Appearance Commission

Appearance Commission Meeting Minutes Date: June 12, 2024 Appearance Members Present: Michael Lynk, Chair Thomas DaMario, Vice Chair Maryjane Klein Joe Maschek Julie Naumiak Jay Pathak Appearance Members Absent: Archana Shah Staff Present: Brian Augustine, Zoning Administrator Jade Mosak, Permit Technician (I) CALL TO ORDER A quorum being present, Chairman Lynk called the meeting to order. (II) APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Commissioner Julie Naumiak to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner DaMario. All members voted aye. (III) CASE DESCRIPTIONS New Business: 2024-12A- 4150 Suffield Ct Applicant: Mark Golan Architect LTD Owner: Jonathan & Kira Rich Request: 2nd Floor Addition Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into the record. All Commissioners agreed that they had no comments. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented. The vote was unanimous. Motion: Maschek Second: Naumiak Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-018A- 8240 Harding Ave Applicant: Debra Wendling Owner: Daniel Petrean Request: 1st and 2nd Floor Addition Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into record. Commissioner Maschek questions if applicant would consider that the trim over the garage would match the trim over the gables of the second floor. Applicant says they could consider that and says they can add the trim to even out the proportions between the new and existing. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented with the condition that the trim over the garage will match the house style trim. The vote was unanimous. Motion: Klein Second: Naumiak Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-019A- 5271 George St Applicant: TW Architect Inc. Owner: Joseph Caguana Request: 2nd Floor Dormer Addition Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into record. Chair Lynk questions what area the dormer addition is. Staff member Augustine confirms where dormer is on plans. Commissioner DaMario questions staff comment about the owner being in the midst of enforcement proceedings for this project. Staff member Augustine explains that alterations were made before attending the Appearance Commission. Staff member Augustine explains that the detached garage on the plans is not in the purview of Appearance Commission. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented. The vote was unanimous. Motion: Naumiak Second: Pathak Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-020A- 9140 Crawford Ave Applicant & Owner: Yehoshua & Sara Mizrachi Request: 2nd Floor Addition Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into record. Commissioner Maschek states that there is a minor discrepancy on the 3D renderings vs the 2D renderings regarding the stone and trim above the windows. He states he did not like the way the 3D rendering looked. Owner replies that he agrees and had made the same comment to the architect. Owner says architect thinks he made a mistake and he was hoping one of the Commissioners would make that comment so that it could be approved with that condition. Commissioner Maschek states that the trim over the stone must be larger. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented with the condition that the trim over the stone must be larger so that the 2 nd floor addition does not look top heavy. The vote was unanimous. Motion: DaMario Second: Naumiak Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-021A- 9256 Keating Ave Applicant & Owner: Daniel & Amanda Glowen Request: 2nd Floor Addition Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into the record. Commissioner Maschek states that he really enjoys the design. Commissioners had no other comments. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented. The vote was unanimous. Motion: Naumiak Second: DaMario Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-022A- 5020 Jerome St Applicant: Stephen Coorlas (Coorlas Architecture PLLC) Owner: Blly Govis Request: 2nd Floor Addition Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into the record. Chair Lynk questions if the applicant is keeping anything on the existing front of the house. The architect on record says they are keeping the whole lower half of the building. He also confirms that they are maintaining the entry and preserving the stone work around the front window. Chair Lynk asks for a briefing on the materials. The architect states that they will be using brick to match the existing, and it will be stained to a uniform color. He also states that the front panel and the backside of the garage will be a material called resisto. He also states that there will be an ACM panel in the front (center strip) to add some texture and tone, and fascia board wrapped in prefinished aluminum. Commissioner Maschek comments that because the addition is so tall, it would be beneficial to plant a tree in the front yard. The architect states they want to plant as many trees as possible. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented. The vote was unanimous. Motion: Maschek Second: Pathak Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 Old Business: 2024-006A- 9543 Lincolnwood Dr Applicant & Owner: Ryan Lezcano Request: 1st & 2nd Floor Addition Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into the record. Chair Lynk asks for clarification on why this project is returning to Appearance Commission. The architect of record states that they were previously approved for a two-story addition on the back of the house and now the owner wants to make it a bit bigger. Chair Lynk asks if there is a visual of the existing dormer. The architect replies that there are no photos included. The architect explains that the current shed dormer was pulled back about two feet. Chair Lynk says there is no issue with the change they are proposing. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented. The vote was unanimous. Motion: Pathak Second: Naumiak Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-023A- 4034 Oakton St Applicant: Nathan Kriska Owner: Eva Atias Request: Façade and Signage Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into the record. Architect Kriska states they are here to approach the façade above the roof line because right now they can’t put any signs in that area. He says they can go back to the sign company to accommodate staff concerns. Staff Augustine says that staff has no objection to the façade changes. Chair Lynk questions if Architect Kriska will have any problem with eliminating one of the two signs. Architect Kriska agrees that he has no problem but wants to incorporate elements of both signs into one sign, including the brick oven onto the existing sign. Commissioners agree that the brick oven would compliment the existing sign. