HPC Meeting — 2023-03-22

March 22, 2023

Present: Sean Shope (Chairman), Margaret Telford (Vice-Chairman), Eric Gilliland, Jim Niewald, Jana Garcia, Theresa Meyer Absent: Ashley Anderson, Taylor Bunn Liaisons: Paul Slechta (City Council Liaison), Monica Hotelling (P&Z Liaison) Staff: Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), Chris Laugenour (CVB Managing Director of Operations), Matthew Boyle (City Attorney), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Kayce Vanderpool (Historic Preservation Secretary)

Public hearing items#

CA22-03 — 202 West Wall Street, Suite B (West Wall Street Historic District; minutes body twice reads '202 East Wall Street')#

Work: 85 sq ft restroom addition to the rear of the existing Carriage House; replace a window unit on the west side with a seven-foot sliding French door; replace non-original windows with metal-clad wood windows. Type: addition, windows, doors Staff rec: Approve with conditions (site plan approved by Planning Services; exterior materials, windows, doors, hardware and light fixtures under separate CA; building permit) Discussion: Klempin presented; the new addition 'fits comfortably within the existing setting' as viewed from Barton Street, with no changes to the existing parking plan. No public comment or commissioner objections were recorded. Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0) — moved Eric Gilliland, second Jim Niewald Conditions: New addition approved on a site plan approved by the Planning Services Department; All exterior materials, windows, doors, door hardware and light fixtures approved under a separate Certificate of Appropriateness; Building permit obtained from the Building Department

CA23-05 — 306 Austin Street (1912 Historic John Berry House, HL2001-06)#

Work: Renovate the Queen Anne style house: demolish the failed non-original garage; construct a new 995 sq ft two-car detached garage with wood shop; construct 892 sq ft of additions to the house on 1st and 2nd floors (rear gable and south dormer for attic bedrooms). Type: demolition, garage_outbuilding, addition Staff rec: Approve with conditions (variance for the 995 sq ft garage combining the 500 sq ft garage, 200 sq ft storage building and 195 sq ft of unused house area allowances; separate CA for exterior materials; building permit) Discussion: Chairman Shope said he is 'not happy with the manipulation of the out buildings by consolidating the allowed square footage of the garage and storage shed to create very large ancillary structures,' which 'appear out of scope with buildings of the original township.' The motion nonetheless passed unanimously with a window-specification condition added. Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0) — moved Margaret Telford, second Eric Gilliland Conditions: Variance granted for the 995 sq ft garage by combining the 500 sq ft two-car garage, 200 sq ft storage building and 195 sq ft of unused house-area allowance; All replaced windows to be 1-over-1 metal-clad wood windows, staff-approved under a separate Certificate of Appropriateness

Staff-approved CAs (7)#

CA22-60B 608 South Dooley Street; CA23-04 834 East Worth Street; CA23-09 205 East Worth Street; CA23-11 513 East Texas Street; CA23-12 608 South Dooley Street; CA23-13 301 East Wall Street; CA23-15 221 East Worth Street

Other business: Minutes of January 25, 2023 approved 6-0 (Meyer/Garcia). Adjourned 6:37 p.m. (Gilliland/Niewald).

📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2023-03-22

Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2023-03-22.