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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 5A_5/11/1995 4 1 elk f VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT P . Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Te uesta Drive i ',t�� ,` �o Tequesta,Florida 33469-0273•(407)575-6220 'e '`' Fax: (407)575-6239 C. VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES MARCH 29, 1995 I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Tequesta Community Appearance Board held a meeting at the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, on Wednesday, March 30, 1995. The meeting was called to ' order at 9:34 A.M. by Chairman Leslie Cook. Boardaembers present were: Chairman Leslie Cook, Vice Chairman Vic Strahan, Paul Coben, Claudette Dalack, and Ruth Maitland.. Also in attendance was Scott D. Ladd, Clerk of the Board. II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The Board approved the agenda as submitted. III. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES Motion was made by Vice Chairman Vic Strahan, seconded by Boardmember Maitland, and unanimously carried to approve the Community Appearance Board Meeting Minutes of February 22, 1995 and the Community Appearance Board Workshop Meeting Minutes of March 1, 1995. IV. NEW BUSINESS 1. An application from Jo Go's Restaurant 6 Pub (County • Line Plaza) 686 U.S. Highway One North, to extend the existing restaurant and pub by 12' to create an outdoor seating area. This application is for a modification to the Board's approval from 2/8/95, at which time the Board approved the addition with a green and white canvas awning. The applicant now wishes to match the Recycled Paper a COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES March 30, 1995 Page 2 existing construction of the shopping center. Clerk of the Board Scott D. Ladd explained that the applicant wanted to change the roof for the outdoor seating area from canvas to barrel tile to match the existing construction of the shopping center. Boardmember Coben questioned what color the canvas . awning in the front would be. Discussion of various color combinations ensued. The owner of Go Joss responded to the question of the price difference between the barrel tile roof and the canvas covering that the price was approximately the same. Notion was made by Boardmember Coben to approve this application with the condition that the existing yellow and green color of the canvas awning be changed to a hunter green awning with white letters. Lotion was seconded by Vice Chairman Strahan and unanimously carried. V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Chairman Cook distributed copies of a letter she had written to the Village Council and a request to the Village Manager to forward the letter to each Village Councilmember. The letter detailed the volunteer\efforts of Steve Parker in planning, locating, and supervising the planting of additional landscaping to enhance the swale areas along Tequesta Drive, and asked the Village Council to recognize Mr. Parker for his efforts which had resulted in significant savings to the Tequesta taxpayers. Chairman Cook commented that Boardmember Maitland had provided the name of the president of the Garden Club, who she would contact in the near future. VI. FORMAL ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSED ADDITIONS TO VILLAGE CODE Vice Chairman Strahan inquired as to the next step after the workshop on the proposed inserts to the Village Code which were desired by the Board. It was the consensus of the Board to add an agenda item to include a motion to officially endorse the following proposed additions to the Village Code as approved by consensus at the workshop meeting held on March 1, 1995: COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES March 30, 1995 Page 3 In Section 7-6 (a) (1) after the existing first sentence: EMPHASIS SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE "FLORIDA LOOK" IN ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPING. THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES FAVORED ARE: BERMUDA, MEDITERRANEAN, MIZNER, AND THOSE • ESSENTIALLY TROPICAL IN DESIGN. In Section 7-6 (c) at the end of the first paragraph: EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO LUSH PLANTINGS NATIVE TO FLORIDA AND TO THOSE RECOMMENDED FOR XERISCAPE. Motion was made by Boardmeaber Coben to officially endorse the results of the Community Appearance Board workshop meeting held on March 1, 1995. Motion was seconded by Boardmember Maitland and unanimously carried. Clerk of the Board Scott D. Ladd stated that he would submit this item to the Village Manager who would then forward it to the Village Council. VII. COMMUNICATION FROM CITIZENS Wade Griest questioned whether action had been taken regarding the extension of Jo Go's Pub by 12' for an outdoor seating area, and was told that was approved at a previous meeting. In response to Mr. Griest's inquiry whether any action had been taken regarding strengthening the Board's position regarding the Village Appearance Plan as referenced in the minutes of the March 1, 1995 meeting, Boardmember Coben explained that the motion just made had accomplished that. VIII. ANY. OTHER MATTERS During discussion of Ordinance 377, Clerk of the Board Scott D. Ladd explained that five projects were in progress in order to meet the ordinance, which were Tequesta Plaza, Village Square Shopping Center, County Line Plaza,. Windimere Villas, and Cypress Villas, and •that a- total of 97 letters were being mailed to property owners whose property did not meet the new ordinance landscaping r COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES March 30, 1995 Page 4 requirements. Clerk of the Board Ladd announced that a Village Council workshop meeting would be held on the K-Mart site at 4 P.M. that afternoon for the purpose of addressing Village Council concerns of parking and landscaping at the shopping center as well as the reconfiguration of K-Mart. Vice Chairman Strahan commented that the oak trees were part of the problem at the shopping center, which led to a discussion of other oak trees that were doing well, so that the general feeling of the Board was that the oak trees were not being maintained properly. Code Compliance Officer Davis commented that the shopping center manager did not intend to fertilize the trees until the Village Council had made a decision regarding the landscaping. Chairman Cook stated that she would attend the meeting so that the Village Council would be aware of the Community Appearance Board's interest. Boardmember Maitland expressed concern that speed limits needed to be reduced on U.S. One within the Village limits, and was advised that DOT was the proper agency to contact. Code Compliance Officer Davis inquired whether Jo Go's Pub had permission for the tables and chairs they had already placed outside, to which Clerk of the Board Ladd responded that the Village was trying to encourage outdoor eating areas, and although a permit had not yet been pulled to convert to an outdoor eating area that it would be allowed as long as there was proper ingress and egress, since others had been permitted to set tables and chairs outside. Ix. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 10:05 A.M. Respectfully submitted, Betty Laur Recording Secretary COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES March 30, 1995 Page 5 ATTEST: ljMt0. bra Scott D. Ladd Clerk of the Board DATE APPROVED: 4-1g45 •