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APPEALS & WAIVERS
STAFF REPORT
Project Manager: Crissy Hartl, Staff Planner Report Date: May 29, 2007
Email: chartl@cstx.gov Meeting Date: June 8, 2007
For
O'BANNON'S
Zoning District: NG-1, Core Northgate
Location: 103 Boyett Street
Applicant: Courtnay R. Spradley, Arkitex Studio
Item: Presentation, possible action and discussion on a waiver to building materials,
transparency, and streetscaping requirements according to Section 5.6 Northgate Building
Design Standards of the Unified Development Ordinance for O'Bannon's Taphouse, located at
103 Boyett Street in Northgate.
Item Summary: O'Bannon's Taphouse is an existing bar located in Northgate off of Boyett, just
north of University Drive. The applicant has been working with the business owner to make
some facade improvements involving a traditional pubhouse theme. Some of the
improvements may not be accomplished through the standards established in the Unified
Development Ordinance; therefore, the applicant is seeking a waiver to three elements of the
Northgate District building design standards found in Section 5.6.B.4 Building Design
Standards: exterior building materials, building transparency, and street trees. The applicant is
also asking for a waiver to the requirement to remove all on-street, head-in parking, but the
existing parking is metered by the City of College Station and since there are no plans to
remove the parking, a waiver is not needed for this requirement.
Building Materials: The Unified Development Ordinance requires that at least 25% of all
facades shall consist of either fired brick, natural stone, marble, granite, tile and/or any concrete
product designed to simulate any of the above materials. The applicant has designed the new
facade in the theme of a traditional Irish pub, which does not utilize such materials, but will
primarily use plaster or stucco and wood materials. Substitutions of building materials may be
permitted by the Design Review Board if the applicant shows that the material is an integral part
of a themed building.
Building Transparency: In order to maximize pedestrian visibility, non-residential buildings are
required to be at least 50% transparent between zero and eight feet on the ground level. The
applicant states that the building has structural walls that abut the facade on an angle and must
be covered by an exterior wall, but they were able to increase the existing 78.75 square feet of
transparency to 216.8 square feet, which measures at 83% of the required 243 square feet.
Streets Trees: The UDO states that one 4" caliper street tree is required every 25' for properties
along Boyett Street; however, the applicant is requesting a waiver to this requirement due to the
constrained area to place a tree between the existing canopy which extends 5' beyond the
building facade and the pavement edge.
Supporting Materials:
1. Location Map
2. Application and memo from applicant
3. Copy of elevations