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CITY OF DOVER Architectural Review Oversight Subcommittee of PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Tuesday, October 9, 2012 – 4:00 P.M. City Hall Conference Room 15 Loockerman Plaza, Dover, Delaware INTRODUCTION Purpose of the Architectural Review Oversight Subcommittee (AROS) NEW BUSINESS 1) Review of Architecture: a) C-12-06 Dover First Christian School at 647 Wyoming Avenue – Review and Comment for a Recommendation to Planning Commission on the architecture for a proposed school building. This is associated with a Conditional Use Site Plan application to the Planning Commission to allow for the construction of a 4,000 SF school building and associated site improvements. The application also includes a Conditional Use to allow for the temporary use of the existing hall within the church as the school. The property is zoned R-8 (One Family Residence Zone). The property is located on the north side of Wyoming Avenue east of New Burton Road and west of Woodford Drive. The owner of record is Seventh Day Adventist Church. Address: 647 Wyoming Avenue. Tax Parcel: ED-05-76.20-01- 78.00-000. Council District 2. This application was referred to the AROS by the Planning Commission at their meeting of September 17, 2012. ADJOURN Posted Agenda: October 2, 2012 at 9:00am

City of Dover Architecture Review Oversight Committee Report Meeting of October 9, 2012 Plan Title: Dover First Christian School C-12-08 Plan Type: Conditional Use Site Plan Location: 647 Wyoming Avenue Tax Parcel: ED-05-076.20-01-78.00-000 Zoning: R-8 (One Family Residence Zone) At their meeting of September 17, 2012 the Planning Commission referred the architecture of the building for the Dover First Christian School to the Architectural Review Oversight Subcommittee for their review and comment to consider the building architecture in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. The following are the sections of the Zoning Ordinance that apply to architecture and the Architecture Review Oversight Subcommittee. Article 5 Section 19 Building and architectural design guidelines. The following guidelines shall be used in design of buildings and their architectural characteristics for the purposes of meeting the intent of article 10, section 2, subsection 2.27: (1) Physical orientation and facade. (i) The principal building facade of proposed buildings shall be oriented toward the primary street frontage, and in the same direction as the majority of existing buildings on the frontage street. Proposed buildings on corner properties shall reflect a public facade on both street frontages. (ii) Consideration shall be given to the dominant architectural features of existing buildings, but do not necessarily have to mimic those styles. Large expanses of blank walls are to be avoided, [and] consideration shall be given to windows and entrance ways along frontage, as well as projecting elements such as eaves, cornices, canopies, projecting bays, shadow lines and overhangs. (2) Architectural characteristics. (i) Building proportions. Consideration shall be given to proportional attributes, including overall height-to-width ratios, of existing building facades, doors, windows, projecting canopies, and other architectural features, found in adjacent existing buildings. (ii) Building mass. Facades of new buildings shall consider, but not mimic, the sense of lightness or weight of existing buildings on neighboring properties and consider similar proportions of solids (i.e., siding, blank walls, etc.) to voids (i.e., windows, door openings, etc.). (iii) Materials. Proposed buildings shall incorporate durable exterior surface materials similar to and complementary with the color, texture, size, and scale of exterior materials reflected on existing buildings in the immediate vicinity.

(iv) Roofs. Consideration shall be given to general shape, ridge and eave heights, and material characteristics expressed in existing buildings along the subject street. (3) Exemptions. (i) Building additions. Proposed building additions which will be designed to match the architectural characteristics and exterior material treatments of the existing building to which the addition is being made shall be exempt from the requirement to submit elevation drawings or other graphic representations. Article 10 2.28 Consideration shall be given to the physical orientation and architectural characteristics of proposed buildings, the relationship of proposed buildings to existing buildings and to other proposed buildings, and their contributions to the overall image of the immediate vicinity by considering the building and architectural design guidelines as set forth in article 5, section 19. Design characteristics of proposed buildings and building additions shall not detract or devalue existing buildings in the immediate vicinity. (A) If the planning commission determines that the proposed physical orientation and architectural characteristics of the proposed buildings do not meet the intent and objectives of this section, then the planning commission shall refer the proposal to the architectural review oversight subcommittee for review and comment. (B) The subcommittee shall meet and review the proposal with the applicant, and return its comments to the planning commission by the next regularly scheduled meeting. (C) The architectural review oversight subcommittee shall be appointed by the commission at its annual meeting, and membership shall consist of two planning commission members, and two design professionals with experience in construction, and the mayor or the mayor's designee. Two alternate design professionals with experience in construction shall also be appointed. Enclosed are the Site Plan, the architecture submitted to the Planning Commission and Option 1 and Option 2 submitted by the application since the Planning Commission meeting. The color of the siding on Option 1 and Option 2 is proposed as a tan/beige color and not the pale green shown on the photos.