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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 05B_12/11/2003 I I oF r f � , `, �� ���� VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA � �► � DEPAR'I �MF;NT OF C.Oi�LMi �TI'TY 1�F�VT[,OP1�1F.N"I' D `� o Post Of�i�ic:e I3c» 3273 • 3'�7 `i'eqt�esta t:)rive �� `' `� o � Teq�.�esta, Flcn 3�=�f>9-(��?7'3 • t5(� 1) �75-(�2?U �F � �� ���� y �" Fa x: (56 i ) �75-<239 h CO �� I � � VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA ��, COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD �� MEETING MINUTES JULY 9, 2003 I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL �' The Tequesta Communit A earance Board held a m Y PP eetin in the Te uesta R g q ecreat�on Department at 399 Seabrook Road, Tequesta, Florida, on Wednesday, July 9, 2003. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 A.M. by Chair Vic Strahan. The roll was called by !, Betty Laur, Recording Secretary. Boardmembers present were: Chair Vic Strahan, � Boardmember Richard Sterling, Boardmember Robert Stein, and Boardmember Leslie ' Cook. Vice Chair Steve Parker was absent from the meeting. Also in attendance was I Carol Lux, Clerk of the Board. � i �, II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA �' Boardmember Cook made a motion to approve the agenda with the order of items 'i under New Business to be changed to hear #3 first, then #2, then #1. Boardmember Sterling seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. � �I III. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS There were no communications from citizens. i I I IV. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETIIVG MINUTES i �� Boardmember Cook requested that when a boardmember wanted the Village Council to � note a particular item that was mentioned, that the boardmember state they wanted that in the minutes or state "for the record". I MOTION: � Boardmember Cook made a motion to approve the minutes of the May 21, 2003 I� meeting as submitted. Boardmember Stein seconded the motion, which carried by � � I I , � „ �� ��� �<<�r ;>�F � . +� . � ;� � 4 r COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES July 9, 2003 Page 2 unanimous 4-0 vote. � I, V. NEW BUSINESS I A. An application by First Presb terian Church of Te uesta for the ro ert Y 9 P P Y located at 482 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida to review a new freestanding sign. i a. Swearing-In of Witnesses, if Required I Clerk of the Board Carol Lux swore in all witnesses. � � b. Disclosure of Ex-Parte Communications: i Each Boardmember reported no ex-parte communication. c. Testimony of Witnesses and Cross Examination, if any Dick Anschultz, Senior Lay Officer of First Presbyterian Church, explained � the applicant wanted to replace the sign at the front of the church. The new I proposed sign would be done by the same manufacturer who did the First i I Baptist Church sign, and would be placed in exactly the same location as the ', existing sign. Mr. Anschultz explained that the church had received a variance to place the sign in the right-of-way in 1988, and the Village � Council had recently confirmed it was okay to replace the sign. -- Boardmember Cook requested the rock at the base of the sign remain and be used to hide the base, which was the consensus of the Board. Chair Strahan commented that the overall height of the sign was 8'2" and it might be too ' high above eye level of passing motorists. Chair Strahan suggested lowering the sign to 7' overall height, and explained that another reason to lower it would be to hide the base. Clerk of the Board Carol Lux advised that 7' was I, the overall height limit allowed by code, so if the applicant wanted 8'2" they �� would have to go before the Board of Adjustment to request a variance. Mr. Anschultz. stated the overall height would be changed to T. Boardmember Sterling asked if the sign was aluminum with a painted base, to which the response was yes. Mr. Stein recommended to reduce the overall height to take it out of the base, and the applicant agreed. � I I , , I COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES July 9, 2003 Page 3 .......................... MOTION Boardmember Cook made a motion to accept the proposed freestanding sign application from First Presbyterian Church of Tequesta for the property located at 482 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, with the provision the applicant lower the sign to 7' overall height, taking height from the base, and place the sign behind the large rock and add the tandscaping around it. Boardmember Stein seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. B. An application by Woolbright Tequesta Ltd. representing Southeast Property Management Corp, owners of the Tequesta 5hoppes, a property located at 101 U.S. Hwy One, Tequesta, Florida, to review change in the accent stripes and awnings for the shopping center. This application was tabled from the previous ; meeting. a. Swearing-In of Witnesses, if Required Clerk of the Board