HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Consider the Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) for 146 N Loomis Street - COA 23-1004
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Adam Beaver, AICP Candidate, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Submitted for Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) review.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is an approximately 7,500 square foot parcel south of School Street on the east side of Loomis Street, with a common street address of 146 N Loomis Street. The property is zoned R2 (Single-family and Low Density Multiple-Family Residence District) and is currently improved with a two-story Queen Anne - free classic home, a non-conforming detached garage, and a non-conforming detached accessory structure. The subject property is listed as a "contributing" structure in the 2008 Architectural and Historical Survey for the Historic District.
Prior changes to the original structure include replacement railings and steps on the front porch, vinyl 1/1 replacement windows in original openings, fixed shutters, two story rear addition (non-historic) as well as a replacement front door. The significant features of the residential structure identified in the survey are the hipped roof with pent gable front bay, gabled south bay with cutaway corners, as well as the historic hipped roof front porch with classical wooden columns. There was a prior COA approval in 2010 for a front porch remodel as well as two administratively approved COAs in 2010 for an in-kind replacement of ceiling, deck, and steps of the front porch as well as an in-kind replacement of the roof and skirting of the front porch.
DISCUSSION:
The applicant and property owners, John and Elizabeth Harvey, seek a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) to allow for a change in material for the front porch steps. The owners are requesting to remove the wooden front porch stairs and install stone stairs including lime...
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