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Design Review Board July 14, 2023 City Hall 1938 Executive Conference Room Board Members Present: Acting Chairperson Ray Holiday, Board Members David Hebert, Nicole Gallucci, and Barry Ely Board Members Absent: Chairperson Jason Cornelius, Board Members Susan McGrail and
William McKinney Staff Present: Director of Planning and Development Services Michael Ostrowski, Assistant Director of Planning and Development Services Molly Hitchcock, Senior Planner Jeff Howell, and Staff Assistant II
Tiffany Romero AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Call to order.
Acting Chairperson Holiday called the meeting to order at 11:33 a.m.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Hear Visitors No visitors spoke.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.1: Consideration, discussion, and possible action to approve meeting minutes.
• September 9, 2022
Board Member Gallucci motioned to approve the minutes. Board Member Hebert seconded
the motion, which passed (4-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.2: Presentation, discussion, and possible action to consider a waiver to the Unified Development Ordinance Section 7.10.C.3.a "Horizontal Façade Articulation" for 1500 Holleman Drive East, which is zoned WPC Wolf Pen Creek. Case
# AWV2023-000012 Senior Planner Howell presented the waiver request to not provide horizontal facade articulation for the building's primary facade facing Holleman Drive East to the Board, and recommended approval of the request.
Board Member Hebert asked if the problem is the vertical articulation or horizontal.
Senior Planner Howell said it would be the horizontal articulation that is not meeting the depth and width requirements. Code requires that there is four feet of articulation projection or recession
from the main plane that is a minimum of 33% of the width of the entire facade. This project is
211-ft. long, so 69 ft. 9 in. in width would be required. The applicant is requesting the waiver as they do not meet either requirement.
Acting Chairperson Holiday said he thinks the bump outs that they are doing are eight inches.
Senior Planner Howell said that there are several architectural relief elements that they are
providing as per NRA standards. They are also providing awnings and canopies that are in excess
of 18 inches.
Board Member Gallucci asked when the structure was built.
Senior Planner Howell stated it was built in 1981.
Board Member Gallucci asked when the requirement was enacted.
Assistant Director of Planning and Development Services Molly Hitchcock stated it was enacted
in 2003.
Acting Chairperson Holiday stated they did a good job meeting the spirit of what was asked in the UDO. He stated that the four-ft. bump outs do not appear functional and larger elements would require structural and foundation alterations.
Board Member Hebert stated that the back of the building looks like they have the horizontal
articulation and asked if the front is just where the issue is.
Senior Planner Howell confirmed the waiver is only for the front façade.
Board Member Ely asked if the building would need the addition of concrete or some other material to reach the required depth.
Senior Planner Howell introduced the applicant to answer questions.
Mr. Sterling Thompson, Applicant, Sterling and Kap Architects, LLC joined via Teams and explained that they do not feel like it is in their benefit to do some of the articulations. The four-ft. bump out would require cutting through concrete walls, opening them up, then having to re-support the structure that is already in place. He stated that they would have to dig out concrete on
the outside and replace with a structured foundation for the four-ft. projections and add to the steel
framing. It does not seem like it would create any benefit to have to go through all that structural change to gain the four-ft. articulation. For the use that is intended for the building, it does not provide a functional benefit for the inside of the building and does not create any useable space for how this building is planning to be used.
Mr. Thompson stated that the building will be a food court, with 28 to 29 small spaces, that will
have different food services. He stated that they feel like they have tried to meet the intent of the ordinance with the front façade of an existing, unused building. They have added things to the face
of the building and projected them above the roof to hide roof top equipment. They have created more interest with new window openings and new materials across the front. The front entry will
project out six or seven feet and new entries on the side and the back of the building will have the
same treatment. The building will have open patios for food service outside and will connect to the Wolf Pen Creek trail.
Acting Chairperson Holiday asked for action on the waiver.
Board Member Ely motioned to approve the waiver, Board Member Hebert seconded the
motion, which passed (4-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Possible action and discussion on future agenda items – A
Design Review Board Member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an agenda for a subsequent meeting.
There were no items presented.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Adjourn.
Acting Chairperson asked for motion to adjourn.
Board Member Hebert motioned to adjourn the meeting, Board Member Ely seconded the motion, which passed (4-0).
The meeting was adjourned at 11:51 a.m.
APPROVED:
_________________________________ Chairperson, Jason Cornelius
ATTEST:
_________________________________
Tiffany Romero, Board Secretary