HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Consider the Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) request for the property located at 32 S. Wright St. - COA 19-1455
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Gabrielle Mattingly
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Submitted for Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) review.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is an approximately 11,193 square foot parcel located on the east side of Wright Street, just north of Van Buren Avenue, with a common street address of 32 S. Wright Street. The property is zoned R2 (Single-family and Low Density Multiple-Family Residence District) and is currently improved with a frame, two story, Queen Anne style house and a detached garage. The subject property is identified as a "contributing" structure in the 2008 Architectural and Historical Survey for the Historic District and notes it has undergone major non-historic additions including a two story rear addition, a single-story addition on the south fa?ade, and a rear screen porch and deck addition.
The subject property was previously granted two COA's: a COA in 2003 permitting the demolition and replacement of the detached garage (HSC #03-11) and a COA in 2016 permitting a single story addition, a screened in porch, and a deck to the rear of the home (COA #16-942). COA #16-942 was never constructed. Administrative COAs were granted in 2010 and 2014. COA #10-1640 approved the cladding of the cast concrete foundation of the rear addition with stone veneer. COA #14-4422 approved the removal of the existing masonry chimney from the roof. The former chimney opening was covered with asphalt shingles.
DISCUSSION:
The homeowners, Andrew and Susan Fitch, seek a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) to allow for changes to the fa?ade that include: an addition on the rear of the home facing Van Buren Avenue, a new window facing Van Buren Street, a new window facing Wright Street, new porch rails...
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