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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1-9-06 HLC MinutesMINUTES REGULAR MEETING HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION January 9, 2006 City Council Chambers A Regular Meeting of the Historic Landmark Commission was held on January 9, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. with the following members present: Commission members present: Chairman Shaheen Farah Vice Chairman Bill Yoes Commissioner June Brailsford Conunissioner Marie Broussard Commissioner Ralph Jordan Commissioner Pollie Dean Commissioner Tracy Richardson Commissioner Felix McFarland Commission members absent: Commissioner Tony Gibson Commissioner Philip Long Commissioner Dale Hallmark Councilmembers present: Councilmember Lulu Smith Councilmembers absent: Councilman -at -Large Andrew Cokinos Also present: Stephen Richardson, Planning Manager; Adina Abshire, Planner; Jill Cole, Recording Secretary APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Commissioner Richardson made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 12, 2005 Regular Meeting. Commissioner Dean seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 8:0. REGULAR MEETING 1) CA-1081: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow anew roof, paint and a new front parch on a house. Location: 2226 Hazel Applicant: Norris Turner Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. Norris Turner is wishing to reroof the house with "Harbor Blue" architectural shingles and repaint the body of the house a light blue with a white trim. Historic Landmark Commission January 9.2006 Renovations to the front porch will include additional steps on the east and west sides of the porch and railing. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Chairman Farah asked for the applicant's comments. The applicant was not present. Vice -Chairman Yocs made a motion to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow a new roof, paint and a new front porch on a house at 2226 Hazel as requested in CA-1081. Commissioner McFarland seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 8:0. 2) CA-1091: Request for approval of a certificate of appropriateness to allow repairs to a house. Location: 2360 Liberty Applicant: E. R. Savoy Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. The applicant, E.R. Savoy, wants to remove the concrete tile roof and replace it with architectural shingles. He also wants to change the roof configuration on the rear of the house by extending the gabled roof of the addition and tying it into the roof of the main structure, thus eliminating the flat roof portion. The east wall of the addition will also be extended to line up with the east wall of the flat roofed portion. Mr. Savoy states that he would also like to remove the existing asbestos siding on the second story of the rear portion of the house and replace it with cedar shake siding to match the original main structure. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Chairman Farah asked for the applicant's comments. Mr. Savoy addressed the Commission. Commissioner Jordan made a motion to approve a certificate of appropriateness to allow repairs to a house at 2360 Liberty as requested in CA-1091. Commissioner BraiIsford seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 8:0. 3) CA-1095: Request for approval of a certificate of appropriateness to allow the demolition of a house. Location: 2270 Rusk Applicant: City of Beaumont Building Codes Division Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. The subject house was damaged after a tree fell on it during Hurricane Rita. Then it caught fire. The structure was tagged 2 Historic Landmark Commission January 9, 2006 by Ms. Loiacano as substandard on December 21. Ms. Gomez signed a demolition consent to allow the City to demolish the structure. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Ms. Loiacano was not able to attend the meeting. Commissioner Dean made a motion to approve a certificate of appropriateness to demolish a house at 2270 Rusk as requested in CA-1095. Commissioner fordan seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 8:0. 4) Historic Preservation Loan Report Mr. Richardson stated there is $28,633.59 available in the loan fund. 3) Director's Report OTHER BUSINESS THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 3:45 P.M. 3