Exterior Signage and Graphics
Standards UPPS No.
08.01.20
Issue
No. 3
Effective
Date: 10/11/2012
Review:
July 1 E4Y
01. POLICY
STATEMENT
01.01 This UPPS sets
forth policies for adding exterior signage and modifying exterior signage on
Texas State’s campus.
02. CAMPUS
SIGNAGE COMMITTEE
02.01 The associate
vice president for Facilities will appoint members to serve as a review body
for exterior signage issues. The Facilities Department will convene the
committee to address issues that fall outside the scope of this UPPS and to
review sign proposals for new construction. Members may use e-mail
communication in lieu of meetings to expedite signage approval.
02.02 The committee will
be composed of representatives from the associate vice president for Finance and
Support Services Planning; Facilities Management; Transportation Services; and
Office of Disability Services. The associate vice president for Facilities or
his or her designee will chair the committee.
03. SIGN
CLASSIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS
03.01 All campus
exterior way finding signage and graphics will conform to Texas State
University-San Marcos standards (see Section 03.03).
03.02 The following
sign types and their functions fall under this signage policy:
a. The orientation
sign locates users within an environment and includes maps, building landmarks,
bell-towers, pylons, sculptures, water towers, etc.
b. The direction
sign guides users to destinations, which includes directional signs at decision
points for vehicles and pedestrians, attendants at information kiosks, etc.
c. The identification
sign confirms destinations and establishes recognition of a particular
building, area, object, room or person and includes campus identification
signs, building identification signs, street numbers, parking area
identification, shuttle bus route identification, emergency assistance station,
personnel titles, etc.
d. The regulation
sign displays rules of order, as for conduct or prohibited activity or access,
prescribed by administration or other regulating authorities and regulates and
ensures accuracy of operation, which includes traffic control devices, legal
notices, security regulations, do’s and do not’s, warnings, and marketing, exit
signs, code required signs, etc.
e. The information
sign communicates knowledge concerning destinations, facts, circumstances, or
announcements and includes shuttle bus maps, marquees, building or floor
directories, hours of services, etc.
03.03 Faculty and
staff should contact the director of Facilities Management in the Facilities
Department for specific signage information related to typeface, arrow and
symbols guidelines, color standards or standard sign types.
04. DESIGNATION
OF BUILDING OCCUPANTS ON SIGNS
04.01 Building and
departmental names will conform to the Board of Regents’ approved name
designations.
04.02 Departmental
names will be limited on directional and building signs.
04.03 Signs for
academic buildings will include the names of departments in the building.
05. PROCEDURES
FOR SIGNAGE INVOLVING NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR RENOVATION
05.01 Signs installed
with new construction or major renovation of a university facility will conform
to the sign classifications referenced in the signage graphic standards
document.
05.02 The Facilities
Department will work with the building designer and building occupant to
determine appropriate location of all new exterior signs within a construction
site. The Office of Disability Services will review Americans with Disabilities
Act signage.
05.03 The Facilities
Department will evaluate the impact of the new structure on the existing
directional way finding signs. Prior to installation of new signs and
making changes to the existing signs, the Facilities Department will request a
meeting with the Campus Signage Committee to present planned additions and
changes to the signage system.
05.04 Funding for
signs related to major renovations and new construction should be included as
part of the budget for those projects.
06. PROCEDURES
FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING SIGN SYSTEM
06.01 The Facilities
Department will make changes as necessary to existing signs when the building
use changes or university departments are relocated or renamed. These
modifications to signs will be in accordance with the policy set in the signage
graphic standards document. Modifications will be funded from the building
renovation account, department relocation account, or by other departmental
funds. All text changes will be made by the Facilities Department within
thirty days of the date the building or building space is occupied.
07. PARKING
AND TRANSPORTATION SIGNAGE PROCEDURES
07.01 Parking
identification signs will conform to the university standard, as described in
Section 03 of this UPPS. Transportation Services will initiate all
requests for modifications to the existing parking signs. Requests for
parking sign modifications will be submitted by Transportation Services in
writing or via AiM work request to the Work Control
Center of the Facilities Department.
07.02 Shuttle bus
signage will conform to the university standard, as described in Section 03 of
this UPPS. Transportation Services will initiate all requests for
modifications to the existing shuttle bus signage. Requests for shuttle bus
sign modifications will be submitted by Transportation Services in writing or
via AiM work request to the Work Control Center of
the Facilities Department.
07.03 Transportation
Services departmental funds will be used for signs related to parking and
transportation signs.
08. POLICY
VIOLATIONS
08.01 Posting,
display, or attachment of any material on a sign covered under this policy is
expressly forbidden. Refer to UPPS No. 07.04.02,
Posting/Distribution of Signs on Campus.
08.02 Violation of
this policy will result in the signage being removed or replaced at the violator’s
expense.
09. REVIEWERS
OF THIS UPPS
09.01 Reviewers of
this UPPS include the following:
Position Date
Director, Facilities Management July 1 E4Y
Director, Office of Disability Services July 1 E4Y
Director, Transportation Services July 1 E4Y
Associate Vice President for July
1 E4Y
Enrollment Management and Marketing
Associate Vice President for Facilities July 1 E4Y
10. CERTIFICATION
STATEMENT
This UPPS has been approved by the following individuals in
their official capacities and represents Texas State policy and procedure from
the date of this document until superseded.
Director of Facilities Management; senior reviewer of this
UPPS
Associate Vice President for Facilities
Vice President for Finance and Support Services
President