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented at the meeting with the condition that Sarah’s Brick Oven sign will be one sign with elements combined from both signs. The vote was unanimous. Motion: DaMario Second: Naumiak Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-024A- 4861 Oakton St Applicant & Owner: Tetyana Bazylyuk Request: Façade and Signage Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into the record. Staff member Augustine hands Commissioners a revised elevation sheet showing new lighting. Chair Lynk questions if the color will be closer to the color on the plans or to the color on the sheet. The owner says the color will be a redder color as shown on the sheet. Chair Lynk says that the color of the apple should be the same color as the façade. The owner agrees. Commissioner Klein questions if the background color will be entirely red. Chair Lynk responds that it will be the color shown on the color rendering that Staff Augustine just passed out. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented at the meeting with the conditions that the colors on the wall will match the red apple, and that the elevations must include the proposed lighting. The vote was unanimous. Motion: Maschek Second: Naumiak Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-025A- 4921 Oakton St Applicant & Owner: Alberto Flores Request: Façade and Signage Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into the record. The owner/applicant presents a sample of the color and states it will be more of an orange color as opposed to the yellow color shown on the renderings. Chair Lynk questions if the owner will be painting the area below the sign to match. The owner says yes. Chair Lynk questions if the entry door will be painted as well because it looks a bit banged up. The owner says he never considered it but he agrees to painting it. Commissioner DaMario questions if the existing brick will be painted. The owner responds that he will not be painting any brick. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented at the meeting with the condition that the front west door will be painted to match the orange color of the sign. Motion: DaMario Second: Naumiak Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-026A- 8135 Monticello Applicant & Owner: Drina Nikola Request: Façade and Signage Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into the record. Commissioner Maschek states that he really likes the proposed sketch. The owner states that they want the sign to be soft but still on brand for their company. The Commissioners reiterate that the sign must be an actual sign and not painted on the wall. There were no further comments. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented. The vote was unanimous. Motion: Naumiak Second: DaMario Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-027A- 4811 Oakton St Applicant: Design Inc Owner: Craft Beaver Request: Signage and Accessory Exterior Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into the record. Staff member Augustine hands Commissioners a packet from the applicant showing sign style and color. Commissioner Maschek states that he likes the sketch and yellow and orange colors. The applicant states that he likes the idea of doing a gradation and possibly also wants to add some graphics. The Applicant explains that he will be converting all the garage doors to glass so that it reads as a retail space as opposed to industrial. Commissioner Maschek asks if they will be taking down the chain link fences around the property. The applicant states that he does want to take the chain link down, but he is trying to figure out who owns the fence. Commissioner Klein says she likes the design of the painted tank. Commissioner Maschek questions if they are only allowed to have a sign in the front of the property and not on the water tank. The applicant states that he knows there cannot be two attached signs, but the sign in the front is not attached. Staff Augustine confirms that there cannot be two wall signs. The applicant states that the water tank is an independent structure. Chair Lynk states that he agrees with the petitioner. Chair Lynk asks Staff member Augustine for confirmation on what is being taken into consideration for this case. Staff Augustine confirms that issues in question are the tank with the size of the signage that the applicant is proposing and the garage doors. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented with the conditions that the sign in front of the building must be a ground sign, and the color on the tank is to be the yellow color as presented at the meeting. The vote was unanimous. Motion: Maschek Second: Klein Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 2024-028A- 5135 Golf Rd Applicant & Owner: Osman Gorgulv, EVAM LLC Request: Façade Discussion & Interested Parties Staff comments were read into the record. Staff Augustine explains that this space is an existing office building with parking underneath and is proposed to be converted to first floor commercial with residences on the second and third floor. Commissioner Naumiak questions if there is outside parking at the property. Applicant Gorgulv confirms that there is outside parking and a parking lot behind the building. Staff Augustine also confirms that the parking would be in the rear off of Leamington and the parking area underneath the building would get converted to commercial. Commissioner Maschek questions the colors of the existing and new façade panels. Chair Lynk states that the building is not really going to change and they are just adding a storefront on the bottom. Commissioner Maschek disagrees with staffs request to change out the existing panels. He thinks the panels are in pretty good shape and it would not be necessary to change them. Commissioner Maschek also states that he loves to see office spaces retrofitted in this way. Chair Lynk states that he thinks it looks fine and is going to be interesting. Commissioner DaMario questions if the new commercial space will match the existing look of the building. Chair Lynk also questions if the owner/applicant ever intend to put a sign up because he does not believe a sign would look good. The owner/applicant says they do not intend to put up a sign. Chair Lynk questions if they will put up a sign for the commercial first floor. The owner/applicant states that if the leaser wanted to they could go through the process themselves. Staff Augustine says that would be no problem putting a sign of appropriate size in the window. Recommendation and Voting A motion was made to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness to approve as presented at the meeting. The vote was unanimous. Motion: Naumiak Second: Pathak Absent: Shah Ayes: 6 Nays: 0