HPC Meeting — 2015-05-27
Present: Burl Gilliam (Chairman), R. Lee Derr (Vice Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Vick Cox, Sean Shope, Margaret Telford, Ted Ware, Chuck Voelker (Alternate) Liaisons: C. Shane Wilbanks (City Council Liaison), Monica Nance (Planning & Zoning Liaison) Staff: Matthew Boyle (City Attorney, City of Grapevine), Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA15-44 — 129 South Main Street, Suite 105
Work: Relocate the pair of storefront entrance doors from the center bay to the right-hand bay and replace the doorway with a plate glass window (Gallery on Main). Type: doors, windows Staff rec: Deny Discussion: Staff said changing the symmetrical storefront to asymmetrical 'would be inappropriate' and would 'weaken the visual appearance of this facade'; Short argued the move gave better security and that the store's success 'would bring more jobs and taxes.' Outcome: denied (6-0 (Cox absent for the item)) — moved Margaret Telford, second Ted Ware
CA15-46 — 854 East Wall Street
Work: Renovate D. E. Box Addition house: remove rear-bedroom exterior door, replace non-original front porch wall with period-style columns, replace wood fence with six-foot privacy fence, new master bath addition (architect Russell Moran). Type: doors, porch, fence, addition Staff rec: Approve with conditions Discussion: Flannery said the property owner 'loved the Historic District' and planned more projects going forward. Outcome: approved with conditions (7-0) — moved Ashley Anderson, second Margaret Telford Conditions: All exterior materials staff-approved under separate Certificate(s) of Appropriateness; Building permit obtained
HL15-03 — 303 South Dooley Street
Work: Historic Landmark overlay for 1965 Watkins house (Steward Brothers-built, identical plan to Sunshine Harbor Addition homes) in College Heights Addition. Type: designation Staff rec: Approve Discussion: Maykus said he would replace the existing house with a 'Texas farmhouse style home'; Derr noted the 1965 house was 'a non-contributing structure.' Outcome: approved (7-0) — moved Ted Ware, second Margaret Telford
CA15-41 — 303 South Dooley Street
Work: Demolish the existing 1965 one-story house and construct a new period-style two-story house (detached garage set back, driveway moved to Texas Street). Type: demolition, new_construction Staff rec: Approve with conditions (HL15-03 approved; exterior materials via separate CAs; permit) Discussion: Derr and Telford said the 28-foot height was 'too high' and Cox found it 'imposing in context with the neighboring structures'; Ware complained the Commission is 'charged with appropriateness to make houses happily blend together, and no one was paying attention to the appropriateness.' Derr asked Maykus to rework the height and come back, but Shope's motion to approve carried. Outcome: approved with conditions (4-3) — moved Sean Shope, second Ashley Anderson Dissent: R. Lee Derr, Margaret Telford, Ted Ware Conditions: Historic Landmark Application HL15-03 approved for the property; All exterior materials staff-approved under separate Certificate(s) of Appropriateness; Building permit obtained
HL15-04 — 234 East Franklin Street
Work: Historic Landmark overlay for the 1933 Chambers-Bragg bungalow (City Drug owner Roy Chambers; Bragg farm family). Type: designation Staff rec: Approve Discussion: Approval motion is misprinted '#HL15-03' in the minutes; Cox cast the lone nay, having championed the 1933 carport that the overlay would clear the way to demolish. Outcome: approved (6-1) — moved Ted Ware, second Margaret Telford Dissent: Vick Cox
CA15-42 — 234 East Franklin Street
Work: Second revised plans: renovate bungalow with first- and second-floor additions, new detached garage/carport with covered breezeway, larger back porch, and demolition of the original 1933 carport. Type: addition, demolition, garage_outbuilding, porch Staff rec: Approve with conditions (rescind CA15-23; HL15-04 approved; separate CAs for exterior materials; permit) Discussion: City Attorney Boyle explained the April approval had to be rescinded because 'there cannot be two approvals for two different sets of plans for one property'; Cox lamented 'the cornerstone centerpiece of this property in five years would be the 1933 carport,' Ware agreed, yet the vote was unanimous. Outcome: approved with conditions (7-0) — moved Ashley Anderson, second Ted Ware Conditions: Previously approved CA15-23 and plans rescinded; Historic Landmark HL15-04 overlay approved; Staff-approved separate Certificate(s) of Appropriateness for all exterior materials and finishes; Building permit obtained
Staff-approved CAs (11)
CA15-25 504 South Dooley Street; CA15-26 129 South Main Street, Suite #155; CA15-27 223 East College Street; CA15-30 527 South Dooley Street; CA15-32 342 South Main Street; CA15-33 223 East College Street; CA15-34 418 South Main Street; CA15-35 309 West College Street; CA15-38 232 Austin Street; CA15-39 238 Austin Street; CA15-40 129 South Main Street, Suite #155
Other business: April 22 minutes approved; agenda also carried a correction to the March 25 minutes. Full commission present for the first time in 2015.
Most contested meeting of the year: Maykus teardown/new-build approved 4-3 over height objections, and the Blazek carport fight ended with landmarking (6-1) plus demolition approval that rescinded the month-old CA15-23.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2015-05-27
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2015-05-27.