Carol Lux swore in all witnesses. b. Disclosure of Ex-Parte Communications: Each Boardmember reported no ex-parte communication. c. Testimony of Witnesses and Cross Examination, if any Paula Gray, Woolbrite Property Management, representing Inland -� Southeast Property Management Corp., the owner, indicated that the applicant was proposing to change the colors on the awnings and to keep the same color scheme, but to flip-flop the burgundy and turquoise, which were the two main colors on the awnings. The building accent stripes would be repainted in the same colors; the building color would remain the same and would not be repainted. MOTION _ Boardmember Stein made a motion to accept the application from Woolbright Tequesta Ltd. representing Tequesta Shoppes located at 101-185 N. U.S. Highway One, Tequesta, Florida and to approve the awnings and accent colors for the shopping center as submitted. Boardmember Sterling seconded the motion, which carried by � , I i � COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD � MEETING MINUTES July 9, 2003 Page 4 i I I unanimous 4-0 vote. I 3. An application by Southeast Investments, Inc represented by Gentile, I Holloway, O'Mahoney & Associates, for a property located at the southeast corner of Tequesta Drive and U. S. Highway One, Tequesta, Florida, to review the signs, landscape plans, and elevations of the proposed Bank of America and Eckerd Buildings. a. Swearing-In of Witnesses, if Required Clerk of the Board Carol Lux had previously sworn in those who lanned to � P speak. I b. Disclosure of Ex-Parte Communications: Each Boardmember reported no ex-parte communication. c. Testimony of Witnesses and Cross Examination, if any Jason Litterick, representative for the applicant, provided an overview, and explained that this project had received approval from the Village Council at their June 2003 meeting. The applicant was now before this board for approval of landscaping, architectural elevations, signage, and general appearance. Two new single story buildings would be built, to be used as a bank and a drug store. The new bank building would be built first, then the � existing bank/office building would be demolished, then the drug store � building would be constructed. The existing single entrance off U.S. One would remain. Mr. Litterick introduced the developers present in the i audience, Paul Ferber and his son, Shields Ferber. Fourteen additional on- I street parking spaces on Bridge Road would be provided courtesy of the i developers, and would be the first section of Bridge Road improvements. An ' additional 12 spaces would be provided for use by both JMZ Properties and this project, and these significant site plan amenities were not required by I Village code. The approximately 20 Royal palms on the site would be relocated to take the place of existing queen palms at the beginning of the project. There would be a street tree theme along U.S. One. All of the black olive and acacia trees would be removed. The applicant would provide much I more landscaping than required, with the size of the trees to meet or exceed � code. Boardmember Stein commented this was probably the best landscape � COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES July 9, 2003 Page 5 plan ever presented to the Village. Chair Strahan commented the alley belonged to JMZ but there was an easement allowing use by all. Mr. Litterick reviewed the landscape plan. Boardmember Stein requested if possible to wrap planting beds around the Eckerd building on the west side. Mr. Litterick explained that bringing the bed out would block access for trucks. A vine growing on the wall of Eckerd's was suggested; however, Mr. Litterick explained the problems that had created on other buildings. The landscape plan was discussed. Boardmember Sterling asked if brick pavers would be used. Mr. Litterick indicated pavers would be used as part of the Bridge Road theme, but sidewalks would be 4'-5' wide concrete, and every attempt had been made to provide every means possible for pedestrian access. Chair Strahan commented that the existing U.S. One entrance required a sharp turn, to which Mr. Litterick responded the applicant would look at increasing the radius and the developer might like to have that ease of entrance but it would have to be brought up to DOT. Following further discussion of the landscaping, Chair Strahan advised that the existing theme was queen palms or oaks along U. S. One, but he thought this would look really good and requested that a special effort be made to make the oaks a little bigger. Discussion took place regarding changing the concrete walks to pavers; however, that would be much more expensive, and Clerk of the Board Carol Lux advised that the Village had been having problems with pavers— that someone was suing because they tripped and fell. It was pointed out that the parking surface was asphalt and the walks were concrete, so there would be a difference in surfaces, and striping would be done on the asphalt where pedestrians would