HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-22-2004 Historic Preservation CommissionIOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2004
Emma J. Harvat Hall
7:00 p.m.
A. Call to Order
B. Public discussion of anything not on the agenda
C. Items for Consideration (vote required)
1. Historic Review
a. COA for 725 S. Summit Street
b. COA for 728 Dearborn Street
c. COA for 614 Clark Street
d. COA for 621 S. Summit Street
2. Minutes: April 8, 2004
D. Items for Discussion
1. Historic Preservation Awards
E. Other
F. Adjourn
Please review these items prior to the meeting.
Staff Report
April 27, 2004
Historic Review for 725 S. Summit Street
District: Summit Street Historic District
Classification: Contributing
This is a simple Queen Anne house that was constructed around the turn -of -the -century. At some point, the
original wood siding was removed and replaced with asbestos wall shingles. The applicant would like to remove
the asbestos and reside the house with wood or fiber cement clapboard,with fish scale shingles at the gables,
corner boards and a water table at the base. In the porch gable, the original fish scale shingles were not removed
and the porch retains it historic character. The replacement clapboard will have an exposure of 3-4 inches.
The applicants have indicated on their application plans to insulate and wrap the house in Tyvek. Because
insulation does not require a building permit, this is not under the purview of the HPC. However, staff has
provided the applicants with information regarding appropriate insulation and ventilation practice to ensure that
any weatherization does not result in long term structural damage.
Applicable Guidelines:
Iowa City Guidelines for Historic Preservation
4.0 Iowa City Guidelines for Alterations
4.3 Wood
Substituting a material in place of wood only if the substitute material retains the appearance and function of
the original wood.
Secretary of the Interior's Standards
3. Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a
false sense of historic development, such as add conjectural features or architectural elements from other
buildings, shall not be undertaken.
5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that
characterize a property will be preserved.
6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration
requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture, and,
where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and
physical evidence.
Staff Comments:
The Handbook does not specifically address replacing siding when the original has been removed. The existing
siding was likely added sometime between the 1940s and 1960s and is not historically appropriate. The existing
historic details, fenestration and the massing of the house indicate that it was original constructed in a vernacular
Queen Anne style. The proposed plan for residing the house incorporates features that are typical to this style Se
examples on next page), but does not add features that are purely conjectural. Because there are fish scale
shingles in the porch gable, it is likely they were also used at the house gables. All existing historic details will be
preserved and window casings and caps will be reproduced to match the historic details where necessary.
Recommendation: The application for a certificate of appropriateness to reside the house at 725 S. Summit Street
with wood or clapboard siding as proposed be approved. This application complies with the Iowa City Guidelines
for Historic Preservation and Secretary of the Interior's Standards.
Examples of Queen Anne houses with similar siding treatment
Application for Historic Rev-1-0
Application for alterations to the exterior of historic landmarks or properties
located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City
Code Section 14-4C.
Meeting schedule: The HPC meets the second Thursday of each month.
During the summer months, the HPC may also meet on the fourth Thursday.
Applications are due by Wednesday the week prior to the meeting.
Applicant Information
(Please check primary contact person)
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❑ Floor plans
❑ Building elevations
❑ Photographs
❑ Product information
❑ Other............................................................................
If the proposed project entails an addition, a new structure or
a significant alteration to an existing structure, please submit a
site plan, floor plans. building elevations and photographs.
If the proposed project is a minor alteration to a structure,
please provide drawings and photographs to sufficiently
describe the scope of the project.
Provide a written description of the proposed project on the
second page of this application.
For Stoff Use:
Date submitted ......�A
❑ Certificate of No Material Effect
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Certificate of Appropriateness
❑ Major review
❑ Intermediate review
❑ Minor review
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Historic Designation
❑ This property is a local historic landmark
OR
This property is located in the:
❑ Brown Street Historic District
❑ College Green Historic District
❑ East College Street Historic District
❑ Longfellow Historic District
X Summit Street Historic District
❑ Woodlawn Historic District
❑ Clark Street Conservation District
❑ College Hill Conservation District
❑ Dearborn Street Conservation District
❑ Lucas -Governor Street Conservation District
Within the district, this property is classified as:
❑ Contributing ? do�l know
❑ Noncontributing
❑ Nonhistoric
Project Type
Alteration of an existing building (ie. siding and window
replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, new
decks, porch reconstruction, baluster repair or similar)
❑ Addition to an existing building (includes decks and ramps)
❑ Demolition of a building or portion of a building lie. porch,
chimneys, decorative trim, baluster or similar)
❑ Construction of new building
❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not
change its appearance
❑ Other
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Staff Report
April 27, 2004
Historic Review for 738 Dearborn Street
District: Dearborn Street Conservation District
Classification: Contributing
The primary structure is a gable -end Craftsman Bungalow that was constructed in 1924. The house is stuccoed
with asbestos shingles in the gables. The applicant is requesting a certificate of appropriateness to allow the
construction of an 8 by 10 foot kitchen addition on the back of the house, removal of the chimney, and
replacement of a kitchen window with a "garden" window. The proposed kitchen addition incorporates details of
the original house including the details of the eaves and brackets. The addition will be sided with fiber cement
board and there will be a fiber cement board water table that aligns with the stuccoed water table on the house.
