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1 -J ? the delivery and receiving area provided for the lumber yard. In addition, Mr. Barrow advised, all of the existing doors on the building (shown as orange on the elevation presented) would instead be painted to match the masonry field on which they are mou.nted. It was noted planning commission had some concems about the orange, which Mr. Parisi identified as a tena cotta orange. Colored samples of this factory finished orange metal roof sample were presented. The I.C.I. numbers included: #541, 9208, #359, and #273. There was a question raised by plauuing commission concerning the metal roof and its compatibility to the fabric canopies. Mr. Barrow noted a metal roof is used throughout the shopping center on major elements, and an awning would not be appropriate on the west end of the building, because the metal material acts as a roofing material over the vestibules. In addition, Mr. Barrow identified the fabric awning material as a material that is utilized by the smallshop retailers. Mr. Yager explained the shopping center presentation was effectively done several months back, however, The Home Depot's sensitivity to the overall program is somewhat tainted. He hinted this could be because there is a different architectural firm working on "The Home Depot" as opposed to "Great Northem Shopping Center." Mr. Yager noted there is a scale to the general facade as a hole and "The Home Depot" does not quite fall into that scale. He elaborated the horizontal band oomph to the entrances is totally dissimilar to that which has been created as a program for the "Great Northem Shopping Center" as previously presented. The board requested a rendering of the facade west and east of "The Home Depot" in an effort to evaluate the compatibility of this presentarion to the rest of the shopping center. In his comparison, Mr. Yager noted there is a level of detail that is so elegant about the entire center, that is missing from the "The Home Depot" storefront. He questioned the putpose of the overhead door for loading and unloading on the front of the building. and if the fire department has looked at the pick up area in the front of the building. It was clarified this has not been referred to the'safety department. The members agreed it should be referred to the Safety Department. Assistant Building Commissioner Rymarczyk noted the City Traffic engineer has determined the tumiug radius behind Home Depot is sufficient (ie. fifteen feet is the required setback and 20 feet is indicated on the plans). Mr. Banow advised the purpose of the overhead door is for unloading lu.mber and heavy building material. Mr. Yager stated the lumber canopy juts forward into the parking spaces causing some of the parking spaces to be realigned to accommodate the canopy. While there are canopies across the front of the center, it was noted there is a break such as a column, light fixture, or some manipulation to break up tlie block look that "Ihe Home Depot" displays on their rendering. Mr. Yager suggested that something be worked out between the two architectural firms so as not to change the cost or the character of the building substantially. He further challenged the architect to come up with a design for this facade that will maintain consistency in the shopping center, yet still create the anchor element that is important to "'I'he Home Depot." The major concern was that this is a large facade without any break-up. Mr. Liggett added the entry to Comp USA has the entrance way and accent pieces next to it which gives the repetition to the next unit, but Home Depot does not incorporate this same sort of repetition. He believed the big store image can be portrayed in a more subdued manner to maintain consistency in this development. ,Mr. Zergott explained the garden center looks great from May to Mid June, however in the other odd months there are left over, pallets, bagged goods, etc., which make the property look messy. He questioned if there was a way to hide the garden center behind something so that for the nine months that a garden center does not make money it does not appear as dead space. Mr. Parisi discussed the operation of a garden center and noted in the fall and winter months Christmas trees are sold. He did not want to shut the garden center down during the winter as that space is still being rented out and it should be utilized. Mr. Parisi noted they work very hard with the operations people to keep this garden 5