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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006_01_19 Board of Architectural Review Minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW OF THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK JANUARY 19, 2006 AT 8:00 PM IN THE SENIOR CENTER, TOWN CENTER • 740 WEST BOSTON POST ROAD, MAMARONECK, NEW YORK Present: Edward Z. Jacobson, Chairman Tony Spagnola Andrew D. Fredman Doris Erdman Sue Ellen Commender Also Present: Nancy Seligson, Liaison Absent: Ronnie Wadler E C 0 E 7 Ronald A. Carpaneto, Director of Building JUN 2 y ?ins --J CALL TO ORDER PATRICIA A. DICIOCCIO Chairman Jacobson called the meeting to order at 8:00 PM. MAMARONECK TOWN CLERK APPROVAL OF MINUTES • Minutes of the meeting of December 13, 2005 were not reviewed. Chairman Jacobson opened the discussion of impending revisions to the interior signage regulations of the Town Code. Board members have each received copies of signage regulations of neighboring communities including Larchmont, New Rochelle, Scarsdale, Port Chester, Rye and the Village of Mamaroneck. Although the study of the regulations of these communities raises interesting questions about the broader subject of control of all signage, Chairman Jacobson urged the Board to focus its attention as narrowly as possible on the issues of interior signage so that the meeting could be productive and conclusive. After lengthy discussion the Board arrived at the following conclusions as the basis for recommendations to the Town Board: The Board shall have the authority to approve permanent interior signage which addresses a street in commercial establishments which is placed on the window or is within six (6) feet of a window. Interior signage as described above shall be limited in total area to eight (8) square feed or five (5) per cent of the window area, whichever is the lesser, of each facade facing a street, if there is more than one such condition. • No interior signage as described above may be internally illuminated. ' �0wIn C 's CD.c EGULAR MEETING OF THE VIEW OF THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK • f)/6\-.) (ktt..(..l, zgo IQ-2 I THE SENIOR CENTER, TOWN CENTER LOAD, MAMARONECK, NEW YORK _ (di typtoct if I J -e- `f Ou `) Chairman /� cr ` ler son Absent: Ronnie Wadler D E C I] W t D Ronald A. Carpaneto, Director of Building JUN 2 9 2nf6 ..J CALL TO ORDER PATRICIA A. DiCIOCCIO Chairman Jacobson called the meeting to order at 8:00 PM. MAMARONECK TOWN CLERK APPROVAL OF MINUTES • Minutes of the meeting of December 13, 2005 were not reviewed. Chairman Jacobson opened the discussion of impending revisions to the interior signage regulations of the Town Code. Board members have each received copies of signage regulations of neighboring communities including Larchmont, New Rochelle, Scarsdale, Port Chester, Rye and the Village of Mamaroneck. Although the study of the regulations of these communities raises interesting questions about the broader subject of control of all signage, Chairman Jacobson urged the Board to focus its attention as narrowly as possible on the issues of interior signage so that the meeting could be productive and conclusive. After lengthy discussion the Board arrived at the following conclusions as the basis for recommendations to the Town Board: The Board shall have the authority to approve permanent interior signage which addresses a street in commercial establishments which is placed on the window or is within six (6)feet of a window. Interior signage as described above shall be limited in total area to eight (8) square feed or five (5) per cent of the window area, whichever is the lesser, of each facade facing a street, if there is more than one such condition. • No interior signage as described above may be internally illuminated. Board of Architectural Review January 19, 2006 Page 2 • The Board makes no judgment at this time on the regulation of the text of interior signage. Temporary interior signage will not require approval of the Board. The Board took particular interest in a portion of the Larchmont Code (357-16 Variances) dealingwith thepower to grant variances. The Board has felt for some time that it should have the power to grant relief from requirements of the signage regulations if it deemed such relief appropriate, rather than refer these aesthetic decisions to the Zoning Board as in the case now. The Board of Architectural Review request that the Town Board review the language of the Larchmont Code regarding variances, and seriously consider this matter. NEXT MEETING The next meeting of the BAR will be held on February 16, 2005. ADJOURNMENT • Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was unanimously adjourned. Edward Z. Jacobson, Chairman •