The windows will be metal clad wood casements with a faux checkrail to simulate the look of double -hung
windows. A skylight will also be located on the south side of the roof.
Applicable Guidelines:
Iowa City Guidelines for Historic Preservation
4.0 Iowa City Guidelines for Alterations
4.7 Windows
Disallowed: Installing modern types of windows including sliding, awning, casement, and bay windows
when they were not original to the building, consistent with the architectural style, or required for egress.
4.12 Chimneys
Disallowed: Removing prominent chimneys that are important to the historic architectural character of
the building.
5.0 Iowa City Guidelines for Additions
5.1 Expansion of Building Footprint
Design
• Designing an addition so that it does not diminish the character of the historic structure.
• Distinguishing between the historic structure and the new addition.
• Matching key horizontal "lines" on the existing building, such as water table, eave height, window head
height and band boards, in order to provide continuity between the addition and the historic structure.
• Placing building additions at the rear of a property, if possible.
Foundations
• Constructing an addition foundation that appears similar to the historic foundation in color, texture, unit
size, and joint profile.
Mass and Roofline
• Constructing additions that are consistent with the massing and roofline of the historic building. This
requires that the wall areas and corners, as well as the roof pitches and spans are all consistent with
the existing building and have a proportion that is similar to that of the existing building.
• Constructing the roof overhang, soffits and eaves of the addition so that they match the roof overhang,
soffits and eaves of the existing building.
Masonry
• When using masonry on an addition, using new masonry that appears similar in color, texture, unit size,
and joint profile to the historic masonry.
Wood
• Constructing additions with materials that appear similar to the historic siding, trim, moldings, and other
details of the original building.
Windows
• Using windows that are of a similar type, proportion and divided -light pattern as those in the original structure
Applicable Exceptions
New foundations
• For additions to foundations, it is acceptable to match the color of the original foundation by using paint
or masonry stain rather than matching the material and appearance of the original foundation material.
Windows
• Modern window types, such as casement windows, may be used in additions provided they have
overall proportions comparable to those found on the historic building, and a similar divided -light
pattern. The windows must be trimmed to match the historic windows in the building. The windows
may be installed side -by -side, but they must have a mullion between them if mullions were used
between windows on the historic building.
Secretary of the Interior's Standards
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that
characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the
massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its
environment.
Staff Comments:
Previous dormer additions and removal of the front porch columns have compromised the historic integrity of this
bungalow. However, the applicant is proposing an addition that incorporates design details and horizontal lines of
the original structure per the Guidelines for Additions. The use of clapboard siding adequately distinguishes the
addition from the house and therefore staff feels that it does not need to be setback from the wall of the house.
Staff does recommend adding a horizontal frieze board above the column and a slightly wider column (see
sketch). The incorporation of a skylight is not on a prominent street elevation and therefor complies with the
guidelines. Removal of prominent chimney is disallowed, however this chimney is not prominent from the street
nor does it have any distinguishing characteristics. Moreover, it has been parged, which is in appropriate repair
and has changed the chimney's historic appearance. The garden window which is to replace a historic window on
the bungalow is a modern window type that is not characteristic of this style.
Recommendation: The application for a certificate of appropriateness to constructed an 8' x 10' addition on the
east side (rear) of the bungalow at 738 Dearborn Street be approved provided:
1. A frieze board is added above the column;
2. The square column is 2 to 4 inches wider than illustrated (8x8); and
3. The foundation is painted to match the bungalow foundation.
Staff recommends removal of the chimney, but recommends denial of the replacement of the kitchen window with
a modern garden window.