be crossing. Trees were discussed again. Mr. Litterick indicated pigeon plum trees, a native sister to the seagrape, would be planted - behind the royal palms. Mr. Stein requested the size of the four live oaks on the west property line be increased; these trees would be a buffer from Tequesta Village Center. Landscape Motion: Boardmember Stein made a motion to accept the landscape plan for the proposed Eckerd's Drug store and proposed Bank of America bank facility as submitted, with the change of the five live oak trees on the � northwest corner of the property to be increased in size to 18' tall with 8' , spread and with 4-1/2" caliper. Boardmember Sterling seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. The applicant advised that the trellis design was diamond shaped up the two I I � COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES July 9, 2003 � Page 6 I .......................... front columns of Eckerd's and would be constructed with stainless steel cross features, fastened to the concrete with steel bolts, and that stainless steel wire would be used for the base for the vine. The Bank of America building was discussed. Boardmember Cook commented that the Community Appearance Board since its inception had wanted a Bermuda and Mediterranean look for the Village and she was very disappointed with the bank building and did not feel its appearance was compatible with the building next to it or with the Eckerd building. Ms. Cook commented that the Eckerd building was a little more in keeping with � the look of the Village. Mr. Litterick inquired if it would be acceptable to change the building finish to smooth almost white stucco very similar to the existing Village Center building. Boardmember Cook agreed and suggested softening the contemporary look with tile. Boardmember Stein commented the Village's Public Safety building had a tumbled stone base which would be attractive on this building and would provide a little more depth. Another suggestion was to remove the top molding and use a slanted piece with "S" or barrel tile, to wrap around the top of the building. Boardmember Sterling commented the building needed to be compatible with existing buildings. Chair Strahan pointed out that the Eckerd building had tile accents. Developer Paul Ferber explained he was very concerned about aesthetics and the landscaping, and wanted this to be done in a first class manner above the standards of the Village. Mr. Ferber stated he understood what the Board was saying about wanting everything compatible, but these were two major clients who were used to doing what they wanted and he had had a tough time putting the Bank of America deal together; and as they had been very -� difficult to deal with, he could only push them so far. Mr. Ferber stated he knew Bank of America would agree to stucco the building and that would be ' a savings. He would try to get them to incorporate the element of barrel tile, but this was their new prototype building and Bank of America had spent a lot of money to corne up with this new design. Mr. Ferber stated he would do his best and asked the board to be considerate of that. He would consult with the architect, who was in Miami. Boardmember Stein requested that Clerk of the Board Lux provide elevations of some existing buildings to the architect _ for review to see if he could adjust the building exterioz, and to let the Village know if they could do anything else to help. Mr. Litterick requested approval with a condition that stucco and architectural details would be added and a final elevation would be provided that met the condition. Chair Strahan commented that the Board must see the final design but conditional approval I COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES July 9, 2003 Page 7 could be given. Bank Building Motion: Boardmember Stein made a motion to accept the Bank of America �, building with the following changes: '', 1. Building exterior shall be stucco instead of brick. �' 2. Barrel tile or S-tile shall be added to the roof. 3. The front entrance structure shall be reworked. I, These changes are to be in keeping with existing architectural buildings �' within the Village of Tequesta. This section of the application is tabled ' until response is .received from applicant. Boardmember Sterling j seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. , '�, Bank Signage was discussed. Chair Strahan requested that sign "D" be ' turned 90 degrees so that people coming in off U.S. One wouldn't be past it �I, before they saw it. Boardmember Stein commented that sign "D" might need I to be moved to the west. The applicant noted the developer would do I everything possible to make the site easy to access. It was suggested that the �� word "lobby" be added to sign "A". The Board indicated there were no ' problems with the smaller signs. Boardmember Sterling confirmed with the ��, applicant that the landscaping would hide the base well on the monument '' sign on U.S. One. Boardmember Stein suggested the base have a stucco , finish, even though not much of it would be seen. Bank Si�na�e Motion: Boardmember Stein made a motion to accept Bank of America sign -- detail as submitted and recommended the following options: I 1. Add the word "Lobby" to sign A, to read "Lobby Entrance". 