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1997-05-22 - Appearance Commission - Minutes L _AFT copy APPEARANCE COMMISSION VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1997 I . CALL TO ORDER Com. Weissman called the Appearance Commission to order at 7 :42 P.M. on Thursday, May 22, 1997 in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 50 Raupp Boulevard. II . ROLL CALL Commissioners Present : F. Weissman, A. Viehman, C. Masure and L. Dorfman QUORUM R. Gordon, E. Smith, and M. Cea arrived after roll call . Commissioners Absent : None Bldg. Dept . Liaison: Richard Jensen, Building Inspector Village Board Liaison: Charles Hendricks, Trustee III . APPROVAL OF MINUTES Tabled until after the business meeting. IV, OLD BUSINESS A. Town & Country Homes - Mirielle Phase II Temporary Sign on Prairie Road East of Aptakisic Road Mr. James Remington represented Town & Country Homes, He described the proposed double-faced sign that is needed to direct customers to the information center on Route 22 . The sign meets the size and setback requirements . It will be constructed of wood and there will be no lights . Com. Masure made a motion to recommend approval of the temporary sign as submitted by Town & Country Homes for Mirielle Phase II . Com. Dorfman seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote : AYE - Viehman, Masure, Smith, Dorfman and Weissman NAY - None Motion Passed - 5 to 0 . Chairman Gordon arrived and chaired the rest of the meeting. Le t: tit% LI ,� V. NEW BUSINESS A. Shell Oil Company - Revised Lighting 50 West Lake Cook Road Mr. Michael Hoff represented Crosstown Electric, Inc. , 2825 North Oakley Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618 (773-292- 1234) . He requested approval of the installation of four (4) new eighteen foot (18 ' ) light poles to surround the perimeter of the Shell Station on Lake Cook Road. Shell is upgrading the lighting at Midwest stations to give better visibility to customers driving into the station. Three (3) of the poles would have double-headed 1000 Metal Halide light fixtures and one (1) pole would have a single head 1000 watt Metal Halide. The lights will be directed inward and will be shielded to keep the light on the property. The light level will average 30-foot candles at the base of the lights and will spread out from there . The lights on the brick wall will be retained but most of the bases of the four foot (4 ' ) bollard lights have been damaged and these lights will all be removed. The food mart has interior lights and there is lighting under the canopies . Mr. Hoff said Shell wants to improve their image and they have found that ladies feel safer with more illumination. This is a 24-hour station. There is a station at Dundee and Sanders that has had the lighting upgrade. Mr. Hoff said these are not flood type fixtures and the lamps are recessed inside the housing so the light is not bright . The next lower light source is 400 watt and then down to 250 watts . Com. Weissman said he has used the air hoses that are located near the food mart and he agreed the site could use more light . Most of the illumination is under the canopies . After the Commissioners discussed the surrounding area. They would like to compare the proposed lights with the Town Center lighting, They agreed they would like to see photometrics of the site for the 1000 and the 400 watt bulbs . APPEARANCE COMMISSION May 22, 1997 - PAGE TWO r :� Mr. Hoff said they would probably have to add more poles if they lowered the wattage. He said the light levels off and 40% of the light is lost after about six hundred (600) hours . He had no problem with the request to provide photometrics for the site . Motion to Table was made by Com. Cea and seconded Com. Dorfman. Voice Vote - AYE Unanimously B. Delecourte Condominiums - (Formerly Waterfield Place) Weidner and Dundee Roads, Full Review: Elevations, Materials and Colors, Lighting and Sign Com. Cea disclosed that his company did the civic engineer- ing for this project but he has not seen the proposed plan, so his opinion will be unbiased. Ch. Chairman had no objection to Com. Cea' s participation in the review. Mr. Tim Anderson, President and Owner of Focus Development, 211 Waukegan Road, Northfield, Il 60093 (441-0474) described the 7-acre site that was purchased from Shires Development . ment . They will construct the project under the same PUD agreement with the same density. The major change was that they put thirty-two (32) more parking spaces, eight (8) for each building, indoors and decreased the surface parking and they made some minor changes to the footprint and the architecture . The Village Board has approved the modified site plan. 1 . SIGN - The color of the top portion of the double- faced sign will be Pantone #1805 