Application for Historic Review The HPC meets the second Thursday of each
month. During the summer months, the HPC may
also meet on the fourth Thursday. Applications are
Application for alterations to the exterior of historic landmarks or properties due by Wednesday the week prior to the meeting.
located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City /
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Applicant Information
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Application Requirements
Attached are the following items:
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Site plan
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Building elevations
Photographs
Product information
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If the proposed project entails an addition, a new structure or
a significant alteration to an existing structure, please submit a
site plan, floor plans. building elevatbns and photographs.
Indicate all alterations and materorials on these plans.
If the proposed project is a minor alteration to a structure,
please provide drawings and photographs to sufficiently
describe the scope of the project.
Provide a written description of the proposed project on the
back of this sheet
Property Information
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Historic Designation
❑ This property is a local historic landmark
OR
❑ This property is located in the:
❑ Brown Street Historic District
❑ College Green Historic District
❑ East College Historic District
❑ Longfellow Historic District
❑ Summit Street Historic District
❑ Woodlawn Historic District
❑ Clark Street Conservation District
❑ College Hill Conservation District
Dearborn Street Conservation District
❑ Lucas -Governor Conservation District
Within the district, this property is:
`6 Contributing
U Noncontributing
Project Information
This project consists of:
Demolition of A, building or portion of a building
(ie. port chimney, ecorative trim, baluster or similar)
❑ Alteration o an existing building (ie. siding, window
replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, new
decks, porch reconstruction, baluster repair or similar)
�( Addition to an existing building
❑ Setback addition to an existing building (located in rear and
offset 8" or more from side walls)
❑ Construction of new building
❑ Alteration of the site
❑ Repair of an existing structure that will not change its
appearance.
❑ Other ...........................- — -
S. Hendrix/K. Copp
738 Dearborn St.
337-3621
Project Description:
This project is a 10' X 8.5" kitchen addition at the rear of the property and will
approximately double the size the existing kitchen.
The addition will have a gable roof with roof supports that match the rest of house. The
gabled roof will also create a covered entrance at the back of the house.
The exterior of the addition will be fibered cement siding with a freeze board to match
the rest of the house. The foundation will be concrete.
The chimney passes through the kitchen in the northwest corner and will be removed to
create space for the refrigerator and a pantry storage area.
The present window over the sink will be replaced with a greenhouse window of the
same dimensions as the present rough opening.
A skylight will be added to the south side of the new gable roof over the addition.
Materials to be used:
Fiber cement siding with a freeze board (white to match house)
Greenhouse window by Certain -Teed Garden Windows (www certainteed com) —same
rough opening as present window (30" X 42")
Other Anderson windows — approximate rough openings:
North Side: 5'6" X 4'
East Side: 5'6" X 4'
South Side 3' X 4' (in new addition)
Skylight 4' X 2'
Shingles on new roof will match present roof.
Exterior appearance changes:
Chimney will be removed
A Greenhouse window will replace the present double -hung window over sink on south
side at the back. Visibility from the street is limited because of elevation of house and
placement.
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Staff Report
April 22, 2004
Historic Review for 614 Clark Street
District: Clark Street Conservation District
Classification: Contributing
This property is the old Mennonite Church, which was purchase by Mark and Diane Russo for use as a single-
family home. At the August 8, 2002 meeting, the HPC reviewed an application to convert the south entry to a
screened porch and add a garage entrance to the basement below the porch. The Russos have decided not to
add the garage entrance, but would like to proceed with conversion and reconstruction of the south entrance for
use as a screened porch. The HPC approved their original application subject to approval of the design of the
final design.
The applicants are proposing to match the historic construction details for the columns and eaves. Because of the
expense of constructing a continuous brick veneer base (similar to the existing stoop) for the porch and the
difficulty of matching brick, the applicant is proposing to use brick columns with traditional slat skirting. A concrete
retaining wall will extend from the east wall at the same height as the foundation. A flat recessed panel
balustrade will be used on the porch and the stair handrail will be similar to the existing iron handrail.
Applicable Guidelines:
Iowa City Guidelines for Historic Preservation
5.0 Guidelines for Additions
5.1 Expansion of Building Footprint
• Preserving significant historic materials and features of the original structure such as decorative
windows, brackets, porches, and trim.
• Designing an addition so that it does not diminish the character of the historic structure.
• Constructing new porches that are consistent with the historic building or similar to porches of the same
architectural style.
Secretary of the Interior's Standards
1. A property shall be used for its historic purpose or be placed in a new use that requires minimal change to the
defining characteristics of the building and its site and environment.
