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Minutes
Design Review Board
Friday, April 27, 2007
Administrative Conference Room
1101 Texas Avenue
10:00 AM
Board Members Present: Chairman John Nichols,Nancy Sawtelle, Hunter Goodwin, and
Alan King
Board Members Absent: Ward Wells
Staff Present: Staff Planner Crissy Hartl, Planning Administrator Molly
Hitchcock and Staff Assistant Brittany Korthauer
Others Present: Joe Gattis, Dana Hudson, Tim Campbell and Veronica Morgan
AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Call to order.
Chairman John Nichols called the meeting to order at 10:25 a.m.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Consider absence request
Ward Wells
Nancy Sawtelle motioned to approve the absence request. Alan King seconded the motion;
which passed unopposed (4-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Possible action and discussion to approve meeting minutes
for April 13, 2007.
Hunter Goodwin motioned to approve the meeting minutes. The motion was seconded by
Nancy Sawtelle and passed unopposed (4-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Presentation, possible action and discussion on an appeal to
the Unified Development Ordinance Section 7.6 Buffers for Christ Holy Mission Baptist
Church, located at 1113 Arizona Street (JR 07-500082).
Crissy Hartl presented the staff report stating that the applicant is proposing an additional
parking lot to accommodate the expansion of the existing building. Mrs. Hartl stated that the
church is located within an R-1 Single Family neighborhood which would then engage the
buffer requirement. According to the applicant, the buffer requirement would not allow them
to achieve the appropriate parking. The applicant proposed to provide a two-foot buffer with
three-foot shrubs and a six-foot privacy fence on the north side and an eight-foot buffer on
the east side with Crepe Myrtles and three-foot shrubs with a six-foot wooden privacy fence.
Alan King motioned to accept the appeal as submitted. Nancy Sawtelle seconded the
motion; which passed unopposed (4-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO.5: Presentation, possible action and discussion on a waiver to
the Unified Development Ordinance Section 7.6 Buffers for National Tire and Battery,
located at 504 Earl Rudder Freeway South (CH 07-500067).
Crissy Hartl presented the staff report stating that the applicant's property is currently zoned
C-1 General Commercial and abuts R-1 Single Family Residential to the north and west.
Section 7.6 Buffer Requirements of the Unified Development Ordinance requires developing
commercial uses abutting a single family residential zoned property to provide 15-feet of
buffer plantings and a 6-foot masonry wall between the uses. The applicant asked for a
waiver to the requirement stating that the surrounding properties are encumbered with
floodplains making it difficult to develop into such uses.
The board suggested bringing back a revised buffer plan and Alan King offered
recommendations on the number of canopy and non-canopy trees.
Alan King motioned for denial of the waiver as requested. Nancy Sawtelle seconded the
motion; which passed unopposed (4-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Presentation and discussion on revised facade elevations
for Culpepper Plaza, located at 1725 Texas Avenue South (CH 07-500083).
Crissy Hartl gave an update on facade improvements stating that these improvements are
within the bounds of appeals granted by the board.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 7: Adjourn
Nancy Sawtelle motioned for adjournment. The motion was seconded by Alan King and
passed unopposed (4-0).
APPROVED:
John Nichols, Chairman
ATTEST:
Brittany Korthauer, Staff Assistant
Presentation, possible action and discussion on an appeal to the Unified
Development Ordinance Section 7.9 Non-Residential Architectural Standards
regarding building colors for Kentucky Fried Chicken, located at 2501 Texas
Avenue (CH 07-500098).
Crissy Hartl presented the staff report stating that the applicant was requesting to
implement a color scheme for three facades that is not on the approved color palette.
One of proposed main colors of the restaurant does not match an approved color and
also exceeds the maximum allowable area for an accent color. The accent color shall
not exceed 15% of the fagade.
Alan King motioned to approve the variance for Kentucky Fried Chicken for the use of
Hero Red, which is not on the approved color palette, for the K-30 vision, but limited to
the 3 tower element of the façade. Gray, maroon and buff colors are required to wrap
the remainder of the building except for the towers. Ward Wells seconded the motion;
which passed unopposed (4-0).