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CITY OF NORTH OLPiSTED ,ARCHITECTURAL BOARD OF REVIEW MINUTES-NOVEMBER 22, 1989 I. ROLL CALL: Chairwoman Case called the meeting to order at 5;00 p.m, Present; M. Case, T. Gallagher, Y. Sohn, and B. Zergott. Also Present: Building Commissioner Conway and Clerk of Commissions Oring II, REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES: B. Zergott moved to approve the minutes of October 16, 1989 as presented, seconded by T. Gallagher, and unanimously approved. III. SIGNS: Heard with building plans IV, OLD BUSINESS: No items. V. NEW BUSINESS: 1) The Atrium Apartment Homes, property located south of I-480, west of S.R.252 and north of lots facing Butternut Ridge Road Proposal to construct apartment complex. Referred from Planning Commission October 24, 1989. rir. Stogsdill, architect, Mr. Newberry, engineer, and Ms. Wholey, repre- serting the developer, presented a colored site plan and rendering of the 260 unit complex comprised of 2 story buildings (all with 24 units except for one with 20 units); some of the apartment will have a loft; and each of the buildings have 8 unit pods with a common atrium entrance. There will be a 50 foot wooded buffer around the south and west side of the com- plex as required by the court decree; entrance area has a pool, club house, lake with a geyser with one steeple as a feature: near the entrance and one on the westerly side of.the property. They would like the lake to serve as above ground retention, and since that is not allowed, they will be asking for a variance, but the lake will remain even if the variance is not granted. They presented samples of the building materials that were used in their Cincinnati complex and advised that the materials would be similar, but perhaps not identical. The red brick is Isenhour style 520 Bordeaux, the white accent brick is Delta Brick - Macon P1ant; siding is 1 by 6 inch beveled cedar siding by Trus-Way, in an oif white, but no color number was available; the combination shingles are Celotex Weathered Wood; and the steeples will have a Tru-Fab Felt Green standing seam roof. Mr. Sohn questioned if the plan conforms to code regarding distance between buildings, parking etc. and pointed out that the westerly portion of the property seems crowded, the buildings are too close together. He suggested they eliminate one building cr, at least, reduce the number of units. After the developers advised that the court decree allowed 261 units, he suggested that they could move the driveway slightly west and rearrange the buildings somewhat allowing a little more room. He also believed that the red brick was too dark and a lighter color should be used. Ms. Whd.ley stated that in.other complexes, after the walks and landscaping were installed, these small areaswere more.like court yards, but the devolpers agreed that they would rework the plan to allow more room. Regarding the