Design Review Committee

DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE By City Clerk at 2:28 pm, Jan 18, 2023 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th, 2022 1. Call to Order/Roll Call – Matt S. call the meeting to order at 6:05pm 2. Minutes – Motion to accept minutes for 12/21/2021 as presented by Rachel. Seconded by Matt. Approved Motion to accept minutes for 7/19/2022 as presented by Matt. Seconded by Ra- chel. Approved Motion to accept minutes for 8/15/2022 by Matt. Rachel suggests revision to the 37 Clarks Road sign discussion to indicate that the directional sign along Clarks Road would include the name of the hotel. Seconded by Rachel with suggested re- vision. Approved as amended. 3. Public Comments – None 4. Communications – None 5. Continued Applications Sign – 19 Elm Street: Accurety The Applicant has indicated that the awning will no longer have any image or let- ters and intends to withdraw the sign application. DRC has no further comment on this matter. Sign – 37 Clark Road: Fairfield Inn Marriott The sign application representative indicated that the property owner currently has no desire to change or relocate the existing signs. They would request the DRC to review the application as submitted. The sign representative indicated that the di- rectional sign along Clarks Road has been revised as suggested by DRC to include the name of the hotel. The current directional sign also has the name of the hotel. Motion by Matt to recommend approval of the sign application as revised. Seconded by Rachel. Approved Sign – 24 Market Street: Healey, Deshaies &Gagliardi DRC Minutes 09-06-2022  The sign representative, Cathy Brown provided an updated sign package clarifying the signs being replaced for the business. There are two buildings and the signage being replaced on each is now clearly shown. Motion by Matt to recommend approval of the sign application as revised. Seconded by Rachel. Approved 6. New Applications 130 Market Street – Multi-family residential development, Special Permit & Site Plan DRC members reviewed the site plan and other information submitted in the ap- plication package. Overall this would be a great improvement to the neighborhood. There was no representative from the applicant. Currently, the plans are being re- vised to address comments from the city staff. DRC noted the following com- ments: Architectural Drawings: - Provide detailed floor plans for each building type. Is there garaged parking in the four-unit building? How many bedrooms/bathrooms? - Coordinate entrances on the duplex structures. Garage entrance and first floor entrances are not clear. - Are there hip roofs on the duplexes? - Pair the entrances in the four-unit building. Line up the dormers over the win- dows rather than equal spacing them. - What is the Color palette for these two building types? Landscaping/fencing/open space: - Need to create some formal landscaping at the entrance from S Hampton Rd. - Add pilasters to define the entrance with a railing. This would also indicate that it is private residences and not a cut-through street. - Some shade/flowering trees along the driveway and at each end of the driveway would be desirable - What kind of fencing is being proposed behind the four unit building? Will the chain link fence be replaced around the duplexes? Consider exclusive use areas for each of the units in the duplexes. What sort of privacy fences could be used? Any common areas/patios for the residents of the four unit building? Lighting: DRC Minutes 09-06-2022 - Approved  - What is the lighting plan? Consider lighting at pilasters at the entrance from S Hampton. Site Layout: - The driveway width should be reduced to 18 feet. Currently common access driveways are allowed to be 18feet wide. Can the driveways for the duplexes be re-arranged to reduce pavement and to have the entrances face the driveway? - The sidewalk along the driveway could be waived in lieu of repairing and add- ing the missing sections of the sidewalk along South Hampton Road from the entrance to Market Street. DRC continued the review of the application to its next meeting 7. Other Business - East End Smart Growth Overlay District – Design Standards update DRC members had no major update on their review of the proposed design stand- ards. Rachel indicated that she has started to review some design standards that other communities have adopted and still trying to assess what would work for this area. DRC will discuss further at their next meeting in September. 8. Adjourn - Matt moved to adjourn @ 8:10pm. Rachel seconded. Approved unani- mously. DRC Minutes 09-06-2022 - Approved