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Minutes, Architectural Review Board Meeting, June 1, 2006
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2 EASTCHESTER ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING JUNE 1, 2006 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 4
5 MINUTES OF THE 6 EASTCHESTER ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING 7
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10 HELD AT: Eastchester Town Hall 40 Mill Road 11 Eastchester, New York 10709 June 1, 2006 7:00 p.m. 12
13 BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:
14 Rose Marie Brescia 15 Enda McIntyre Laura Raffiani 16 Maria Bonasia Paul Miller 17
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19 EASTCHESTER EMPLOYEES IN ATTENDANCE:
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21 LOUIS REDA, Deputy Town Attorney JAY KING, Building Inspector 22
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24 DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER 43 CENTRAL DRIVE 25 BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK 10708 (914) 469-6353
DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER
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2 Ms. Brescia: Calls meeting to order. 3 Pledge of Allegiance. 4 Ms. Brescia: Calls roll: 5 Mr. Miller: Present. 6 Ms. Brescia: Present. 7 Ms. Raffiani: Present. 8 Ms. Bonasia: Present. 9 Ms. Ouellette: Present. 10 Ms. Brescia: States Mr. McIntyre will be 11 arriving late.
12 Mr. Miller: Makes a motion to approve the minutes from the May meeting. 13 Ms. Brescia: Seconds motion. 14 (All aye.) 15
16 APPLICATION 06-42, CHASE BANK
17 San Signs: States this is the sign for 18 the ATM. States this is the non-illuminated version of the sign. Explains it's a plaque 19 that will be pinned in.
20 Ms. Brescia: Asks if they're wrapping the whole entrance. 21 San Signs: Explains they are just the 22 installer of this sign.
23 Ms. Brescia: Makes a motion to approve Application 06-42 as submitted. 24 Ms. Raffiani: Seconds motion. 25 (All aye.)
DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER
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2 APPLICATION 06-40, A CLEANERS
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4 Applicant: Explains they redesigned the sign and put it on the roof. States he likes 5 burgundy color, second choice is hunter green. States the letter color will be white. 6 Ms. Brescia: Asks why sign is not flat 7 on the wall.
8 Applicant: Explains the front to the door is twenty inches deep. 9 Ms. Brescia: Asks if you will see the 10 edge of sign and pipes sticking out.
11 Ms. Raffiani: Believes you will not be able to see sides of sign. Explains sign 12 shouldn't be any further out from the other building. Explains they don't want to see the 13 back of the pipes holding the sign. States she doesn't have a problem with the burgundy color. 14 Mr. Miller: States he's fine with the 15 burgundy color.
16 Ms. Raffiani: Makes a motion to approve Application 06-40 with the newly presented 17 application with the burgundy color.
18 Mr. Miller: Seconds motion.
19 (All aye.)
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21 APPLICATION 06-51, IT'S HAIR DESIGN
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23 Ms. Brescia: Asks if box sign is still there. 24 Applicant: Explains when they put the 25 new sign up they will take the box sign down.
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2 Ms. Raffiani: Asks if they are reusing 3 the sign that was approved already. 4 Applicant: States yes. 5 Ms. Bonasia: Asks if they are removing 6 the sign that's in the window.
7 Applicant: States yes.
8 Ms. Bonasia: Makes a motion to approve Application 06-51 as per specified in the 9 application.
10 Ms. Brescia: Seconds motion.
11 (All aye.)
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13 APPLICATION 06-62, MICKEY SPILLANE'S
14 Mr. Heinz: Michael Heinz, owner of 15 Mickey Spillane's. States he would like to keep the temporary sign as the permanent sign. 16 Mr. Miller: Asks how tall the existing 17 letters are.
18 Mr. Heinz: States twelve inches.
19 Ms. Brescia: Feels it's a very nice sign. Makes a motion to approve Application 20 06-62 as submitted and installed.
21 Ms. Bonasia: Seconds motion.
22 (All aye.)
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24 APPLICATION 06-67 CAROL'S FLOWER AND GIFT
25 Applicant: States length of the store is
DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER
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2 eleven feet by six inches, background color is green, first letter color is gold and second 3 letter color is black.
4 Ms. Brescia: Asks if existing awning will be coming down. 5 Applicant: States yes. 6 Ms. Raffiani: Explains the tie on awning 7 and any secondary signs need to come down, they are illegal. 8 Applicant: States they will take care of 9 it as soon as possible.
