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. _ , I CITY OF NOIZ'TH OL1dISTED "TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFTERENCE" ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD FEBItUAIaY 18, 2004 MIN C7TES 1. ROLL CALL: Chairman Zergott called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. PRESENT: Chainnan B. Zergott, Board members; J. Nader and J. Crook.. ALSO PRESENT: Assistant Law Director B. O'Malley, Assistant Building Commissioner T. Rymarczyk and Clerk of Commissions D. Rote. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MIlNUTES: The Architectural Review Board minutes dated December 17, 2003 are submitted for approval. Mr. Zergott requested the word variety be used instead of breed on page 41ine 17 and Mrs. Nader requested the minutes reflect the correct spelling of her name. B. Zergott motion to approve the Arclutectural Review Board minutes dated December 17, 2003 as corrected. J. Crook seconcled the motion, roll call on the motion B. Zergott and J. Crook "yes" J. Nader abstain. M. SIGNS: N. OLD BUSINESS: V. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Dale Schmidt Sublot #9 (PP# 234-09-017) Industrial Parkway(WRD 3): Proposal consists of construction of self-storage structures business Note: variances are required. Chainnan Zergott called all interested parties forward to review their proposal. Mr. & Mrs. Schmidt the owners and Mr. Smith their arclutect came forward to review the proposal. Mr. Schmidt reviewed that the land is 4.14 acres and there are two phases for the site. The use of the site is for a self-storage facility. There are peers used along the front of the site to break up the iron fences appearance. There will be 4 buildings on the site for the first phase. The color chosen for the brick fronts, and peers blend with the metal doors, and header colors as written on the Architectural Review Board application. Applicants submitted cut sheets of light fixtures and new blueprints including photometric plan. They changed the number of lights listed on the sheet, fllere will be more lights with lower wattage. All the lights on the site will be mounted to the buildings below the roofline with full cutoffs. Due to the elevation differences on the site, the roofline will be continuous but the actual height of the buildings will very with the arade. The fencing along the front of the site will be an aluminum system but appear to be rod iron, the remainina fencing on the site will be chainlink. There is a gate system in the front of the site so only those with codes will be able to access the site after 10:00 p.m. The air conditioning system will be placed on the ground in the building offset behind the office. The heating system will be inside t11e building. The board was concerned about having a dumpster enclosure in the front of the site. The applicants felt that the brick dumpster enclosure could be better controlled if it is placed in plain sight of the main office. The Board requested galvanized steel with wood slats for the dumpster gates. Landscaping is to be addressed, the evergreens at the entrance beds will block visibility. Use lower planting alona main entrance. and move larger evergreens to outer area of entrance. Instead of Bradford pear trees, use Cleveland select, which is be hardier. Building department reviewed that applicants need variances for not meeting the 15% landscape improvements of entire site, parking setback and visitor parking requires variance. Applicants felt that once they clean the existing foliaDe on the site it would constitute a 15%