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TOWN OF OLD SAYBROOK Architectural Review Board |
302 Main Street Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475-1741 Telephone (860) 395-3131 FAX (860) 395-1216
MINUTES Regular Meeting Monday, April 28, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Town Hall, 2nd Floor Conference Room 302 Main Street
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I. CALL TO ORDER
Secretary, Theodore (Guy) Pendleton called the regular meeting to order at 7:37 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL
Attendant Members Absent Members
Guy Pendleton, Secretary David Wight, Chairman
Arcangela Claffey, Alternate Elizabeth Swenson, Vice Chairman
Jonathan Gibbs, Regular Member Kingmon Snow, Regular Member
Arcangela Claffey will be seated for Elizabeth Swenson.
Attendant Staff
Joanne Rynecki, Recording Clerk
Chris Costa, Zoning Enforcement Officer
III. OLD BUSINESS
IV. NEW BUSINESS
A. “Jazzercise” Sign
186 Main Street (Map 37/Lot 131-5)
District: B-1
Applicant/Agent: Gretchen Bushnell
Gretchen Bushnell presented her application to install a sign on the front of her space known as Jazzercise. She will be removing the tattered awning and not replacing it. The sign will be black with white lettering in the Jazzercise graphics logo lettering similar to that on the front door. The size of the proposed sign is 1 ½ feet by 12 feet. The space where the sign is to be placed is 33 feet wide by 2 feet high. The board asked if she could leave a 2 inch space between the sign and the top and bottom of the sign band area. Gretchen indicated that the sign would be centered over the front door and could be reduced in size to allow for the 2 inch boarder around the sign. The board recommended that the lettering size be no larger than 14 inches on the capitals so as to blend
with the new sign approved for the adjacent space. Gretchen agreed to the lettering size and also said the sign will not be illuminated and also agreed to put the street number on the front door.
MOTION TO: approve application as presented with the recommendations that the sign be placed 2” below the bottom of the metal drip leaving 2” around the entire sign which may reduce the proposed sign height and keep the lettering to a maximum of 14 inches.
MOVED: by J. Gibbs; SECONDED: by G. Pendleton
IN FAVOR: G. Pendleton, J. Gibbs, A. Claffey
OPPOSED: none; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 3-0-0
B. “The Pool Guy” Illuminated Sign
1491 Boston Post Road (Map 26/Lot 9)
District: B-4
Applicant/Agent: Patricia and Timothy Loflin
Patricia Loflin presented the application for a metal sign to be placed on an existing 10 foot signpost. The sign will be white background with blue and black lettering. The size of the sign will be 72” x 48”. The board felt the various lettering fonts proposed on the sign was too busy and suggested standardizing the font. The board reminded the applicant that current regulations require that the signpost not exceed 8 feet and the street number must be visible for emergency servcies. Patricia agreed to reduce the signpost height to 8 feet and put the street number on the signpost. The board also suggested landscaping around the signposts. Patricia stated that they have decided not to illuminate the sign.
MOTION TO: approve sign application as presented without illumination and with the recommendations to either remove the word “store” or minimize the size and number of font typefaces. Standardize the font in “pool supplies and spas” and the “phone number”. Sign posts no higher than 8 feet. Planting around the signposts of low maintenance zebra grasses, hydrangea, day lilies and daffodils. Street number on the signpost or over the front door.