C, red/orange with white copy and the bottom will be Pantone #4545 C, tan with black copy. The 8 ' x 11 ' 8" sign will be installed perpendicular to Dundee Road. Mr. Anderson was informed that the maximum size of subdi- vision development signs is 8 ' x 8 ' or 64 square feet . The posts could be four feet (4 ' ) if the sign is setback twelve feet (12 ' ) from the property line . He agreed to reduce the size of the lower portion and to conform with the 8 ' x 8 ' (64 square feet) copy area per the Sign Code . APPEARANCE COMMISSION MAY 22 , 1997 - PAGE THREE s3 e_ :: aa Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the temporary construction sign for Delacourte Condominiums as modified to meet the sixty-four (64) square foot limitation. The total height of the sign will be twelve feet (12 ' ) and setback will be twelve feet (12 ' ) from the property line. Colors as designated. Com. Viehman seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: AYE - Weissman, Viehman, Masure, Cea, Smith, Dorfman and Gordon NAY - None Motion Passed - 7 to 0 . 2 . ARCHITECTURE - Mr. Anderson described the site plan. He said there will be indoor parking for 1 .25 cars per unit and the rest is surface parking. There will be five (5) identical buildings. The floor plans which range the 2-bedrooms/2-baths with 1, 140 square feet to 3-bedrooms plus a family room with 2, 100 square feet . Each unit has a balcony. The buildings have a central corridor with elevators . The footprint was only slightly modified. The overall footprint is identical with a perimeter of 202 feet . The width is slightly less because the entrance is not as far out and there are different projections . Mr. Greg Gorski, Antunovich Associates, 224 W. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60610 (312-226-1126) described the elevations and materials . The open spaces, dining areas, living rooms, family rooms have the larger percentage of window coverage . The windows are large, giving good views and a lot of light . The decks all have full sliding glass doors . The decks are recessed and the brick masses are emphasized. The front and rear elevations are similar. There is a curved front entrance and slightly bowed elements on the rear and side elevations. a. Brick - Light salmony/orange that gives the building a contemporary look. b. Stucco materials - Off-white with a dark beige top accent color. APPEARANCE COMMISSION MAY 22, 1997 - PAGE FOUR c. Base of building - Limestone, accentuated at the entry and each side. There are limestone bands where the brick begins and limestone sills . d. Railings - Forest green picket steel . e. Deck structures cantilever from building. They are prefab steel with wolmanized wood decking that has a waterseal stain applied for endurance . f . Each balcony has one (1) light fixture that is dark verde green metal with patina finish. These lights are controlled by the owner of the unit . g. There are two (2) larger light fixtures at the front entrance that are on a photocell . h. The entry, window frames, window frames and over- head doors are off-white. I . Clear glass in the windows with dark spandrel glass in the front entryway. j . The canopy over the entry is green metal supported with green wires. k. The front entry will have concrete pavers going our to the parking lot . 1 . Rooftop units are in the middle of the building over the bedrooms. There is one (1) for the lobby but it will be setback behind the parapet . The wood decking material will be maintained by the condo- minium association. They will provide spec drawings of the deck structure for the Engineering Department to review. Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the Elevations, Materials and Colors for Delacourte Condominims, as submitted by Focus Development . Com. Masure seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote : AYE - Weissman, Viehman, Masure, Cea, Smith, Dorfman and Gordon NAY - None Motion Passed - 7 to 0 . 3 . SITE LIGHTING - The site lighting will consist of fifteen foot (15 ' ) pole lights with Glowtop arm mounted fixtures with 175 watt Metal Halide lamps. Photometrics were reviewed. The levels are low at the property lines . APPEARANCE COMMISSION MAY 22, 1997 - PAGE FIVE All lights will be located within the parking lot areas and face away from the street . There are no walkway lights . Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the Site Lighting for Delacourte as presented. Com. Dorfman seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote : AYE - Weissman, Viehman, Masure, Cea, Smith, Dorfman and Gordon NAY - None Motion Passed - 7 to 0 . C. Chevy Chase #5 West - Lake Cook Road Architecture, Materials and Colors Mr. Bruce Bingham and Mr. George Arnold, Hamilton Partners; and Mr. David Olsen, AIA , Vice President of The Jenkins Group, 300 Park Boulevard, Itasca, IL 60143 (630-250-9100) were present . Mr. Bingham described the location of Chevy Chase Business Park which runs from Milwaukee Avenue west past Hastings Lane. Angus Chemical Company, some office buildings and a number of industrial buildings are located east of the railroad tracks, adjacent to the golf course. There are three (3) industrial buildings west of the tracks as well as some vacant lots . Building #5 will be constructed for General Binding Corporation at the north end of the property. Only the architectural design will be presented at this time. The Landscaping, Lighting and Signs will be submitted later. There is a detention pond to the south and the office portion of this building will overlook the pond. The building is 83, 441 total square feet . The warehouse space occupies 61, 600 square feet and about 22, 000 square feet . The truck docks, located along the westerly elevation will be partially screened by the office area and setback almost three hundred feet (300 ' ) from the street . The building complies with the zoning and code requirements of the Village. APPEARANCE COMMISSION MAY 22, 1997 - PAGE SIX Mr. Olsen described the Architecture, Materials and Colors : 1 . The basic structure is pre-cast concrete panels around the perimeter and they will be smooth faced with stained reveals. Color will be beige 2 . The entrance to the office area faces west and it will have a 2-story glass section with pre-cast panels at the top. There is vision glass with spandral glass in between. The glass is reflective, Rose Cinnabar. The glass within the 2-story curtain area is set in clear anodized aluminum frames . Punched windows will be set in black anodized aluminum frames to set it off . 3 . The "bookends" are the darker brown color. 4 . The perimeter of the building and above the curtain wall is lighter beige with red stripe reveals . The reveals continue around north, west and south elevations of the building. The design has just been changed and the rib panels shown were eliminated. 5 . The mandoors on the east elevation and the over- head doors will be painted to match the lighter color. Ch. Gordon asked if they had considered painting the pre- cast panels instead of staining them. He has been told that there is better durability with the paint and it has a life- time guarantee . The surface of the panels is tested for chemical reaction. Mr. Olsen said they have had good success with Canyontone stain. Mr. Bingham was interested and paint will be considered. The colors would be the same . 6 . The coping will be metal and will match the pre- cast . 7 . This will be built as a shell building. The roof- top equipment will be setback from the front of the building. The building is away from Lake Cook Road so mechanical units will not be seen. APPEARANCE COMMISSION MAY 22, 1997 - PAGE SEVEN \v/ `tee( � f' •z. KB g. 8 . Stair railings will be painted to match the doors . Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the Architecture, Materials and Colors as presented for Chevy Chase #5 West . Com. Weissman seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: AYE - Weissman, Viehman, Masure, Cea, Smith, Dorfman and Gordon NAY - None Motion Passed - 7 to 0 . VI . ANNOUNCEMENTS APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 1 . April 24, 1997 - Com. Viehman made a motion to approve as submitted. Com. Weissman seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: AYE - Weissman, Viehman, Cea and Gordon NAY - None ABSTAIN - Masure, Smith and Dorfman Minutes of April 24, 1997 were approved. 2 . May 8, 1997 - Com. Masure noted some corrections to the Buffalo Grove High School recommendation for variance : Delete extra period at end of last sentence of first paragraph. Delete word "and" from second paragraph reference to colors s/b blue with orange letters. Add word "trees" to Com. Weissman' s comment in the fifth paragraph on page two. So noted. Com. Viehman made a motion to approve the May 8, 1997 minutes as amended. Com. Dorfman seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote : AYE - Weissman, Viehman, Masure, Smith and Dorfman NAY - None ABSTAIN - Gordon and Cea Minutes of May 8, 1997 were approved with corrections . APPEARANCE COMMISSION MAY 22, 1997 - PAGE EIGHT J •nRr 3 . Com. Cea reported that the fascia boards at Spoerlein Commons is rotting and the signs are hanging. 4 . Com. Viehman reported that there is a Play It Again Sports sign banner on the building at Plaza Verde. VII . ADJOURNMENT Com. Cea made a motion to adjourn. Com. Dorfman seconded the motion. Voice Vote - AYE Unanimously Ch. Gordon adjourned the meeting at 9 : 07 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Shirley Bates Recording Secretary sb APPEARANCE COMMISSION MAY 22, 1997 - PAGE NINE