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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MIlNUTES - OCTOBER 22, 1997 I. ROLL CALL: Chairmau Zergott called the meeting to order at 5:30 Present: T. Liggett, M. Yager, and B. Zergott. Mrs. Krieger arrived shortly after roll ca1L Also Present: Assistant Building Commissioner Rymarczyk and Clerk of Commissions Oring. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MIIIUTES: T. Liggett moved to approve the minutes of July 17, 1998 as presented, seconded by B. Zergott, and unanimously approved. III. SIGNS: 1) Harsax Inc., North Olmsted Industrial Park, Phase 1, Lorain Road. Review of ground sign and sign criteria for. entire development. It was clarified that the signs are before the board, because they had not been presented with the building plans. Mr. Cooper, representing Harsax, advised that this proposal was just for the signs, the landscaping had been approved, but it has been relocated from its origiual location. He explained that they planned to use the dark brown brick to match the brick on the building and the center section would be tile to match those over all the entryways in the build.ing. The letters will be cut out alu.miuum in gold. There will be ground lighting on either side of the sign. No variances are required. Mr. Yager noted that the sign was one foot offthe ground and four feet high, but the plan showed hedges around it and he questioned if there were any one foot high hedges. This was only on the artists rendering, and no hedges are planned. There is to be a mulch bed in front possibly with some annuals, and some trees behind it. Mr. Zergott mentioned that the two different types of ground cover phlox and seedum, were the same height, and he thiuks that their landscape arclutect could suggest something better, perhaps by keeping the phlox around the border and going with an annual, rather than seedum, something that will get taller than the phlox. He suggested that they change the 17 potentilla behind the sign to a gold mound spirea, wluch will give more color. He aLso noted that they had been asked previously to connect the trees in beds in order to give more unity to the planting, and asked that they consider this in the future. Mr. Yager suggested that they put a cap on the brick on the sign, and the members all liked the sign. M. Yager moved to approve the Harsax ground sign with the following conditions: that the landscaping be revised per the comments and that a coping be put on the sign. The motion was seconded by T. Liggett, and unanimously approved. Mr. Cooper presented the renderings of the individual unit signs and explained that 16 inch high letters in burgundy aluminum will be installed on the 32 inch, tan sign band with 8 inches left above and below the letters. This build'mg has 13 bays and 13 Lorain Road addresses so they intend to install the high and the low addresses on either side of.the building on the top corners; these 12 inch letters will be installed on the dark brick and will match the color of the light band. There are 3 inch white vinyl addresses on the door of each bay showing the individual tenant addresses. The tenants could put their names on the door if they wish, but they will probably prefex to just put it on the sign band. Mr. Yager suggested that the addresses on the end could be in the gold to tie to match the ground sign.