1997-08-28 - Appearance Commission - Minutes 1
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APPEARANCE COMMISSION
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1997
I . CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Richard Gordon called the Appearance Commission
to order at 7 :30 P.M. on Thursday, August 28, 1997 in the
Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 50 Raupp Boulevard.
II . ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present : F. Weissman, M. Cea, L. Dorfman
and R. Gordon QUORUM.
Commissioners Absent : E. Smith and C. Masure
Bldg. Dept . Liaison: Richard Jensen, Building Inspector
Village Board Liaison: Charles Hendricks, Trustee
III . APPROVAL OF MINUTES
July 24, 1997 - Tabled.
IV. OLD BUSINESS
A. T-E-A-M (Formerly Wallaby Station)
730 Hastings Drive (Sign Face Change)
Mr. Joel Brown, Sign-A-Rama, 80 Dundee Road, Buffalo
Grove, IL 60089 (215-1535) described the T-E-A-M sign.
The double-faced, internally illuminated sign and will
replace the existing sign. The sign will be blue, grey
and orange with white lettering as depicted on the
attached business card.
There were no questions or objections.
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the sign
face change as requested by T-E-A-M, 730 Hastings Drive.
Com. Dorfman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Voter AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
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B. Amoco Station - Car Wash Signs
Buffalo Grove Road and Route 83
Review was withdrawn at the request of the petitioners .
C. Wild Oats Market - 764 N. Buffalo Grove Road
1 . Sign Criteria Revision (The Grove)
2 . Wild Oats Market - Wall Sign
3 . Wild Oats Plaza - Ground Sign
Wild Oats Market will be located at 764 N. Buffalo Grove
Road, Buffalo Grove, IL (419-9080) . Mr. Rich Lewellyan,
Site Selection Manager and Greg Aurand, Store Support
Leader, with Wild Oats Corp. made the presentation.
Mr. Lewellyan said they want to upgrade the shopping center
and serve the Village residents . He requested an amendment
to Paragraph 2 of the Sign Criteria to permit the F & M wall
sign to be changed to a Wild Oats Market wall sign.
F & M had individuallt illuminated letters and the Wild Oats
letters are mounted to a raceway on a metal background which
is a new architectural element with a diagram of oats at the
top of the sign background. Columns will be added to the
front facade with windows added to the north end of the
store front and a door in the north elevation. Customers
can see bread being made in this corner of the store .
The metal sign background will be mounted to the roof and
will stand about two feet (2 ' ) away the roof. The top
portion will have perforated metal mesh with backlighting
for the cut-out Oats emblem.
The Commissioners agreed the gold/purple color combination
of the background was too bright . They preferred a more
subdued yellow-orange color, more like the toned down copy
color of PMS #109 (not the original) . The purple color is
to be PMS #2597 .
Petitioners wanted to change the brown metal standing-seam
roof to olive green. The columns are to be scored with red
and the green awnings replaced with gold awnings .
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The Commissioners objected to the awning color being
changed because it would set a bad precedence that could
result in many different awning colors. They suggested
the metal roof be changed to PMS #3305 green, not brown.
The petitioners agreed with this recommendation. The awnings
will be replaced because they are showing wear.
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the archi-
tectural element behind the wall sign with the gold color to
be changed to PMS #109 (toned down) yellow/orange, and the
purple, PMS #2597 as shown; with new awnings to match the
existing green color; the metal roof color to be PMS #3305,
olive green and with the additional glass about twelve feet
(12 ' ) from the corner at the north end of the front elevation
and the new door on the north elevation. Glass and mullions
are to match the existing materials .
Com. Weissman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote : AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
SIGN CRITERIA:
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of revised
Plaza at Buffalo Grove Sign Criteria, changing the F & M
store to Wild Oats Market, as requested by Berkson & Sons.
Com. Dorfman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote : AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
WILD OATS MARKET WALL SIGN:
Com. Dorfman made a motion to recommend approval of the
Wild Oats Market Wall Sign as presented, in compliance with
the revised Sign Criteria.
Com. Cea seconded the motion. _
Roll Call Vote: AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
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WILD OATS PLAZA:
Mr. Lewellan said Wild Oats will now be the anchor store
and they hope to bring more residents into the shopping
center which will be renamed Wild Oats Plaza. He requested
a new color scheme for the two (2) existing ground signs .
The posts will be painted purple. Tenant panel background
will be grey with purple letters and a black outline. The
top panel will have white and green letters with gold oats.
The Commissioners preferred a cream colored background and
Mr. Lewellan had no objections. .
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the revised
Plaza at Buffalo Grove ground signs to be Wild Oats Plaza,
as presented with the stipulation that the background of the
tenant panels be cream (off-white) with purple lettering and
the top panel as presented; Wild Oats to be white, Plaza to
be blue and the oats will be gold.
