ARCHITECTURAL REWIEW
BOARD
MINUTES OF MEETING JULY 1,
2004
CALL MEETING TO
ORDER:
Leigh Ann Moots called the
meeting to order at 12:02 p.m.
BOARD MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Wendy Nuspl, Pete Griffin,
Scott Draughn, Wren Hawkins and Leigh Ann Moots
OTHERS
PRESENT:
Frank with Manpower, Amy
Day, Cindy Brake, Biliejo Anderson, Gary Lee, Jim Mitchell, Bill McCarthy, Barb
McCoy, Secretary Tammy Penhorwood
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES: March 4, 2004
Mr. Griffin made a motion to
approve the June 3, 2004 minutes.
Mrs. Hawkins seconded the motion.
Voice vote was unanimous.
CITIZEN COMMENTS ON
NON-AGENDA ITEMS: None
AGENDA
ITEMS:
1. To consider a request for a
Certificate of Appropriateness to permit new identification signs, located at
JoJo’s Deli, 106 South Main Street; filed by Billiejo Anderson, 10118 McCarty
Rd., Woodstock, OH
43084.
Mrs. Moots asked if anyone
had any questions. There were
none.
Mrs. Hawkins made a motion
to approve the new I.D. sign for JoJo’s Deli as presented. Mrs. Nuspl seconded the
motion.
Mrs. Moots Yes Mr. Draughn Yes Mrs. Nuspl Yes Mr. Griffin Yes Mrs. Hawkins Yes
2. To consider a request for a
Certificate of Appropriateness to permit new identification sign, located at
Manpower, 114 North Main Street; filed by Julie Guy, 111 South Main St.,
Marysville, OH
43040.
Frank, Manpower
representative, presented the board with pictures of existing signs in
Marysville similar to the type Manpower would like to use. Frank stated Manpower would prefer to
put up a sign with letters only and no background. Mr. Griffin stated he agreed, it gives
the sign a much cleaner look. Mrs.
Nuspl stated she felt the lettering might get lost against the brick if it
didn’t have a background. Mr.
Draughn asked Frank if they could outline the letters or give the lettering a
shadow effect to help them stand out.
Frank stated they could.
Mr. Draughn made a motion to
approve the Manpower sign using lettering only with a shadow effect. Mrs. Hawkins seconded the
motion.
Mrs. Hawkins Yes Mrs. Moots Yes Mr. Draughn Yes Mrs. Nuspl Yes Mr. Griffin Yes
3. To consider a request for a
Certificate of Appropriateness to permit the demolition of a building located at
220 W. 7th St., filed by Gary Lee for the Union County Commissioners,
233 W. 6th Street, Marysville, OH 43040.
Mrs. Hawkins stated there are several
members of the community that do not want this building demolished. She stated she personally feels that
good towns do not tear down history.
The county has renovated the old K-mart building, which is not
history. Union Manor has been
renovated and it is a 1960’s building, however, you want to tear down a 1920’s
building for parking. She stated
there are other ways to solve the parking issues around town. Mr. Hawkins stated her along with the
owners of their business and some public interests in town, have a strong
opinion about this building not being torn down. Mr. Lee stated they did renovate the
6th St. building, which is a historical building. He stated they have done several studies
and they do not feel they can commit over 3 million dollars to a building, which
will create a lot of unusable space.
He stated they were paying a $5000.00 a month heating bill for this
building this past winter and it would not get a whole lot better than that
after renovation because of the wide hallways and the high ceilings. He stated the commissioners have a track
record of renovating every building they can. The architects are telling us
economically it is just not feasible.
He stated they do recognize that it is a historical building and are
planning on having a decommissioning ceremony with everything of historical
significance to be placed in an appropriate place.
Mr. Draughn stated the
hardest part in dealing with the tearing down of the building is there will just
be black pavement in its place.
Mrs. McCoy stated they would have to meet the landscape requirements in
the codebook. She stated they will
also have to buffer against the residential neighbors and the parking lot will
have to contain green space. She
stated she also wanted to make note that the codebook does give the flexibility
in cases where the renovation is not economically feasible.
Mrs. Nuspl stated she hated
to see the building go, however, it is better than a building just sitting there
and not being used.
Mrs. Hawkins asked if there
would be a public notice about this?
Mr. Lee stated a story was in the paper about 2 months ago, there will be
public notices, tours, and some of the bricks will be piled to the side for the
public to take as memorabilia.
Mr. Griffin stated he would
like a statement from the county stating they have looked at the economics of
this with trying to restore the building vs. demolishing it. Mr. Lee stated those issues were
addressed in the letter he gave the commission.
Mrs. Nuspl asked if this is
just for demolition of the building, will they have to come back before the
board for signage? Mrs. McCoy
stated they will have to go before Shade Tree for the landscaping and then they
will have to come back before the ARB.
Mrs. McCoy stated looking at the drawing of the proposed parking lot,
since it is over 25% of the area; the entire parking lot has to come into
compliance with the ordinance.
Mr. Griffin made a motion to
approve the request for the demolition of the building located at 220 W.
7th St. Mr. Draughn seconded the motion.
Mrs. Moots Yes Mr. Draughn Yes Mrs. Nuspl Yes Mr. Griffin Yes Mrs. Hawkins Yes
4. To consider a request for a
Certificate of Appropriateness to permit new identification sign, located at
McCarthy Financial Advisors, 127 W. 5th Street; filed by Tom McCarthy, 398
Hickory Dr., Marysville, OH
43040
Mr. Bill McCarthy stated he
was there to answer any questions the board may have. Mrs. McCoy stated she had been out of
the office and had not had the opportunity to look at this information until
now. She stated there is no sign
permit attached which contains the information she would need before she could
approve this sign. She asked Mr.
McCarthy if he knew how wide the building was? She stated the width of the building
would determine the size of an allowed sign. Mr. McCarthy stated he did not know the
width of the building. Mrs. McCoy
stated if the building is 40 ft. wide the sign is too large. Mr. McCarthy stated they were going to
use the same size sign as HER has up there. Mrs. McCoy stated they couldn’t do that;
they need to make sure the sign they are going to put up is within the current
regulations. Mrs. Nuspl stated she
likes the green background with the tan lettering, however, the lettering is too
high. She stated they allow a
maximum of 8” in lettering height.
Mrs. Nuspl made a motion to
approve the sign for McCarthy Financial Advisors with a green background and tan
lettering. The lettering is to be
no more than 8” in height and the sign must be in compliance with the size
regulations and to be approved by the zoning inspector.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting was
adjourned.