Brandon Strain / Grapevine Historic Districts

Source Index

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Provenance registry for every claim in this vault. Confidence tiers: A = binding law/official record · B = official city publication · C = secondary.

Tier A — Law & official records

  • §Municode App-G — Code of Ordinances, Appendix G (Historic Preservation Ordinance), verified against Municode Supp. 56 (codified through Ord. 2025-085, Dec 2 2025), retrieved 2026-08-17 via api.municode.com (client 2427 / product 10855 / job 488260). Full text archived: workspace docs/appendix-g-historic-preservation-ordinance.md
  • §Ord-93-58 — Ordinance 93-58 with Exhibits A & B (College Street designation + Preservation Criteria). Source: Brandon's Reference Documents PDF (scan), OCR'd 2026-08-17 (per-page rotation-corrected)
  • §Ord-2013-23 — Highlighted amendments to Appendix G. Source: Brandon's Reference Documents PDF (scan), OCR'd
  • §Minutes-corpus — HPC minutes 2011–2026 + Heritage Foundation minutes 2012–2026, harvested 2026-08-17 from the city's Laserfiche WebLink public portal (weblinkexternal.grapevinetexas.gov, repo "Grapevine"), OCR text via the portal's own text service, bundled as GV_HPC_Minutes_{year}.txt / GV_HeritageFoundation_Minutes_{year}.txt. Note: portal holds HPC minutes from Nov 2011 onward only; 1991–2010 not digitized there (City Council minutes 1907–2026 and Ordinances 1907–2026 folders exist in the same portal as gap-fillers; a records request to the City Secretary could recover pre-2011 HPC minutes)
  • §Zoning-sections — App. D zoning sections as city PDFs (Document Center): Sec 39 Historic Landmark (View/288), Sec 28A HGT (View/277), Sec 23A GV Vintage (View/271), Sec 12 Definitions (View/258), Sec 43 Nonconforming (View/328). Downloaded 2026-08-17
  • §Archive-Center — city Archive Center (Archive.aspx): HPC minutes AMID 60 (2022+), agendas AMID 41, packets AMID 73 (2021+, staff reports), HF minutes AMID 59, City Council minutes AMID 49

Tier B — Official city publications

  • §DG-manual — Design Guidelines manual, all chapters (Document Center View/103–139; complete-manual View/137; 2023-24 edition View/143), downloaded 2026-08-17 → Design Guidelines Manual
  • §PatternBook — Grapevine Pattern Book (May 22, 2025), View/11572 (20.7 MB), adopted by Ord. 2025-034 into App. G §7(d)(2)
  • §CA-forms — CA application w/ 2026 meeting dates (View/6198), pre-construction meeting form (View/6197), Township map (View/11459), Historic Landmark application (View/144)
  • §GTRP-docs — grant guidelines/application/preservation agreement/waiver/map (View/147, 1926, 3092, 3095, 141)
  • §SOI-standards-PDF — city's distributed copy (View/148)
  • §Districts-map-2023/2026 — HistoricDistricts2023 (Brandon's copy) & 2026 edition (View/11458)
  • §City-districts-page — grapevinetexas.gov/1628 (district/ordinance list) · §City-HPC-page — /555 (roster 2026) · §City-CA-page — /285 · §CVB-HPC-page — grapevinetexasusa.com HPC page (meeting schedule, Klempin contact)

Tier C — Context

  • §NRHP — National Register nomination materials (npgallery.nps.gov; Commercial & Cotton Belt districts)
  • Wikipedia district articles (orientation only — never cited for rules)

Known gaps / verification queue

  • HPC minutes 1991–2010 (records request candidate)
  • Full parse of packets (AMID 73) for staff-report language, 2021–2026
  • §7(d) 3,400 sq ft cap wording quirk — confirm against Pattern Book & staff practice
  • Sec 39 / 28A / 23A PDFs staged & summarized into their notes
  • Video record (Swagit 2014–2020 / AgendaLink 2024+) — only if minutes leave discussion gaps

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