Com. Dorfman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote : AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
V. NEW BUSINESS :
A. Hosanna Church at Village Baptist Church
385 S. Buffalo Grove Road
Recommendation to Zoning Board for Variance of
Sign Code, Section 14 .20 . 010
Ground Sign - Size. Height and Location Within Setback,
Hosanna Church is a Korean-English congregation renting
space at the Village Baptist Church on Buffalo Grove Road.
Pastor Yeon Lee described the double-faced _non-illuminated
wood sign, mounted on 6" x 6" white wood posts. The
background will be white with royal blue plastic Helvetica
English letters and Korean characters . It will be installed
perpendicular to Buffalo Grove Road.
There were no questions or objections .
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Com. Cea made a motion to recommend to the Zoning Board of
Appeals and the Village Board that the request of Village
Baptist Church, 385 S. Buffalo Grove Road, be granted a
variance of Sign Code, Section 14 .20 . 010, pertaining to
Residential Districts, for the purpose of installing a
ground sign that would exceed the size and height limit-
tins and be located within the required front yard setback.
Com. Weissman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote: AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 . The Zoning Board of Appeals will
review the sign on September 16, 1997 .
B. Kingswood Methodist Church, 401 W. Dundee Road
Variance of Sign Code, Section 14 . 10 . 020
Ground Sign - Size, Height and Location Within Setback
Alternate Screening of Dumpster Area
Mr. Bruce Hoffman, Chairman, Kingswood Methodist United
Church; Brent Hoffman, Life Scout, Troop 140, and Mr. Bob
Ryan, Chairman of Board of Trustees were present .
GROUND SIGN:
Brent Hoffman stated the reasons for requesting a variance
of the Sign Code. The Church wants to replace the existing
wood sign (8 ' 6" in height x 11 ' in length) with a new double
sided, internally lighted, ground sign that would be 6 ' in
height x 10 ' 2" in length. The church is in a residential
district and the proposed sign would be located within the
front yard setback 18 '4" from the sidewalk along Dundee Rd.
The sign would have a grey background and a mauve border,
with a red flame and black cross . The lettering would be
white. It is smaller and lower than the existing sign.
The Commissioners had no questions and no objections .
Com. Weissman made a motion to recommend to the Zoning
Board and the Village Board that the request of Kingswood
Methodist Church, 401 W. Dundee Road, be granted a variance
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Com. Cea made a motion to recommend to the Zoning Board of
Appeals and the Village Board that the request of Village
Baptist Church, 385 S. Buffalo Grove Road, be granted a
variance of Sign Code, Section 14 . 20 . 010, pertaining to
Residential Districts, for the purpose of installing a
ground sign that would exceed the size and height limit-
tins and be located within the required front yard setback.
Com. Weissman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote: AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 . The Zoning Board of Appeals will
review the sign on September 16, 1997.
B. Kingswood Methodist Church, 401 W. Dundee Road
Variance of Sign Code, Section 14 . 10 . 020
Ground Sign - Size, Height and Location Within Setback
Alternate Screening of Dumpster Area
Mr. Bruce Hoffman, Chairman, Kingswood Methodist United
Church; Brent Hoffman, Life Scout, Troop 140, and Mr. Bob
Ryan, Chairman of Board of Trustees were present .
GROUND SIGN:
Brent Hoffman stated the reasons for requesting a variance
of the Sign Code. The Church wants to replace the existing
wood sign (8 ' 6" in height x 11 ' in length) with a new double
sided, internally lighted, ground sign that would be 6 ' in
height x 10 ' 2" in length. The church is in a residential
district and the proposed sign would be located within the
front yard setback 18 ' 4" from the sidewalk along Dundee Rd.
The sign would have a grey background and a mauve border,
with a red flame and black cross . The lettering would be
white . It is smaller and lower than the existing sign.
The Commissioners had no questions and no objections.
Com. Weissman made a motion to recommend to the Zoning-
Board and the Village Board that the request of Kingswood
Methodist Church, 401 W. Dundee Road, be granted a variance
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of Sign Code, Section 14 . 10 . 02, pertaining to Residential
Districts, for the purpose of installing a double-faced
illuminated ground sign that would exceed the size and
height limitations and be located within the required
front yard setback.
Com. Cea seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote: AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 . The Zoning Board of Appeals will
review the sign on September 16, 1997 .
DUMPSTER SCREENING:
Mr. Ryan described the approved dumpster area. It will have
a twenty-four foot (24 ' ) concrete pad for the two (2) large
dumpsters and two (2 ) small recycle boxes and a 10 ' x 12 '
pre-fab, equipment shed. A six foot (6 ' ) board-on-board
fence was approved along the north side of the area. They
would like to eliminate the fence and plant some additional
bushes.
There has always been bushes along the east side of the
area. There are many existing trees along the south property
line between the condominiums and the church that will
conceal the dumpster area. The north end of the dumpsster
area is open.
The Commissioners agreed that it is better to have the
wood fence as previously approved.
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend that the previously
approved six foot (6 ' ) board-on-board fence be constructed
as previously proposed and approved.
