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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_Commuinity Appearance_11/16/1994 ` y VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA _ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive Tequesta,Florida 33469-0273 • (407)575-6220 f ° Fax: (407)575-6203 N COUNl VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 16, 1994 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, November 16, 1994. The meeting was called to order at 9:40 A.M. by Chairperson Leslie Cook. Boardmembers present were: Chairperson Leslie Cook, Vice Chairman Victor Strahan, Ruth Maitland, Paul Coben, and Alternate Stephen J. Parker. Also in attendance was Scott D. Ladd, Clerk of the Board. II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The Board approved the agenda. III. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES (November 2, 1994) Boardmember Coben requested deletion of the reference in the November 2 minutes regarding the time he came into the meeting since he did not participate. Boardmember Coben also requested that "Committee" be changed to "Board" throughout the minutes. The Board approved the minutes as amended. IV. NEW BUSINESS: 1) An application from Meurett Sign Company for new signage & building colors for Speedway-Starvin' Marvin, 104 U.S. One South (Mapco Step Saver) as follows: 1 . Replace face of existing free standing sign with new Speedway logo (32 sq. ft. ) . 2. Install a 54 sq. ft. wall sign on east elevation of building. COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 16 , 1994 Page 2 3 . Install 24 sq. ft. Speedway channel letter sign on southeast elevation of canopy. 4 . Install two "S" logo panels (6 sq. ft. each) on northeast and south elevations of canopy. 5 . Repaint building and gasoline canopy with Speedway colors : light grey, dark grey, blue and red. Christopher Meurett from Meurett Sign Company explained to the Board that there would be two names on the requested signage: Starvin' Marvin, representing the deli , whose colors were blue letters on a gray background which would match the building color so that you would only see the letters; and Speedway, representing the brand of gasoline sold, whose logo was a red letter "S" on a white back- ground. Chairperson Cook objected to the dark shade of grey shown in the photograph of the building, and stated she would prefer a lighter grey. Mr. Meurett responded that all Starvin' Marvin and Speedway facilities in the United States used the same color program, that 60 existing facilities had been purchased in one takeover, and that 50 facilities had recently been re-painted with this color palette along the southeast coast of Florida. In response to Chairperson Cook's comment that the existing store was not clean, Mr. Meurett assured the Board that the new owners were interested in serving the community and in improving the facility. Mr. Meurett proposed that the walls would be the dark grey, the fascia would be light grey, the terra cotta barrel tile would not be changed, the band above the barrel tile would be dark grey, and the top flashing would be blue. Chairperson Cook requested the addition of potted plants in front of the blank wall to soften the dark grey color. Mr. Meurett reviewed a color rendering of the free standing sign, and explained that the top panel would be the Speedway sign with white letters on a red background; the center panel was the sign for the existing tenant, Mash, which was dark green with yellow letters; the bottom panel was an information board for gasoline prices with white letters on a black background so that at night the background would disappear and only the white letters would show. The support poles would be medium grey. The Boardmembers discussed the colors and objected to the Mash COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 16 , 1994 Page 3 sign colors since they did not go with the other colors , and suggested that the applicant negotiate with Mash to get their sign colors changed. Clerk of the Board Scott D. Ladd proposed moving the Mash sign to the bottom panel so that the colors would not clash so badly. Procedure for approvals was explained to Mr. Meurett, who was not aware that the Village Council must approve the free standing sign. Landscaping on the property was discussed, and Mr. Parker suggested that a stipulation be made that a landscaping plan must be submitted before any work on the sign or the building was started. Mr. Meurett requested an arrangement whereby the painting could be started immediately, and explained that a variance request had been submitted to the Village to allow the height of the free standing sign. Boardmember Coben made a motion to approve the application from Meurett Sign Company with the following stipulations: 1. That the free standing sign application be modified to change the color of the Mash segment to be one of the approved Speedway color combinations, either blue and white, or red and white, and that the application to the Village Council for approval of the free standing sign include an improved landscaping plan for the area at the base of the sign; 2. That the application for the installation of a 54 sq. ft. wall sign on the east elevation of the building be approved as submitted; 3 . That the application for the installation of a 24 sq. ft. Speedway channel letter sign on the south east elevation of the canopy be approved as submitted; 4. That the application for the installation of two "S" logo panels (6 sq. ft. each) on the northeast and south elevations of the canopy be approved as submitted; 5. That the application for the repainting of the building and gasoline canopy with Speedway colors of light grey, dark grey, blue and red be approved as submitted with the provision that two or more COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 16 , 1994 Page 4 planters be added along the east wall of the building. Boardmember