation Guidelines 51 <br />Commercial Standards: Signs <br />General understanding and approach <br />Signage should reflect the character of the building and its use. Signage is short lived as businesses change or graphics need updating. Attention should be paid not to cover or remove historic details that give the building its character . Historic signage should be preserved . <br />Get ideas about historic signage, recommended designs and placements and uses here . <br />If the project also involves an awning, canopy or marquee go here . <br />What is your project? <br />Repair an existing sign modifying only the information on it <br />• Changing an existing sign to update the information should be done with materials that match the existing . New lettering and graphics that are applied should be in proportion to the overall sign size and of a color from the palette approved by the Commission, that is compatible to the building on which it is mounted. Owners are encouraged to consider replacing non-historic signs rather than updating them . See new sign information below . <br />Work on a ghost sign—a sign painted on the building from a historic business use <br />• Ghost signs should be left undisturbed . <br />Remove an existing sign and install a new sign in the same location <br />• Removal of old signs that do not help define the character of the building is encouraged. Follow guidelines for new signage below when a new sign is proposed in its place . <br />Signs <br />Administratively Approvable <br />Repair of an existing sign, <br />overlay of new graphics on an <br />existing sign. <br />Administratively Approvable <br />Removal of an existing sign <br />that does not add to the <br />character of the building with <br />no replacement planned.