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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5-16-05 HLC MinutesMINUTES SPECIAL MEETING HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION May 16, 2005 City Council Chambers A Special Meeting of the Historic Landmark Commission was held on May 16, 2005 at 3:30 p. m. with the following members present: Commission members present: Chairman Shaheen Farah Vice Chairman Bill Yoes Commissioner June Brailsford Commissioner Marie Broussard Commissioner Ralph Jordan Commissioner Tracy Richardson Commissioner Dale Hallmark Commissioner Philip Long Commission members absent: Commissioner Felix McFarland Commissioner Pollie Dean Councilmembers present: Councilman -at -Large Andrew Cokinos Also present: Stephen Richardson, Planning Manager; Jill Cole, Recording Secretary; Adina Abshire, Planner; Pam Loiacano, Clean Community Division APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Vice -Chairman Yoes made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 10, 2005 Meeting. Commissioner Hallmark seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 7:0. REGULAR MEETING 1) CA-957: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the demolition of a structure. Location: 2424 Liberty Applicant: City of Beaumont Building Codes Division Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. The Building Codes Division is requesting a certificate of appropriateness to allow the demolition of the structure at 2424 Liberty. It was tagged substandard on April 30, 2004. The property owner was notified by mail but no response was ever received. Historic Landmark Commission May 16, 2005 Mrs. Loiacano has made an inspection of the property and determined that the structure has 50% or more damage to non -supporting members and 33% or more damage to supporting members. The structure has extensive deterioration in the attic a rea b ecause o f f ire d amage a nd is open a nd a ccessible t hrough in issing windows. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Slides of the house were shown. Chairman Farah asked for the applicant's comments. Pam Loiacano, Clean Community Division, addressed the Commission. Vice Chairman Yoes made a motion to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the demolition of a structure at 2424 Liberty as requested in CA-957. Commissioner Jordan seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 7:0. 2) CA-958: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the demolition of a structure. Location: 2245 Rusk Applicant: City of Beaumont Building Codes Division (Commissioner Richardson arrived.) Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. The Building Codes Division is requesting a certificate of appropriateness to allow the demolition of the structure at 2245 Rusk. It was tagged as substandard on January 28, 2003. The property owner was notified by mail but no response was ever received. Mrs. Loiacano has made an inspection of the property and determined that the structure has 50% or more damage to non -supporting members and 33% or more damage to supporting members. The structure has extensive fire damage and it open and accessible. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Slides of the subject property were shown. Pam Loiacano, Clean Community Division, addressed the Commission. Commissioner Hallmarkmade a motion to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the demolition of a structure at 2245 Rusk as requested in CA-958. Commissioner Long seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 8:0. 2 Historic Landmark Commission May 16, 2005 3) CA-959: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the demolition of a structure. Location: 2245 Liberty Applicant: City of Beaumont Building Codes Division Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. The Building Codes Division is requesting a certificate of appropriateness to allow the demolition of this structure. It was tagged as substandard on November 25, 2003. The property owner was notified in December, 2003 and at that time the property owner's daughter stated that they planned to repair the structure. Mrs. Loiacano has made an inspection of the property and determined that the structure has 50% or more damage to non -supporting members and 33% or more damage to supporting members. There is extensive deterioration to the house with holes in the roof and extensive termite damage. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Slides of the subject property were shown. Pam Loiacano, Clean Community Division, addressed the Commission. i Vice -Chairman Yoes made a motion to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the demolition of a structure at 2245 Liberty as requested in CA-959. Commissioner Brailsford seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 8:0. 4) CA-963: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the construction of an addition to the rear of a house. Location: 1920 Long Applicant: Patricia Torres Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. The applicant, Patricia Torres, is requesting this certificate to allow the construction of a 12' x 14' addition on the rear of her house. The house has an old style asphalt shingle type siding that is no longer available, so the addition will have 4'/z" -5" overlap wood siding that will be painted to match the color of the house. The roof will be of similar pitch and shingled with the same type of shingles as the existing roof. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Slides of the subject property were shown. Patricia Torres, the applicant, was present at the meeting. 3 Historic Landmark Commission May 16, 2005 Commissioner Richardson made a motion to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the construction of an addition to the rear of a house at 1920 Long as requested in CA-963. Commissioner Brailsford seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 8:0. 5) CA-964: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the installation of a copper roof or copper colored metal roof on a structure. Location: 325 Th Street Applicant: Richard Verret Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. The applicant, Richard Verret, would like to reroof his house with copper shingles or with a standing seam copper roof or a standing seam metal roof in a metallic copper color. The existing roof is covered with wood shakes and composition shingles. The roof is in very bad condition, as is much of the house. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. A slide of the subject property was shown. The applicant could not be present at the meeting and asked that the request be tabled until next month's meeting. Commissioner Hallmark made a motion to table the request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the installation of a copper roof or copper colored metal roof on a structure at 325 Th Street as requested in CA-964. Commissioner Richardson seconded the motion. Motion to table carried 8:0. 