HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the report regarding new business items requested at the June 26, 2025 HPC meeting
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Brad Iwicki, Assistant Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Submitted for Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) review
BACKGROUND:
At the June 26, 2025, Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, the HPC raised items for consideration under new business, including an outline summarizing the meaning of "in-kind" improvements and research pertaining to sale listings for properties in the Local Historic District.
This report is being provided in response to the items raised under new business on June 26, 2025
DISCUSSION:
At the June 26, 2025, Historic Preservation Commission meeting, staff presented a training session which outlined the Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) process in detail. The HPC discussed the meaning of in-kind replacement as this is a common term used to describe minor work in the District that typically requires an Administrative COA, reviewed and approved by staff.
The Naperville Municipal Code, Title 6, Chapter 11, Section 2 (Definitions) provides that in-kind replacement is, "Repair or replacement of existing materials or features that replicates the original in design, color, texture, dimensions, and other visual qualities".
There are resources available for staff to determine whether a replacement is in-kind. Existing materials may be identified through photo evidence and observations provided in the 2008 Architectural and Historic Survey, those submitted by the petitioner during the application process, and Google Streetview which allows a user to adjust the exact date of the image being displayed.
223 Center Street
* The existing door details were not clearly visible because the door was obstructed by a storm door in the pictures submitted by the applicant. The HBDRM discourages a storm door which ...
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