PZC Minutes 030779RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
MINUTES OF DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
MEETING OF MARCH 7, 1979
The regular meeting of the Design Review Board for the Town of Avon was held on
March 7, 1979 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers of the Town of Avon in the
Benchmark Shopping Center, Avon, Colorado. The meeting was called to order by
Vice -Chairman Hugh Price.
Board Members present were: Cynthia Jordan, Alice Knipe, Mike Blair, Hugh Price,
Tom Landauer, Ken Richards and John Wheeler.
Due to the resignation of Ronald Allred from the Board, it was necessary for the
Board to elect a new Chairman. Vice -Chairman Hugh Price announced that nominations
were open for Chairman of the Design Review Board. Ken Richards nominated Hugh
Price for Chairman, seconded by Tom Landauer. No further nominations were offered
and Hugh Price was unanimously elected Chairman. Nominations were then opened for
the office of Vice -Chairman, since Hugh Price had just vacated the position.
Tom Landauer nominated Kenneth Richards for Vice -Chairman, seconded by Alice
Knipe. There being no further nominations, Kenneth Richards was unanimously
elected Vice -Chairman.
Kenneth Richards pointed out that the minutes of the meeting of February 28 should
be amended to remove three errors in paragraph No. 5. The paragraph should read:
"The next regular meeting will commence at 7:30 P.M., March 7th, with a pre -meeting
discussion for Board Members at 6:45 P.M. If regular meetings become too lengthy,
some of the Agenda may be continued to another day. It was suggested that a notice
be posted in local papers as to the time, date and agenda of DRB meetings."
Tom Landauer moved that the minutes of the previous meetings to date be approved
as amended, seconded by Alice Knipe and unanimously passed.
The Chairman then stated that the Agenda would be followed in order with the
exception that Item No. 4 Senoner, Lot 41, Block 2 would be heard after Item No. 7
Avon Lake Villas, Lots 43 and 44, Block 2.
Item No. 1 - Troxel - Lot 13, Block 1 was represented by Keith Troxel. Mr. Troxel
Ts proposing to build two warehouses totaling 10,000 square feet with a total of
10 units on this lot. The lot is graded to two levels with one building of 5 units
placed on each level. He is providing parking for 6 - 8 cars for each building.
These units will be strictly warehouse, light industrial usage with no retail shops
at all. The driveway to the first building is on a 8% grade. The roof is a 4 - 12
pitch metal roof with skylight. The metal roof would carry a 10 year guarantee.
No signage is anticipated for the uses of the buildings and if signs are needed,
a special request will be made to the Design Review Board. Before final approval
can be granted for this project, Mr. Troxel was requested to provide: 1. A topography
showing elevations as now graded with a side view of such elevations; 2. Total
% of impervious materia'; 3. Elevations of the buildings showing front, sides
and rear; 4. Landscaping budget and maintenance proposals; 5. Color samples for
the existing wood fence and of the buildings; 6. Snow removal and storage facilities;
7. Designated trash bin areas; 8. Roof materials and colors; and 9. Liqhting
plans for the outside areas.
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Item No. 2 - William T. Provinces Lot 35, Block 1 was represented by William T.
Province. Mr. Province is proposing to build two mini -warehouse buildings on
this lot. Problems with Mr. Province's plans were: (1) Inadequate snow removal
storage area, (2) no fire lanes, (3) parking, (4) % of lot covered by buildings,
and (5) utilities to buildings. Mr. Province requested a formula for figuring snow
storage areas and the Board recommended that he hire a professional to help him
with the snow storage, traffic flow problems, etc. Mr. Province stated that he was
willing to cut the length of the buildings by 10 feet and the width by 5 feet in
order to help the situation. He was also advised that he must, by Building Code
regulations, provide a restroom in each building and provide utilities to the building.
He was requested to have the Fire Department check over the plans for compliance
to their regulations. After changes were made to plans for these buildings to
bring the objections into perspective, further review would be considered.
Item No. 3 - LaGarde' Eklund Lots 46 and 47, Block 1 was represented by Howard
LaGarde'. Mr. LaGarde' is proposing to build 16 units on Lots 46 and 47. The
buildings will be 3 level buildings with solar heating panels to heat the domestic
hot water and hot tub water. 2.75 parking spaces per unit are planned. The entrance
roads have been designed at 9% and 12% grades because of the steepness of the lot.
They will be applying to the Town Council for vacation of the lot line between
Lots 46 and 47 and for a variance for encroachment of 2 feet at one point on the
20 foot setback. Their plans show a retaining walls at points where needed to
allow for surface runoffs. Emergency lanes are shown as roads because of the fact
that sufficient parking has been provided. A $12,000 landscaping budget has been
set up. After considerable discussion, preliminary approval was given subject to
the following items being presented to the Board before final approval would be
provided: 1. Final landscape plan; 2. Setbacks must go before Town Council;
3. Cut off knob on curve of road so that traffic could be viewed better when
cars are coming off the east roadway and the west driveway should be widened for
safety purposes; and 4. Need elevations of buildings, especially street view.
