HPC Meeting — 2019-09-25
Present: Sean Shope (Chairman), Vick Cox (Vice Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Eric Gilliland, Chuck Voelker, Paula Wilbanks (Commissioner (Alternate)) Absent: Jason Parker, Margaret Telford Liaisons: Paul Slechta (City Council Liaison), Monica Hotelling (Planning & Zoning Liaison) Staff: Paula Newman (Managing Director of Administration & Op), Matthew Boyle (Assistant City Attorney), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
HL19-02 — 212 East Texas Street
Work: Historic Landmark Overlay on the city-owned, vacant 1946 C. V. Tidwell house (earlier the J. H. Withrow harness-maker property, 1923-1940s), ahead of its sale as a single-family home through the City's sealed-bid process. Type: designation Staff rec: Approve (to record the property's history and give HPC input on future development; proposed Design Guidelines presented) Discussion: Staff explained the overlay would let the commission "have input in the future development of the property" once sold at sealed bid; no public comment. Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0) — moved Chuck Voelker, second Vick Cox Conditions: As presented (with the proposed Design Guidelines for the property)
CA19-89 — 835 East Texas Street
Work: At the 1950 Denzil and Mary Stone Myers House (D. E. Box Addition HD): remove the attached two-car garage and rear wall, build a one-story addition to the west and rear (total living area 3,274 sq ft) with a 600 sq ft porte cochere, and build an 826 sq ft detached two-car garage with workshop requiring a variance. Type: demolition, addition, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Approve with conditions, including a variance combining the 500 sq ft garage, 200 sq ft accessory-storage allowance, and 126 sq ft of living area for the 826 sq ft garage Discussion: The Parks said the front elevation would remain "very near the same" with the original roof pitch, and pledged to keep the large trees. Voelker pressed "how much of a house can be rolled into a garage... what is the limit?" and said "this is deviating from the Design Guidelines"; Cox concurred a limit should be set in the future, then moved approval anyway, with Voelker the lone nay. Outcome: approved with conditions (5-1) — moved Vick Cox, second Eric Gilliland Dissent: Chuck Voelker Conditions: Variance granted to combine two-car garage (500 sq ft), accessory storage (200 sq ft) and 126 sq ft of living area for the 826 sq ft garage/workshop; Building permit obtained; Exterior materials, finishes, paint colors, doors/hardware, windows and light fixtures approved on separate CA(s)
CA19-93 — 238 Austin Street
Work: On a 2005 house built to the property's Design Guidelines: remove the rear-wing roof and build a 500 sq ft second-floor master-suite addition (total 2,310 sq ft), remove improperly installed wood siding, apply house-wrap and reinstall the original siding, and replace the front porch's asphalt shingles with metal roofing. Type: addition, siding, roof Staff rec: Approve with conditions (in compliance with Secretary of the Interior Standards; addition fits the side-yard setback plane) Discussion: Owner John Finn said he and his fiancee had moved from Waco and "were excited to be in Grapevine." Cox asked whether East Texas Street had once been Washam Avenue; Klempin confirmed it per the 1907 plat. Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0) — moved Ashley Anderson, second Eric Gilliland Conditions: Building permit obtained; Exterior materials, finishes, paint colors, doors/hardware, windows and light fixtures approved on separate CA(s)
Staff-approved CAs (18)
CA19-42 808 East Wall Street; CA19-68 846 East Wall Street; CA19-69 600 West College Street; CA19-71 221 West College Street; CA19-72 530 South Main Street; CA19-73 214 East College Street; CA19-74 612 East Wall Street; CA19-75 603 East Worth Street; CA19-77 417 South Main Street; CA19-79 807 East Worth Street; CA19-80 403 East Worth Street; CA19-81 324 South Main Street; CA19-82 426 East Texas Street; CA19-83 901 West Sunset Street; CA19-84 318 Ruth Street; CA19-85 129 South Main Street, Suite #140; CA19-87 325 East Worth Street; CA19-88 322 East College Street
Other business: July 24 minutes approved. Adjourned 6:49 p.m.
Voelker's lone dissent on the CA19-89 garage variance sparked the year's clearest policy debate about capping living area rolled into garages; 18 staff-approved CAs reported, the year's largest batch.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2019-09-25
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2019-09-25.