Approved Minutes - 2006-07-17C
I. CAUL 10 ORDER
APPRO E►
City c1l Mike Oswlep
Development Review r Commission Minules
Jluly 17, 2006
Chair Bil] Tiarnay called thea Davelopmeanl Rlev:ieiw Clomrriission mieetinEl to candar at
approximalely V10 p.m. ;in the Council Chair bars cif lCity Hall at :180 "A" Aveanue, hake
C swego, Oregon.
II. RIC UL C A LL
Comm:issionans present besides Chair Tierneay, were `lice Chain Shei a Cstly, 4Nan
B:i nk.l ay, Bob N eadham, Krylsyna Sl adnik arid Hal l;i day Meai sburger. Staff l pre.sant were
Harnid P;ishlva:iea, Dlevellopinent Rlevieaw ManaEler; Debra Andreades, Assacaiatea Hanna;
David Plowall, City Atllornay; and Janicae Elaacer, Administrative Support 111.
111. MIND BES (N tinea;
IV. A AIH140 IAL C F F INIIINC S, CC N CLUSIC NS ANI] ORDIERI (N ones)
V. PUBLIC HEA14INC
LU 06-001 SI, a request by Stava Igaen fear the fkillowinEl;
o� A Dleveaopmanl Rlevieaw Permit tca con;atncat two, 2 -story commearaiall buiadings cafl
8,(00 sq. ft. eacah, w1lh possibly residential use on the st caond floor,
• Rlerr icival of ni nea trees to accommodal e 1 ha devil oprrlent.
Uocatican of site : Ncarlhwest caornan of Boones Ferry and Madrona; (Tax hots : 3(I(I; 1600,
1700, and 1800 of 'flax Map 218 0'ADID1; .
Chair Tierney opened the publica heaaniing and explained the applicable procedure and tirria
limits. Ha asakad the Commissica rEars 10 rcport any eaNi parta contacat;i (including site visits;,
biases and caonf ictsi of interest, and to idanlify any kncawn present car anticaipatead futura
bus:inass relationships with the prcaject or tha a�pplicaant. A:I1 of the commissioners prasent
relaled thay wema familiar with geaneral araa caflthe rile and nova of sham rafloriad a bias or
confl:iat of interest. 'lhaN eacal:l reported their businass or ocacaupat on gas fcallows 0s11y
(real) esitatea appraiser); Meisburgen lJanchitacat); StadriRl (civil eanElinaer); Neadharri
(Ilaw51er); anc Char Tierney (utilities :inspection busineiss). Na one preasent challenged
any caomimissionar's right to heaan tha appliicaatican. *MIs. Elinkley subscquantly joined 1he
Mee ting.
Ueibraa And meadics, A_sscacaiate Manner, presaentead the staff lreport (1c ated July 1, 2006).
Shu pointead out thea surrounding zoning and advisEac that if and when tha :site was annexed
to the C ity it would be gonad OUR -2.3. She reported That the proposal mat that eon's
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standards related to squame footag a and height, and that the 4 `I proposad park rig spaces
would mcaat eaithcar the all-eommarc:i al use rcaquirament of144 spactis, or thea m:ixead
® caomimercial/rclsidential use requiremcaril of 212 Spaeas. She explaincac the site was alsca
subjecal to West hake Grovea De:aign District stanldards. She said thea proposed s:iale plan
helped caarr}I out alhea Dasign District plan that proper ies alcang that sic cl of Boones Ferny
Road batwaen Madiaona Stneel and Wesl Sunsel Drive would share a rear acacaess. Shle said
staff liaecommeanduc thaal the pcalent:ial secaond-floor rcasiclUnlial portions of thca buildings
havea add:ilional reasic eantial fealureas, such as window boxeas if lhare was residernlial uscl.
