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r Mr. Paas, the architect, and Mr. Amato with Nissan were present to address the proposal. Mr. Paas assured the commission that the ground sign would be moved inward 10 feet from the property line into a landscape bump out. They will continue to use existing curb cuts. They will be using silver Alucobond material across the south service area and the front and side fascia will be silver Alucobond material with matching louver sections in front of it. The service doors will be painted silver to match the new materials. The Nissan red will be used on the new entranceway, the wall signs and the legs of the ground sign, which would not be illuminated. There will be landscaping on either side of the driveways as well as building entrances. The existing light poles will be painted silver to match the Alucobond material. The height of the ground sign is to keep in line with existing pylon signs in the area. They are asking for a 6 foot height variance. The signage on the building will be removed and replaced with the front Nissan sign, Nissan Logo over the new doorway and a Service sign. Each of the signs is part of Nissan's standard sign package both in size and color. Mr. Rerko questioned if the material would be Alucobond material or a metal paneling which resembles Alucobond. Mr. Paas indicated they would be using Alucobond material that is a sun-rise silver. Mr. Rerko asked if the metal panels were a typical roof deck type. Mr. Paas said it has basically the same finish as the Alucobond panel. It is not a roof deck it is a concealed fastener system as there are no exposed fasteners visible and will be installed horizontally on the wall with vertical batons. After more discussion of installation procedures, Mr. Rerko had a concern that the louvers and wall panels could have maintenance issues and felt the height of the ground sign being 18 feet tall was too high. Mr. Malone said landscape irrigation is required. The landscape beds need more variety and color. The plans call for burning bushes and boxwoods but he would like to see the beds supplemented with colorful perennials for seasonal interest as well as annuals. The size of the plantings should be larger i.e. dogwood minimum 8 feet, boxwood, burning bush and Taxus cuspitadata a minimum 30 inches when planted. Mr. Bohlmann said he strongly objected to the ground sign being higher than the building itself. Mr. Paas indicated the building was 19 feet tall along the service area due to grade but the majority of the building was 16 feet tall. Mr. Mortach, an abutting homeowner, was present to address the issue of a fence along t11e rear property line. Mr. Conway reviewed that he found that although a fence was briefly discussed it was never required, instead past minutes required mounds and trees to be installed with the expansion. Cominission inembers felt the issue of buffering should be addressed regardless of what was approved or not in the past. Mr. Bohlmann felt that both the existing mound and greenery were insufficient. Mr. Malone asked if the applicant would be willing to install 5 Norway spruce trees along the northern property line to provide additional buffering for the neighbors. Mr. Bohlmann preferred a fence across the entire rear property line or plant more trees. Mr. Malone felt installing a fence would kill the existing greenery along the property line. Mr. Mortach said if a fence was not possible he would be happy with the evergreens being planted in key areas to block the lights. The majority of the board members favored installing trees over a fence. Mr. Malone questioned if the dealerships sign package provided a range of sizes for the signs. Mr. Paas said that the new signage is what is available and is a vast improvement from what is cunently there, although there may be other options available. Mr. Bohlmann said the proposed sign is much too high and needed to be closer to code. He would not want to see 2