Design Review Board

Staff Comments for the DESIGN REVIEW BOARD February 28, 2013 1. Maybank Highway: (James Island) Staff recommendation: 1. Refine the proportions and scale of the courtyard entrances for a more human scale. One solution may be to use a pair of shorter arches. 2. Windows should be set deep into the walls. 3. Consider using a dark color on the upper floor to help it recede. 4. Use a clad window in lieu of a solid vinyl window. Staff Comments from previous meeting: 1. Eliminate the use of the bahama shutters on the live/work units along Maybank Highway. 2. Eliminate the shed dormers above the live/work units along Maybank Highway. 3. Restudy the design of the porches including their arched tops and columns. The columns should break at each floor. Provide a plane change between each differing building material. Eliminate the stone base on the rear half of the building. Raise the brick one floor to improve the overall scale. 4. Provide a stronger break in the massing of the south and west elevations. 5. Provide locations of all dryer vents and utility meters on the elevations. 6. For the next submittal, provide both before and proposed elevations on the same sheet for comparison purposes. MEMBERS PRESENT: BILL MARSHALL, PATRICK PERNELL, MELANIE BUNCHAM, RICHARD WIGFALL, JEFF JOHNSTON, ELIZABETH COMPTON STAFF PRESENT: DENNIS DOWD, BILL TURNER CLERK: PEGGY JORDAN AGENDA DESIGN REVIEW BOARD FEBRUARY 28, 2013 5:00 P.M. 75 CALHOUN STREET 1. Maybank Highway – TMS# 424-00-00-001 App. No. 132-28-1 Request Preliminary approval for new construction of a multi-family development as per documentation submitted. Owner: Woodfield Investments Applicant: Seamon Whiteside and Associates Neighborhood: James Island MOTION: Preliminary Approval with Deferral of the following to come back before the Board: Address staff comments; restudy the first floor cementitious panels on the Maybank Highway elevation as well as above the third floor of the pool courtyard entrances; refine the design and pedestrian experience and, restudy the proportions of the pool courtyard entrance bays; provide details for the alcove at the pool courtyard entrances; restudy the design of the pool area; restudy the design of the East courtyard. MADE BY: P.Pernell SECOND: M.Buncham VOTE: FOR 5 AGAINST 0 *B.Marshall abstains