Shle adviscac the site hac enough frontage to ba allawed a second fricanumcant sign but shea
rcacommended that the rcaan monumeml sign be movad caloscar to Boones Ferry Road and
ori anted so it was parallel to alhcl road. She said staff rcaaommended approval of thle
application subjecl to t1la caonclitions recommcanceac in thle staff lreport
Dluning thea questioning pariioc , staff) explaincic a aonc ition to nelcacaata and reacarient canea
sign would not only makca ill a more funclional, typicaal and of butler c easign, but it would
alsca meat alhca Sign Coda provision that it was to lea parallel to the rcaad and acamipat:ibla
wialh existing ncaaiabN ,iigns. Ms. Binklay asked why thea develcapmunt shlould not ba
reaquired alca have rrlcarci residential dcrta:ils, evcan if thare was no rasidcanlial usa. Shea
reacalled a similar developmanl downlawn fcaatured balconicas and flowear boxas. Ms.
Andreades clarifacac tHal staff bclievad the proposad stylea and timiaterizls did ncafllecl
reasic ear.itial cHaraaten, but lha Code aallad for rus:idcanlial usca to hava a visual caonncaction to
thle strcacatscape, and 11 hat was why slaff asked for additional nesidemlial eleirr ants iflthene
was rus:idEanlial usa. Mr. Howell clanificac that thle Ccamipreahansiva Alan provided thlall thle
salla would be brought into lhla C:iIN as miixead usa (CC/R=15), whlicah did not require a afl-
® foot satbauk frarri the residences on the west side. Chlair Ticarncay askead blow salaff Had
adcreassed thla facrt alhat signiflcaant trees Had baen rcamovead from lha sitca prior alca the
reaqueasal to annax :ill. Ms. Andneac cis pointed out thlal thlcl applicaant proposad mucaH larg€ar
mitigation lraes than ncarmaal (i.naluding numcarous 15- to 20 -focal high) Douglas fir trecas)
and appropriately dense landseapa. Ms. Stadnik observed thlat thle application did not
sHow sawcar and storm drair.iage facilities caxtended into Madrona Streel, w Hicah Weis a
racommcandcad conidit:ion cif lapproval.
A Ppliclant
Steve Kaem, Steve Naar Development, 17110 Cedaam Raaad, Lake Wwaego, 97034, and
D avid Biwaf til, David Bis s(tt Amclhitf citume, 201 SW First Ave, St(a. 2100 Aontland;
Orfaa7on, 917104, pointed caul thci ;iite would lea heavily screcaneadby alustarad cavcargreaens
and buffeiaead bN a 1 -1 -foot wide penimeater selllack. Thcay said alhca trash canalosuncas would
be placead whlerca they wene eland to scaa from the strcacrt. They saic the salary -and -a -half
scala, dormcars ar. d slaggared gab] as would offcar residential fcael and reducca the mass.
THey sHowead tHca materials and colors to lea usad, including Barr pies of diffcarcant kinds of
pavers alhlca) might usa. 'flhca3 discussed tea acandiit ons oflapproval sllafflhlad reacommcandac .
They expla:incac they cid not quant to climinate thle aoveared trellis struaturea over pail oflthle
parking amaa l eaaau sa that would be used w covered parking for ncas:i deaml s. Tlhay asked to
be allowed to usca culturead stona on the facaade insaleaad of mora ciostly real slonea. THay
sulmiittcac a naw exhibit to shlow how thUy wcaulc atllachl additional railings and window
® boxes. Thley laic thle applicaar.it caoulc agreca to'install them, whather car not alhcara was any
residential use. T Eley worried at out potential hanc shlip for the applicant :iflha acamiplied
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with Cland:ilion Q'l) to complete tf. a procedure to allow widening of Hciones Perry Road
flast the site, but it was emeniluadly voiled down. They discussac signage and explainad the
applicanl had earrcanci ausly balievied the Clity pnefdrrck to have a sign in the roar. hay
also explained futurle tenants might want thein individual names on the signs, noel just thea
name caflthe finojeacat. 'flheay recaallead slaff had advised thein theay could not have bcnlh blade
signs and monurreant signs. They added the Commission 1a alllow that so tenants ciould
attriacit patiions.
