Chapter 137: Architectural Board of Review
Editor’s note: The Architectural Board of Review was established by Ordinance 1955-350.
- 137.01 Board appointments, terms and vacancies
- 137.02 Membership
- 137.03 Compensation for meeting attendance
- 137.04 Member not to review own work; conflict of interest
- 137.05 Chairman and secretary of Board
- 137.06 Quorum, duties and rules
- 137.07 Purposes of Board
- 137.08 Review of plans; time limit
Cross references
- Open meetings - see ADM. Ch. 114
- Fees for review - see BLDG. 1309.11
- Plans and drawings - see BLDG. Ch. 1305
- Establishment - see CHTR. Art. VII, Sec. 9
- Removal of members - see CHTR. Art. VII, Sec 10
137.01 Board appointments, terms and vacancies
Pursuant to Article VII, Section 9 of the Charter of the Village of
Chagrin Falls, the Architectural Board of Review shall consist of three voting
members and two architect advisors appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by
Council for three-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of
unexpired terms in the same manner as the original appointment. The Mayor shall
appoint up to three alternate members who shall be confirmed by majority vote of
the members of Council for three-year terms. Alternate members shall serve
whenever one or more regular members are unable to hear a particular matter or
are unavailable for a particular meeting. The alternate members shall either be
residents of the Village or registered architects in the State of Ohio,
including architects who were previously licensed for ten years or more who are
retired and are registered as emeritus architects. In the event of the absence
of an architect member or if a conflict arises and such member must not hear a
matter pending before the Architectural Board of Review, then the alternate
member appointment preference for a particular matter or meeting shall be for
any alternate member who is a registered architect.
(Ord. 2019-33. Passed 4-22-19.)
137.02 Membership
The two architect advisors and at least one voting regular member of the
Architectural Board of Review, shall be architects, duly registered, and either
currently licensed or previously licensed to practice architecture in and under
the laws of the State of Ohio, which may include a registered emeritus architect
and shall have been actively engaged in the general practice of architecture as
registered architects in the State of Ohio for a period of not less than three
years prior to their appointment to the Architectural Board of Review, but such
three year period shall not be required to be immediately before the time of
appointment. The architect member(s) and the architect advisors may reside
outside the Village. Two members of the Architectural Board of Review will be
residents and need not be architects. The two architect advisors shall serve in
an advisory capacity only and shall not vote or exercise any authority of the
Village.
(Ord. 2019-33. Passed 4-22-19.)
137.03 Compensation for meeting attendance
The members of the Architectural Board of Review shall receive such compensation
as shall be established by Council in the annual pay ordinance.
(Ord. 2009-73. Passed 12-14-09.)
137.04 Member not to review own work; conflict of interest
No voting member or architect advisor of the Architectural Board of Review shall
participate in the review or approval of any work of which he or she or any
partner or professional associate of his or hers is the author, or in which he
or she or they have a direct or indirect financial interest. An architect
advisor may present matters to the Board which he or she authored, or in which
he or she has a direct or indirect financial interest, but that advisor shall
not serve in an advisory capacity to the Board for such matters.
(Ord. 2009-10. Passed 1-26-09.)
137.05 Chairman and secretary of board
One member of the Architectural Board of Review shall be elected Chairman and
shall be responsible for the proper administration of the Board’s work. One
member of the Board shall act as Secretary and shall keep, or cause to be kept,
in the Village Hall a complete record of all meetings of the Board and of all
transactions handled by the Board.
(Ord. 2002-13. Passed 2-11-02.)
137.06 Quorum, duties and rules
The Architectural Board of Review may not act without a quorum present. A quorum
shall consist of a minimum of two voting members of the Board and, if neither of
the voting members of the Board is an architect, one architect advisor must be
present to establish the quorum. The Board shall exercise the powers and duties
herein provided in accordance with existing laws and ordinances of the State of
Ohio and the Municipality, and in accordance with such rules and regulations for
its own procedure as it may promulgate.
(Ord. 2009-10. Passed 1-26-09.)
137.07 Purposes of board
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(a) The purposes of the Architectural Board of Review are to preserve and protect the public health, safety and welfare by maintaining the high character of community development and protecting the real estate within the Municipality from impairment or destruction of value by regulating, according to proper architectural principles, the design, use of materials, finished grade lines and orientation of all new buildings, signs and structures, hereafter erected, and the moving, alteration, improvement, repair, adding to or razing in full or in part of the exterior of all existing buildings.
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(b) Such regulations shall take into consideration the historical and architectural nature of existing buildings, signs and structures within the Municipality and the compatibility of proposed changes or proposed new buildings, signs and structures with such existing buildings, signs and structures.
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(c) The Board shall exercise such other powers and duties as may be established by ordinance of Council.
(CHTR. Art. VII, Sec. 9; Ord. 2002-13. Passed 2-11-02.)
137.08 Review of plans; time limit
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(a) The Architectural Board of Review shall receive and promptly review and pass upon all drawings, plans and complaints filed in connection with applications for building permits in accordance with public rulings and regulations adopted by the Board.
Failure by the Board to act on any set of plans or specifications within forty-five days from the date of the Board’s initial consideration of an application may be considered an approval of such plans and specifications by the Board. No building permit shall be issued unless plans therefor have been approved in writing by the Architectural Board of Review or unless no action by the Board in regard to such plans has been taken within forty-five days of the date of the Board’s initial consideration of an application.
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(b) An applicant may request an unofficial review. The unofficial review is informal and does not entitle the applicant to preliminary or final approval, or to a building permit.
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(c) Any applicant seeking required approval from the Architectural Board of Review for the erection, enlargement and/or alteration of any building in the Village shall provide the following information to the Architectural Board of Review for consideration, that they believe support granting approval as follows:
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(1) Specify how, architecturally, the proposed design compares, relates or fits with the adjacent, contiguous and neighboring properties.
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(2) Specify how the proposed design compares, relates or fits with the Village of Chagrin Falls Design Guidelines in terms of (i) architectural style, (ii) massing, (iii) proportion, (iv) setback, (v) distance, (vi) orientation, (vii) height, (viii) exteriors, (ix) roof elements, (x) windows and doors, and (xi) porches and entry features.
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(d) Any application form utilized by the Chief Administrative Office of the Village for applications to the Architectural Board of Review shall have an attachment in an appropriate form determined by the Chief Administrative Officer, incorporating the criteria set forth in Codified Ordinance Section 137.08(c).
(Ord. 2016-70. Passed 11-14-16.)