2. Move sign "D" to the west and turn sign "D" on a 90-degree angle. Boardmember Sterling seconded the motion, which carried by � unanimous 4-0 vote. The Eckerd building was reviewed. Boardmember Cook recommended changing the roof color to terra cotta to look like the adjacent building, and the developer agreed to ask that the color be changed. Boardmember Stein requested that Mr. Litterick obtain a copy of the Public Safety building elevation and the elevation for the building directly behind the Eckerd building so their architect could see exactly what the Board wanted. Chair Strahan stated he did not have a problem with the color of the tile. The � COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES July 9, 2003 Page 8 .......................... i developer asked if the same color as used on Mr. Zuccarelli's building was �� acceptable, to which the response from Boardmember Cook was yes. '�� Boardmember Cook recommended a lighter shade of beige for the main field '', of the building, perhaps the same as used on the Eckerds building on Indiantown Road, with the trim compatible with terra cotta. The color of the i monumental base was to be a lighter beige. Eckerd's Buildin� Motion: Boardmember Stein made a motion to accept the Eckerd's building for the structure only, with the following conditions: � 1. Roof material shall match existing buildings in the area. I 2. Color of the main block of the building shall be changed to a lighter I� shade of beige. ' 3. Color of the monumental base shall be changed to a lighter shade of beige. � Boardmember Sterling seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. I Eckerd's signage was discussed. Mr. Litterick confirmed that the monument sign would be located at the corner of Bridge Road and U.S. One. Clerk of I the Board Carol Lux explained that the setback was 10 feet., which should be I noted on the plans. Village Council had granted permission for a third wall sign. Mr. Litterick described the design and location of the signs. Ms. Lux explained that the Village had required a lot of extra things from the applicant right before presentation to the Village Council, and she thought the Village Council had granted the third sign because the Village had flipped the -- building around at the last minute and the applicant had cooperated with a lot of last minute changes. Improved flow of traffic due to changing the building , around was discussed. The monument sign colors were discussed. Boardmember Stein noted that the only change needed for the monument sign was that the base color needed to correspond to the new building color. Eckerd's Signage: Boardmember Stein made a motion to accept the Eckerd's signage with the following change: The color of the monument sign shall be changed to correspond and match with the proposed changed colors of the building. Boardmember Sterling seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote. I �, , COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES July 9, 2003 Page 9 .......................... Boardmember Sterling asked for a lighting plan. Mr. Litterick explained that the actual construction plans were not done yet for lighting but the fixture would be a typical shoebox fixture and would meet minimum lighting requirements. Chair Strahan commented that the Board hoped the developer's negotiations with both Bank of America and Eckerds were easy. VI. ANY OTHER MATTERS Boardmember Stein expressed his opinion that this Board needed to start getting very specific because a member's interpretations were only theirs and that was not fair to the rest of the Board or to the applicants who were spending time and money. Ms. Lux agreed, and commented that she had to try to interpret what the board wanted. Boardmember Stein commented thatwhen the members came to the meetings they needed to have reviewed everything to know what was going on and to be able to get the applicants in and out timely, since it was costing the developers money for them to attend these meetings and it was not fair to hold them up because this Board was not paying attention to what was going on. Chair Strahan responded he had spent a total of five hours reviewing the material. Boardmember Cook stated she also had spent a lot of tirne and also a lot of time at the sites, and there was so much material it was almost too much for one meeting. The others agreed, and Chair Strahan commented that was why five � members should be present so if one missed something another would pick it up. Boardmember Cook commented she did not always review the landscaping because there , were landscaping experts on the Board. Boardmember Stein commented the Board needed to get more comfortable with what each member did, and his review of the landscape plan