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Home My WebLink About08-21-2017 ARC Minutes ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION Minutes Monday, August 21, 2017 Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission CALL TO ORDER A Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission was called to order on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room, located at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California, by Chair Wynn. ROLL CALL Present: Commissioners Richard Beller, Amy Nemcik, Brian Rolph, Allen Root, Vice-Chair Angela Soll, and Chair Greg Wynn Absent: None Staff: Deputy Director Doug Davidson, Associate Planner Shawna Scott, and Associate Planner Kyle Bell. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA None. --End of Public Comment-- APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 15, 2017, AND SPECIAL MEETING OF MAY 22, 2017. ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WYNN, CARRIED BY A 6-0 CONSENSUS, to approve the minutes of the Architectural Review Commission meeting of May 15, 2017, as amended: Page 2: strike from Condition #4 “space” and replace with “clearance to overhead screening.” ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROOT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NEMCIK, CARRIED BY A 6-0 CONSENSUS, to approve the minutes of the Architectural Review Commission meeting of May 22, 2017. Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of August 21, 2017 Page 2 PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. 3249 Broad Street. ARCH-3530-2016: Design review of a new three-story mixed-use project consisting of an approximately 12,457 square-foot boutique hotel (including six suites, one caretaker’s unit, and roof decks), ten live/work units totaling approximately 21,430 square feet, including roof decks, onsite parking, associated tree removals, and roof-top solar panels, with a Categorical Exemption from environmental review (Class 32, in-fill development projects). The project includes demolition of the existing non-historic building; C-R-SF zone; Levi Seligman applicant. Associate Planner Shawna Scott presented a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Applicant Representative, Corey Goodwin, discussed the project and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Applicants Levi Seligman and Melissa Bailey added brief commentary and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Public Comments: None. --End of Public Comment-- Commission discussion followed. ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SOLL, CARRIED 5-0-0-1 (COMMISSIONER NEMCIK RECUSED) to continue project to a date uncertain with direction to the applicant to: 1. Provide floor plans for each building (show the overall plan for each level). 2. Clarify building materials and architectural details, including color palette. Clearly call out material type for all elements, including but not limited to the base pedestal, bulkhead, stem wall, and bands/cornice. Provide complete colors and materials board. Demonstrate use of highly durable and high quality materials. 3. Provide exhibits showing wall thickness. 4. Show how transitions would occur and how the materials would wrap around corners and insets. Provide details on cornice and caps where buildings meet. 5. Provide more physical articulation, variety, interest, consistency, identity, and sense of place. Revise north and south-facing elevations. a. Provide variety on building façade, to include building heights and window alignment. Provide more physical and textural variety. b. Provide different window types and window pattern arrays to reduce monotony. c. Provide more shadow-play on the south-east external elevation d. Consider provision of additional decks for visual interest. Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of August 21, 2017 Page 3 e. Consider making some units larger and some roof decks smaller. f. Consider dropping down Lots 1 and 7. g. Consider a uniform color for the awnings. Additional awnings or weather shield encouraged at live/work entrances. 6. Integrate the site design with the natural environment (creek). Create a transitional product. 7. Provide alternative pavers. 8. Add trellis to trash and recycling area/enclosure for additional screening. 9. Consider providing electric car charger(s). COMMISSIONER NEMCIK RETURNED AT 6:05 p.m. 2. 243 Madonna Road. ARCH-0824-2017: Review of proposed signage for a new tenant, Designer Shoe Warehouse, which exceeds the allowable number of signs and dimensions established in the Madonna Plaza Sign program. This project is categorically exempt from environmental review; C-R zone; Coast Monument Signs, applicant. (Kyle Bell) Associate Planner Kyle Bell presented a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Applicant Representative, Steve Fear, provided handouts, discussed the project, and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Public Comments: None. --End of Public Comment-- Commission discussion followed. ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WYNN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROLPH, CARRIED BY A 6-0 CONSENSUS, to adopt a Resolution entitled “A Resolution of the San Luis Obispo Architectural Review Commission approving exceptions to the signage for a new tenant, designer shoe warehouse, which exceeds the allowable number of signs and dimensions established in the Madonna Plaza sign program, with a Categorical Exemption from environmental review, as represented in the staff report and attachments dated August 21, 2017 (243 Madonna Road, ARCH-0824-2017) with the following amendments and additions: a. Eliminate SECTION 1. Finding #2. b. Condition #3: Remove “…shall eliminate one of the tower signs over the entrance of the business…” c. Condition #3: “… for the two signs along the entry tower element shall not exceed a combined total of 151 square-feet.” d. Condition #3: “…and may include a maximum letter height of sixty-six forty-eight inches…” Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of August 21, 2017 Page 4 e. Add Condition: “The use of the “Sports Authority red” color shall not be allowed or included as the background of any proposed wall signage.” 3. 273 Madonna Road. ARCH-0469-2017: Review of the redevelopment of a portion of the Madonna Plaza Shopping Center to construct a new commercial building to provide for three new tenant spaces, consisting of 56,257 square-feet. The project is categorically exempt from environmental review; C-R zone; Schottenstein Property Group, applicant. (Kyle Bell) Associate Planner Kyle Bell presented a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Applicant Representatives, Carol Florence and Emily Ewer of Oasis Associates, provided handouts, discussed the project, and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Public Comments: None. --End of Public Comment-- ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NEMCIK, CARRIED BY A 6-0 CONSENSUS, to continue to continue project to a date uncertain with direction to the applicant and staff to: 1. Consider providing pedestrian connectivity to adjacent shopping center (SLO Promenade) through modifications to parking lot along storefront entries, where appropriate. 2. Redesign the proposed arcade to allow sidewalk access in front of pillars rather than placing the pillars at the back of curb. 3. Remove “uplighting” features. 4. Remove stand-alone pilaster features at the back of the building. 5. Remove trellis features with no practical application on building. 6. Remove cultured stone along base of structure, use authentic materials reflective of San Luis Obispo. 7. Modify the building architectural style to be less corporate driven (blue banding on Ross building) or “anywhere USA”. Remove billboard-style architecture to include more human-scale architectural elements and focus on a more pedestrian local connection. 8. The proposed storefront window system along El Mercado elevation, shall provide clear window glazing to provide for a visible display area. 9. Reduce the overall height of parapets, demonstrate how parapet features are integrated into the building design, provide for compatibility and scalability with adjacent tenants. 10. Provide section cuts and perspective drawings. COMMENT AND DISCUSSION Deputy Director Davidson provided a brief agenda forecast. Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of August 21, 2017 Page 5 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:06 p.m. The next Regular meeting of the Architectural Review Commission is scheduled for Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:00 p.m., in the Council Hearing Room, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California. APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION: 10/16/2017