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Minutes note: Ms. Carlen Hatala went through the history of 1672 N. Warren and the applications submitted by the applicant. The new proposal seeks to make a more permanent, seasonal beer garden. There will be both a roofed and unroofed portion and a section with tables with umbrellas. A new building will house a kitchen with a walk-up service area and office space on the second floor. A concrete wall will divide the building and the house next door. The roofing over the beer garden will be gabled and a portion of the building will have a flat roof. The building cladding is reclaimed wood. The new building has a recessed balcony and the front has a canopy and a lot of glass. There will also be a driveway that leads back to a garage that will be built.
Staff recommends approval with conditions: concrete masonry units must be approved by staff, the windows be wood windows and a bulkhead element rather than the front glass going all the way to grade and the glass be clear, not tinted. Staff also thinks some alternative awning designs should be considered and the exterior of the beer garden structure be painted. Garage details should also be provided prior to issuance of a COA.
Chris Socha - architect
Mike Eitel - building owner
Mr. Socha said that the beer garden will be open all year round and can be enclosed in the winter and the roofing provides shade during the summer. Mr. Eitel said the beer garden was designed to minimize adverse neighborhood impact to the south.
They are amenable to wood windows, they can work with staff on the wall, the garage will get a similar treatment to the retaining wall, they are open to lifting the glass windows off the street level and they are open to painting or staining the reclaimed wood as staff recommends. They like the blue color as it seems tropical and those colors are found in the residential and commercial area. They do now own the adjacent property which will be demolished as there are too many code issues to correct. There will be a vegetative wall on the side of the building.
Ald. Kovac said the owner to the south was concerned about losing leased parking space, which might not be under the purview of HPC.
Mr. Eitel will be using the second floor office space. Construction will begin immediately after demolition.
Mr. Williams moved for approval, subject to staff condition and the applicant will work with staff relating to wood windows, bulkhead, retaining wall and garage, seconded by Ald. Bauman. There were no objections.
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| 11/15/2016 | 0 |
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Minutes note: Ms. Dana Zelazny said this project was approved in June 2015, but the project wasn't built.
Chris Socha - architect - he submitted a totally revised plan on Monday, which Commissioners have in their IPads and was e-mailed to them.
Ald. Kovac at the table - he is unclear as to what all the new plan entails as he hasn't been able to contact the owner.
The owner is in discussion with the owner of 1668 N. Warner to purchase that building.
The proposal is to remove the temporary bar structure and a garage with comparable buildings in terms of scale.
Ald. Kovac isn't comfortable speaking on this before HPC staff reviews it. A building was demolished with the promise that a building would replace it, but that never happened. He's concerned that another building is being proposed for demolition with the statement that a new building will be built.
Mr. Jarosz shares the same concern about promises being made, but not kept.
Feedback from the Commission and local alderman allows the architect to work on the new plans based on today's meeting.
This item will be on the December agenda.
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