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FINDINGS OF FACT AND DECISION
STATE OF VERMONT
COUNTY OF CHITTENDEN
CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON
Re: Findings of Fact, design review application of Donna O'Connell to alter the south
and east facades, the eastern most storefront, of the 7,680 square foot mixed retail and
personal uses building at 350 Dorset Street. These alterations consists of 1) replacing a
window with a door on the south facade, 2) replacing a double door with a single door on
the south facade, and 3) introducing two windows to the east facade, 350 Dorset Street.
On the I Ith of July, 2000, the South Burlington Development Review Board approved
the design review application of Donna O'Connell under Section 24.20 of the South
Burlington Zoning Regulations based on the following findings:
This project consists of altering the south and east facades, the eastern most
storefront, of the 7,680 square foot mixed retail and personal uses building at 350
Dorset Street. These alterations consists of. 1) replacing a window with a door on the
south facade, 2) replacing a double door with a single door on the south facade, and
3) introducing two windows to the east facade, 350 Dorset Street.
2. The owner of record is EMA, Inc.
3. Consistent Design: The building currently employs both double and single doors in
various patterns along the south facade of the building. The applicant wishes to
remove the existing double door on the rear storefront and introduce two single doors.
This will keep the same number of openings along the south facade, but allow for
increased points of access. The propsoe doors will employ full-length single panes
such as those currently existing on the building. The window, which will replace one
side of the existing double door, will be a one single pane over a paneled inset such as
those currently existing on the building.
4. Materials: The applicant will replace the windows and doors in -kind. The doors will
be metal with full-length panes. The window on the south facade will be a single
pane over a panel inset that replicates those already along the south facade. The two
new windows on the east facade will be double pane metal casement windows and
will utilize materials similar to those on the south facade.
5. Colors and Textures: The applicant will keep the same colors already present on the
building. The windows and the doors will employ a bare metal gray color. The metal
panel inset will be brown to mach the existing panels.
6. Human Scale Design: The door alterations will create an additional point of access
along the south fagade and thereby improve pedestrian access to the building. The
addition of two windows to the east fagade will penetrate a currently blank fagade.
The east, or San Remo Drive, fagade currently is characterized by utilities and HVAC
equipment. The addition of two windows will serve to introduce human scale
elements to the east fagade where there are currently no design elements that speak to
a human scale.
7. Roof as a Design Element: No changes are proposed to the existing roof.
8. Orientation of Building to the Street: No changes are proposed to the building's
orientation to Dorset Street. The addition of two windows to the east fagade will
improve the building's communication with San Remo Drive by introducing design
elements, points of visual penetration, to the building's frontage along San Remo
Drive.
9. Landscape and Plantings: No additional landscaping is proposed.
DECISION AND CONDITIONS
Based on the above Findings of Fact, the South Burlington Development Review Board
approves the design review application #DR-00-09 of Donna O' Connell to alter the south
and east facades, the eastern most storefront, of the 7,680 square foot mixed retail and
personal uses building at 350 Dorset Street. These alterations consists of: 1) replacing a
window with a door on the south fagade, 2) replacing a double door with a single door on
the south fagade, and 3) introducing two windows to the east fagade, as depicted on a two
page set of plans, entitled "East Elevation", with a stamped received date of 6/12/00,
with the following stipulations:
1. All previous approvals and stipulations which are not superseded by this approval shall
remain in effect.
2. This recommendation for approval of the proposed addition is based on the
application' s compliance with the design review criteria contained in Section 24 of
the South Burlington Zoning Ordinance. The Code Officer shall make the
determination of whether or not this application complies with all other requirements
contained in the zoning ordinance.
3. The applicant shall maintain the current color scheme of the building as depicted in
four photographs dated 6/9/00.
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