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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-01-09 CITY OF PALM DESERT ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION MINUTES JANUARY 9, 2018 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 12:30 p.m. 11. ROLL CALL Commissioners Current Meeting Year to Date Present Absent Present Absent Chris Van Vliet, Chair X 1 Karel Lambell, Vice Chair X 1 Doug Brewer X 1 Allan Levin X 1 Michael McAuliffe X 1 Jim McIntosh X 1 John Vuksic X 1 Also Present Ryan Stendell, Director, Community Development Eric Ceja, Principal Planner • Kevin Swartz, Associate Planner Nick Melloni, Assistant Planner Pedro Rodriguez, Supervisor Code Compliance Ron Moreno', Sr. Engineer/City Surveyor Janine Judy, Recording Secretary Cancelled meetings: III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: November 28, 2017 Action: Commissioner Lambell moved to approve the November 28, 2017 meeting minutes. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Levin and carried by a 7- 0 vote, with Brewer, Lambell, Levin, McAuliffe, McIntosh, Van Vliet, and Vuksic voting YES. ARCHITECTURAL REV,v-.✓ COMMISSION MINUTES January 9, 2018 V. CASES: A. Final Drawings: 1. CASE NO: MISC 17-0004 APPLICANT AND ADDRESS: BUFFALO WILD WINGS, c/o Carmen Conley, 5500 Wayzata Blvd. #1600, Minneapolis, MN 55416 NATURE OF PROJECT/APPROVAL SOUGHT: Consideration to approve a fagade color change; Buffalo Wild Wings. LOCATION: 72920 Highway 111 ZONE: P.C.-(3), S.P. Mr. Nick Melloni, Assistant Planner, presented a proposal to modify the color of the fagade for Buffalo Wild Wings on Highway 111 and passed around the color samples. He presented photos of the building and pointed out the areas where the new colors will be applied. He said signage was approved by staff and is not a part of this approval. MR. RYAN MILLER, District Manager 'for Buffalo Wild Wings, explained that the color scheme and branding changed years ago and the proposed fagade recolor is to reflect these changes. He added that Buffalo Wild Wings desired to paint the building gray, and asked if the Commission would review it at this time. Commissioner Lambell said the Commission would have to review a complete color scheme to include the gray color since the one being presented only included the yellow that is being proposed. Chair Van Vliet said gray would be a huge color change. MR. MILLER pointed out the areas where the gray and yellow will be applied. The Commission reviewed and discussed the locations. Commissioner McIntosh was confused that the applicant provided renderings only showing the change to yellow and recommended that the applicant submit a full color presentation to see if all colors would work together as a whole. He said he was in favor of the .yellow but would like to see the whole composition of materials; the yellow, gray, tile, and brick. GAPlanningUanineJudMRG11Mlnutes\201V80108min.dom Page 2 of 8 ARCHITECTURAL REvitW COMMISSION MINUTES January 9, 2018 design is consistent with the aesthetic of the primary building. Staff recommends approval of the design as shown on the plans. Commissioner Lambell asked if the letters were painted on and MR. GRAYSON ZEHNDER, -WESTLiving, said it is individual letters, aluminum grade material and powdered coated. The Commission reviewed and discussed the walls and grade. Mr. Melloni said the wall is at grade and setback about 20' from the property line on Portola. The thickness of the wall is 2'-9" including the cap, the width is about 1'-3" and the height is no more than 6' above grade. The end of the sign, which is primarily made out of stacked stone veneer, will be the tallest portion at 6' with the main bulk of the sign at 5'-6". ACTION: Commissioner Lambell moved to approve as submitted. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Levin and carried by a 7-0 vote, with Brewer, Lambell, Levin, McAuliffe, McIntosh, Vuksic, and Van Vliet voting YES. 3. CASE NO: MISC 14-402 APPLICANT AND ADDRESS: MAA HOSPITALITY, 72322 Highway 111, Palm Desert, CA 92260 NATURE OF PROJECT/APPROVAL SOUGHT: Consideration to approve an amendment to construction plans regarding windows; Springhill Suites Marriott. LOCATION: 72322 Highway 111 ZONE: P.C:(3), S.P. Mr. Kevin Swartz, Associate Planner, presented revised window plans for the Springhill Marriott Suites. During a building inspection, it was noticed that the windows were different from what was previously approved. In the original approval the windows were meant to be flush-mounted with an overhang to provide a shade element. He presented photos of the windows and stated that once the contractor starts wrapping the building, the windows will project out and will not be flush. Mr. Stendell said the minutes approving these windows reflected a fairly extensive discussion about the windows and the necessity for them to be flush is a very integral part of the design and that is one of the reasons why staff halted this project. GAP1anningWn1n9Jud7MPC\1Mlnutes12018\180109min.doex Page 4 of 8 ARCHITECTURAL REVicvJ COMMISSION MINUTES January 9, 2018 The Commission reviewed and discussed the rendering and recommended showing the return and color on the revised rendering, the tower element needs to be one continuous color, a color change shall not be on an outside corner, and removal of the large piece of sheet metal on top of the tower element, and to show shadow and colors on the renderings. ACTION: Commissioner McIntosh moved to continue Case No. MISC 17-0004 subject to providing a complete color rendering. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Lambell and carried by a 7-0 vote, with Brewer, Lambell, Levin, McAuliffe, McIntosh, Vuksic, and Van Wet voting YES. 2. CASE NO: SARC 17-0005 APPLICANT AND ADDRESS: ALLGIRE GENERAL CONTRACTORS, 3278 Garey'Hawk Court, Carlsbad, CA 92010 NATURE OF PROJECT/APPROVAL SOUGHT: Consideration to approve a monument sign; WESTLiving Palm Desert. LOCATION: 40235 Portola Avenue ZONE: P.R:5, S.O. Mr. Nick Mellon!, Assistant Planner, presented a monument sign for a.residential community called Bella Villaggio on Portola Avenue (Portola). This is a 150-bed assisted living facility with memory care that was previously approved under an entitlement in the late 1990s and the building fagade was approved by the Commission in 2015. Staff previously approved an entryway that included three (3) separate walls located at the southeast corner of the site off a private road called Via Tuscany. The monument sign will be located on the longest wall that runs the length of 23' varying in height from the maximum of 6' to 5'-6". He referred to the sign rendering and said it will be finished with stucco and have a stacked stone finish to match the building. It will also include a pre-cast concrete trim cap with stucco corbels as decorative elements. The text of the sign reads, Bella Villagio by WESTLiving. This monument meets the allowed sign height of under 6' and the sign area.is listed as 29 square feet which falls under the maximum of 40 square feet. The sign will be double-sided and angled slightly so it will be visible from the main entryway off Via Tuscany and to travelers going southbound on Portola. Overall the sign is consistent with the sign ordinance and the G\PIanning'JanineJudy\ARC\1Minutes\2018\1B0109min.docx Page 3 of 8 ARCHITECTURAL REvim-W COMMISSION MINUTES January 9, 2018 The Commission reviewed the construction plans and discussed the overhang, location of the nail-on windows, the frame and glass. MS. RENEE ROLIN, Design and Construction, said once the windows are wrapped with stucco they won't protrude as much as they are today. They are having custom grills made so that it looks like one complete system and the'exterior elevation is being redone to accept all these changes. The Commission and the applicant discussed•the PTAC units, the window system; the grill and framing. ACTION: Commissioner Vuksic moved to approve subject to applicant submitting revised documents to staff to demonstrate that the finished plaster will be flush with the window frames and that the PTAC units below the windows will be detailed so that it appears to be an integral part of the window system. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Lambell and carried by a 7-0 vote,with Brewer, Lambell, Levin, McAuliffe, McIntosh, Vuksic, and Van Vliet voting YES. 4. CASE NO: SA 13-362 APPLICANT AND ADDRESS: WARING PLAZA CONDO ASSOCIATION, c/o International Property Solutions, 72730 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260 NATURE OF PROJECT/APPROVAL SOUGHT: Consideration to approve an amendment to the sign program to allow a new hanging sign location on the east elevation for Building B; Waring Medical and Professional Plaza. LOCATION: 72630 Fred Waring Drive ZONE: O.P. Mr. Kevin Swartz, Associate Planner, presented an amendment to the sign program for Waring Medical and Professional Plaza. He stated that the sign program was created in 2008 and has been amended a couple of times. The building being reviewed today is Building B. On September 8,. 2016,, Sign-A-Rama on behalf of Myofascial, was granted approval from the Owners' Association and the City of Palm Desert to allow two hanging signs. One sign was approved on the south elevation facing Fred Waring Drive (Fred Waring), which is allowed per the sign program. The second sign, GAPIanning'Janine JudyUPglMinutest2018V80109min.docz Page 5 of 8 ARCHITECTURAL RE4ievV COMMISSION MINUTES January 9, 2018 which was approved in error, was located on the east elevation. Io- date, neither hanging sign has been installed. On September 12, 2017, the Architectural Review Commission (ARC) considered an amendment to the sign program from Sign-A- Rama on behalf of. Myofascial and the Owners' Association. The proposed amendment was to add an additional wall sign location right below the existing sign facing Fred Waring. The Commission denied.that request because they felt the two signs were too close together. There was a brief discussion about placing the sign on the south facing balcony, however the Commission stated that the balconies facing south are an architectural feature and didn't want signage there. Mr. Swartz said the hanging signs have not been installed and this Commission did talk about the two hanging signs; one on the south facing balcony and one on the east facing balcony. Staff on behalf of the Owner's