2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic materials or
alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided.
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that
characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the
massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its
environment.
Staff Comments:
This request is unique and therefore is not specifically addressed in the Handbook. In your previous review of this
proposal, it was determined that the church asp on the east side of the property and the front entry on the west
side are significant features and should be preserved. The applicants preferred not to locate a sun porch on the
north side because it would be close to the adjacent property and encroach on the occupant's privacy.
Furthermore, the applicants intend to park their cars on the drive in this area where they will be less prominent
from the street. Staff feels that given the limitations of the property and the uniqueness of rehabilitating a church
for residential use, this is the most appropriate location and design for a sun porch that also meets the applicant's
needs.
Recommendation: The application for a certificate of appropriateness for the alteration/addition to 614 Clark
Street to allow the enlargement of the south entrance structure for use as a sun porch as illustrated by the
applicant be approved. This application complies with the Iowa City Guidelines for Historic Preservation and
Secretary of the Interior's Standards.
Application for Historic Review I For Staff Use:
Application for alterations to the exterior of historic landmarks or properties
located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City
Code Section 14-4C.
Meeting schedule: The HPC meets the second Thursday of each month.
During the summer months, the HPC may also meet on the fourth Thursday.
Applications are due by Wednesday the week prior to the meeting.
Applicant Information
(Please check primary contact person) (�
❑ Ownerlil N.A.Q.'V..g0........
Phone ..�.?.`�.....,.. ..4. ..... \_.a!i. �...�.............................
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Site plan
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Floor plans
Building elevations
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Product information
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Other..............................................................................
If the proposed project entails an addition, a new structure or
a significant alteration to an existing structure, please submit a
site plan, floor plans. building elevations and photographs.
If the proposed project is a minor alteration to a structure,
please provide drawings and photographs to sufficiently
describe the scope of the project.
Provide a written description of the proposed project on the
second page of this application.
Date submitted........................................................
❑ Certificate of No Material Effect
❑ Certificate of Appropriateness
❑ Major review
❑ Intermediate review
❑ Minor review
Property Information
Address of property ... .`...1.c�—� ........................
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Use of property S.v< Q... q 1 �.........Z.4.N.��o L!C
Date constructed (if known) ......`. .............................
Historic Designation
❑ This property is a local historic landmark
OR
This property is located in the:
❑ Brown Street Historic District
❑ College Green Historic District
❑ East College Street Historic District
❑ Longfellow Historic District
❑ Summit Street Historic District
❑ Woodlawn Historic District
Clark Street Conservation District
❑ College Hill Conservation District
❑ Dearborn Street Conservation District
❑ Lucas -Governor Street Conservation District
Within the district, this property is classified as:
Contributing
❑ Noncontributing
❑ Nonhistoric
Project Type
Alteration of an existing building (ie. siding and window
replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, new
decks, porch reconstruction, baluster repair or similar)
❑ Addition to an existing building (includes decks and ramps)
❑ Demolition of a building or portion of a building (ie. porch,
chimneys, decorative trim, baluster or similar)
❑ Construction of new building
❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not
change its appearance
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Historic Review for 621 S. Summit Street
District: Summit Street Historic District
Classification: Contributing
April 27, 2004
The primary structure on this property is believed to have been originally constructed sometime in the 1860s and
later in the 1920s it was moved and underwent a substantial remodeling. At this time the front portico and
sunporch is said to have been added. Regardless, it is in the Classical Revival style and has a sun porch on the
south side. The porch screens are removable and there are not any storms for the porch. The applicant is
proposing to convert the sun porch to a four -season sun room by adding double -hung windows on all sides of the
porch. The applicant is proposing to add double -hung windows with recessed panels below that match the
windows and panels on the house. There will also be a recessed panel above the windows. The purpose of the
panels above the windows is to set the head height of the windows at the same height as the house windows.
Applicable Guidelines:
Iowa City Guidelines for Historic Preservation
4.0 Iowa City Guidelines for Alterations
4.9 Porches
Disallowed: Enclosing front porches or other porches that are highly visible from the street with permanent
windows and/or walls.
Secretary of the Interior's Standards
2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic materials or
alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided.
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that
characterize the property._The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the
massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its
environment.
Staff Comments:
The HPC received a similar request (before the adoption of the new Handbook) to enclose a sun porch at 512
Grant Street, which should be considered to ensure that preservation standards are applied equally. The property
at 512 Grant Street was also constructed in a Classical Revival style. Characteristic of Classical Revival
residential architecture is a side sun porch. In Iowa City, these sun porches may have either permanent windows
or removable screens and/or storm windows.
