HPC Meeting — 2012-07-24
Present: Burl Gilliam (Chairman), R. Lee Derr (Vice-Chairman), Vick Cox, Sean Shope, Margaret Telford, Ted Ware, Chuck Voelker (Alternate) Absent: Ashley Anderson Liaisons: Shane Wilbanks (Council Liaison), Monica Hotelling (P&Z Liaison) Staff: Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Convention & Visitor), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA12-34 — 235 Austin Street
Work: Renovate/repair the 1983 Tillery House and 1940s detached 2-car garage: add two front dormers to house and two to garage roofline, replace porch columns, repaint in period colors; to serve as family rental property Type: porch, paint, other Staff rec: Approve with conditions that all exterior materials, windows, doors and paint colors be staff approved under a separate CA Discussion: O'Malley aimed to convert 'from a 1980's home and to blend in to the Township'; Telford worried the garage would overshadow the house (owner assured same height); Derr complimented the dormers. Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0) — moved Sean Shope, second Vick Cox Conditions: All exterior materials, windows and doors approved under a separate Certificate of Appropriateness
CA12-31 — 105-107, 113-119 South Main Street
Work: Tabled case returned: demolition of 1970s concrete-block buildings and new ~20,430 sq ft retail / ~17,380 sq ft office mixed-use structure with eight period-style facades, open-air passage, rear parking with carports Type: demolition, new_construction Staff rec: Approve with conditions that elevations, storefronts, materials, windows, doors and paint colors be approved by the Commission on a separate CA Discussion: Klempin said the drawings 'were not dimensional, they are still a schematic' and questioned why eight facades; Derr and Gilliam noted historic storefronts are typically 50 feet wide versus the proposed 28; Wilbanks said the commission 'needs strength in seeing what is to replace these structures before demolishing them'; Ware called for a 'Vision-to feel the Vision' and Klempin warned against changing 'to a different sheet of music' on Main Street. Outcome: tabled (6-0) — moved Ted Ware, second Margaret Telford Conditions: Return to the August meeting with more detailed plans (windows, doors, materials, individual facades; research on the open passageway)
Staff-approved CAs (2)
CA12-15 705 South Main Street, Heritage Center; CA12-36 520 South Main Street, Jakes Hamburgers
Other business: Workshop on Design Review Requirements for Historic District Properties: Klempin presented concerns about teardown-scale additions (600 sq ft houses getting 3,200 sq ft additions), floated a Height Looming Standard and Floor Area Ratio/reduction factor, commission-approved stock house plans (per the Mayor's request), a Builder's Kit, and noted only 19 vacant lots remain; Telford decried 1,200 sq ft homes becoming 4,000 sq ft with no green space.
Second consecutive tabling of the Hazlewood Main Street project shows the commission demanding construction-level detail before any demolition; the massing/looming workshop began the push that became the December ordinance proposal.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2012-07-24
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2012-07-24.