HPC Meeting — 2023-09-27
Present: Sean Shope (Chairman), Margaret Telford (Vice-Chairman), Jim Niewald, Jana Garcia, Theresa Meyer, Taylor Bunn (Commissioner (Alternate)) Absent: Eric Gilliland, Ashley Anderson Liaisons: Paul Slechta (City Council Liaison), Monica Hotelling (P&Z Liaison) Staff: Paul W. McCallum (Executive Director, Grapevine Convention), Matthew Boyle (City Attorney), David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Kayce Vanderpool (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA23-52 — 305 Smith Street (1914 Koonce-Simmons House)
Work: Construct a new 200 sq ft one-story workshop addition to the rear of the existing 500 sq ft two-car garage (rebuilt 2009 under CA09-51), matching board-and-batten siding, metal roof and cresting. Type: garage_outbuilding, addition Staff rec: Approve with conditions (variance combining the 500 sq ft garage and 200 sq ft storage allowances into one 700 sq ft structure; BZA special exceptions for reverse-frontage side yard and garage setback encroachments; building permit; separate CA for exterior materials) Discussion: Fleming said he grew up in Grapevine and 'it has been a pleasure working with Mr. Klempin and Mr. McCallum'; Shope noted Fleming 'put a lot of details into the drawings.' Niewald asked about the 'reverse frontage lot' terminology and Klempin explained the corner-lot setbacks requiring BZA review. Outcome: approved with conditions (6-0) — moved Margaret Telford, second Jim Niewald Conditions: Variance granted to combine the 500 sq ft garage and 200 sq ft storage building allowances into a 700 sq ft structure; Special exceptions approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment for the side yard encroachment on the reverse frontage lot and the existing garage side-yard encroachment; Building permit obtained from the Building Services Department; All exterior materials, finishes, paint colors, doors, hardware, windows and light fixtures approved on separate Certificate(s) of Appropriateness
Staff-approved CAs (11)
CA23-44B 204 East Franklin Street; CA23-55 301 East Texas Street; CA23-57 301 East Wall Street; CA23-58 521 South Dooley Street; CA23-59 211 East Wall Street; CA23-60 312 West Wall Street; CA23-61 807 East Texas Street; CA23-62 232 Austin Street; CA23-63 721 West College Street; CA23-64 301 East Texas Street; CA23-65 601 South Main Street, Suite #100
Other business: Chairman Shope thanked Paul McCallum and the CVB for GrapeFest. Minutes of August 23, 2023 approved 6-0. Chairman Shope adjourned the meeting at 6:18 p.m.
Light single-item agenda but eleven staff-approved CAs reported, the year's largest consent batch.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2023-09-27
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2023-09-27.