HPC Meeting — 2017-11-08
Present: Sean Shope (Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Vick Cox, Chuck Voelker, Ted Ware, Eric Gilliland Absent: Margaret Telford Liaisons: Paul Slechta (City Council Liaison), Monica Hotelling (Planning & Zoning Liaison), Janet Perkins (Grapevine Heritage Foundation Liaison) Staff: Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), Paula Newman (Director of Operations), Matthew Boyle (City Attorney), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA17-106 — 618 East Wall Street
Work: New second-floor addition (613 sq ft: bedroom, bath, playroom, balcony over the carport) above the rear wing of the 1938 Bungalow restored by Hazel King in 2000; total 3,169 sq ft. Type: addition Staff rec: Approve with conditions Discussion: Neither applicant nor homeowners were present; Cox questioned the dormers as shown, and there were no further comments. Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0) — moved Ashley Anderson, second Vick Cox Conditions: All exterior materials, finishes, paint colors, doors and door hardware, windows and light fixtures approved on separate Certificate(s) of Appropriateness
CA17-115 — 521 South Dooley Street
Work: New first- and second-floor additions to the 1941 Kenneth and Ruth Moore ranch house (to the 3,400 sq ft max) plus a new 698 sq ft detached two-car garage with storage (variance to combine garage and storage allowances); removal of a portable shed. Type: addition, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Approve with the variance; property not landmarked, so review was effectively limited to "the math calculations" Discussion: The Commission noted the changes "would significantly change the appearance and would not be granted if the property were landmarked"; Shope objected that "the design was not appropriate" and asked for a different process, while Cox "expressed his regret at losing this historic home's appearance." Anderson pressed on why the shed was called "removal" and not demolition; it proved to be a temporary building on cinder blocks, and City Attorney Boyle explained the CA form was "the only tool available to process the variance." Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0) — moved Ashley Anderson, second Eric Gilliland Conditions: Condition requiring separate CAs for exterior materials/finishes struck, as the property is not landmarked; Removal of the temporary portable shed unit; Variance granted to combine storage-building square footage with the two-car garage
Staff-approved CAs (8)
CA17-84 412 East Franklin Street; CA17-90 813 East Worth Street; CA17-91 210 West Wall Street; CA17-97 846 East Wall Street; CA17-99 307 East College Street; CA17-107 334 Barton Street; CA17-111 432 South Main Street; CA17-117 709 South Main Street
Other business: Minutes of October 25, 2017 approved (Voelker/Anderson, 6-0).
CA17-115 exposed the limits of HPC power over non-landmarked Township property: commissioners approved reluctantly, on "math" alone, while lamenting the loss of the house's historic appearance. Adjourned 6:55 p.m.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2017-11-08
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2017-11-08.