0 negon,_972211, discussed extanding utilitiers along Madriona Stneal_. He explained that
the applicant had t9 an advantage ofltwca existing sanitary sewari laterals, which direactead
storm drainage to a facility in Boones Huffy Road. He cianfirmed ilhe applicant did not
intend ila extand them to Madiiona Street. Ha neportead than the applicant intended to
cioardinate the reamioual of ana utility pale with PGE. He cionfirmed to Ms. Stadnild that
the noutea of thea flow was skipac. from Madrona tawards Booneis Ferry Raac . Mr.. Kaar
calar:ifiiad that 11 ha appliciant intended to decianstrucil the existing house insteaad oft
dearr alishing 111; and that he hac negotiated an easemeant with emea neighbor, and ha had
agreed ila plant four to six buffiaring treas on another naighbori's pnoperiN. During the
queastianing.period, Mn. Kaer cianfirmied ilha applicant would use mitatican slate roof ng
rrateniial. He calanfi_ed he did not yet know ifltenanls would want the corraeri anlries to be
capearable ar irnopariable HnEancah doors. Staff clarified t1lay Had assumed thosa wcauld be
antrances. Ms. BirikleaN cor manlad ilhat whethear tHey caflearated an riot, thle cionnaii anlries
shlould 'leaok tilde antrancas. Shle nailed tha ad'd:ilional railings thla applicanil priopcased on
1ha building Helpac softean it. 9Ha said ilreallises also hlelpad, but she agreed w:ilh staff t1lat
® )hay mac ea they eighil- foot bays ilcaca tight. Ms; Andiieadas poinled out thle parking aiis'lea was
alsca very narrow. Th a applicant agreed that the bay/tneallis design ciould be slightly
rnac ifred. Mt. Meisburgaii acakd awledgac that Ile hac confl:icating fi aalings about putting
reasicear.itial details, on cacammlercial b0dings. When askled by the Clhairi, silaffrecialleic thail
the Comrr ission had previously clarified thlat the cion itionss of approval of Sunseil
Crossing did not a:llcaw "marquee" signs (tis.; large signs 11lat fbatured nameplates to
identify individual tenants) beaciausei ilhei Wast Lake Grove Deasign DIstrricat was a spacial
da,iigq districil. A solulion Had beaen workad out to allow individual teanant sign, to bei
attached to tha building that werea compailible witl. tha building c eisiign, m aterrials and
colors. Mn. Hishvaie cabsenied shat blade signs mighl be ciompatit le with thle fbatuness cifI
the applicant's project, and he 11hought that the applicant and stalff could workl I ageither to
find a desigr that maN qualify fbn a variances.
THe Ccammiiss:ionens ilhear...i discussed tl;le issue oflraal vs. cultured stone. Mr. Meisburgeri
could ncnl reciall ever seeing such a large application of stona veneer, and hes tHougHt it
m:igHil be beattar, iflrieal slona wane noel u:aead, to apply some other kinid of material instead
of stone a anaer. Ms. C silly reaallac sewing some faux stone appl i cal i ons thlat appeareac to
Her to be retia slcanei. But she queisticanead wf. either 1ha Commission shcauld atilempt to
fashion a conditian to neaquilrea use of thle "t asil" #hux stone. The applicant said hes would
use appropriate qua] itymatenial ftan thle high rent the tenants would pay, but hes did ncnl
believe hes cacaulc jualify ilhea cost caflraal slonea. He stresseid stones -hikes maileirial wouk be an
acacent eleament aric thenei would be many other kinds caflmateiriaas on the bu:i_lcings. Mr.
Needham recalled that caultured stones looked larrible on a big wall. Mss. BinHey aduisac
thea quality of caultured stone had gottein betlleii over times. THe applicant calarifieic foci Ms..
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B:inklay that he had agreead to aiccommadale a piopased Citymicinumeanl, but ho would not
provide it, on deasign it.
