Euclid board approves design for Northern Ohio Scrap warehouse; fence height and landscaping draw concern

The Euclid Architectural Review Board on Thursday approved design review for a new metal-recycling warehouse and office proposed at 20100 St. Clair Avenue, but members and staff flagged the project's proposed container-panel fence and a landscaping plan that does not meet city minimum counts.

The proposal from Northern Ohio Scrap Service Corporation would build a roughly 25,450-square-foot, two-story warehouse and office on a 15.38-acre parcel in the U-6 industrial and manufacturing district. The board approved the structure's design and the decorative and chain-link fence types shown in the application; staff recommended further review of the solid container-panel fence (type C) and some landscaping choices.

Joel Rosenberg, manager of 20100 Saint Clair Avenue and the applicant, said, "So the use is we're developing a new metal recycling facility," and described a mixed indoor and outdoor operation moving from Cleveland to Euclid. Matt McHugh of McHugh Design Group, the landscape architect on the project, presented building materials that include split-face CMU and metal insulated panels in charcoal and lighter metallic grays,…