Community Design Commission

Town Hall TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Community Design Commission Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Meeting Minutes Volker Mueller Edward Hoskins Susana Dancy Susan Lyons Christine Berndt Megan Patnaik Lucy Davis Polly Van de Velde Monday, October 8, 2018 6:30 PM RM 110 | Council Chamber Roll Call Present 6 - Chair Volker Mueller, Susana Dancy, Christine Berndt, Lucy Davis, Susan Lyons, and Megan Patnaik Absent 2 - Edward Hoskins, and Polly Van de Velde Announcements Blue Hill Form District Certificate of Appropriateness Tar Heel Lodging [18-0673] Commission members discuss the intended outcome for the meeting, which was not to take action on the Certificate of Appropriateness (to be done at a subsequent meeting) but to consider the proposed Design Alternatives and take an informal straw poll on each. Design Alternatives will then be listed as part of the Certificate of Appropriateness. The Commission made the following determinations: · Design Alternative 3a (Build-to-Zone depth along Service Rd): In Favor 6-0 Recommendation for additional landscaping and pedestrian activation at the corner of Novus Ln and the Service Rd · DA 3c (Novus Ln Type A-1 Frontage, option for shifting the building closer to the street and providing an exemption to building step back requirements): In Favor 6-0 · DA 4a (Build-to-Zone percentage along Street 2, north side): In Favor 6-0 · DA 4b (Exemption to building step back requirements along Street 2, north side): In Favor 6-0 · DA 5 (Parking deck setback along Street 2, north side): In Favor 6- 0 · DA 9 and 10 (Ground floor and upper story transparency for TRU Hotel west building elevation): Generally in support, provided there Page 1 of 2 Community Design Commission Meeting Minutes October 8, 2018 is other relief for the façade such as a change in color, signage, or signature design element · DA 11 (Entrance spacing along Service Rd): Generally in support · DA 13 (EIFS as primary material): No determination; staff to advise on whether the Commission must make a finding that the material is equivalent or better to allowable primary materials · DA 12 (Crediting covered outdoor amenity space): In Favor 6-0 · DA 14 (Ground floor elevation at Street 1 and Novus Ln intersection): In Favor 6-0 · DA 1 (Street 1 block length): In Favor 5-1. Chris Berndt dissented and suggested that Building 4 be shifted to allow a pass-through as part of justification for this Design Alternative. · DA 2 (Street 1 pass-through spacing): In Favor 5-1. Chris Berndt dissented, same reasoning as DA 1. The Commission advised on additional information that the applicant should provide at the next meeting, for review of the Certificate of Appropriateness. Adjournment Next Meeting - October 15, 2018 Page 2 of 2