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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Review STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1 LOWES (NRA) — NRA Review 08-00500228 PLANNING 1. Please provide elevations that are to a standard architecture scale. This will likely require that the elevations are provided on multiple sheets. 2. Please identify the two different types of architectural relief design elements (UDO Section 7.9.6.2) for every 45-foot linear section of the Front, Right, and Rear elevations. 3. Please identify the two different types of architectural relief design elements for every 60- foot linear section of the Left elevation. 4. Provide tables with the percentage of materials and colors of each façade. Further review of each elevation's compliance with the standards will occur when this information is provided. 5. It appears that Split Face CMU (IC-1) is proposed on the Front elevation and Smooth Face CMU (IC-1) on the other elevations. Please note that the smooth face CMU may only cover 10% of a façade. 6. Façade articulation is required on all façades facing a public right-of-way (Front, Right, and Rear). This requires that no more than 33% be on the same continuous geometric plane. Wall plane projections or recessions must be at least 4 feet in depth to qualify. Please revise. 7. Please note that the wall around the garden center is considered the exterior elevation on each façade respectively. 8. The chain link fence with black wind-screen is not an approved material or screening. Please revise. 9. Please provide a note on the elevations that it is required to meet the Non-Residential Architecture Standards for buildings in excess of 150,000 square feet of gross floor area. 10. Please provide a note on the elevations that signs are permitted separately. Reviewed by: Jason Schubert Date: October 21, 2008 STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 2 LOWES (NRA) — NRA Review 08-00500228 PLANNING Review of Revised Building Elevations and Sample Board 1. Please note that with the elements as proposed, the requirements for architectural relief design elements and façade articulation for each elevation have been met. 2. Provide all of the materials on each elevation (including doors, windows, openings, etc) such that the square feet and percentages of each façade total 100%. 3. Revise the amount E.I.F.S stated on the Front Elevation. It appears that there is 16% but only 285 square feet of material is stated. Please reconcile. 4. Please remove the "No more than 33% of this elevation is in the same plane" note from the Left Elevation as it does not need to meet this requirement. 5. The height of the rear of the building on the left side of the Left Elevation is likely 25' 4", not the 31'-4" given. Please revise the label. 6. For buildings of this scale, only 5% accent color (colors not on the City's color palette or equivalent to one) is permitted on each elevation. Provide the percentage of colors proposed on each elevation and verify that proposed accent colors are within this limit. 7. For the canopies and awnings, only the sample for PF-2 is provided on the board while some of them are labeled PF-4 on the elevations. Provide the PF-4 sample or correct the label, if only PF-2 type is being used. 8. It is unclear of the material proposed on the Front Elevation that is in the areas around the Faux Windows with Awnings. Please label. 9. The material labeled IC-1 Lowe's Light Beige (CMU) on the sample board has the appearance of split face CMU. Labels on the elevations, however, state the use of a Smooth Face CMU (IC-1). Please reconcile and verify the proposed material is split face. If smooth face CMU is proposed, it may only cover 10% of an elevation. Also, split face CMU can be used but it does not qualify to meet the requirement for 50% brick or stone on the elevations facing a public right-of-way (Front, Right, and Rear). Follow Up of Feb. 12th Meeting Regarding Outdoor Storage and Display (UDO Section 7.11) 1. Outdoor Display — There is desire for outdoor display areas along the Front Elevation. The ordinance states that these areas are to be adjacent to a principle building wall and extend no more than 5 feet from it. The initial determination is that the arcade area shown in the center portion of the front elevation does not qualify as a principle building wall and the sales areas will need to be located within the first 5 feet of the building proper. If there is a desire to pursue this further, you may file a formal Written Interpretation application with the City. If our written response to that request is not to your satisfaction, you may appeal the interpretation to the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA). 2. Permanent Outdoor Sales Areas — This area applies to the Garden Center area proposed on the Right Elevation. There is a desire to open up more of this area for greater circulation and drainage and to trim construction costs. This can be accomplished with the use of tubular steel as proposed, perhaps more or reconfigured in a different fashion. Planter boxes could also be utilized in places to help meet the required screening. Since the Garden Center functions as the façade on this side of the building, however, the elevation as a whole will still need to meet the minimum and maximum percentage of materials. 3. General Outdoor Storage — This area applies to the storage area on the Rear Elevation. This type of outdoor use has slightly different requirements than that of Permanent Outdoor Sales Areas in that it is to be completely screened from public right-of-way and adjacent properties with solid wall or fence between 6 and 8 feet in height. Though the proposed wall is higher than eight feet, it functions as part of the building and façade and is acceptable. Similar to the Garden Center, there is a desire to open up more of this area for greater circulation and drainage and to trim construction costs. Openings such as the tubular steel proposed in the Garden Center may be used but complete screening must still be provided. This can be accomplished in part by the fence proposed along the back of the rear drive aisle which may have a maximum height of 8 feet. As we discussed in the meeting, a cross section of the building, fence and right-of-way would need to be provided to give visual perspective and verification that the proposed alternative fulfills the screening requirement. Also similar to the Garden Center, since the proposed wall functions as part of the façade, the elevation as a whole will still need to meet the minimum and maximum percentage of materials. Reviewed by: Jason Schubert Date: February 25, 2009 STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 3 LOWES (NRA) — NRA Review 08-00500228 PLANNING 1. Please provide two different types of architectural relief design elements (UDO Section 7.9.6.2) for every 45-foot linear section of the Rear elevation. This elevation was in compliance with the last submittal but there have been a number of changes such that this elevation is no longer in compliance. Faux windows by themselves are not architectural relief design elements and the staging area no longer has two different types of elements. 2. Please provide two different types of architectural relief design elements for every 60-foot linear section of the Left elevation. This elevation was in compliance with the last submittal. 3. Provide a cross section perspective that shows the view of the rear façade with the 8-foot wood fence and Lakeway Drive. This is necessary to verify that the screening fence completely screens the staging area in the rear(outdoor storage area). 4. Please remove the "No more than 33% of this elevation is on the same plane" note from the Left Elevation as that requirement does not apply to the elevation. 5. The material amounts and percentages do not account for the entire elevation. Provide all the materials on each elevation (including doors, windows, openings, etc) such that the square feet and percentages of each façade total 100%. Please refer to UDO Section 7.9.6.3.c for an example material legend. 6. Provide the percentage of colors proposed on each elevation. Reviewed by: Jason Schubert Date: April 27, 2009