HPC Meeting — 2012-05-23
Present: Burl Gilliam (Chairman), R. Lee Derr (Vice-Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Justin Powers, Sean Shope, Margaret Telford, Ted Ware Liaisons: Shane Wilbanks (Council Liaison), Monica Hotelling (P&Z Liaison) Staff: David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA12-23 — 120 East Worth Street
Work: Demolition of the fire-damaged 1917 Wm. Cameron & Company lumber office building (April 2012 fire; roof collapsing, safety hazard) with intent to rebuild to look like the old building using salvaged brick-scored siding Type: demolition Staff rec: Klempin approved of the owner's rebuild elevations proposing the same profile as the original building (full staff recommendation on a page missing from the OCR) Discussion: Baker resisted landmarking — 'he would not have bought it if landmarked at the time of his purchase' — while the whole commission and Council Liaison Wilbanks insisted a Historic Overlay was the only way to keep the rebuild within Township guidelines; Ware told him 'HPC is your best friend to protect your property value.' The motion/vote page is missing from the OCR, but per the August 15 and October 24 minutes, the Commission voted at this meeting to require Historic Landmark designation and Commission review of the rebuild. Outcome: approved with conditions Conditions: Historic Landmark designation required for the property; Rebuild of the building to be reviewed by the Commission
CA12-26 — 626 Ball Street (Nash Farm)
Work: Locations and style of gates for the approved Nash Farm perimeter fence: two pedestrian gates (north and south, mid-block between Ball Street and Homestead Lane) plus one 24-foot service gate on the west boundary; boarded gates with woven-wire backing Type: fence Staff rec: Approve the gate locations Discussion: Powers pressed twice for a gate closer to Ball Street / two gates on College Street; Klempin and Heritage Foundation chairman Dr. Curtis Ratliff defended the mid-block location as safest and giving 'the best first impression of the Farm experience.' The hearing was closed (Telford/Ware) but the motion and vote fall on a page missing from the OCR. Outcome: unknown
CA12-20 — 512 West College Street ⭐College St
Work: Construct new 3-car garage and workshop on an existing previously-approved foundation, with second-floor future media room Type: garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Approve the 'concept' with conditions that elevations be redrawn to satisfy code (mean height of dormers exceeded code) and all exterior doors, windows, materials, finishes and paint colors be approved under a separate CA Discussion: Telford objected that a property 'originally approved for a basic Craftsman style home' now had 'a 3,000 square foot mansion behind' and saw no need for a second story on the garage; the owner wanted the garage to 'flow' with the house. The remainder of the discussion is on a missing OCR page; the case was continued to the June 27 meeting (per the June agenda). Outcome: continued
Staff-approved CAs (4)
CA12-21 603 South Main Street, Suite 304; CA12-22 611 South Main Street, Suite 200; CA12-24 231 Austin Street; CA12-25 818 South Main Street, Suite 200
Other business: April 25, 2012 minutes were on the agenda for approval. (OCR captured only odd-numbered minute pages; several motions/votes are lost.)
Full attendance and a united front on landmarking-as-leverage: the commission conditioned demolition/rebuild of the burned Cameron building on landmark designation over the owner's explicit objection to landmarking.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2012-05-23
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2012-05-23.