® Ms. B:ink:lq m as concerned that lx a Douglas fair bieeis proposed in ficim (and some in the)
reian) wane not suffaciiently seipwiated, and when they grew larger, they would havato be
pruned io :look like "lollypops," and thay would nal provide adequate) sciiieening. Mn:
Rkiiter cionfirrried them wauld have io be pruAck back fhcairii the sidewalk). Hei suggeasilad the)
apfllicanil could fllant a betlen species ofltneia fbn that location; on, plant the Douglas fins
calosear togethar, but iemove some oven time. Ms. Binklay was also cianciarnad theme would
not be eanoughl bufferiing cif Ithle from) seating area from the road and road noise. She
suggesled thea appli'ciant ciould maanc aii the sidewalk) and insla111 more landscaping iharie.
The applicant expla:ineid it searvead mainly as a visual seiparation fiiom the traffic. Mr..
Neadharn obsearvead tHat the from) seating area had an importarI design -related fiunoion to
viisually tia ilhes bui;ld:ings tagalhleii. Staff cllaa`; Tied ilhlel Engird aring staff had asked fbn
Conditicin C111), and thley adviseid thlat, althloughl ill had neaveni happened; thea City Charters
provided that if anyone objected to thle froposad sueal widening within 30 days of )lila
notice, a vale had to ba held, and lhfa pnojeaclt ciould be valed down. Thley axplained that
Conditicin C(II) would ensure the appli(Iant did real ask) fbn the vote, and iflthle project wera
votac down, thle applicianat (Iciuld ask tha City fbr a micidificalion of Ilia cicindillion. The
applicant explained thal that had agreaed that it mac a sense to piaapare fkar the streat
widening novo, but thq would not Hava agreead to maka strecit imprcivamants ifIthey had
known that tHena was a poss'b:lity thle street would n avan be wiidanec and ilha
impraveamenitsl waulk naever ba neceassary. Chair Tiearriq obscirved the "objecilion periad"
was limitad to 30 days. 'Ilhane was no oilhem teistimony, so ha closed ilia publia hearing.
® Tha applicsant waived thlaiia right to ac ditional ti ria in whiahl to submiil a final writton
argumeanl s.
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M.s. Osily sa'd she lik ad the s ila plan and Ilia scale ofIthe buildings. She said tha design
reafllecilad nesiidential cll:lanacileui betlen than any cilhaii buillding on thea siliieet. Mn. Needham
arae Ms. 9taldnikl agneaead it was a good design fbn the anea. Mr. Meaisbutger appreciated the
fbct the projacit was broken up into two piacesl instead of baing one large strucil ura. He
saic ifIthle front entrM's landscaping was iwandad to scireen parking it should aiccacampl ish
ihlat now as well as someilime in tha future. MU. Noadham abserved it was ilhes under story)
thlat ae(Icimplishesc the sareianing, and tha Ilauglas fin trae.s .s arvead to replacia those ihat had
been removed and ice cneale a serosa of place and space. Ma. Ostly antiaipated soma of
thlem would be loat over time. Sha rnecialleac the applicant suggaslad thares rrighll bei a
beittear speicieis ofltree fear tHat :ipacie. Chaim Tiearney notad the cionditionsi could be micidified
to allow the applicant to saleal some otheii evargrici an tree, and the c6lical facilor was the
size ciflthle mitigation treae.s. Mn. F ishvaie redatesd thal staff had wcarktid w�ilh lane seaflei
archil act, Ar.cresw Hill], wHo hlac confirmed thlat the proposed variety and ;sizes of trees
would work, even Ihcaugh Ihel spaca was tight. He confirmed thal tha purpose ofItha tress
was priimarilly to racuieates the wooded cahanacilaii thea site usad to haves, and not to screean the
parking. He said stalfflbe:liaved ilhes tree spacing would work) beciauses the site fbatmad
more spa(ici foil ilresea:a between thle reclaiming wall and the sidewalk than other lcaciaticins in
® the City where tiiees ilhrivecd in less spacie. He advisead thlail I]cauglas fir ilr ie:I could bel
priofissionally and approprialely prunead so thley iietainad a sizeable canopy. Ms.
