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CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
Planning e Development Services
Minutes
Design Review Board
Friday, August 26, 2005
Administrative Conference Room
City Council Office
1101 Texas Avenue
11:00 AM
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Discussion, consideration, and possible action on a
variance request from the Non- Residential Architectural standards approved
color palette for a proposed free - standing restaurant located at 700 Earl Rudder
Freeway South (TF 05 -109).
Senior Planner Trey Fletcher presented the staff report stating that the applicant is
requesting to implement a color scheme for each of the facades that is not on the
approved color palette.
The requested color scheme would be applied as a texture to simulate EIFS or stucco.
As required by the Non - Residential Architectural Standards, the building's facades will
also employ fired brick and metal (clear anodized) will be used for the aluminum /glass
storefront and canopies.
Section 7.9 of the Unified Development Ordinance requires that "all building facades
and roofs shall consist of only colors from the color palette approved by the City Council
as amended by the Design Review Board ". The applicant is requesting an alternate
color scheme that is consistent with the following parameters:
1. The applicant is franchised and /or chain restaurant to be developed as a single
detached building (not integrated into a multi - tenant building); and
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2. The proposed colors /materials are part of its corporate branding; and
3. The applicant provides all of the alternative color /materials schemes the chain or
franchise has used.
Board member Ward Wells expressed concern with the outside of the building going
away from how the inside is. The outside seems to go to predominately sky where the
inside the sky is not as dominant.
Mr. Alan Nixon stated that the interior finish out is based upon how much glass is
present in the building. The cloudscape has become part of the marketing scheme for
Freebird's.
Mr. Wells stated that maybe there should be a percentage of cloudscape and brick on
the exterior of the building.
Mr. Hunter Goodwin also expressed concern about the amount of cloudscape and brick
also and suggested that the brick go up to the windows or awnings on the store front.
The Board discussed the percentage of brick to be used and where the brick should
end.
Mrs. Susie Cox suggested that the Board see a picture of where the signage would be
and maybe that would help with the decision on where the brick should end.
Mr. King motioned the amount of brick on the side and the back of the building be
no less than 30% of the facade as determined without openings. The lower limit
of the top of the brick shall be the mean of the second score line as proposed and
can be both above and below score line. Mr. Wells seconded the motion, which
passed unopposed (6 -0).
Mr. Wells motioned to approve the color selection for the facade cloudscape that
was presented. Mr. Goodwin seconded the motion, which passed unopposed (6-
0).
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