Downtown Design Review Committee Meeting – August 15, 2016

[alert type=”muted”]Downtown Design Review Committee
Notice of Regular Meeting
Monday, August 15, 2016 4:45pm
Doorley Municipal Building
444 Westminster Street, 1st Floor Conference Room
Providence, RI 02903[/alert]

Opening Session

• Call to Order
• Roll Call
• Approval of Meeting Minutes of July 11, 2016

New Business

1. DRC Application No. 16.21: 201 Washington Street (Trinity Repertory Company) – Public Hearing – The subject of the hearing will be an application by Trinity Repertory Company, requesting a waiver from Zoning Ordinance Section 1607(K), Wall Signs, which limits the square footage of wall signs in the D?1 Zone. The applicant is proposing to install a painted wall sign on the north elevation of the building, which exceeds the maximum size allowed.

225 Weybosset Street. Image from Google Streetview

2. DRC Application No. 16.24: 225 Weybosset Street (Commercial Building) – Proposal by HM Ventures 8 LLC, to replace existing storefronts and doors, and to remove existing fire escapes.

3. DRC Application No. 16.22: 169 Canal Street (parking lot) – Public Hearing – The subject of the hearing will be an application by MSI Holdings LLC, requesting a development incentive in the form of a height bonus, and waivers from Development and Design Standards of the Zoning Ordinance for a new 11?story mixed?use building to be constructed on the site. The waivers requested are from Sections 606.A.4 (Recess Line Requirement); 606.E.1 (Building Facades/Ground Floor Transparency); and 606.E.3 (Building Facades/Upper Level Transparency).

[alert type=”muted”]See also: Proposed building at 169 Canal Street[/alert]

Adjournment

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