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Andieadas rciporteid tHa1 the appl:iciant had chlangad thle lype of tree to be plantac on the
wast sides of i1hei :loil to (morci co:lumnan; Hagan Cedar baciausei staff hac been cioncerned
Douglas fir tnecis would be too alosci to tl:le building. Shei notad a stand cifl four Douglas
fists in lhei mic dle of 11.1a parking lot lookeid .likes a "conlerpiecia" from the peirspealive Of
the stneeit, sci they should nemain, but i1 cioul d be appropriate to l o Have Cedar Treies in the
sciating anaa. CHaiir T:icirnci3l then saiid tHal beciausei the landsciape archliteict had sut matted
plans that had t cion wall vetteid by staffl and the ownem proposed a plan He balieved he
could maintain, He could support tha propcised landsciape plan.
Chaiir Tierney lhein necialled thlat the Clammiissioneins had indicated 111ey might be able to
accept ciultured stone if :it weive of accciplabla quakily, t all thay Had not beien pnovided with
anaxamiple ciflrlow it would ]ciok. He suggested thley aipprova the appliciat:ion with a
condition that the aipplicanil was to bring back) an exhibit of thea material Hes proposed fdr
thle Commission to appnova. Mr. Neadhlami worried that cultured stone might make the
ent:inci pnojecil Iookl ` ahleap:" Ms. Hinkley ac viscid the way it was applied anc how it
looked al aornens, edges, arcrles and noxi) to windows was imparlant, too. Thei
Corrmimiiss:ionens indiaatad they wanteid to exam:inci and approve an actual examiple ofIthe
mataria:l to bei usck . Mn. N eiedhlam ar. d Us. S1 adnikl i nc i cateid that :i f I wou:l d bei safer to
require natural stanei in suchl a visibly location. Ms. B:ink:leiN reasoned i1heit baciausei 1Ihara
was a "reial" brick) pnoj acit down the s1 reet, thea stone should also bei inial Ms. C sally
suggested the C ommission appnove the projcict on the condit:ian thley cioulc approve IHe
mateirial to bei uscid lalen. Shei neciallad that scime tNpeis ofIcull ureid stone 11cla kcid go&,
even an a Iwo-slory wall. Shle ailsa advised that naltual stoneiworkl could look bad if it
warei not applied coniactIN. Ms. Bink ley wanuic to sees an axrlibit showing how it would
® look) wheire it melt lhei windows as well as an example of the oultwed stone matarial. Mn.
Nciadhami squid that requesl ociulld be justified'an the tasis that the aipplieanl had nest
praseinled such) axamiples ycil. Crlain Tierney of seined a consensus to appnove lhle
application width a conic iton that required inial stone unless thle applicant bnoughl
examplas and tha exhlibit of cultured stone appliciaition 11.1at the Commissioners cioulld
accept.
Thle Commissioners than considered wHethcir the design was "residential." Ms. Ostly said
it was eland to imag:inci residential use in that laciaticin. Shle said stile llikled a "o leancin" loold,
without lhei railed balconies, wHicih shei felt were unnecessary and cixacissive. Mr.
