MINUTES Orange Village Planning & Zoning Commission Architectural Board of Review Tuesday, September 4, 2007 – 7:30 pm

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MINUTES


Mayor Kathy Mulcahy called the meeting to order at 7:35 pm.

Members Present:	Carmen Centanni, Jonathan Shanes, Brian Hitt, Scott Lewis, John Terlep and Mayor Kathy 			Mulcahy

Members Absent:	Jud Kline

Others Present:		Stephen Byron, Law Director
			Lou Hovanscek, Building Commissioner
			Brian Mader, Village Engineer	
			Mary Fisco, PZ/ABR Secretary

#1	LANDSCAPING and					- Jordan & Amy Berns, Owner
	FRONT ELEVATION CHANGE				- 3915 Waterford Ct.
								- Jordan Berns, Representative
								- McCue Design Group, LLC, Landscape Architect
								- Matthew McCue, Representative
Present:  Jordan Berns and Matt McCue

PZ/ABR Discussion:  Joint motion to approve the landscaping, front elevation change, materials submitted and using a 6” pipe and adding a cleanout, per Brian Mader’s (Orange Village Engineer) approval was made by Hitt; seconded by Shanes.

Ayes:	   Centanni, Shanes, Hitt, Terlep and Mulcahy
No:	   None
Abstain:   Lewis


#2	CANOPY and BUILDING FACADE				- Mooney’s Gas Station
								- 27000 Chagrin Blvd.
								- Len Spacek, Representative
Present:  Len Spacek

ABR Discussion:  Joint motion to approve subject to canopy signage meeting the requirements of the codified ordinance, and the color splash will only be on 2 sides (east and west locations) was made by Mayor Mulcahy; seconded by Shanes.

Ayes:  Centanni, Shanes, Hitt, Lewis, Terlep and Mulcahy
No:      None

#3	LANDSCAPING	 and					- The Barkley Pet and Day Spa
	REVISED GRADING CHANGES				- 27349 Miles Rd.
								- Nature’s Way Land Care Professionals, Inc.
								- Carol Palansky, Representative
								- Howard Perlmuter, Owner, Representative
								- Gary Helf, Cleveland Trinidad, Representative
Present:  Carol Palansky and Gary Helf

Discussion was had that The Barkley needs to resubmit an approvable set of plans with not less than one (1) foot of dirt taken away (grading calculation of 1082).

No Action Taken 


#4	BUILDING COMMISSIONER’S REPORT

·	There is one (1) oil/gas well currently being drilled in Orange Village.  It is located on J. Prochazka’s property at 3999 Brainard Rd.  Soon there will be a second oil/gas well to be drilled on the Graeff property at 29750 Harvard Rd.
·	The general contractors from the Temple Emanu El project have been given direction to move ahead with construction.  Soon there will be a lot of activity.

#5	ANY OTHER TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION

·	Mary Fisco noted that she had formally received an application and a check for thirty thousand ($30,000.00) dollars from Stelex Equities for the Weintraub property development.   
·	Mayor Kathy Mulcahy clarified the meetings that had previously taken place regarding the Weintraub property development.  Approximately 8 months ago people came in and made inquiries about the Weintraub property.  The people’s names were unknown and they wanted to remain that way.  The first official meeting with Stelex Equities was on June 9th with Mayor Mulcahy and Steve Byron in attendance.  The second meeting was on July 31st with the representatives from Stelex, Mayor Mulcahy and Steve Byron in attendance.  The third meeting was on August 9th.  Attendees included Stelex representatives, Mayor Mulcahy, Steve Byron, Dave Hartt and Lou Hovancsek.  



Motion to approve the minutes of the August 21, 2007 meeting was made by Hitt; seconded by Centanni.

The following comments will be added to the amended minutes of the August 21, 2007 meeting:  
·	Jonathan Shanes noted that the following should be added to the Building Commissioners Report:
      There have been two (2) outside meetings with the representatives from The Barkley Pet Hotel and Day Spa since the August 7th Planning & Zoning meeting.  In attendance from Orange Village were Jonathan Shanes, Lou Hovancsek, Brian Mader and Mayor Kathy Mulcahy.  Law Director Steve Byron attended the first meeting only.  Discussion included the grading issues and completion of the site development.  

·	Carmen Centanni clarified the wording regarding the rezoning of the Weintraub property.  The board members discussed how it should be stated.  It was decided to write “direction was given to create a new district by amending U-3a”.  


Ayes:	   Centanni, Shanes, Hitt, Terlep and Mulcahy
No:	   None
Abstain:   Lewis




There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:39 pm.




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Mary Fisco, PZ/ABR Secretary					Date