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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 7-C_5/14/1998 f . I Tf 1 (11,4 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA ,, • DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT --... -' L. , 4o Post Office. Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive 's��rl� 1' p olc Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 • (561) 575-6220 "e ';' { " Fax: (561) 575-6239 9 co VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES APRIL 15, 1998 I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Tequesta Community Appearance Board held a meeting in the Village Council Chambers at 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, on Wednesday, April 15, 1998. The meeting was called to order at 9:31 A.M. by Chair Leslie Cook. Boardmembers present were: Chair Leslie Cook, Vice Chair Vic Strahan, Paul Coben, Claudette Dalack, and Alternate Molly McCormick. Also in attendance was Planner Michelle Falasz, sitting in for Scott D. Ladd, Clerk of the Board. • II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Chair Cook announced that the agenda was approved. III. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS There were no communications from citizens. IV. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES The Community Appearance Board accepted the minutes of the February 11, 1998 meeting as submitted. Recycled Paper d COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES April 15, 1998 Page 3 from George G. Gentile & Assoc. for waivers and landscape plans for Ordinance #377 compliance for Magyar Property, 390 Tequesta Drive, with the following revisions: (1) The two oak trees on Tequesta Drive will be 14' overall instead of 12 ' ; and (2) Ground covers will be added at the right-of-way entrance on Tequesta Drive and the exit onto Seabrook Road on the north side. Boardmember Dalack seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: Leslie Cook - for Vic Strahan - for Paul Coben - for Claudette Dalack - for Molly McCormick - for The motion was therefore approved and adopted. Chair Cook commented that the staff comments provided were very good. Mr. Gentile requested that staff comments be provided to the applicant before the meeting in the future so that responses could be ready. 2. An application from Parker-Yannette Design Group, Landscape Architects, for review of landscape plans for Ordinance 377 compliance for 209 Tequesta Drive, Judith Fagan, property owner. Steve Parker, Landscape Architect with Parker-Yannette Design Group, presented the project and noted that property owner Judith Fagan was present. Mr. Parker explained that one of the waiver requests was that the gross parking area landscaped was under by 4%, but that the front was heavily landscaped. Perimeter trees were proposed, and removing one landscape island in the center of the parking lot was proposed. Boardmember Coben questioned the use for this property, which Mr. Parker explained was to be determined, and at this point the only approval sought was for Ordinance 377 compliance. COMMiUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES April 15, 1998 Page 4 Judith Fagan, owner of the property, explained that she had hoped to have a restaurant in the building, which had been its former use; however, she had to have 60 spaces and there was only room for 22 spaces on the property. Her extensive efforts to buy or lease nearby property for parking had failed; therefore, she planned to sell the property and the application had been submitted for use as a commercial building of undetermined use. Mr. Parker explained that all plantings were very drought tolerant and would be hand-watered until everything was established, and therefore a waiver was sought not to be required to install an automatic irrigation system. Ms. Fagan explained that she wanted to paint and replace the covered awnings to make the building more saleable. Ms. Fagan was advised that she would need a formal application to do so, but that the Board would approve such an application. Discussion ensued regarding how the work could be phased. Ms. Fagan reported that Brazilian pepper plants on the adjacent Dorner property were overhanging on her property, and was advised she could trim it back to the property line. Planner Michelle Falasz explained that Ordinance 377 did not apply to undeveloped property, so the Village could not make the adjacent property owner remove the Brazilian pepper under this Ordinance. Discussion was held regarding installing an automatic irrigation system and also regarding removing asphalt and a small section of concrete at the southeast corner in order to install an oak tree during the first phase. Vice Chair Strahan made a motion to accept the landscape plans and waivers for Ordinance 377 compliance with the exception of the waiver for manual irrigation for 209 Tequesta Drive with the following modifications: that • the oak tree on the southeast corner be increased in size to 16' overall, plus that the section of landscaping along Tequesta Drive (on the south border) be considered as Phase One and be implemented with an automatic