HPC Meeting — 2020-02-26
Present: Sean Shope (Chairman), Vick Cox (Vice Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Eric Gilliland, Jason Parker, Margaret Telford, Chuck Voelker, Paula Wilbanks (Alternate) Liaisons: Paul Slechta (City Council Liaison), Monica Hotelling (P&Z Liaison) Staff: Paula Newman (Director of Operations, Finance & Admini), Matthew Boyle (Assistant City Attorney), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA19-127 — 512 Estill Street
Work: Renovate and expand existing 1,042 sq ft house: lift onto new foundation, construct 2,014 sq ft side/rear addition, and build new two-car detached garage (approved at 674 sq ft via variance combining the 200 sq ft shed allowance). Type: addition, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Approve with conditions (plans comply with ordinance design requirements) Discussion: Cooper disclosed the garage with combined workshop actually totals 674 sq ft, not the 500 listed; the Commission agreed to fold a garage/shed variance into the approval as done on previous garage plans. Telford 'complimented not tearing the house down,' and Cox noted 'it was nice the house was left intact.' Outcome: approved with conditions (7-0) — moved Chuck Voelker, second Jason Parker Conditions: Variance granted combining the 200 sq ft shed allowance with the 500 sq ft garage for a 674 sq ft detached garage; Permit obtained from the Building Department
CA20-06 — 620 Estill Street
Work: Renovate and expand existing 934 sq ft house: lift onto new foundation and construct 2,356 sq ft one-and-a-half-story side/rear addition including 524 sq ft attached two-car garage (3,290 sq ft total, 40% coverage). Type: addition, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Approve with conditions Discussion: Cooper said second-story windows all look east over 622 Estill with 'no windows looking into the neighbor's windows' and nothing protruding on the front. Shope flagged the overhead electric service; Cooper agreed to bring it back underground. Outcome: approved with conditions (7-0) — moved Jason Parker, second Chuck Voelker Conditions: Permit obtained from the Building Department
Staff-approved CAs (9)
CA19-125 609 East Wall Street; CA20-01 603 East Worth Street; CA20-02 309 West College Street; CA20-03 701 East Wall Street; CA20-04 605 East Wall Street; CA20-05 218 Ruth Street; CA20-09 338 South Main Street; CA20-11 914 East Texas Street; CA20-15 426 East Texas Street
Other business: Minutes recorded as approving 'the December 18, 2019 meeting' minutes (agenda item was the January 22, 2020 minutes). Adjourned 7:10 p.m.
Full commission present. Paula Newman substituted for Paul McCallum as CVB representative. Agenda's staff-approved list also showed CA20-16 (424 South Main Street), which was instead reported in the March minutes.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2020-02-26
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2020-02-26.