Meisbungar agiieed that was loci much deeoraticin. He quastior.ieid WEN the Cadet ciaillac for
the Eniglishl Cottage ]ciak cern buildings of suehl large scale. He absenved lHat thle Windom s
were v eirN smial.l. He said he would preifbr that a non=rusk eintial building not ]ciak so
nesidenlial. Ms. Hinkley said she cid not haves an opinion aithen way about that. Chair
Tierney obsenied thea reciommeinc cid ciondillion was thW if the buildings warci used fbr
ncisidential purposes, ttey wane to fealurei addilional nesidentia.Idesign eleiments. Chair
Tierney absented than thei Commissioners generallly ,uppairad kle€aping the pankinig arcia
lrallises. Ms. Binkley suggested the aipplicanl work wilh staff to widen the bays. Chlair
Tierney absented hes would have to wank w:iih them to Beit final approval of the buillc ing
pllans. C ommissionens Needham, BinklaN and Meisburgeir agnead the appliciaint should not
use pavers that were bricik or the samie as the stanciwork, and they should be :I.argei-sciaile
clot bleslonei. CHair Tiarneiy obscirveid the appliciant ciould apply for a mmoii variancie in
® 1 ha futurci to ciorrciat tele signis. The C Icimm i ss i onars acinsideinid the deisi gn of tha cornien
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cintrance at Madronaa/E oones Fen Rload. Ms. 13inkleay obseirveid :i1 Had no lintel and
suggested it shlould fealurei Heavy timbers. Mii. Meisburigeri aElraed.
® Wham Ms. Staldniik asked stafflto cilar.'ify wHelher theaN slill reciomrrianded Condition
H(6)(b), to earlanad the put lic f&`ilit:ias in Madronia Strecit; they saic it Had been
racommeanded t y the Brigineer;ing staffs whlo Had axplaineic thlat the City would rairnburisea
the applicant for thea cost of lhla sewer olanisian because it would implemeanl thea CitN's
Master Plan, t ut would r.ial d:ineacitly beanaefit the appliciant (see page 11 ofltHe slaff nciport; .
Tlhley clarifaead the Engineering stafflHad not suggeasteac thle Clity reaimbunsea the appl:iciant
fbr exteand:ing thle storm walaii linea. Theay explainead staff could not reacommend thlat the
condition tea de:lcited arid, beaciausea no one Had po:iead thea question stafIIbaforea thea Hearimg,
and thearea was no tieptiesentative from the Bniginieer:ing Divis:ian preaseanl to d iseaussa thea
malar. Chlair Tlierney thlen invited tha applicanil to comment on cHangeas to condillions.
Thle applicant indiciated ha could agree to 1Iheam, and He ant:iciipateac He would realurn witH
an mamaple aflslanea malerial. Ms. Binkley cilanified fbr stefflthall althaugh thle
Camsni:isionens Had rafened to a picturea labeled "chlarcoal cobbleastone," lheay ileafll it up to
thle applicianl to select the basl solar to ciomplernaw thea building, but it should bei
cobblestonae-type material, and not brick. Shle also obsurveid a conaseansiu:i not lla cHangea
thle praposad typeas of I trees.
C ommissicaner Nuiadham moused to apanavea LU 06-4019, subject to The eondificins
rec ommendud b3i staff) and modified d uning delibeirations, M s; Sil ad nik sutiond ed thea
motion and ill passed (:(I. Chain Iierney announcaead lhlat lHe final votes wauld be heald on
August 7, 200E. Ha announced e fovea -minute bread in the meelin8 and lhleiieafilear
iieconvenied it.
LU W-0041, a reaqueast by Aeniimmon Conaslrucition, LLIC , for approval! of thea following:
• A fl-lal Blanned Dlevelopmerit
• A Dlevelopmienat Pkiview Aearmit to cianstruct five townhouseas
• A prapearly linci adjustmeinl betweean Tax Lots 890(1 and &100
• Ramoval ofl:ieavani treias to acicommodalla lIhci develapmianrt
Site localioni: (90 1' Street); (Tata Lot 89(1(1 ofITa)i Map 21E 0:1 DIA;.
