ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD

MINUTES OF MEETING OF DECEMBER 2, 2004

 

CALL MEETING TO ORDER:

 

Mrs. Moots called the meeting to order at 12:07 p.m.

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  November 4, 2004

 

Mr. Draughn made a motion to approve the minutes as presented.  Mrs. Nuspl seconded the motion.  Voice we unanimous.

 

CITIZEN COMMENTS:  None

 

AGENDA ITEMS:

 

1.     To consider a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a new identification sign, for Schulze, Howard & Cox Law Offices, located at 110 South Main Street; filed by Dennis Schulze, 110 South Main Street, Marysville, OH  43040.

 

Ms. Fay Cox stated they are presenting two sign options to the board.  The first one is one sign containing both the law office name and the title agency name.  It does exceed the amount of signage allowed by code.  The second option is to have two separate signs. 

 

Mr. Griffin stated if it were his business he would want the two to be separate.  Ms. Faye Cox stated they were trying to avoid too much change in the signs overall appearance.

 

Ms. Nuspl asked if they were still going to be over in the allowed amount of signage with the two signs.  Ms. Penhorwood stated no, with the two separate signs, one would be a business sign and the other would be an identification sign.

 

Ms. Nuspl asked is there was going to be a change in material from what is up there now?  Ms. Cox stated right now it is a wood sign with the information carved out.  The part of the sign that says “Law Offices” will still be carved out wood, however, the names of the attorneys will be on a name plate that way if anything changes in the future, the only thing that will have to be changed is the nameplate. 

 

Drew Youngberg stated the color of the nameplate would match the rest of the sign.  You will not be able to tell it is a plate.

 

Mr. Draughn made a motion to approve the identification and business signs presented.  Mrs. Nuspl seconded the motion. 

 

Mrs. Hawkins  Yes  Mrs. Nuspl  Yes  Mrs. Moots  Yes  Mr. Draughn  Yes  Mr. Griffin  Yes

 

2.     To consider a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for new identification and business signs, for 1st Choice Cash Advance, located at 116 North Main Street; filed by Nick Miller, 206 E. Ct Street, Washington Court House, OH.

 

Mrs. Nuspl asked where the green ribbon across the windows would be.  Mr. Miller stated it would be placed just above the brick. 

 

Mr. Griffin asked if the signs conformed to the regulations as far as the number and size of signs allowed.  Mr. Miller stated he had previously talked with Mrs. McCoy and some adjustments had to be made.  The adjustments were made so they should be conforming. 

 

Mr. Griffin stated he does not like the banner going across the windows, it is promotional not informational.  Mr. Miller stated he has the banner at other store locations.  Mr. Griffin stated the other locations are not the issue; we need to focus on Marysville.  Mr. Miller stated the banner could be removed.  Mr. Draughn agreed it would look better without the banner.

 

Mrs. Nuspl made a motion to approve the signs as presented except for the deletion of the banner and the letters not to exceed 8” in height.  The approval is contingent upon approval from Mrs. McCoy making sure everything is within the guidelines of the zoning district. 

 

Mrs. Nuspl  Yes  Mrs. Moots  Yes  Mr. Draughn  Yes  Mr. Griffin  Yes  Mrs. Hawkins  Yes 

 

3.     To consider a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for new identification and business signs, for Susie’s Mattress and Youth Bed Outlet, located at 106 South Main Street; filed by Drew Youngberg.

 

Mrs. Nuspl asked if there was a reason all of the signs were on one side of the storefront.  Mr. Youngberg stated they put all of the signs on one side so the other side could be used as a window display area.  Actually the business is permitted to have another business sign that they may want to come before the board for at a later time.  Mr. Youngberg passed around samples of the material of the sign. 

 

Mrs. Hawkins asked if there was a reason for the capitalization of the letter Q in Quality?  Mr. Youngberg stated they used capitalization to emphasize the word.  Mrs. Nuspl asked if they could make the letter o in offering lowercase?  Mr. Youngberg stated they could do that.  Mrs. Nuspl asked if the s in save could be capitalized.  Mr. Youngberg agreed.

 

Mrs. Hawkins made a motion to approve the signs for Susie’s Mattress with changing offering to lowercase and capitalizing the s in save.

 

Mrs. Moots  Yes  Mr. Draughn  Yes  Mr. Griffin  Yes  Mrs. Hawkins  Yes  Mrs. Nuspl  Yes 

 

COMMENTS OF CITIZENS:  None

 

COMMENTS BY INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS:

 

Mrs. Hawkins stated a member of the Business Association asked her why the board gives the applicants a hard time.  The example he gave was the sign for the House of Music.  The board stated that sign has been there for years.  They asked the secretary to see if she could find anything out. 

 

Mr. Draughn stated he is part of the Downtown Revitalization team and there are probably going to be some changes with how the board will function and the requirements the business will have to comply with. 

 

ADJOURNMENT:

 

Mrs. Moots adjourned the meeting at 12:47.