Com. Weissman seconded the motion
Roll Call Vote : AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
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C. Chevy Chase Business Park West #5
Landscaping and Lighting Plans
Mr. Tim Hund, President, Classic Landscape Ltd. ,
3 N 471 Powis Road, West Chicago, IL 60185 (630-513-1313)
submitted a plant list and described the landscape plan.
The retention pond and the area along the south lot line
will be hydro-seeded and the area along the north and east
border will be seeded with low profile prairie grass . The
front entrance area will be sodded and planted with colorful
shrubs and ground cover. The four (4) parking islands will
be covered with three inches (3") of gravel and each one
will have a Red Maple tree.
Ray Rigsby did not submit a review of the Landscape Plan
but Mr. Hund agreed to comply with any recommendations.
The Commissioners wanted the east side of the building
broken up with three (3) Austrian Pine trees and Mr. Lund
had no problem with this request .
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the Land-
scape plan submitted for Chevy Chase Business Park West,
Building #5 subject to Ray Rigsby' s Review and recommenda-
tins with the stipulation that three (3) Austrian Pines
are to be added along the east end of the south elevation.
Com. Weissman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote : AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
LIGHTING:
Mr. Dave Olsen, The Jenkins Group, Inc. , 300 Park Boulevard
Suite 250, Itasca, IL 60143-3146 (630-250-9100) said the
30 ' poles and shoe box light fixtures are dark bronze
aluminum poles. The poles are mounted on three. foot (3 ' )
bases . The lighting matches the rest of business park.
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the
Lighting for Chevy Chase Business Park West, #5, as
submitted.
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Com. Dorfman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote: AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
D. Chevy Chase Business Park West, #4
architecture. Materials and Colors
Mr. Dave Olsen, The Jenkins Group, Inc. , 300 Park Boulevard
Suite 250, Itasca, IL 60143-3146 (630-250-9100) made the
presentation on behalf of Hamilton Partners .
Building #4 is across the street from Building #5 in the
Chevy Chase Business Park West, located on Hastings Drive
and accessed from Lake Cook Road. Building #4 will be a
78, 000 sq. ft . spec building with the same character as
Building #5 . There are two (2) office spaces on the
east elevation, one at each end with loading docks on the
north and south elevations. The building is designed for
two (2) businesses and the docks will be customized for
tenant use.
The building will be smooth (flat) pre-cast concrete panels
with forest green reveals. The entrances to the office
areas will be taupe with green tinted windows set in
forest green aluminum frames.
There are overhead dock doors on the north and south
elevations . The rear doors, handrails and dock doors will
be forest green.
They will provide screening for any roof top units that
are installed.
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the
elevations, materials and colors as submitted for
Chevy Chase Business Park #4 as submitted.
Com. Weissman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote : AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
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E. Insignia Point - Route 83 and Farrington Drive
Landscaping & Revised Sales Trailer Location and Sign
Mr. Bill Rotolo, President of Insignia Homes, 750 Buffalo
Grove Road, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 (234-5402) and Mr. Jack
Porter, Project Supervisor were present .
LANDSCAPING:
Mr. Rotolo described the Landscape Plan. They will preserve
as many of the existing trees as possible. There is a tree
preservation plan and they will work with Mr. Rigsby on an
individual tree by tree basis.
Mr. Rotolo said they would comply with the recommendations
listed in Mr. Rigsby' s attached memo, dated August 27, 1997,
including the installation of the three foot (3 ' ) berm at
the dead end of Farrington Drive, and will plant three (3)
Austrian Pines and six (6) Viburnum shrubs .
The street trees will comply with the Village Ordinance
and will be installed adjacent to driveways where necessary.
The Village will maintain the detention area with Prairie
Grass similar to the areas along Arlington Heights Road and
Checker Drive.
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the Land-
scape Plan submitted for Insignia Point, subject to Ray
Rigsby' s Review, dated August 27, 1997 .
Com. Dorfman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote: AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
SALES TRAILER AREA AND SIGN:
Mr. Rotolo said the location of the Sales Trailer had to
be moved to the end of the cul-de-sac, in accordance with
the IDOT requirements relating to the relocation of the
entrance from Route 83 .
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This will permit them to save more trees and will provide
easy in/easy out access to the site.
Mr. Rotolo also requested that the design and location of
the previously approved sign be changed. In lieu of an
awning they would like to install the sign above the door
of the Sales Trailer and not on the wall . The copy has
been changed from Insignia Point to Insignia Homes. They
have eliminated the telephone number and added a circle
with an italic "I" which is the Insignia Homes logo.
The background of the sign is beige with a green border
and copy.
The Commissioners had no objections to the proposed changes.
Com. Cea made a motion to recommend approval of the revised
location of the Insignia Point Sales Trailer with the
revised Sign to be installed above the door as proposed.
Com. Dorfman seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote: AYE - Weissman, Cea, Dorfman and Gordon
NAY - None
Motion Passed - 4 to 0 .
VI . ANNOUNCEMENTS
None.
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 : 10 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Shirley Bates
Recording Secretary -
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