The guidelines for porches disallow the enclosure of significant porches that are highly visible from the street with
permanent windows and/or walls. The intent of this guideline is to prevent these interstitial spaces from becoming
entirely enclosed and lose their porch character. In the case of front porches, these historically did not have any
window enclosure, though they may be partially screened. Classical Revival sun porches often had permanent
windows on all sides. The expansive glass and operable windows served to allow the "outside indoors."
The HPC denied the first application for the enclosure of the 512 Grant Street sun porch because it fully enclosed
the sun porch with predominantly solid walls. This clearly
changed the porch's use and character. The second
application for this project was also denied because the
proportion of the windows was different from the character of
the original storm windows and the windows were made of
vinyl. The HPC did agree that the porch could be enclosed
provided the windows were of the appropriate size, proportion
and material.
Example of inappropriate enclosure of
sun porch
Staff feels that approval of this application to add windows to
a sun porch could be consistent with this conclusion.
Although the sun porch at 621 S. Summit Street is a feature
that defines the character of the property, the enclosure of the
porch with windows is not necessarily uncharacteristic of the
architectural style, may not significantly change the character of the porch or alter the overall character of the
house. However, in order to ensure that these objectives are achieved, staff has recommended some
revisions, sketches of which are attached. These revisions include removing the proposed panels above the
windows. Although the head height of the windows will not match the house, because the design of the porch
is distinct from the house, staff feels that this is not troublesome. (See example B,UI President's Mansion).
The less busy window configuration detracts less from the historic columns and frieze. Another
recommended revision is to change the mullion pattern, make all the mullions the same dimension, and
adding a horizontal mullion above the windows. This better simulates the look of removable window panels
as opposed to permanent windows. The applicant also noted he would like to have a single door on the west
side and a single horizontal muntin bar in each sash, with which staff agrees. Finally, the location of the
windows in plan should be located on the same plane. The proposed plan shows the windows on the south
elevation located flush with the columns. The windows and panels should be recessed at least a few inches
from the frieze and columns to ensure that they are adequately expressed.
Examples of Classical Revival houses with sun porch that have permanent windows
Example A, 230 N. Clinton Street
Example B, Ul President's Mansion
Recommendation: The application for a certificate of appropriateness to add wood double -hung windows and
recessed panels to the sun porch at 621 S. Summit Street be approved as recommended by staff. This
application complies with the Iowa City Guidelines for Historic Preservation and Secretary of the Interior's
Standards.
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Historic Preservation Commission
April 8, 2004 — 7:00 P.M.
Emma Harvat Hall — Civic Center
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairperson Maharry called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
James Enloe, Michael Maharry, Mark McCallum, Jim Ponto, Amy Smothers, Paul
Sueppel, Tim Weitzel
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Michael Gunn, Justine Zimmer
STAFF PRESENT:
Shelley McCafferty
OTHERS PRESENT:
Richard Carlson
PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA:
Maharry announced that the City Council had appointed Justin Zimmer to the Commission for the at -large position.
He said that Gunn and Ponto were re -appointed.
ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION:
Certificate of Appropriateness for 617 Brown Street.
Maharry said he originally considered the possibility of granting this application a certificate of no material effect.
He said that since he could not decide, he believed that it should come before the entire Commission.
McCafferty said the property is a Foursquare house on Brown Street. She showed a photograph of the dormer that
was added sometime in the 1960s. McCafferty said the windows now leak, and the owners would like to replace the
wide siding with siding that has the same exposure as the rest of the house and also replace the windows with wood,
double -hung windows of the same dimension as the existing.
MOTION: Weitzel moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 617 Brown Street.
Enloe seconded the motion.
Enloe said he felt this was a good idea, and Maharry agreed.
The motion carried on a vote of 7-0.
Certificate of Appropriateness for 728 Dearborn.
McCafferty said this item was to be deferred.
ELECTIONS:
Chair.
Enloe said he has been impressed procedurally with the current chair for keeping the meetings on target and on time.
MOTION: Sueppel nominated Maharry for the position of chair. McCallum seconded the motion.
Maharry agreed to accept the nomination for chair.
MOTION: Enloe moved to elect Maharry as chair by acclamation. Sueppel seconded the motion. The motion
carried on a vote of 7-0.
Vice -Chair.
