Architectural Board of Review

VILLAGE OF CHAGRIN FALLS ARCHITECTURAL BOARD OF REVIEW MARCH 7, 2023 Meeting Called to Order 8:30 A.M. Members Present: Bill Childs, George Clemens, Steve King, Phil Koepf, Wendy Naylor Also Present: Dominic Cribari, Joan Andersen APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion by Naylor seconded by Childs to approve the minutes from the February 21, 2023 meeting. Roll Call: King-yea, Naylor-yea, Childs-yea. Motion passed. 1. Fig 25 South Franklin Signage-Final Caroline Galloway and Donna Cody (Owners) presented this project for new signage for their business. They said the sign will be an aluminum composite material and are using weather resistant material. Summation-motion by King, seconded by Naylor to approve the new signs. Roll Call: Childs-yea, King- yea, Naylor-yea. Motion passed. 2. Riverbend Equities 45 Walnut Street Exterior Alterations-Preliminary Stephen Ciciretto (Architect) and Jim McClure (Homeowner) presented these plans. King read the Historical Significance Report and said the house at 45 Walnut Street does meet the standards of a Historically Significant Property as defined in the Codified Ordinance Section 1146.03 (C) (2): the structure is presumed to be an Historically Significant Property because it is more than 100 years old. The structure also contributes to the Chagrin Falls West Side Historic District, Ref. No. 74001433. The proposed exterior alterations #1-12, listed under “The Issue”, change the appearance of 45 Walnut Street and do not follow the Codified Ordinance Section 1146.04 (d)(1-3) “guidelines for “preservation of features,” “replacement of features,” and “compatibility,” and in that regard has an adverse effect on the design and historical significance of the house. Motion by King, seconded by Naylor to receive the HSR report. Roll Call: Naylor-yea, Childs-yea, King-yea. Motion passed. Stephen said that the plans are to have the original historic piece to stand and to tear down the garage. He said they want to create a wrap-around porch. They want to replace the existing garage with an attached one and add a master suite above it. They also want to add an elevator in the home. Clemens said he thought the elevator was a good idea. They said they need a variance for the attached garage because of lot coverage. Building and Zoning Inspector Dominic Cribari said he needs a report from their engineer and a site plan. Childs said that with the proposed changes they are adding an addition the size of the existing house and the massing and composition are competing with each other. He said the main house should be the focal point. He said to move the addition roof down and change the pitch on it. He said to pull down and introduce some dormers. He said to look at the composition. He said the pediments are competing with each other. He said the columns need more of a hierarchy and to add another set of columns. Clemens said they need a more substantial usable porch facing Walnut and Naylor agrees that you need to keep the historic facade. She said the house is on corner with two public site lines and to leave a single door main entry at the historic location on Walnut Street. Koepf said they need to stay within the zoning that the Village set up. He said they are taking another beautiful historic house and changing it. He said they need they need to study the entry on Center Street and suggest they keep it on Walnut. Jim said that the changes he’s making are to enhance the house. Clemens said his biggest concern is that they are forcing an entry on Center Street. Summation-motion by Naylor, seconded by King to table this discussion for the following reasons: need to restudy composition and massing; need to add an addition that does not overwhelm the historic house and maintains the historic characteristics of the existing home; restudy to reduce height of addition and restudy pitch of pediment at entry; change double door entry at façade to a single door; restudy wrap around porch on north elevation, being mindful that this is a corner lot with two public site lines; restudy hoods and brackets on addition; specify window type and restudy replacing picture window and hard type front elevation windows: The Board does not recommend a variance for lot coverage based on drawings as presented. Roll Call: Childs-yea, Naylor-yea, King-yea. Motion passed. 