Mr. LaGarde' noted that the zoning for the lots allows ancilliary commercial uses
and that it was possible that the units would use part of their floor space for
that purpose.
The Board was then asked for their recommendations to the Town Council regarding
the variance for the setback as requested at the curve of the road to allow the
building to encroach by 2 feet. All Board members recommended approval with
the stipulation that the knob on the curve of the road be cut back and that the
driveway on the west be widened as discussed earlier.
Item No. 4 - Peterson, Lot 9, Block -, was represented by John Wheeler, Architect.
Mr. Peterson is proposing a duplex dwelling with floor areas of 3,000 sq ft for
one unit and 2,000 sq ft for the second unit. The lot is 1/4 acre and the duplex
represents 40% coverage. The lot slopes to the South with drainage at side lot
lines. The landscaping will be sodded to the rear from the borrow ditch with an
underground sprinkling system. The landscaping budget is $4,000. There will be
no fencing. Each unit has a 2 stall garage plus 2 parking spaces in front of
the garage. Trash will be kept in the garages. The buildings consist of 2 main
levels with a walk -out basement. The exterior will be stained to match redwood.
The fireplace chimneys will be stucco and possible moss rock if financially feasible.
The roofing will be cedar shakes with brown metal caps. The driveways will be
asphalted. The Design Review Fee was tendered to the Clerk. After polling the
Board, final approval was given for the duplex units. It was pointed out, however,
that if either of the units desired to have rental quarters, approval and variances
from the Town Council would be required. Final approval was unanimous.
Item No. 5 - Norman Lamb, Lot 36, Block 1 was represented by Dick Gustafson. Mr.
Gustaf!;on is proposing a warehouse building 80' x 140' which equals 11,200 square
feet p"us a second floor small area to be used as a lounge and office space.
The building is a fire proof steel building and core wall concrete. There is a
15" encroachment on the utility easement or,by moving the building forward, the
utility Pagemert wo'ild rnt hp Pr,rriched iron, bIlt a viri?rnp would No nnpdnd FrnM
with the snow storage, traffic flow problems, etc. Mr. Province stated that he was
willing to cut the length of the buildings by 10 feet and the width by 5 feet in
order to help the situation. He was also advised that he must, by Building Code
regulations, provide a restroom in each building and provide utilities to the building.
He was requested '.o have the Fire Department check over the plans for compliance
to their regulations. After changes were made to plans for these buildings to
bring the objections into perspective, further review would be considered.
Item No. 3 - LaGarde' Eklund Lots 46 and 47, Block 1 was represented by Howard
LaGarde'. Mr. LaGarde' is proposing to build 16 units on Lots 46 and 47. The
buildings will be 3 level buildings with solar heating panels to heat the domestic
hot water and hot tub water. 2.75 parking spaces per unit are planned. The entrance
roads have been designed at 9% and 12% grades because of the steepness of the lot.
They will be applying to the Town Council for vacation of the lot line between
Lots 46 and 47 and for a variance for encroachment of 2 feet at one point on the
20 foot setback. Their plans show a retaining walls at points where needed to
allow for surface runoffs. Emergency lanes are shown as roads because of the fact
that sufficient parking has been provided. A $12,000 landscaping budget has been
set up. After considerable discussion, preliminary approval was given subject to
the following items being presented to the Board before final approval would be
provided: 1. Final landscape plan; 2. Setbacks must go before Town Council;
3. Cut off knob on curve of road so that traffic could be viewed better when
cars are coming off the east roadway and the west driveway should be widened for
safety purposes; and 4. Need elevations of buildings, especially street view.
Mr. LaGarde' noted that the zoning for the lots allows ancilliary commercial uses
and that it was possible that the units would use part of their floor space for
that purpose.
The Board was then asked for their recommendations to the Town Council regarding
the variance for the setback as requested at the curve of the road to allow the
building to encroach by 2 feet. All Board members recommended approval with
the stipulation that the knob on the curve of the road be cut back and that the
driveway on the west be widened as discussed earlier.
Item No. 4 - Peterson, Lot 9, Block 2; was represented by John Wheeler, Architect.
