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3)- Ghili`s Restaurant and Romano's Macaroni Grill, Sublot 1 of Parcel B, south side of Country Club Blvd. and the east side of Great Northern Blvd. Detailed development plans to construct two restaurants in Mixed Use Districts. Referred by Plann;ng Commission March 10, 1992. Mr. Smith, representing the owner of the both restaurants, explained that the they will be located on the south east corner of Great Northern and Country Club Boulevards; the site is a little over 3.4 acres and will have 288 parking spaces. The Romano's building is just over 7,300 square feet, Chili's just under 5,700 square feet. They are working closely with Biskind Development to match the theme of Great Northern Corporate Center. Mr. Larson, architect, presented colored renderings of the buildings and a site plan and explained that the site will be ringed by a series of trees, the islands will be landscaped with junipers and locusts, mounds will be installed along the access way and the landscaping will be coordinated with that across the street. Mr. Zergott stated tha.t this is one of the best landscaping plans that has ever been presented to the Board. N1r. Smith stated that about $120,000.00 to $130,000.00 of landscaping will be installed. On the western property line they will be installing the entire 25 feet landscaping (adjacent to the vacant parcel). Mr. Papandreas of Bislc.ind Development explained that part of this buffer would be for the adjacent property. All lighting fixtures, poles and color, will match the Corporate Center lights, and will have underground wiring. It was clarified that the City has no foot candle requirement, Mr. Smith stated tha.t these are 3 foot eandles and Mr. Papandreas advised that they usnally used 2 or 2-2. The developers presented pictures of another Chili's building. Mr. Conway advised that additional information on the wall signs would be required. Mr. Sohn poi.nted out that the two buildings had a totally different approach. Mr. Larson responded that there are some similarities: Chili's has a southwest atmosphere, both on the exterior and interior; Romano's has a Northern Italian atmosphere, but there are some form similarities and the warm colors and.materials will be compatible. They presented a revised elevation of Chili's showing the block replaced with brick in order to blend in with the Corporate Center. A color board for Chili's showed a red brick, trim will be an off-white.painted brick, window frames will be painted to match; siding will be a red brown color and siding material behind the sign will be painted green to mateh the green in the awnings; awnings have green, red and white stripes. They ha.ve no manufacturers name or number for materials, but will present these later and the color board will remain in the file.Mr. Conway stated that the signs appeax to te too large and requested that they present the exact sizes, however this Board can only accept the concept. It was clarified that the background of the signs over the entrance will be brick, not the awning material as shown in the picture. Overhanging lights will illuminate the awnings, and lights at entrance should not show through. It was mentioned that a metal halide light might show the colors better, but incandescent lights would make colors look brighter; the incandescent lights would have a higher maintenance cost. Air conditioning units are screened by a composition board walls which will be painted to match the siding; the trash receptacles will be behind a brick screen wall with a solid metal door to match the brick. When presenting Romano's Macaroni Grill, Mr. Larson poi.nted out that both buildings have a"wedding cake" style with transitions to the high point, and the quality "earthy" materials relate to Ctiili's next door. Romano's wi11 have a clay tile roof, stucco walls, green shutters, eribossed stone work-on the front and the rear and white parapet caps and window trim. Mr. Sohn was concerned that the stucco color was too darka The photograph showed a lighter beige stucco. Mr. Smith responded.that they could change to the beige, however, 3