MOTION: Sueppel nominated Smothers for the position of vice -chair. Enloe seconded the motion.
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Smothers declined the nomination, saying she might not be able to serve for an entire year.
MOTION: Enloe nominated Weitzel for the position of vice -chair. Sueppel seconded the motion.
Weitzel agreed to accept the nomination for vice -chair.
MOTION: Sueppel moved to elect Weitzel as vice -chair by acclamation. Enloe seconded the motion. The
motion carried on a vote of 7-0.
Historic Review Subcommittee.
McCafferty said the subcommittee would consist of three Commission members and an alternate could also be
appointed. She added that staff would also be present at the meeting.
The Commission discussed appointing members to the subcommittee. McCafferty said the subcommittee would
meet, at most, once between regular Commission meetings, which could result in four meetings per month during
the summer. She read from the by-laws, "The Commission shall have the authority to establish a Historic
Preservation Design Review Subcommittee to review and make recommendations to the Commission regarding
applications for certificates of appropriateness. Said subcommittee shall consist of three members of the
Commission, appointed annually by the Commission, to serve one-year terms."
Enloe asked exactly what would go through the subcommittee. McCafferty said she discussed this with Gunn, who
felt that items that clearly complied with the guidelines would not need to go through the subcommittee, but items
that are less clearly compliant, such as additions, new construction and may not be as straightforward would go
through the subcommittee. Enloe said it seems that items that are troubling and controversial should go through the
full Commission.
McCafferty said the entire Commission would have input and would make the final decision. She said the purpose
of the subcommittee is to make the Commission meetings more efficient. McCafferty said that with other
commissions, an application that comes before them has a staff report and a recommendation. She said that staff
analyzes each case relative to the applicable laws and regulations and makes a recommendation to the board or
commission. The subcommittee would be responsible for this analysis in order to streamline the consideration
process.
Enloe said that was acceptable. He said he had recalled that the plan was for the subcommittee to deal with minor
issues. McCafferty said that State law requires that within historic districts any item, other than an application for no
material effect, that comes before the Commission has to be approved by the full Commission. She said that Enloe
may be thinking of a conservation district, for which there is intermediate review and minor review. McCafferty said
that in the future for conservation districts, the subcommittee would approve applications that require intermediate
review, and staff and the chair would do the minor review.
Sueppel said that basically the subcommittee will not be making any rulings that the entire Commission is not
required to vote on. McCafferty confirmed this. Enloe said he is okay with that. Maharry added that a lot of the
design changes that are discussed in the regular meeting will already be resolved at the subcommittee level.
McCafferty said the owners would have the opportunity to meet with the subcommittee. She stated that the
subcommittee would hold public meetings, and the meetings would be posted.
Maharry said he would be willing to serve on the subcommittee. McCallum said he would also be willing to serve.
Enloe suggested appointing Zimmer as the subcommittee alternate to give her an exposure to the design review.
MOTION: Sueppel moved to appoint Gunn, Maharry, and McCallum to the Historic Review Subcommittee
and to appoint Zimmer as an alternate. Enloe seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 7-0.
Maharry said there may not be an application for the first meeting, but the subcommittee could meet to at least
discuss the process. McCafferty said she anticipated several applications, with at least one that could be reviewed by
the subcommittee. She said *that the subcommittee process would require that applications be due sooner than they
are currently. McCafferty added that there is a full Commission meeting on April 22°d.
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NORTHSIDE NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS:
Brown Street Historic District
McCafferty said the probably final draft of the nomination was distributed to members in their packets. She said the
nomination has gone to the State Historical Society. McCafferty said the document in the packet is the nomination
form to put these districts on the National Register.
Sueppel asked if property owners were asking to be put on the National Register or if they were aware of the
nomination. McCafferty said all property owners were notified, and there was one neighborhood meeting for the
districts. She added that property owners will be notified a second time. McCafferty said Marlys Svendsen would
speak about these districts at the Historic Preservation Awards, and all property owners in the proposed districts
would receive invitations. McCafferty said that after the awards there would be a question and answer session for
property owners to ask questions and express any concerns.
Sueppel said he knew quite a few property owners in the area who did not know anything about the nomination.
McCafferty replied that they were all notified that the Commission is proceeding with the National Register
nomination. She said the National Register nomination itself does not have any regulations with it unless a
homeowner is using federal funds.
McCafferty said the Commission will then likely look at proceeding with a local district, at which point regulations
would apply. She said the local district designation would require at least seven meetings in the process of moving
from Historic Preservation Commission level to the Planning and Zoning Commission to the City Council.
