2009-09-28 Community Planning and Development Commission Minutes

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CPDC Minutes of 9/28/2009 - ' Site Plan Review (Continued) 285 Main Street, Perfectos Caffe Appearing for Perfectos Caffe were Owner Mr. Max Gabriello, Attorney Christine Sheehy, Engineer and Project Manager Mr. David Petkewich; Architect Mr. Bill Turvile, and Chris Huntress (sp?). Attorney Sheehy updated the Board as to the items addressed since last the applicant was before the Board (9/14/2009). A structural engineer had been hired to review the foundation and should start work later this week. The south-side parking configuration was re-evaluated to see if parking nose-in to the building would be a better design but they discovered doing so would make two parking spaces unusable so they have returned to the original design. The parking space nearest the south curb-cut has been removed to make room for a larger landscape island there. Signage, lighting, landscaping, color-scheme, and roof details have been submitted for review. The dumpster enclosure has been revised to better match the color and style of the building. Architect Bill Turville said the building's design is now more traditional with a light-colored brick material (Quick Brick) on the ground-level fagade and a clapboard-like upper fagade. The roof will be a hip-roof with an empty center to conceal mechanicals. Lights under the overhanging portion of the upper story will be recessed. Lights will be of low wattage and most will be directed onto the walkway around the building. The business closes at 6:00 pm so lights will be needed only in winter. Mr. Chris Huntress expanded on the lighting. The lights were worked into the architecture to hide the source and would illuminate down along the walls. There are three telephone poles with lights nearby so no additional light poles were though necessary. The Board noted as per bylaw section 6.2.3.2.1 the internal illumination of the freestanding sign could shine through the logo and letters only. The background must be opaque. The applicant said they would come back with a signage plan to fit the bylaw. The Town Engineer said the applicant had addressed all of his concerns with regards to the roof runoff and drainage. Also, he noted the parking angles of the north-side parking spaces had been adjusted so that customers would not have to back out onto Main Street. The Chair asked if the applicant had addressed the questions the Conservation Administrator had put to the applicant in her memo. Attorney Sheehy said they had only recently had received the Conservation Commission's questions of 9/25/2009 and did not yet have a full reply but would address the questions with the Conservation Commission when they next appeared before it. JW asked if there would be problems with flow (e.g. surcharge or backwash) through the drainage system given the roof-runoff would be as great as the parking-lot runoff. Mr. Petkewich said this would not be a problem for the system. Next, Mr. Huntress described the proposed landscaping. The new landscape island at the south curb cut would contain low shrubbery and a River Birch enclosed by a low fence. The same shrubbery would be added along the north boundary of the site and in to the center landscape island (located between the two - curb-cuts). Half of the width of the center island extends into Mass Highway's right-of-way and the plantings there will be what Mass Highway typically allows: grass and some perennials. The Page 2 of 6