Chlair TiearnciN operied lhei publico Hearing and oplainied tha applicabla prioceadurea and lima
limits. He askead the Canirnissionens to report any ex parte cionlaclls 11inacluding sale visits),
biaaseas and coniflicits of inilarest, and to identifN any known presanit or anti(aipgac future
business relalionasH:ips with the pnojeact ar the appliciant. Theo only ducilarations weara lhait
all oflthe comm:issionars preseonl nealatead thleywenea familiar With general areaaa of the salla
and they eacoH dac:laread their business on acicupatian wi fol;lows: Hinkley (arcahitecit); Ostly
IIreoal a:ilatea appiiai.sieri); Meisbungeti (arcihitecit); Stadn;ik (civil eing;ineaar); NeedHarri
IIlawmcir;; and Chair Tierriay (utilities inspeacticin bus:ineass,. Na ona ptiesenit cihla:llanged
any (comm issionen's right to Hear thea appl:iciat:ion.
Dubra Andreades, Assocliailea Hlannear, p iesanted lhle stafflreport (daladJuly 7, 2006).
9Hea reported the proposeac projeco now met thle 40% lot ciovarage standard and lhei
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appliciant was no longear askin8 foci an exceaption. Shea explained thea result ofltHe requested
lot line adjustment was that minimum aalawab:lea density aflthle sile was fiva lots, inalead
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oflsix lots. Shle arcvisad the FAR and lot ciavarage were alllawed lobe averaged in a
Pllannad Development. 9He reported the open spade racluirament, 28 -foot Haight ]limit, Ilia
BAR and the 40% lal ciavera€lei requirarriant wena met, aric thle seilbacld was 10 ftiet on all
siders. Shle pointed out the arborisi's raporl sLlowed that the Vole,lerni Rled Cladar tree in
fiionl and thle large Sequoia tiiee in bacitl wane to be prasarvck . SHa reported lrlat staff
found the c as'gn to be complerr aritary in appearancie to othar , Irucitunes of good das:ign ins
the vicin:it), amciept fdr soma detalcihled pillars al tha entry that the Vpli(iarrt Had praflosied
to replaca atilachled lrnel:lisas lhlat had previously talken ilha lot coverages over llha limit. She
explained the praflosed dalacHed pillars wera allowed to be inside Ilia setback, however,
thley were too rriassiive and not ciomplemanlary.. She pointed out stafflHad ac dad languaga
to tha raciommended ciand:ilions of approval to raquira an altarnativa to lila pillars and to
require mora Ilandscaflin€l matemia. During thle quastioning period, ,iha cllanifiad thle
propased anaa ofIopen :apace was 12.S1%. SHe agreed thlat a ciondit I ion raquiring anothar
street trea could ba removed so lhlat tree would not caonfliicit with the 9eiquo:ia traa. SIla
c:lariifred thlat although tha 11-6 zone allawed parahas in setbacks, tha R-0 zone did not.
When Ms. Wrikey asked 'fltrellisa.,i could tea amiludad from lot ciavarage ifltHay wares
s apanatad from tha building t y brackets, staff ac vi sed that if th a til edhises were atlacit ac to
the building, and over ?I(1 inichles at ava thle grade, they would ba countad in lal ciavarage
calculalions, but If la dalachled ciolumn.,i were ciansiidenad "portalls" unc ar tHa fenca
piiovi si ansi of I thle Code.
Annli dant
Brian Lessler. Persl mmon Constnucti cin. LLC.. F.C. Box 54 3. Ci mesham. G re on,
® 9703C1, and arcHitact, Ed Bruins, Myhre Group, explained tha apphiciant wanlad sortie
kind of c asign featura that wail d ideritif) the location of th a antrance to passarns-by. 'Tlhay
Had oriiainally praposed trellises that Ihay fell relatad well to tha sciala of tha bu ading.
But, altar thley Mund null thle trellises would be daunted in lot ciovatage, they proposed a
detachled,"entry partaI," whichl was allowac in 1hle f✓;incie provisions of tha Coda.