McCafferty said City Council approval is not needed for a National Register Historic District. She said that the body
that approves it is the State Nomination Review Committee (SNRC). McCafferty said that SNRC reviews the
application and then sends it on to the National Park Service with a recommendation.
McCafferty said that property owners will be notified regarding the local designation at least twice by mail, and
there will also be postings regarding the series of meetings. Enloe said the local designation is an entirely separate
process from the National Register nomination, although the paperwork to be used is the same. McCafferty said the
nomination paperwork determines the historic significance, defines the boundaries, contains the research as to why
the area is significant, describes the context and history, etc.
McCafferty said that if a property owner wanted to use State or Federal tax credits or County tax abatement, any key
or contributing property within the districts would be eligible for such tax benefits. She said she believed that there
is also a lesser level of tax credit for non-contributing properties.
MOTION: Ponto moved to recommend approval to the State Historical Society of the proposed Brown Street
Historic District National Register nomination. Enloe seconded the motion.
Ponto asked about the district boundary. McCafferty referred to the map in the back of the packet. She said
Svendsen originally intended to do a separate district here, but the State pushed for adding the extended area to the
Brown Street Historic District.
The motion carried on a vote for 6-0, with Smothers abstainine.
Smothers said she did not realize this was the final draft, and therefore had not reviewed the nomination completely.
Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District.
Maharry said this nomination would go through the same procedure as the previous item.
Sueppel said he had some reservations about this district. He said that he had reservations in terms of the size.
Sueppel said there are a lot of houses he would like to see in there and also a lot of other places that he does not
believe belong in there.
Maharry asked for addresses of properties that Sueppel did not feel would belong in the district. Enloe said
Svendsen found 115 out of 143 to be contributing. Maharry added that 12 properties were found to be key.
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McCallum said this district will be interesting in that a lot of the property owners are investors. He said that fact may
also make this area more at risk.
Maharry asked if there are questions about whether this is historic. He said the local designation would involve
whether this should be a local district but asked if there was any contention with the research that found this to be
historic.
McCafferty said that is the key issue. She said during the local district process, if there is a property owner on the
edge who wants out, the Commission might want to consider removing the property from the district, even though at
this point all the national districts coincide with the local districts. McCafferty said, however, that the Commission is
not discussing the viability of this as a local district but is discussing whether the historic research conclusion is
correct.
McCallum said he supports this district. McCafferty said that Svendsen put a lot of thought into the district and
tends to be very thorough. Weitzel commented that Svendsen has done this for a long time. Sueppel said he goes
agrees with the historic findings.
MOTION: Ponto moved to recommend approval to the State Historical Society of the proposed Gilbert -Linn
Street Historic District National Register nomination. Weitzel seconded the motion. The motion carried on a
vote of 6-0, with Smothers abstainine.
Smothers said she did not realize this was the final draft, and therefore had not reviewed the nomination completely.
Jefferson Street Historic District.
Maharry said this would be a smaller district, with only 44 properties. McCallum noted that University buildings are
also included in this district.
Sueppel asked what the effect would be of having the University buildings and the four churches in the district.
McCafferty said two of the churches are already landmarks, so there will be no effect on them. McCafferty said the
University can basically do whatever it wants with its buildings. Sueppel asked about the effect on the Newman
Center. McCafferty commented that it is non-contributing. She said National Register status would not have an
effect unless federal funds are used, but if and when the district becomes a local district, the Newman Center would
still have to go through the process but there would be a lot more latitude because of its non-contributing/nonhistoric
status.
MOTION: Enloe moved to recommend approval to the State Historical Society of the proposed Jefferson
Street Historic District National Register nomination. Weitzel seconded the motion. The motion carried on a
vote of 6-0, with Smothers abstainine.
Smothers said she did not realize this was the final draft, and therefore had not reviewed the nomination completely.
MINUTES:
February 12. 2004.
McCafferty stated that Carlson had submitted amendments to the minutes, since he had attended the meetings.
Maharry said that on page one in the fourth paragraph, second sentence, the clause "...and there were three criteria
for that" should be deleted, since it doesn't mean anything in context with the rest of the minutes.
Maharry said that on page four in the fifth paragraph, the second sentence should be deleted. The Commission
discussed the concept of ex parte contact. Maharry said if a member goes to someone's home to look at some
particular feature of a project, it should not be discussed with the homeowner, because then technically that is
information that the two parties are privy to but the public is not. Weitzel said if there are no discussions, then that
would cut out all the beneficial information as well.
