1992-07-23 - Appearance Commission - Minutes APPEARANCE COMMISSION
�./ VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE , ILLINOIS
THURSDAY , JULY 23 , 1992
I . CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Eddie Larsen called the meeting to order at 7 : 32 P.M. on
Thursday , July 23 , 1992 at the Village Hall , 50 Raupp Boulevard .
II . ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present : A. Viehman, C. Cea , S. Trilling .
R. Lundine and E. Larsen. QUORUM.
Commissioners Absent : R. Gordon and F . Weissman
Bldg . Dept . Liaison: Edward Schar ,
Deputy Building Commissioner
III . APPROVAL OF MINUTES
July 9 , 1992 - Correction on Page Five: Sargent-Welch
Item 1 - Paragraph 2 should read:
. . . 15 ,000 sq . ft . of office space (not 1 , 500 sq . ft . )
Com. Lundine made a motion to approve the July 9 , 1992 minutes as
corrected . Com. Cea seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote : AYE - Viehman, Cea , Trilling , Lundine , Larsen
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 5 to O .
IV. BUSINESS
A. Harris Bank Card Center - 700 E. Lake Cook Road
Sign Face Change from The Commerce Plaza
Mr . Bob Clauss , Jr . , Parvin-Clauss Sign Co . , Inc .
1016 N. Ridge Avenue , Lombard , IL 60148 (495-2990)
presented a photograph of the existing sign. It is located on
Lake Cook Road east of Lexington Drive . The Commerce Plaza
sign will be replaced with the Harris Bank Card Center sign
including the lion logo . Mr . Clauss said the whole sign will
be refinished . The Harris sign will have a blue background
with white routed out copy . The grey stucco will be repainted
and the reveal stripe will be painted to match the blue
background. The sign is internally illuminated .
Com. Viehman made a motion to recommend approval of the face
change from The Commerce Plaza to Harris Bank Card Center as
submitted .
L./ Com. Cea seconded the motion.
Ch. Larsen asked if Harris Bank owns the property?
Mr . Clauss replied that the building is owned by First American
Management and he thought Harris Bank is the only tenant .
Ch. Larsen asked Mr . Schar to verify that information before
issuing a permit .
Roll Call Vote : AYE - Viehman, Cea , Trilling , Lundine , Larsen
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 5 to 0 .
B. CB Commercial - "For Lease" Signs at Plaza Verde and The Grove
Mr . Joe Parrott with CB Commercial , 100 Tri-State International
Suite 140 , Lincolnshire , IL 60069-4437 (948-6903) said they
have recently been retained as leasing agents by Plaza Verde
and The Grove shopping centers . He presented a photograph of
the proposed signs and said two (2) would be put up at each
shopping center in approximately the same locations as the
previous leasing signs . Site plans were submitted.
Ch. Larsen informed Mr . Parrott that the permit for the signs
would be good for six months with renewal subject to Building
Department approval . The signs are to be removed when the
property has been leased .
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the property
leasing signs as submitted CB Commercial for Plaza Verde and
The Grove shopping centers .
Com. Trilling seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote : AYE - Viehman, Cea , Trilling , Lundine , Larsen
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 5 to 0 .
C. Addition to the agenda for recommendation of variances :
Condell Acute Care Center and Medical Building - Off Premise
Directional Signs on Half Day Rd. (IL Rt . 22) and Willow Pkwy .
Ms . Ellen Peterson, Condell Medical Center , 150 Half Day Road ,
explained the difficulty people are having in locating the
building. Willow Parkway, going north off of Half Day Road .
is a private road and the front entrance to Condell is on the
north side of the building . The Fire Department is immediately
east of Condell and many , many people have turned into their
parking lot off of Easton Avenue trying to reach the 24-hour
Acute Care Center and Medical Building . She presented a site
plan and proposed three (3) directional signs :
A) North side of Route 22 east of Willow Parkway , arrow >
B) Located on the curve of Willow Parkway - Straight Ahead
C) South side of Route 22 west of Willow Parkway , arrow <
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Ms . Peterson said these signs would be extremely helpful and
she understands that they could not be placed within the
boundary of the right-of-way of the State Highway Department .
Zale has given verbal consent for the signs and will be written
consent is forthcoming .
The signs , mounted on a metal post , will have an Ivory Back-
ground with Green 3M Scotchlite letters . The size will be
determined by the Sign Code and they want them to be as large
as possible - 30" x 30" has been proposed .
Ch. Larsen made the following recommendations :
1 . The signs be mounted on two posts painted ivory.
2 . The height of the signs to be five feet (5 ' ) .
3 . Sign A be made a double-faced sign with > & < arrows .
4 . Incorporate an arrow on Sign B - pointing up.
5 . Eliminate Sign C as shown on residential property.
Ms . Peterson said the directional signs can probably be removed
in a year or two because Zale will be putting up a monument
sign for the three (3) properties after Lots 1 and 2 have been
sold and the buildings are constructed.
Ch. Larsen cautioned against positioning the sign on Route 22
too close to the intersection because cars would block it .
Mr . Schar said he would ask the Village Engineer to do a
line-of-sight review before the signs are sent to the Zoning
Board of Appeals .
Com. Cea drew a diagram of the sign on two posts with the
proposed arrow to the left of "straight ahead" and gave it
to Ms . Peterson. Ch. Larsen drew a similar diagram for the
file .
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend , to the Village Board and
the Zoning Board of Appeals , approval of a variance to permit
the modified directional signs A and B, submitted for Condell
Acute Care Center and Medical Building , to be located on Parcel
A on Route 22 and Willow Parkway.
Com. Viehman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote : AYE - Viehman, Cea , Lundine and Larsen
NAY - None
ABSTAIN - Trilling (employed by Condell )
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 , 1 abstention.
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V. ANNOUNCEMENTS
1 . Mr . Schar said Mr . Hruby will schedule an orientation workshop
for the new AC commissioners sometime in August .
The Commissioners agreed they would prefer to have it after a
regular Appearance Commission meeting.
2 . Mr . Tom Dempsey , Village Attorney , is working on the draft of
the Sign Code revisions and should have it completed soon.
3 . The Health Club at Riverwalk has a grand opening banner around
the base of the ground sign. (Hamilton Partners obtained a
15-day permit for the banner . )
VI . ADJOURNMENT
Com. Lundine made a motion to adjourn.
Voice Vote : AYE Unanimously
Ch. Larsen adjourned the meeting at 8 : 00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted ,
Shirley Bates
Recording Secretary
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