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2006-02-04 Design Review Board Public Meeting Minutes Date: January 4, 2006 Members Present: Leah Zambernardi, Colleen Bruce, William Finch Members Absent: Douglas Haring Others Present: None Recorder: Leah Zambernardi Ms. Zambernardi called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Jessica Salon - 280A Cabot Street - Wall Sign Steve Jordan and Jessica Fall present a permanent wall sign to be displayed at 280A Cabot Street. Jordan states the sign will have a black background and silver leaf lettering. Bruce states she has no issue with the design of the sign. Finch motions to approve the sign as presented. Bruce seconds the motion. All members are in favor. Motion carries. Beverly National Bank - 63 Dodge Street - Wall Signs Craig Douglas and Jennifer Roy of Martins Construction present renderings of the new Beverly National Bank building at the North Beverly Plaza. Douglas states that the plan is to place wall signs within the sign bands of the east, west and south elevations. The lettering will be brushed aluminum and will read "Beverly National Bank". Finch asks if the signs conform to zoning. The Board discusses the applicable section of the sign ordinance and determines that all three signs conform to zoning. Bruce comments that the emblem on the north elevation of the building should be bigger. Douglas and Roy state this can be done. Finch motions to approve the signs as presented. Seconded by Bruce. All members are in favor. Motion carries. Walgreens - 54 Elliott Street - Freestanding Sign Mr. Jerry Winter of Batten Bros. presents a modification to the freestanding sign at 54 Elliott Street. He states that Walgreens just got an approval to be open 24 hours from the City Council. Walgreens would like to modify their freestanding sign to reflect this. He states this would be a face change and the dimensions of the sign would not change. Design Review Board - Meeting Minutes January 4, 2005 Page 2 Finch expresses his concern with allowing a business to display its hours of operation on its sign. He thinks this is a poor precedent for other businesses that are not pharmacies to do the same. Winter states that Walgreens has been requesting to put the 24-HR logo on wall signs in other communities but is not going to do that in Beverly. He states they will just put it on the freestanding sign. Bruce comments that it would be nice if they could just put it in the interchangeable lettering section. Winter notes that the lettering on the permanent part of the sign is smaller than the interchangeable lettering. Zambernardi notes that what they are requesting is very minimal. Bruce and Finch express concern over setting a precedent for other businesses. Finch states he could support the proposal if the Board can explain why it is acceptable in this case but not others. Finch motion to approve the sign as presented so long as it is noted in the decision that this is a minimal way of displaying this special service and that it is a special service particular to pharmacies related to emergency/medical needs of customers. Seconded by Bruce. Motion carries. Approval of Minutes Finch motions to approve the minutes of November 17, 2005 and December 1, 2005 with corrections. Bruce seconds the motion. All members are in favor. Motion carries. Adjournment Bruce motions to adjourn. Seconded by Finch. All members are in favor. Motion carries.