Flt is sever, beciausei tHat featura was limited to aighl foat high, thaN fell) ill was too law to
seem welcoming 10 pedestrians. So, they siubmitled an exhibit showing a tH:ird ahlarniativa
structure that people could walld under that enhanotic thle entryway. During the
questioning period, IHey clarilicid thle third a]temalive was not, tachrlically, a "trellis," but
a few crossbeamis avarhaad that would also provida a placia foie tha address. They
cilarif eid they had not yat cansidenad whelhar to graw anylhing on it. ThaN anticipailed
ilhare would not be :light fimwliesi on it. Th ey sia:id thley pile ferrod the oiiiginall trellis dasign,
but thley cioul d agree to any of thei three opt:i ons fon 1 he aril ry. Thley c 1 ar:i fi e d the onig:i nal ly
pnoposed trellis wa,i tein feet hligh. THey conifrrmed 1hlerie wenei to t ei gutteirs cm the
bu']ding, an6 they had not }lest das:igned thle downspouts.
Mai. Lessllari asked That recommended Cland;ilion BI4; (b) bei mod:if ad to alllaw a f ltere d fila
sy:Aem thle anbariist Had neciammiended at one driveway. Mr. Needhlarrr iiecaled thle
Clomrr.iissioners Had seemed la find that acceptable at lhle proNiaus haariing. When ms.
Hinkley siuggesl ad tHa add iti anal sitreat free staff l clad f rst aske d fon, t ul sut sequently
agreed could be removed miighhl be requited sir anothlen location, Ms. Andmadesi slaw
cihlallleinges rnelaled to conflials wfihl otHer trews anc ADA compliance and At suggaslad
thle lociatian wHare :Haff had suggested thle tree sHould be required to be frilled withl
additional shrubs and graund ciovem. TT e aflpllicant indicated Iflay ciaulld agree to 1hat.
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Thara wars no otHcin testimony. CHair Tieirnay closed thle public haaring. THci appliciant
waivad thein night la request additional t:irra in wHich to submit a final writtcin argument.
Dleliberail ions
Mn. Neadharn indic ated that ha ciauld acciapt t1 a appl'icant's ir.. ost raccinil salulion ila thle
pnoblerr. of an entryl portal design That met the Code, but the pravious proposal fpm silanci
c alumns addad too much stone la the building. Mr. Mai sbur ger agreed 1 her stone aolumns
were too hleavy, and her said Ha likac' thle open'Iaok afla lnellis and ha advisad that layering
of anchitactotal datailsat thle enitrauc a was important. Ms. Bialey recalled lha c alumris
hlad nal helpad reduce the projact's scat) a and parceivad mass. Howeven, sha said 1he ri. dist
rocient c ensign f0n thle antryl lie]pad step it down to the sidawalk. She also c omnr anted lhlat
sho would Havapnefened 1hat11.1a lava front wall nal featula a nailing on ilap. Chair
Tiarniey neiciallad the Carrmissioncros had addiiessad thle wall at ilha pnevious hleaning and
tHa curnently pnopased wall seemad to ba tha rigHt sciale.
Ms. OAIN moved to approve LU (16-0041, subjcat to the staff recommended
sand inions, rnicldiftcid to speuifi that Option C would be the d cisign for thea entry and
to extend the landscaping along First Streell. Mr. N eedham seconded IIle rr. al ion and
it p assed 6:0. Chain ' lierney annauncieid the final vote would t a hlek on A ugusit 1, 1006.
VI. GENHRAL PLANNING & OTHER BUSINESS
Ekietion of Chair and Micei CHair
Mn. Need Ham nominaited Hill Tierney to seine anonhlen term as CHair allthci
Development Review Commission. Ms OWN seiconded ilha nomination and Chair
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Tiemne was re-alecnleid y b unanimous votci
Mr. NeeidHam nominated Sheila Ostly toserve another -term -as _Vice Chair_of_the
Development Review Commission. Mn. Meisburger seconded tho nominail ion and Ms.
C stlyl was re-elected bM unanimous vote.
V Il. A I]aC URNMENT
theme baing not fiurthcm businass Chair Tiarnoy adjourned 1ha meieting at 1(1-(1(1 pm.
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Minu las of July Ili '9IC 0(
Respecilfully submitilad,
icier Bader
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