Campus Exterior Signs - Administrative Review and Approval Process

 

DATE:  September 24, 1992
            (Contact Information updated February 1, 2006)

 

TO:   Deans, Directors, Department Heads, Building Monitors, Facility Managers

 

FROM: Joel Valdez, Senior Vice President for Business Affairs

 

SUBJECT:   Campus Exterior Signs - Administrative Review and Approval Process

 

Signs seem to have a natural tendency to proliferate. In the absence of reasonable controls, unregulated signage can confuse rather than clarify, present an inconsistent and cluttered image to the community and otherwise blight our campus environment. In our continuing efforts to develop and maintain an attrative, coherent campus, it has become necessary to implement exterior sign guidelines as well as a review and approval process. Requests for the design, fabrication and installation of exterior signs on campus should conformto the process outlined below:

 

1. Requests should be made in writing to the Facilities Management Director. A dimensioned sketch, consistent with the University's Identification Guide (available from the Identification Program Coordinator at 626-2539), should accompany the request.



2. Sign design should conform to the University's Exterior Sign Manual. The manual is available for review at University libraries or contact Leslie Johnston, at 626-2539.



3. Sign placement shall be determined by University planning and design staff in consultation with the requesting units.



4. If the sign meets the requirements outlined above, fabrication shall be by the University Sign Shop and installed by Facilities Management.



5. All costs associated with sign fabrication and installation shall be assumed by the requesting unit.

Please note that individual units within the same building are not allowed individual exterior signs. These situations are appropriately handled by building directories. Campus buidings are to be identified only by their approved name (e.g., The Nugent Building). Nonconforming signs will be identified by Facilities Management, the unit will be notified and the sign will be removed after a reasonable period of time at a cost charged to the responsible unit. "Temporary" signs also fall within the provisions of this notice. Neon or electronic display signs, even if mounted inside a building (if visible from the outside), are prohibited.

 

Thank you for your help in improving the visual quality of our campus.