Mr. Peterson is proposing a duplex dwelling with floor areas of 3,000 sq ft for
one unit and 2,000 sq ft for the second unit. The lot is 1/4 acre and the duplex
represents 40% coverage. The lot slopes to the South with drainage at side lot
lines. The landscaping will be sodded to the rear from the borrow ditch with an
underground sprinkling system. The landscaping budget is $4,000. There will be
no fencing. Each unit has a 2 stall garage plus 2 parking spaces in front of
the garage. Trash will be kept in the garages. The buildings consist of 2 main
levels with a walk -out basement. The exterior will be stained to match redwood.
The fireplace chimneys will be stucco and possible moss rock if financially feasible.
The roofing will be cedar shakes with brown metal caps. The driveways will be
asphalted. The Design Review Fee was tendered to the Clerk. After polling the
Board, final approval was given for the duplex units. It was pointed out, however,
that if either of the units desired to have rental quarters, approval and variances
from the Town Council would be required. Final approval was unanimous.
Item No. 5 - Norman Lamb, Lot 36, Block 1 was represented by Dick Gustafson. Mr.
Gustafson is proposing a warehouse building 80' x 140' which equals 11,200 square
feet plus a second floor small area to be used as a lounge and office space.
The building is a fire proof steel building and core wall concrete. There is a
15" encroachment on the utility easement c•,by moving the building forward, the
utility easement would not be encroached ,pon, but a variance would be needed from
the Town Council on the setback. For the utility easement encroachment, Mr.
Gustafson was asked to obtain letters from the utilities involved. Mr. Gustafson
also reported that additional landscaping and snow removal areas were available
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because of the change in the building size from the previous submittal. He also
questioned the possibility of underground gasoline storage tanks and was told that
the conditions required by the Uniform Building Code, The Fire Codes and the
Fire Department would have to be met before this would be allowed.
After discussion, the building was conditionally approved unanimously by the Board
upon first trying to obtain the letters from the utility companies allowing the
15" encroachment on the utility easement. If these letters could not be obtained,
a variance would have to be obtained from the Town Council. After one or the other
was presented to the Pesign Review Board, final approval would be granted.
Item No. 6 - Avon Lake Villas - Lots 43 and 44, Block 2 represented by Joe Krabacher,
Architect. Avon Lake Villas had—be—en—presented previously to tiie Design Review
Board and certain requirements were set forth. Mr. Krabacher was here to present
the answers and agreements to meet these requirements. These were: (1) Add a
48" wide x 4" thick concrete walk from parking area # 1 along the northerly sides of
the tennis courts, continue south of Building #+3, and along the west side of Building
# 3 to the entrance of "B" unit. (2) Add 80' - of 48" high chain link fence (forest
green colored) around the swimming pool deck. (3) "N" type lights along the easterly
property line (as shown on sheet E-1) shall be 6' 0" high in lieu of 3'0" high.
(4) Add 6 "N" type lights (6'0" high) at each parking divider along the northerly
property line. (5) Install removeable sections of tennis court enclosure fence
adjacent to parking area # 1 for more snow storage area. (6) Install three 6'0" x
9'0" trash collection areas. Add 4" concrete slab floor, 6'0" fence same as siding
and a double gate on one 9'0" side with no roof. (7) Double lines around parking
areas indicated on sheet # 1 of the drawings are 'good' railroad ties anchored to
the ground with 3/4" driven pins 24" long. Ties are 2 ties high along the entry
area planters along tha road easement and in parking area # 2 and # 3, and along
the north side of parking area # 4. (8) Add 5 spruce trees in the planting area
along the access easement that serves logs 43 and 44. (9) Any area not 'covered'
by buildings, walks, parking surface, tennis courts, swimming pool, etc., is to be
landscaped with grass, lawn, trees, or other planting. (10) An "automatic under-
ground sprinkler irrigation system" will be installed to water the landscaped areas
in # 9 above. Design of the system will be an additional item to the landscaping
contract.
Considerable di-=ussion was held regarding the lofk out bedroom sliding glass
doors. Due to the increased unit densities of lock ouc bedrooms, the Design Review
Board required that the openings will have sills 24" Nigh in order to be sure the
openings are windows and not doors. These windows will not have a keyed exterior
access lock. Further discussion was held regarding the fire district's ability to
provide complete fire protection for floors above the third floor. The Town attorney
will work with the developer to insure no liability for the Town in this regard.
The Board approved unanimously the Plan as presented for Avon Lake Villas in
final form conditional upon the payment of the Design Review Fee of $575.00 to the
Clerk.
Item No. 7 - Senoner, Lot 41, Block 2 represented by Joe Krabacher, Architect. This
proposal is for 24 units with 49 parking spaces and a total of 29" lot coverage.
The buildings are 3 story maximum and contain 11,697 square feet coverage. The
estimated cost is $1,000,000. Snow storage and landscaping are shown on the plans.
