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June 17, 2019 — Meeting Minutes
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CITY PLAN COMMISSION/ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD COUNCIL CHAMBERS – CITY HALL MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019 1730 (05:30 PM)
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Steve Lichtenfeld at 1735.
ROLL CALL
Chairman Steve Lichtenfeld, Interim City Manager Janet Watson, Aldermanic Representative Richard Lintz, Ron Reim, answered roll call. Carolyn Gaidis arrived at 1737
Absent: William Liebermann and Brian Maguire
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE
Stephanie Karr, City Attorney Susan M. Istenes, AIPC, Planning Director
CHAIRMAN REQUESTS
Chairman Lichtenfeld asked that all cell phones be turned off and that conversations take place outside the meeting room.
Chairman Lichtenfeld also asks that anyone who speaks please spell out their last name.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the regular meeting of May 20, 2019, and June 3, 2019, were presented for approval
RON REIM – MOTION TO APPROVE MAY 20, 2019 MINUTES
RICHARD LINTZ – SECOND
MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD
RON REIM – MOTION TO APPROVE JUNE 3, 2019 MINUTES
JANET WATSON – SECOND
MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD. 4-0
CHAIRMAN LICHTENFELD – MOTION TO MOVE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS TO THE END OF NEW BUSINESS
RON REIM – SECOND
MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD. 4-0
2 OLD BUSINESS
8011 BONHOMME AVENUE – ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD – SIGNAGE
Director Susan M. Istenes summarizes the following staff report: “This item was continued from the meeting of May 20 to allow the applicant to submit revised plans for the proposed blade sign per comments from the Architectural Review Board. The applicant has submitted a revised design with the following changes:
The subject property is located on the north side of Bonhomme Avenue, between South Brentwood Boulevard and South Meramec Avenue. The subject property contains a parking garage owned by the City of Clayton and is zoned HDC High Density Commercial. The parking garage is attached to the mixed used building known as Clayton on the Park, addressed 8025 Bonhomme Avenue. The parking garage includes public parking and parking for Clayton on the Park residents.
COTP LLC, owner of Clayton on the Park has modified their request from the May 20, 2019 meeting and is only requesting the proposed perpendicular sign near the entrance to the parking garage. The proposed perpendicular sign is double sided with each face measuring 24 square feet.
Per Section 425.040.A.3.d of the City’s Sign Regulations, parking garages are allowed “one (1) wall sign twelve (12) square feet in area or five percent (5%) of the front wall area up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) square feet.” Based on the front wall area, the maximum 25 square foot sign would be allowed. The City’s Sign Regulations also allow for a perpendicular sign measuring one square foot and an accessory directional traffic, parking or regulatory ground sign measuring six square feet. The proposed sign is larger than permitted by the Sign Regulations.
Staff believes more clear signage directing the public to the parking garage will support better wayfinding for patrons of nearby restaurants and park facilities
STAFF RECOMMENDATION APPROVE THE PERPENDICULAR SIGN AS PROPOSED, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION:
SIGN.”
JASON BRAIDWOOD (JB) – KOMAN GROUP – 8025 BONHOMME
JB – Thank you for considering this. I think it is 20 years in the making and we haven’t had this much pedestrian and vehicular traffic in all my years here as we do now. I think it is a great update and high time we get rid of the hotel signage. I’m happy to answer any questions you may have but we are looking forward to getting started.
CHAIRMAN LICHTENFELD – DO YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION?
JB – YES