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03Permit set workflow

Permit sets, researched first.

For a front-lit channel letter wall sign in an Ohio township, the workflow looked up the zoning resolution's sign rules first, checked sign area, illumination and end clearance against the cited sections, then drew the set the reviewer asks for: site plan, photo renderings, elevation and section.

Real sample · Wall sign permit set · front-lit channel letters · contacts and site details removed

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PS-1 Cover, project data & code summary, from the permit set sample, client details removed
PS-1 · Cover, project data & code summary · tap to open full size
The sample job

What came in, and what the workflow made

What came in
  • The approved sign artwork (rev 7 vectors)
  • A photo of the storefront
  • The county GIS parcel lines and an aerial of the site
  • The township zoning resolution, Article 20 (looked up by the workflow)
What the workflow made
  • A cover with the sign schedule, project data and a code summary citing each section
  • A site plan with setbacks scaled from GIS
  • Day and night photo renderings at true scale
  • An elevation with illumination keynotes, and a sign section with materials and mounting
Your team runs it

Your permit coordinator reviews the code summary and the drawings, signs off and submits.

03-Permit-set.pdf · 5 sheets · 11×17

Every sheet in the sample

All 5 sheets of a wall sign permit set as submitted. Tenant, site address, parcel, owner and contractor details are removed from the text. The sign artwork and site photos are shown as drawn. Code citations are the township's, as researched for this job.

  1. PS-1 Cover, project data & code summary, from the permit set sample, client details removed
    PS-1 Cover, project data & code summary
  2. PS-2 Site plan · sign location, from the permit set sample, client details removed
    PS-2 Site plan · sign location
  3. PS-3 Photo renderings · day & night, from the permit set sample, client details removed
    PS-3 Photo renderings · day & night
  4. PS-4 Elevation & illumination, from the permit set sample, client details removed
    PS-4 Elevation & illumination
  5. PS-5 S1 sign details & section, from the permit set sample, client details removed
    PS-5 S1 sign details & section
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A second real job

Honeygrow · exterior sign permit set, three lit wall signs

For a Honeygrow restaurant, the workflow drew a city graphics permit set for three internally lit wall signs: channel letters, a cabinet with push-through copy and a lit disc. It checked sign area against the city's formula (122.71 sf proposed, 228.8 sf allowed), then drew the site plan, day and night renderings, the elevation, a detail sheet for each sign and the electrical riser.

What the workflow made
  • A cover with the sign schedule, the sign area and zoning check, and the code basis
  • A site plan with setbacks scaled from the architect's plan
  • Day and night renderings on the architect's elevation
  • An elevation with every sign drawn to size
  • A detail sheet for each sign: channel letters, a SignComp cabinet and a custom disc
  • An electrical riser, sign loads, wall attachment and structural notes

All 8 sheets of the permit submittal. Honeygrow cleared its name and artwork for this site. The site address, parcel, city, county, review district, street names, city code sections, fees and every contact are removed, and the architect's labels are covered on the site plan. Sheets are restyled in Bid to Build colors and type.

  1. PS-1 Cover, sign schedule & area check, from the Honeygrow · exterior sign permit set, three lit wall signs sample, location and contacts removed
    PS-1 Cover, sign schedule & area check
  2. PS-2 Site plan · sign locations & setbacks, from the Honeygrow · exterior sign permit set, three lit wall signs sample, location and contacts removed
    PS-2 Site plan · sign locations & setbacks
  3. PS-3 Renderings · day & night, from the Honeygrow · exterior sign permit set, three lit wall signs sample, location and contacts removed
    PS-3 Renderings · day & night
  4. PS-4 West elevation, from the Honeygrow · exterior sign permit set, three lit wall signs sample, location and contacts removed
    PS-4 West elevation
  5. PS-5 S1 channel letters, from the Honeygrow · exterior sign permit set, three lit wall signs sample, location and contacts removed
    PS-5 S1 channel letters
  6. PS-6 S2 lit cabinet, from the Honeygrow · exterior sign permit set, three lit wall signs sample, location and contacts removed
    PS-6 S2 lit cabinet
  7. PS-7 S3 lit disc, from the Honeygrow · exterior sign permit set, three lit wall signs sample, location and contacts removed
    PS-7 S3 lit disc
  8. PS-8 Electrical & attachment, from the Honeygrow · exterior sign permit set, three lit wall signs sample, location and contacts removed
    PS-8 Electrical & attachment
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On your jobs

Permit sets, researched first

Before a line is drawn, the workflow looks up the city's submittal checklist, sign code, district limits and fees, and finds the zoning and building department contacts for that address. Then it drafts the set to match, for your team to check.

Goes in
  • Sign art and site photos
  • Mounting and electrical facts
Comes out
  • 11×17 permit setPDF
  • Code summary and fee mathPDF
  • Zoning and building department contactsPDF
  • What still needs an engineerPDF
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