Maitland seconded the motion. After discussion, Boardmember Coben added the following sentence to the first item in the motion: Notwithstanding the appeal to the Zoning Board of Adjustment it is the recommendation of the Community Appearance Board that the overall sign height be adjusted to 20 feet because it would look better. Boardmember Maitland seconded the motion as amended. The motion was unanimously approved by the Board. Mr. Meurett clarified that the action of the Board had approved the colors and that the applicant was responsible to work out the color changes to the Mash sign with them; that the painting of the building could begin; but that no work could be done on the free standing sign until the Village Council had approved it. 2. An application from Jupiter Island Corporation, R. Mason Simpson, Agent, for the construction of a ten- story multi-family residential building over a lobby/garage level, 425 Beach Road, Tequesta. Mr. George Gentile explained that he was assisting Mr. Simpson with presentation of this project, and reviewed the revised plan for the project known as Cliveden. Mr. Gentile stated that the new site plan had been changed to match the code revisions recently made by the Village Council; however, the unit floor plans had remained the same. Mr. Gentile explained that the building would consist of 21 units on ten floors above the lobby, that the enclosed parking facility would have a grass-covered roof so that the view of the parking garage roof from the upper stories would appear to be a lawn, that cabanas and a trellised seating area would be near the pool , and reviewed the proposed landscaping plan as prepared by Warren McCormick, the Landscape Architect. A proposed landscape buffer along State Road 707 right of way would provide additional landscaping not shown on this plan and would be presented to the Board after approval by the County. COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 16 , 1994 Page 5 Chairperson Cook suggested that a good looking wall would be an asset to the project. Clerk of the Board Scott D. Ladd suggested hanging vegetation on the wall . Mr. Simpson stated that any band along the wall would need to be closely coordinated with the landscaping. Mr. Gentile explained the proposed landscaping buffer would break up the wall with trees, and that the Board could stipulate the type of trees they would like to see planted there. Chairperson Cook objected to the height of the elevator machine room on top of the building. Mr. Simpson explained that one full story height was required by the State, and that it would not be noticed from ground level . Mr. Gentile explained that the east elevation, which would be visible from the road, consisted of mainly glass and railings which would provide texture from the small amount of wall area on that side of the building. He explained that the glass would be grey-tinted for energy conservation and for subdued light because of the turtles. The building had been named Cliveden after an exclusive English spa of the same name. During discussion of the proposed landscaping, Boardmember Parker requested palm trees be planted among the silver buttonwoods along the South side of the property and that sizes of suggested palms be increased. Motion was made by Alternate Boardmember Parker to approve the application from Jupiter Island Corporation with the following stipulations: 1. Silver buttonwood trees along the cabanas be changed to ligustrum trees of minimum 10-foot height; 2. That sabal palms or coconut palms or Washingtonian palms of minimum 18-foot height be planted along the south side of the property in between the silver buttonwood trees; 3. That the grouping of five coconut palms at the entrance be a minimum of 18 to 24 foot height, 4. That coconut palms along State Road 707 right of COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 16 , 1994 Page 6 way and in front of the building are a minimum 18-foot height overall. The motion was seconded by Vice Chairman Strahan and unanimously passed. V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Chairperson Cook stated she had been unable to reach the owner of the building at 308 Tequesta Drive regarding the paint color, and would try again. Boardmember Maitland suggested a meeting for the purpose of updating the manual . Clerk of the Board Ladd informed the Board that he was in the process of preparing an ordinance to add a third alternate and the Board should meet before that ordinance was presented to the Village Council . Vice Chairman Strahan requested this item be placed on the agenda for the next meeting. Vice Chairman Strahan questioned the reason the Village Council had rejected the Tequesta Plaza free standing sign. Clerk of the Board Ladd explained that the Council wanted Mr. Felhaber to address the larger issue of the entire shopping center. VI. COMMUNICATION FROM CITIZENS Wade Griest inquired whether the entrance on Country Club Drive had been completed and was told it was not. Mr. Griest also inquired as to the progress since the July 6 meeting on landscaping near the railroad tracks. The Board responded they were still waiting for a reply from Joann Manganiello whether funds were available for this project. Mr. Griest commented that at least one of the Starvin' Marvin locations in Palm Beach County had been disapproved, and that if their request had not been approved that they would have operated with the building exterior the way it was. VII. ANY OTHER MATTERS The Board discussed the severe pruning that had been done on the trees at Community Savings. It was agreed to send a letter to Community Savings from the Board expressing their disappointment. COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 16, 1994 Page 7 VIII. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 11:34 A.M. Respectfully submitted, )46Ctri' XatA(- Betty Laur Recording Secretary ATTEST: Scott D. Ladd Clerk of the Board DATE APPROVED: