HPC Meeting — 2014-02-26
Present: Burl Gilliam (Chairman), R. Lee Derr (Vice Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Vick Cox, Sean Shope, Margaret Telford, Ted Ware, Chuck Voelker (Alternate) Absent: Monica Hotelling (Planning & Zoning Liaison) Liaisons: Shane Wilbanks (City Council Liaison) Staff: Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA14-04 — 213 East College Street ⭐College St
Work: Convert the c. 1925 Morrow House from office use back to a single-family residence: remove porch infill and restore the original wrap-around porch; two-bedroom-and-bath addition with glass link; new detached two-car garage with covered walkway; new rear outbuilding (two-car garage with storage) requiring a variance for 892 sq ft over the 200 sq ft allowed. Type: addition, garage_outbuilding, porch Staff rec: Approval with conditions (building permits); Klempin, Development Services Director Scott Williams and CVB Director McCallum 'unanimously recommend granting a variance' for the oversized outbuilding. Discussion: Lemoine Wright described generations of family ties to the property and said he would keep the College Street view open for 'the 150 feet to the rear of the property.' Council Liaison Wilbanks said getting 'a commercial property back to this quality of a residential home is very exciting for the Historic District'; Ware said it was 'so good to come back to residential' after prominent homes became businesses. Outcome: approved with conditions (8-0) — moved Margaret Telford, second Ashley Anderson Conditions: Per attached plans; building permits obtained from the Building Department
HL14-01 — 232 Austin Street
Work: Historic Landmark Subdistrict (historic overlay) for a vacant lot on the College Heights Historic District boundary, originally owned by B. R. Wall, Grapevine's first City Secretary (1907) and second-longest-serving mayor; owned by the Hodges family for 71 years. Type: designation Staff rec: Approval, to record the property's history and give the Commission input in development, per proposed design guidelines. Discussion: Staff called this 'another exciting development,' with Mr. Marshall requesting to landmark a vacant 1907-platted lot and build his home with Commission input; Marshall 'stated his recognition of the importance of the preservation of the Historic Township.' Outcome: approved with conditions (8-0) — moved Margaret Telford, second Ted Ware Conditions: Per proposed design guidelines for the property
CA14-07 — 232 Austin Street
Work: Construct a new period-style house (design architect Russell Moran) on the vacant lot, following the Design Guidelines and the June 2013 preservation ordinance provisions, with rear access via a paved easement. Type: new_construction Staff rec: Approval with conditions: HL14-01 approved for the property; all exterior materials (roofing, siding and trim, doors, windows) and exterior light fixtures staff approved under a separate CA; building permit obtained. Discussion: Klempin complimented the contextual drawings and the half-way setback as 'great placement on this lot,' noting the plan 'capitalizes on paving the easement' for access. Telford and Cox asked whether the dormer set in the steep roof and the chimney height met the ordinance; Klempin answered yes. Outcome: approved with conditions (8-0) — moved Ashley Anderson, second Margaret Telford Conditions: Historic Landmark application HL14-01 approved for the property; All exterior materials (roofing, siding, trim, doors, windows) and exterior light fixtures staff approved under a separate Certificate of Appropriateness; Building permit obtained from the Building Department
CA14-05 — 521 East Worth Street
Work: Construct a new 864 sq ft Folk-Victorian style hip-roof two-car detached garage with storage (plans by his brother, St. Louis architect Nathan Dirnberger) behind the 1907 Annie McCollum House, keeping total square footage within the 3,400 sq ft cap. Type: garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Approval with conditions per attached plans, with the condition a building permit is obtained from the Building Department. Discussion: Ware asked if the garage was for personal use only; Dirnberger said yes, he has 'a hobby of collecting older vehicles' (vintage cars, motorcycles and a sailboat). Alternate Voelker asked what would show from the street; Klempin answered 'nothing,' which is 'why the rear easement access had become so valuable.' Outcome: approved with conditions (8-0) — moved Vick Cox, second Sean Shope Conditions: Building permit obtained from the Building Department
Staff-approved CAs (3)
CA14-08 405 Smith Street; CA14-09 520 South Main Street; CA14-11 814 South Main Street
Other business: Klempin updated the Commission on Love Chapel Church of God in Christ and efforts to save it (HPC worked on a historic overlay in 2009); Telford said 'we were losing a part of our (Grapevine's) history and it is now saved.' Minutes of January 22, 2014 approved (Shope/Ware, 8-0).
Morrow House office-to-residence conversion celebrated as bringing a commercial property 'full circle'; first 2014 landmark overlay (HL14-01) approved for a vacant lot so the owner could build with Commission input.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2014-02-26
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