10 Ms. Raffiani: States size of the sign is eight feet. 11 Applicant: States size of store is 12 eleven feet six inches.
13 Ms. Raffiani: Explains they need to make sure the final sign is eight feet and flat 14 against the building.
15 Ms. Brescia: States old box sign has to come off and any repairs need to be made to the 16 back.
17 Mr. McIntyre: States he would like to see a more aesthetically pleasing sign as 18 opposed to a basic flat panel. Feels this is bland and could be nicer. Recommends a sign 19 with a more traditional and quaint feel as opposed to what's presented here. States 20 applicant has been in violation and conducting business with a temporary sign for a year and a 21 half. Feels this is an opportunity to set a precedent. 22 Ms. Brescia: Feels they have an 23 opportunity to set the tone for that whole stretch of stores there. 24 Mr. McIntyre: Recommends applicant look 25 at the signs for Cartridge World and Choice Bagel, explains that's the aesthetic Board is
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2 looking for.
3 Ms. Raffiani: Asks that they stay away from the shiny finishes and use something a 4 little more matte.
5 Ms. Brescia: Asks that they resubmit to the building department and the Board will make 6 arrangements to look at the new sign.
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8 APPLICATION 06-32, 46 MORGAN STREET
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10 Mr. Cotugno: John Cotugno, architect for the project. Explains they were granted a 11 variance to re-build a two family house on this lot. States house will front on Merritt. 12 States they will have brick for the base of the porch, blue stone for the floor of the porch, 13 hardy plank siding in a cream color with dark green shutters. States driveway will be on 14 Morgan Street side. States roof will be a charcoal color. Shows sample of materials. 15 Shows photographs of houses in the neighborhood. 16 Ms. Brescia: Discusses location of new 17 home.
18 Mr. McIntyre: Feels the one thing that sticks out are the two single doors. States 19 none of the neighboring properties have double doors. Suggests creating an internal hallway 20 to introduce one entry door.
21 Mr. Cotugno: States he will look at that and try to accomplish it. 22 Mr. McIntyre: Feels making it look like 23 a one family home would make a big difference. Asks if there is a two car garage. 24 Mr. Cotugno: States yes. 25 Mr. McIntyre: Asks if there is parking
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2 in the driveway.
3 Mr. Cotugno: States yes.
4 Mr. McIntyre: Asks where condenser units are located. 5 Mr. Cotugno: Indicates in the rear yard. 6 Mr. McIntyre: Asks if any external 7 lighting is proposed.
8 Mr. Cotugno: States high hats in the soffit along the front. States there will be 9 wall mounted carriage sconces by the exits.
10 Mr. McIntyre: Asks that they note that on the drawings. 11 Ms. Brescia: Makes a motion to open the 12 public hearing on Application 06-32.
13 Ms. Raffiani: Seconds motion.
14 (All aye.)
15 (No comments.)
16 Ms. Brescia: Suggests building a brick chimney. 17 Mr. Cotugno: States he will speak to his 18 client about that.
19 Ms. Raffiani: Feels double doors are a moot point because there are so many two 20 families in the neighborhood.
21 Ms. Bonasia: Agrees chimney should be brick. 22 Mr. McIntyre: Asks if railings off 23 second floor deck are pressure treated and then there are wrought iron railings in the front. 24 Mr. Cotugno: Explains the balcony is 25 different from the stair railing on the front. States they will be the same color.
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2 Mr. McIntyre: Feels there should be some consistency with the railings other than color. 3 Suggests putting a wood deck on the front rather than the wrought iron. 4 Ms. Brescia: Makes a motion to close the 5 public hearing on Application 06-32.
6 Mr. Miller: Seconds motion.
7 (All aye.)
8 Ms. Ouellette: Reviews recommendations: Consider one outside door instead of two; use 9 brick for the chimney; have a consistency in the materials for the railings with a 10 recommendation of wood railings; exterior lighting be addressed on the front and rear 11 facade and side.
12 Ms. Brescia: Makes a motion to approve Application 06-32 with the recommendations 13 discussed.
14 Ms. Raffiani: Seconds motion.
15 (All aye.)
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17 APPLICATION 06-35, 32 NELSON ROAD
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19 Mr. Cotugno: John Cotugno, architect. Describes house. States they will be using 20 hardy plank. Explains they are not changing the peak of the roof. States they were granted 21 a variance for the porch.
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