Association wanted to clarify and add the sign location on the east elevation of the building and add that location to the sign program in order for it to be in compliance. Mr. Swartz stated a letter was received from Mark McGowan, Law Offices of Mark McGowan (McGowan) who is currently going back and forth with the Owners' Association and with the applicant, Myofascial, on their sign locations. There is some disagreement with McGowan and the City in how the City is interpreting the sign program. Staff does view Myofascial as occupying the corner suite and is allowed two signs. Mr. Swartz stated he sent an email to McGowan informing him that the City did approve one of the sign locations in error since it was not identified on the sign program. The Commission reviewed photos of Building B and the upper and lower level signage on the building to the east. They discussed the accessibility to the common space balcony on Building B and placing a hanging sign on the east facing balcony at the north end. They felt the signage on the building to the east was well presented and balanced appropriately. MR. MARK MCGOWAN, attorney, presented and discussed documentation dated December 7, 2016, and December 21, 2017 as presented to the ARC prior to today's meeting. He stated that as the very first buyer of the Waring Plaza, more than a decade ago, he bought the unit and the balcony and was promised a wall sign on the south facing wall by the original developer even before there was an original sign program. He said he doesn't deem unit 202 to be a G\Planninguanlne JadyWRc\l Mmmes\201eMe0109mhn.aoex Page 6 of 8 ARCHITECTURAL IF1 rd-W COMMISSION MINUTES January 9, 2018 corner unit and said it would be a complete contortion of the letter and intent of the sign program to allow sign placement on the balcony which is completely the opposite side of the building. He said the language in the sign program says the'balcony signs are for second floor units having balcony frontage, which is simply not the case with unit 202. He presented arguments for the sign locations. Commissioner Lambell said she feels that this Commission is being unfairly triangulated between the HOA, ,Mr. McGowan and Myofascial and the rest of the tenants that may be up in arms because Myofascial is granted a second sign. She feels this is unfair to ask a volunteer Commission to make those sorts of decisions. There is an HOA for a reason and a sign program for a reason. She said this Commission has spent hours and hours on this sign program. MR. BLAKE TATOM, VIP Urgent Care (VIP), stated fie was in the original sign program meeting ten years ago and remembers the arguments regarding the sign locations. He agreed with Commissioner Lambell's comments and said it is an insane waste of time. He described the amounts of correspondence regarding this issue zreceived from McGowan and the offensive way he treats the tenants. He,said VIP owns half of this building and McGowan only w t , owns 1/6, however McGowan has a large sign on the face of the building compared to VIPs two smaller signs. This is not an equitable program. His large sign is right above VIPs space and'appears to be a first floor practice. He stated that without the approval of the City, McGowan enlarged that same sign by 50%. Mr. Tatom doesn't understand the efforts McGowan has put forth to block new tenant signage. The Commission continued to review and discuss proposed.sign locations. Commissioner Vuksic said he is trying to separate himself from all these issues and is looking at it from a standpoint of aesthetics and precedent. He said Myofascial's approved south facing hanging sign is in a nice spot and since they do not have an east exposure it is not as important to have a sign on the east facing elevation. It is an office complex and it's not supposed to have a lot of signs. He thinks it would be a mistake aesthetically to have so many signs on that balcony. • I Commissioner McIntosh said since the south facing hanging sign has been approved under the sign program and it is a prime location he wondered why they were considering changes to the approved sign program. GAPIanningVanine JudIMRCUMinutes12018\180109min.do. Page 7 of 8 ARCHITECTURAL RE4iwll COMMISSION MINUTES January 9, 2018 Commissioner Lambell said this is a perfect opportunity to reaffirm the existence of the sign program and they are here to enforce what is already in place. ACTION: Commissioner Brewer made a motion to reaffirm the Waring Medical & Professional Plaza Sign Program as is, and denied the request to add an additional sign location on the east elevation of Building B. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Vuksic and carried by a 7-0 vote, with Brewer, Lambell, Levin, McAuliffe, McIntosh, Vuksic, and Van Vliet voting YES. B. Preliminary Plans: None C. Miscellaneous Items: None VI. COMMENTS The Commission and staff discussed the El Paseo Market Study and the Paseo Hotel. VII. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner McIntosh moved to adjourn the Architectural Review Commission meeting at 2:05 p.m. ERIC CEJ PRINCIPAL-PLANNER SECRETARY JAN N IJUD REC DING SECRETARY GAPiammngWanlneJuayVRcvmmutes�zoievaoiosmm.eac. Page 8 of 8