had only taken 1U-20 minutes because that was what he did, and it was very easy for him. Boardmember Stein commented that the meetings needed to flow better and you could see by going back in the minutes that before one thing was decided and put into a motion, something else was discussed and that discussion had to be stopped i and go back. Chair Strahan commented he thought the Board had done well that day, that he made a list of how he wanted to handle the meeting and it had been followed pretty �'�, well. It was agreed that there had just been so much material that had made it difficult. I Ms. Lux suggested having more meetings. Boardmember Stein commented if there had been two meetings instead of one, the first two applications would have taken five minutes, and two meetings would not have helped in this case. Ms. Lux reported for the Board's information that upcoming projects included Casa Del Sol, which had been delayed because scrub jays had been found on the site. This was to be a large project that would wrap around the Mobil Station and consist of commercial, retail, and residential. The RV dealership was to be sold to another developer planning a mixed use project, or to � II I I , COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD I MEETING MINUTES '� July 9, 2003 I Page 10 ', .......................... �, the Casa Del Sol developer, Jim Helm. The least amount of commercial required for mixed use was now under discussion. Zaino's property was going to be auctioned. Ms. Cook commented someone had overbid Mr. Zuccarelli on the property owned by the I Village. Ms. Lux reported regarding the Alterra property there was now a contract on 'I Clarebridge for it to be developed as condominiums. �'� Ms. Lux announced that Gerald Wenta and Robert Young were alternates. Chair Strahan i commented that the alternates for the Board should attend the meetings and sit in the I audience to keep up with what was going on, in case they had to sit on the Board at a meeting when a project was revisited. Boardmember Cook asked that Ms. Lux call members if they did not call to say if they could attend. Ms. Lux announced that the Tree Board needed to meet sometime during the year since if j they did not meet the designation as Tree City might be lost. Mr. Stein recalled that at � the last meeting of the Tree Board there had been a number of issues to be discussed with �', the Village Attorney and nothing had ever been reported on that. Ms. Lux commented that the historical tree issue had gone away because no one wanted it. It was decided that , the Tree Board would hold a meeting immediately following the next Community Appearance Board meeting that had a light agenda. Ms. Cook asked if a location for a tree had to be decided by the Tree Board, and was advised that Arbor Day had already � been held. Chair Strahan commented in the last minutes the Board had approved, there � had been a comment about a lady from the Garden Club who wanted to donate a tree to I the Village, and the Tree Board needed to decide where it could be located, and that had ��, led to the possibility that others might like to donate trees, so this could be an agenda item �� for a Tree Board meeting. ' Bo��dmember Stein cornmented he had noticed that one of the drains in front of the new Tequesta Trace apartments was completely filled with sand. Ms. Lux requested any time someone noticed something like that to call Jeff Newell. Ms. Stein asked who was responsible for weed control along the sidewalks. Ms. Lux responded that all right-of- way issues were handled by Gary Preston. Chair Strahan noted that Mr. Preston should be invited to attend the Tree Board meeting. I I Boardmember Cook wanted to know if the Village was going to make the developer I Palmeri get rid of all the junk next to his construction trailer. Ms. Lux responded that he � was going to Village Council the next night to get the site plan reviewed and Ms. Cook �� should make that request at the Village Council meeting. Boardmember Cook commented that there should be a row of sabal palms to block off that intersection. Ms. � Lux reported that whole area would all be changed, but the area would be dug up for quite i � �,II � COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES i July 9, 2003 ' Page 11 ...... .................... awhile because a drainage pipe for the new Village Hall also would go there. ! Chair Strahan thanked Ms. Lux for the summary she had provided and for providing the thoughts of the Village Council. Chair Strahan commented that hopefully there would '� soon be a Planning and Zoning Board. Ms. Lux indicated that would be going to Village Council in September. VII. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Boardmember Cook, seconded by Boardmember Stein, and unanimously carried 4-0, the meeting was adjourned at 10:55 a.m. Respectfully submitted, f � � "�:�:-���C� ��:'.,--t�L.� Betty Laur Recording Secretary ATTEST: �� � .�' i . ,.. . I Carol Lux �� Clerk of the Board DATE APPROVED: , � I� I II � I I I , I