6) CA-968: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the enclosing of a portion of a side porch of a structure. Location: 2296 Rusk Applicant: Gerardo Ibarra Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. Mr. Ibarra, the applicant, wishes to enclose a portion of the side porch of his house. The enclosure will extend from the west wall of the main part of the house to the east side of the porch. The enclosure will not extend beyond the southwest corner of the main part of the house. Mr. Ibarra proposes to leave the columns but would like to remove all of the railing. Siding would match that of the house. One window would be installed on the west side of the addition and a door would be installed on the south side. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request subject to the following conditions: 4 Historic Landmark Commission May 16, 2005 Leave the front and side porch rails along those areas where there will be no construction. The window and door must match the styles that are on the house. Slides of the subject property were shown. The applicant was not present at the meeting. Commissioner Long made a motion to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the enclosing of a portion of a side porch of a structure at 2296 Rusk as requested in CA-968, subject to the following conditions: Leave the front and side porch rails along those areas where there will be no construction. The window and door must match the styles that are on the house. Commissioner Hallmark seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 5:1 (Jordan):2 (Yoes, Richardson). 7) CA-970: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the demolition of a house at 2574 McFaddin and the moving of the house at 2572 McFaddin. Applicant: Saud Daniali Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. The applicant, Saud Daniali, is requesting this demolition and relocation. He states that the purpose for removing these structures from their current locations is to build an apartment building. While there are two apartment buildings in the 2500 block ofMcFaddin, the general character of the block is single family. The apartment building that is adjacent to 2574 McFaddin has the appearance of a large single family house. Mr. Richardson recommended denial of the request. Slides of the subject property were shown. The applicant was not present. Commissioner H allmark in ade a in otion to d eny a r equest f or a C ertificate o f Appropriateness to allow the demolition of a house at 2574 McFaddin and the moving of the house at 2572 McFaddin as requested in CA-970. Commissioner Brailsford seconded the motion. Motion to deny carried 8:0. Historic Landmark Commission May 16, 2005 8) 47-HC: Request for approval of an HC-L (Historic Cultural LandmarkPreservation) Designation. Location: 1435 Broadway Applicant: Mark Bergeron Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. In March, the City Council approved an ordinance whereby structures that have been tagged as a dangerous structure but have historical significance are provided a time frame for their repair and/or rehabilitation. This ordinance stipulates that the structure must meet one of the following criteria: Existing or proposed recognition as a National Historic Landmark or Texas Historic Landmark, or entry, or proposed entry into the National Register of Historic Places. Identification as the work of a designer, architect or builder whose work has influenced the growth or development of the City. Embodiment of elements of architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship which represents a significant architectural innovation or an outstanding example of a particular historical, architectural or other cultural style or period. Determining if a structure meets Criteria (b) or (c) falls to the Historic Landmark i Commission. If the property owner of a tagged structure meets one or more of these criteria, he or she will be provided one year to substantially complete repairs and one additional year to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy. If either of these time frames is not met, the structure may be razed. The City issued a demolition order in January, 1992. The house was sold to Mr. Bergeron in July, 1992. A work program was entered into in December, 1992. A number of work programs have been entered into to renovate the structure. Mr. Bergeron has now applied for an HC-L. The structure was built in 1903 and is of the Colonial Revival style. Mr. Bergeron states that one of the unique features of the house is the novelty siding which represents innovative millwork and which he has not seen on any home of similar age in Beaumont. SPARE evaluated the structure as having local historic significance and of fair architectural style. If the structure is granted an HC-L designation, all exteriors repairs must be approved by the Historic Landmark Commission. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Slides of the subject property were shown. 2 Historic Landmark Commission May 16, 2005 Mark Bergeron, the applicant, addressed the Commission. Commissioner Richardson made a motion to approve a request for an HC-L (Historic Cultural Landmark Preservation) Designation for the property at 1435 Broadway as requested in 47-HC. Commissioner Long seconded the motion. Pat Jones, owner of several properties surrounding the subject property, addressed the Commission in opposition to the request. Comments from Commission members followed. Discussion between Mr. Jones and Commissioner Richardson followed. Discussion followed between the Commission and Mrs. Loiacano. Motion to approve carried 8:0. 9) CA-974: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the construction of a driveway. Location: 2235 South Applicant: Gerald George Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. Gerald George wishes to construct a single car driveway in the front yard on the east side of the property. There is an existing curb cut and parking space on the west side of the property. However, the driveway is obstructed with an awning. He is remodeling the building for use as multi -family. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Slides of the subject property were shown. The applicant, Gerald George, addressed the Commission. Discussion followed between the Commission, the applicant and staff regarding the driveway and awning. Commissioner Richardson made a motion to deny the request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the construction of a driveway at 2235 South as requested in CA-974 and consider removing the awning and resubmitting the request. Commissioner Hallmark seconded the motion. In response to Mr. George's proposal to put a driveway on the left side, Commissioner Long said that the Commission would need to see a drawing. Discussion followed. 11 Historic Landmark Commission May 16, 2005 Commissioner Richardson withdrew his motion to deny and made to table the request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow the construction of a driveway at 2235 South as requested in CA-974. Commissioner Hallmark seconded the motion. Motion to table carried 8:0. 10) Historic Preservation Loan Report Mr. Richardson stated there is $56,746.72 available in the loan fund. 11) Director's Report OTHER BUSINESS THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 5:20 P.M. 8