MOVED: by J. Gibbs; SECONDED: by G. Pendelton
IN FAVOR: G. Pendleton, J. Gibbs, A. Claffey
OPPOSED: none; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 3-0-0
C. “Burger King” Modification to Special Exception Use Permit -Reconfigure parking, landscaping and façade renovation
607 Boston Post Road (Map 40/Lot 3)
District: B-2
Applicant/Agent: Charles Georgie
Greg Audette and Charles Georgie presented the façade renovation and site plans to the board. The blue boarder and vertical “wings” will be removed and replace with a copper roof overhang. The exterior of the building will be painted tan and brown. Everyone agreed the colors will be much more pleasing and subdued. A definite improvement. It was suggested that a brown stripe similar to the brown stripe in front should be placed at the rear of the building where the roof is flat. Greg thought that was a good idea. The owners asked Greg to ask the board if they could illuminate the top band of the building. The board reminded Greg that if it was illuminated it would constitute signage and be limited in sq ft. Greg understood and will advise the owners that it
cannot be illuminated. The name of the restaurant will continue to be illuminated. The board noticed that the color of the doors and window frames looked out of place with the new color scheme and suggested painting both brown. Greg said he could paint them a dark bronze. Charles spoke about the site improvements being done. Two parking spaces had to be moved to accommodate the new emergency access at the rear of the property. A sidewalk will be added to the front and additional shrubs and grassy area will be added as well. As far as lighting, all will remain except new emergency lights will be placed at the rear of the building. The board reminded Charles that the lights should be shrouded.
MOTION TO: recommend approval of façade renovations and site plan with the following stipulations: Change door and window trim to a dark bronze, shrouded lights where security lights are proposed, Dark brown stripe added at flat portion of roof in rear of building placed between red coping and aligning with sofit at mansard roof, existing pole mounted fixtures should be replaced with fixtures shrouded as to show no visible light source from the site or above the horizontal plane.
MOVED: by A. Claffey; SECONDED: by G. Pendelton
IN FAVOR: G. Pendleton, J. Gibbs, A. Claffey
OPPOSED: none; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 3-0-0
D. “Liv’s Oyster Bar” Signs and Lighting
162 Main Street (Map 37/Lot 128)
District B-1
Applicant/Agent: John Brescio, Manager; David Royston, Attorney
John Brescio presented the request for signage on his new restaurant opening adjacent to his current Liv’s Oyster Bar Restaurant. The new restaurant will serve a lighter fare and be open for lunch. The name of the new restaurant is yet to be determined. The sign will be very similar to Liv’s and placed over the front door. It will have a black outline with red/black lettering and a white background. The size of the sign will be 10 ½ ‘ x 1 ½’ (15.75 sq ft), similar to the past tenant’s sign, which was approved by the board. There will be 3 gooseneck lights illuminating the sign. A second sign will be on the north side of the building (4 sq ft) in white with black lettering similar to the other tenant signs. John will be adding a new
retractable awning similar to the awning of his neighboring tenant, “Lux”. The board noticed that the window in the new space appeared to be higher than Lux’s window height, therefore limiting his ability to align the height of the new awning with that of Lux’s awning. If that is the case then the awning could only be placed directly above the window.
MOTION TO: approve sign application as presented with the recommendations that the top of the sign align with the top of the “Lux” sign, replacement awning to match the profile, shape and height of the “Lux” awning, the height of the awning shall be lowered to the top of existing window if that is higher.
MOVED: by J. Gibbs; SECONDED: by A. Claffey
IN FAVOR: G. Pendleton, J. Gibbs, A. Claffey
OPPOSED: none; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 3-0-0
V. REGULAR BUSINESS
A. Meeting Minutes – April 14, 2008
MOTION to approve the minutes of April 14, 2008 as presented
MOVED: by A. Claffey; SECONDED: by J. Gibbs
IN FAVOR: J. Gibbs, A. Claffey, G. Pendleton
OPPOSED: none; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 3-0-0
B. Correspondence – none
C. Committee, Representative & Staff Reports – Chris Costa spoke about the Design Excellence Awards. She has notified the winners of the awards and has drafted a letter that was mailed today to each award recipient. Chris is currently working on a location for the award ceremony that will be held on September 30, 2008. An article was also drafted which will appear in the next issue of The Saybrook Events magazine inviting the public to RSVP if they plan on attending the event.
VI ADJOURNMENT
MOTION to adjourn the meeting at 9:55 p.m. until the next regular meeting on Monday May 12, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Saybrook Town Hall, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 302 Main St.
MOVED by G. Pendleton; SECONDED by J. Gibbs
IN FAVOR: J. Gibbs, G. Pendleton, A. Claffey
OPPOSED: none. ABSTAINED: none. APPROVED: 3-0-0.
Respectfully Submitted,
Joanne Rynecki, Recording Clerk
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