Maharry said he would distribute copies of information he received regarding Commission meetings to Commission
members. He said there is one page on ex parte communication. McCafferty said she forwarded Maharry's concerns
to Mitch Behr, one of the city attorneys, and said he would be getting back to her with his opinion. She read from
the Commission's by-laws, which were approved by the City Attorney, "A member who has had a discussion of an
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agenda item outside of the public meeting with an interested party shall reveal the contact prior to staff report,
naming the other party and sharing specifics of the contact, copies, if in writing, or a synopsis, if verbal.
Enloe said ex parte contact is therefore not forbidden but must be revealed to the rest of the Commission in the
public meeting. McCafferty said the important element is to make certain the party knows that only the full
Commission can make a decision. She said it should be noted to any party to whom a Commission member speaks
that the Historic Preservation Commission makes all decisions and that if the person requests recommendations
about how to work with an issue, he should be referred to staff.
MOTION: Ponto moved to approve the February 12, 2004 minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission
meeting, as amended. Sueppel seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 7-0.
Febmary 26. 2004
McCafferty said the spelling of "Section" should be corrected, and the address of the property under review should
be corrected to 1501 Crescent Street.
McCafferty said that Carlson has suggested that the fourth paragraph be amended to, "Carlson stated that he
researched the possibility that this house is significant under National Register Criteria B. He stated that Carter Holt,
the former owner of this house, appears to have occupied this property from the late 1940s until his death in 2002.
No evidence uncovered during the research on Holt suggests that he was sufficiently prominent in any of his
activities, including his work as a shoeshiner and later custodian at The University to meet National Register
criteria."
McCafferty pointed out that clause in the motion was inappropriate. She suggested changing the word "because" to
"but".
MOTION: Sueppel moved to approve the February 26, 2004 minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission
meeting, as amended. Sueppel seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 7-
March 11, 2004.
McCafferty stated that on page two, in the eleventh paragraph, the word "nee" should be changed to "need", and the
word "inched" should be changed to "inches".
Maharry said that on page three, in the fourth paragraph, the last sentence should read, "In contrast, staff feels the
kitchen window,..." Carlson suggested that in the first sentence on page three, in the fifth paragraph, the word
"definitive" should be changed to "character -defining".
MOTION: Enloe moved to approve the March 11, 2004 minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission meeting,
as amended. Weitzel seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 7-0.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
Historic Review Procedures
McCafferty asked Carlson if he had any suggestions for improvement of the Commission's procedure. Carlson said
one thing he would change would be to only have public discussion during the time designated for such. He said the
Commission should not take up the time of those waiting to speak, and the Commission could discuss items of
interest to Commission members at the end of the meeting. Carlson said he had enjoyed his time on the Commission
and enjoyed working with all of the other members.
McCafferty said there is a handout on procedures for Commission review. She said her point in including the
handout was to keep the Commission on task and to clarify the process so that questions and clarifications come
before the motion and so that discussion by the Commission comes after the motion.
Ponto said he found the staff reports in the current packet to be very helpful. He said a report would also be
important as a good summary if an application's approval or disapproval should be challenged. Sueppel said he
agreed but said he would also like to see what applicants are proposing to be spelled out more thoroughly on the
application.
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McCafferty said she would try to ensure that the submitted applications are thorough. McCafferty said one other
thing that would be helpful would be to have a brochure to briefly outline the process.
Historic Preservation Week.
McCafferty said she would have a list of nominees for awards prepared for the next meeting for the Commission to
vote on. She pointed out that the awards ceremony would be held May 5`s, not May 6 s as listed in the packet.
Maharry said that Commission members should consider possible applicants for the Nowysz Award for submission
at the next meeting. Sueppel suggested the Commission consider presenting the award to Carlson.
CLG Trainins:
McCafferty reminded Comrnission members that CLG training with Kerry McGrath is tentatively scheduled for
May 20 at 5:30 p.m. before the regular Commission meeting. McCafferty asked any Commission members who
might have a conflict to let her know so that she could reschedule the training, if necessary.
Certificate of No Material Effect for 633 S. Governor Street.
Maharry said this project involved the repair of a porch and is included for the Commission's information.
Certificate of No Material Effect for 304 S. Summit Street.
Maharry said this project involved reroofing with asphalt shingle and is included for the Commission's information.
McCafferty commented that for multi -family dwellings, a permit is required to replace the shingles.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
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