After some discussion, it was discovered that some of the parking was over Buck
Creek, which was unknown to Mr. Krabacher. The Board asked Mr. Krabacher to not
place any parking over that area because of the creek and because of backing out onto
Benchmark Road. Mr. Krabacher agreed to redo the plans and would like to be on the
March 21 agenda to present final plans to the Board.
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Item No. 8 - Mosenthal Wood, Lot 42, Block 2 represented by Marr-Dona4dson, Architect.
These plans were final plans presented for final approval of 32 units. The plans
had been presented previously and were ;approved subject to the Final parking plan,
upun iirst LQ w 9 cu uuLaln the iei.Leis iruln the utility wwpanies alluwilly tine
15" encroachment on the utility easement. If these letters could not be obtained,
a variance would have to be obtained from the Town Council. After one or the other
was presented to the Design Review Board, final approval would be granted.
Item No. 6 - Avon Lake Villas - Lots 43 and 44, Block 2 represented by Joe Krabacher,
Architect. Avon Lake Villas had been presented previously to the Design Review
Board and certain requirements were set forth. Mr. Krabacher was here to present
the answers and agreements to meet these requirements. These were: (1) Add a
48" wide x 4" thick concrete walk from parking area # 1 along the northerly sides of
the tennis courts, continue south of Building #+3, and along the west side of Building
# 3 to the entrance of "B" unit. (2) Add 80' - of 48" high chain link fence (forest
green colored) around the swimming pool deck. (3) "N" type lights along the easterly
r property line (as shown on sheet E-1) shall be 6' 0" high in lieu of 3'0" high.
(4) Add 6 "N" type lights (6'0" high) at each parking divider along the northerly
property line. (5) Install removeable sections of tennis court enclosure fence
adjacent to parking area # 1 for more snow storage area. (6) Install three 6'0" x
9'0" trash collection areas. Add 4" concrete slab floor, 6'0" fence same as siding
and a double gate on one 9'0" side with no roof. (7) Double lines around parking
areas indicated on sheet # 1 of the drawings are 'good' railroad ties anchored to
the ground with 3/4" driven pins 24" long. Ties are 2 ties high along the entry
area planters along the road easement and in parking area # 2 and # 3, and along
the no-th side of parking area # 4. (8) Add 5 spruce trees in the planting area
along the access easement that serves lots 43 and 44. (9) Any area not 'covered'
by buildings, walks, parking surface, tennis courts, swimming pool, etc., is to be
landscaped with grass, lawn, trees, or other planting. (10) An "automatic under-
ground sprinkler irrigation system" will be installed to water the landscaped areas
in # 9 above. Design of the system will be an additional item to the landscaping
contract.
Considerable discussion was held regarding the lock out bedroom sliding glass
doors. Due to the increased unit densities of lock out bedrooms, the Design Review
Board required that the openings will have sills 24" high in order to be sure the
openings are windows and not doors. These windows will not have a keyed exterior
access lock. Further discussion was held regarding the fire district's ability to
provide complete fire protection for floors above the third floor. The Town attorney
will work with the developer to insure no liability for the Town in this regard.
The Board approved unanimously the Plan as presented for Avon Lake Villas in
final form conditional upon the payment of the Design Review Fee of $575.00 to the
Clerk.
Item No. 7 - S,�noner, Lot 41, Block 2 represented by Joe Krabacher, Architect. This
proposal is for 24 units with 49 parking spaces and a total of 29% lot coverage.
The buildings are 3 story maximum and contain 11,697 square feet coverage. The
estimated cost is $1,000,000. Snow storage and landscaping are shown on the plans.
After some discussion, it was discovered that some of the parking was over Buck
Creek, which was unknown to Mr. Krabacher. The Board asked Mr. Krabacher to not
place any parking over that area because of the creek and because of backing out onto
Benchmark Road. Mr. Krabacher agreed to redo the plans and would like to be on the
March 21 agenda to present final plans to the Board.
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Item No. 8 - Mosenthal Wood,,Lot 42, Block 2 represented by Marle DeRaldse", Architect.
These plans were final plans presented for final approval of 32 units. The plans
had been presented previously and were approved subject to the Final parking plan,
grading plan and landscaping plan. The new plans show 64 parking spaces which is a
2 to 1 ratio, the final grading plan showing final drainage for the site and the
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• landscaping plan with automatic underground sprinkling system. The specifications
show the type of planting, sizes of planting and quantities of plants which have
been designed by a landscape architect with knowledge of growing in this area.
The plans of the buildings show solar panels for heating domestic hot water. An
• agreement with the owners of Lot 41 regarding the easement to be used by both
parties will be forthcoming.
After some discussion, the Board unanimously approved the plans as presented
• conditional upon payment of the $359 Design Review Board Fee.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted:
h�Car Richards, Clerk