04/17/2009 action date on City Planning Commission, using Near West Design Review far, far from home

Again, on May 6th, I wrote: “Here’s one document about the project from online—I still can’t tell how we got from Brooklyn Centre Design Review to Near West Design Review”

Cleveland City Planning Commission
Near West Design Review Case Detail Report
Project Information
Near West Case # NW 2009-008
Project Name: Denison Elderly Housing
Address: 2000 Denison Avenue
Owner/Rep: NRP Group, LLC
Architect: Kevin Dreyfus-Wells
Description: New construction of 61-unit elderly housing complex
Notes:
Committee Actions\Submissions
Committee: CPC
Action Date: 04-17-2009
Action Type: Plan Submission
Final Action: No
Conditions/Notes:
Item went to the Planning Commission prior to receiving review by the local advisory committee - the Near West Design
Review Committee. This is a reversal of the usual order for such projects. This action was deemed necessary by the
Planning Director to permit the project's sponsor to meet the requirement of its lender for review by a public body in order to qualify for tax-credit financing. The deadline for such review was April 24, 2009. The Planning Commission moved approval of the design as presented with the understanding the sponsor meet with and respond to the neighborhood's design concerns. Specifically, the neighbors and Councilman Brian Cummins had concerns about:

1. 1. Irregular height on the brick foundation.
2. 2. Lack of consistency with the corner board color.
3. 3. Concern with width of gables matching dormer width.
4. 4. Lack of consistency between front and back of building.
5. 5. Lack of architectural historical features (e.g., bargeboard, fish scaling, etc.)

The design now moves to the Near West Design Review Committee to undergo local design review.