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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 5D_7/22/1993 . ' LI , - VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA .��". BUILDING DEPARTMENT , Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive c'o. 4 Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 • (407) 575-6220 FAX: (407) 575-6203 COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES JUNE 9 , 1 9 9 3 I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Tequesta Community Appearance Board held a regularly scheduled meeting at the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, on Wednesday, June 9, 1993. The meeting was called to order by Chairwoman Leslie Cook at 9:35 A.M. Community Appearance Board members present were: Chairwoman Cook, Vice Chairman Vic Strahan, Claudette Dalack, Paul Coben and Ruth Maitland. Scott Ladd, Clerk of the Board, was also in attendance. II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The Agenda was approved as submitted. III. NEW BUSINESS 1) An application from Thomas G. Bradford, Village Manager, Village of Tequesta, to remodel the existing Public Works garage, and for the addition of a storage area and living quarters for the Village Fire-Rescue facility, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta. In attendance for this application were Village Manager Tom Bradford, Village Clerk Joann Manganiello, and Fire Chief James Weinand. Village Manager Bradford explained that the application was for temporary living quarters for the Tequesta Fire Rescue Department. The original plans for the Village Hall show that the garage was to be built as a police and fire garage. The garage renovation contract was awarded at the last Village • Council meeting, making it into a fire apparatus storage area. The living quarters and the external areas of the garage is the application before the Board today. Rer•.• lrri P;zper Community Appearance Board Meeting Minutes June 9, 1993 Page 2 The proposal is as such: At the north end of the garage will be located a modular living facility (a manufactured building without wheels) which will be manufactured in Ocala, trucked down in two sections, and placed on cement pier pads. The reason for pier pads is that the retention pond is at that location, and pier pads allow for water to move underneath. The living quarters will house up to four firefighters for living and sleeping purposes. There will be an office from which an on-duty Lieutenant can work, a day room, kitchen facilities, and bathroom facilities for both male and female. The facility will cost approximately $28,000; the modification to the garage is approximately $36, 000. The temporary facility meets the hurricane codes. There will also be a cement slab between the living quarters and the garage, which will hold a storage area for bunker gear. Scott Ladd explained that the Village will seek a waiver to the landscaping requirement, since more construction is planned to take place in the area in the near future, and if any new landscaping was done at this point, it would be destroyed once the additional construction begins. The landscaping will be done after all construction is completed. Boardmember Coben moved to approve the application as submitted, painting the building white on white, with as light a roof as possible. Boardmember Maitland seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: Claudette Dalack - for Ruth Maitland - for Vic Strahan - for Paul Coben - for Leslie Cook - for the motion was therefore passed and adopted. Community Appearance Board Meeting Minutes June 9, 1993 Page 3 IV. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1) An amended application from SignCraft, Inc. to renovate the existing main pylon sign for Village Square Shopping Center, 219-289 U.S. One, South, to bring it into compliance with the sign code. Sian Ernest Toth, Jr. , of SignCraft, Inc. , was in attendance in representation of the above-referenced application. Mr. Toth reviewed that at the last CAB meeting, the Board asked the applicant to consider modifying the sign design to be more consistent with the architecture of the plaza, as well as to provide a more definitive landscape plan. The previous sign design had some curvature, which has now been squared off with a column effect, to be consistent with the support structures of the walkways of the plaza. The top of the sign will be stucco, simulating terra cotta roof style of the plaza. The Board preferred to see the planter at the base of the sign the same length as presently exists. The Board also stated they preferred to see a decorative lip on the planter to match the decorative features on the columns of the sign, and to be the same color as the building. The majority of the Boardmembers stated they strongly objected to calling the center "Blockbuster Plaza at Village Square". They felt it sets a bad precedent, and since the center for twenty years has been called Village Square Shopping Plaza, it should remain so. Mr. Toth explained there existed a setback situation which must be dealt with: If the sign is to meet the setback Code requirements of the Village without variance, it .would be necessary to modify the planter, taking apart the existing sign, removing the pole nearest the highway, and replacing with another pole behind that location. A color sketch was presented showing the fully compliant sign and flower planter. If the sign was moved to meet setback requirements, it would infringe upon the parking lot arrangement of the center. The existing sign has a safer design and could withstand more wind force than that which would meet Code requirements. It is the desire of the applicant to seek a variance through the Village Board of Adjustment, in order to leave the flower planter and the sign in its present location. 4 Community Appearance Board Meeting Minutes June 9, 1993 Page 4 Landscaping The Board explained to Mr. Toth that Areca Palms are not freeze tolerant, and Ixora is not freeze tolerant. The Board recommended, at Mr. Toth's suggestion, changing the Areca Palms to Robellini, substituting Ixora for Indian Hawthorne, and substituting the Spider Grass for Liriope. Boardmember Strahan moved that the application be approved subject to: o the color of the columns and planter match the color of the building; - o a decorative trim across the top of the planter to match the decorative detail on the columns, and painted white; o Robellini Palms of similar size to that existing substituted for Areca Palms; o Indian Hawthorne (3 gallon minimum) substituted for Ixora; o Liriope substituted for Spider Grass. The Board, in general, also disapproved of changing the plaza name from Village Square to Blockbuster Plaza. Paul Coben seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: Claudette Dalaak - for Ruth Maitland - for Via Strahan - for Paul Coben - for Leslie Cook - against the motion was therefore passed and adopted. Chairwoman Cook stated that her vote was a protest vote because of the change of the plaza name. VI. ANY OTHER MATTERS A. Chairwoman Cook stated she is still in the process of composing a letter to the owner of Tequesta Plaza Shopping Center informing him that the Village theme is one of Mediterranean-Bermuda, which was introduced by the Village Planning Commission in 1988. Community Appearance Board Meeting Minutes June 9, 1993 Page 5 B. Paul Coben pointed out that the Vic's Hardware sign is still standing, long after the business no longer occupies that space. Scott Ladd reported that the Code Enforcement Officer has spoken with the owner of the plaza about painting the wall and will approach him as well about the sign. VII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:50 A.M. Respectfully submitted, Fran Bitters Recording Secretary Date Approved: 643-93 By: Aid- ad Clerk of the Board