3. RSR Chagrin 225 South Main New Dwelling-Final Robert Vitt (Owner) presented plans for the new dwelling. The Board reviewed the plans presented. Clemens said they are conforming with zoning. He said the house feels a little bald and thinks he should get rid of the stone. He thinks the garage doors are the primary feature. He thinks something more needs to happen on the back of house. Childs said to break up the massing on the roof and that they should add some muntin’s. Clemens said they need something on the rear elevation. Child’s said to add a dormer on the back. He said on the second floor they only have light on one side. He suggested adding a skylight. Clemens said to add a porch to this house. Summation-motion by Naylor, seconded by King to table this discussion for the following reasons: need to restudy and lessen the dominance of the garage door façade; adjust proportion of stone to clapboard at façade; adjust brackets at the garage; move the water table down; on the rear elevation-restudy to add windows/dormers/reverse gables: add light to second floor rooms. Roll Call: King-yea, Naylor-yea, Childs-yea. Motion passed. 4. RSR Chagrin 219 South Main New Dwelling-Final Robert Vitt (Owner) presented plans for the new dwelling. The Board reviewed the plans presented. Clemens thinks this is a more successful design then the other house. Childs said to add panels below the bay window. Clemens suggested a brick fire place and to get rid of the dog house. Robert said that the dog house is a built-in china cabinet. Clemens said to make the porch deeper. Summation-motion by Naylor, seconded by King to table this discussion for the following reasons: recommendations to the façade; add a panel below bay window; add depth to porch so it’s more usable; pilaster on the porch and casing around the front door; remove both dog houses and rework rear dog house area-suggestion to replace with brick chimney. Roll Call: Childs-yea, King-yea, Naylor-yea. Motion passed. 5. Stecker 88 Hall Street Exterior Alteration-Final John Fischer (Architect), Bill Joyce (Contractor), and Dave Stecker (Homeowner) presented these plans. John said based on the recommendations from the Board at the previous meeting they put a break in the garage and added a window. They also raised the window up into the gable. Summation-motion by Naylor, seconded by Childs for final approval of plans as presented. Roll Call: King-yea, Childs-yea, Naylor-yea. Motion passed. Summation-motion by Naylor, seconded by King to approve demolition of existing garage. Roll Call: Childs-yea, Naylor-yea, King-yea. Motion passed. 6. Mintun 56 Maple Street Exterior Alteration-Final George Clemens (Architect) presented these plans. He said based on the comments and recommendations from the Board at the previous meeting they are adding on to the existing back room. Childs thought it looked good and that he made the changes and suggestions that they had recommended. Summation-motion by Childs, seconded by King for final approval of plans as presented. Roll Call: Naylor-yea, Childs-yea, King-yea. Motion passed. 7. DeJohn 148 High Street Exterior Alteration-Preliminary Becky Pantuso (Architect) presented these plans. She said that she made the changes recommended by the Board. Clemens asked if she was removing the existing porch and Becky said yes. Building and Zoning Inspector Dominic Cribari said since that by removing the porch it eliminates the variance that was needed. Clemens said he likes that it softens the massing of the house and that the second floor is smaller than the first. The Board thinks it looks good. Summation-motion by Naylor, seconded by Childs for preliminary approval of plans as presented. Roll Call: King-yea, Childs-yea, Naylor-yea. Motion passed. WALK-IN 47 Maple Street Darryl Dureiko (Project Manager) and Tom Paul (Architect) presented these plans. They said they are removing a window and replacing it with a door to better utilize the space and adding a new railing system. Naylor said this is a Queen Anne style home and that the turned spindles columns are characteristic of that type of house. Need to detail the square lattice. They want to put double window on second floor on the first floor they want to shorten the window height. They asked about the porch having vertical or square apron option with the cut outs. They said they liked the vertical ones. Naylor said she has reservations about the porte cochere and that it adds a lot to the elevation. Clemens said it would be nice to have the three dimensional of the porte cochere they want. Childs said to get the book Get Your House Right. He said the railings are best at 30” and needs a rhythm. The Board said they liked the railings. Darryl asked about the cupola brackets on the garage and the Board said they need to lower them. Meeting Adjourned at 10:20 3-21-23 ____________________________________________ Steve King, Chairman Date