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CASE NO.: I 20027
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DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPLICATION
APPEALS & WAIVERS - NORTHGATE DISTRICT STANDARDS
MINIMUM SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS:
$350 Design Review Board Application Fee.
❑ Application completed in full. This application form provided by the City of College Station must be used
and may not be adjusted or altered. Please attach pages if additional information is provided.
❑ Ten (10) samples of the proposed color (if applicable).
❑ Ten (10) copies of all alternative color/material schemes the chain or franchise has used (if applicable).
❑ Ten (10) copies of a letter from a licensed engineer or architect (if applicable).
Ten (10) copies of the site plan showing the requested parking lot concept plan (if applicable).
Ten (10) copies of the proposed mural (if applicable).
Ten (10) copies of a parking study that supports a decrease in parking based upon reasonable
assumptions of parking availability (if applicable).
❑ Additional materials may be required of the applicant such as material samples, elevations, site plans, and
landscaping plans. The applicant shall be informed of any extra materials required.
Date of Optional Preapplication Conference 10/22/14
NAME OF PROJECT Rough Draft facade improvement
ADDRESS 313 Church Street
LEGAL DESCRIPTION (Lot, Block, Subdivision)
APPLICANT/PROJECT MANAGER'S INFORMATION (Primary contact for the project):
Name Rusty Richards E-mail Duddleys77@yahoo.com
Street Address 732 Inwood Dr
City Bryan
Phone Number 979-574-3323
PROPERTY OWNER'S INFORMATION:
Name Letty Benning
Street Address 805 Plum Hollow
City College Station
Phone Number 979 -255 -*5125
Current zoning:
Dlicable ordinance section bein
State Tx
Fax Number
Zip Code 77808
E-mail Benning@suddenlik.net
State TX
Fax Number
waiver from:
Zip Code 77845
DO Section 12-5.8.B.4.b Building Transparency & UDO Section 12-5.8.B.4.e Exterior Building Materials
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NORTHGATE DISTRICT STANDARDS APPEALSMAIVER REQUEST
-i. i ne roiiowing specmc aitemative to/waiver from the ordinance is requested:
Masonry deficiency of approximately 6.3% & transparency deficiency of 6.5% for Church Street facade.
Transparency deficiency of approximately 7.1 % for the Second Street fagade.
2. The unnecessary hardship(s) involved by meeting the provisions of the ordinance other than financial hardship
is/are:
This is no room to add more transparency to the front without making structural changes (move/remove steel
beam). Additional brick would look odd without bricking the entire building due to existing archetecture.
3. The following alternatives to the requested appeal/waiver are possible:
The alternative is to do nothing, which would leave the building in it's very dated state that is out of character with
the area as it redevelops.
IN ADDITION, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING AS APPLICABLE (see the Unified Development Ordinance Section 5.6.13
Northgate Districts for more information):
For the substitution of building materials, answer at least one of the following:
1. Describe how the building material is a new or innovative material that has not been previously available to the
market or verify that the material is not listed as an allowed or prohibited material.
2. Explain how the material is similar and comparable in qualit
and appearance to the allowed materials.
3. Explain how the material is an integral part of a themed building (e -.j
., chrome on a 1950's -type di
For alternative materials on facade work on an existing building, answer the following:
1. Explain why the allowed materials cannot be utilized without a structural alteration to the existing building.
are allowed, but we cannot meet the masonry percentage requirements. Structural alteration is not needed.
2. Provide copies of a letter from a licensed engineer or architect verifying that a structural alteration is required to
apply the permitted facade materials to the building.
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For waiver requests to building orientation and access, building transparency, sidewalk width, landscape,
streetscape, and/or height requirements for existing buildings, describe the inherent site characteristics that
constrain the proposed project from meeting ordinance requirements.
itional transparency (windows or doors) cannot be added to the front of the building without significant structural alteration
For alternative building orientation and access for new buildings or existing building expansions or additions,
answer at least one of the following:
1. Describe the physical characteristics that limit the site from meetin
ordinance requirements.
2. Describe the physical characteristics that provide unique orientation and access opportunities.
For alternative building transparency for new construction, describe how the proposal substantially provides a
level of uniqueness to the building at the pedestrian scale.
The applicant has prepared this application and certifies that the facts stated herein and exhibits attached hereto are true,
correct, and complete.
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