HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes HARC 01.14.2021City of Georgetown, Texas
Historic and Architectural Review Commission
Minutes
January 14, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.
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The regular meeting convened at 6:OOPM on January 14, 2021 via teleconference at:
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Public Comment was allowed via the conference call number or the "ask a question" function on
the video conference option; no in -person input was allowed.
Members present: Amanda Parr, Chair; Art Browner; Catherine Morales; Karalei Nunn; Faustine
Curry; Terry Asendorf-Hyde; Pam Mitchell;
Members absent: Robert McCabe; Steve Johnston
Staff present: Britin Bostick, Historic Planner; Mirna Garcia, Management Analyst; Nat Waggoner,
Long Range Planning Manager; Sofia Nelson, Planning Director
Call to order by Commissioner Parr at 6:04 pm.
Regular Session
(This Regular Session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any
purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551.)
A. Discussion on how the Historic and Architectural Review Commission virtual conference will
be conducted, to include options for public comments and how the public may address the
Commission. — Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director
B. The Historic and Architectural Review Commission, appointed by the Mayor and the City
Council, is responsible for hearing and taking final action on applications, by issuing
Certificates of Appropriateness based upon the City Council adopted Downtown Design
Guidelines and Unified Development Code.
Welcome and Meeting Procedures:
- Staff Presentation
- Applicant Presentation (Limited to ten minutes unless stated otherwise by the Commission.)
- Questions from Commission to Staff and Applicant
- Comments from Citizens*
Applicant Response
- Commission Deliberative Process
Commission Action
*Once staff and the applicant have addressed questions from the Commissioners, the
Chair of the Commission will open the public hearing. If a member of the public would
like to provide comments on the agenda item under discussion, the chair will ask if
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anyone would like to speak. To speak, please identify yourself by either
entering your name, address and item number on the Q/A chat on your
screen. When your name is called you will have up to 3 minutes. A speaker may allot
their time to another speaker for a maximum of 6 minutes. If a member of the
public wished to allot their time to another speaker, they may do so when their name is
called by the Chair. Please remember that all comments and questions must be
addressed to the Commission, and please be patient while we organize the speakers
during the public hearing portion. After everyone who has asked to speak has
spoken, the Chair will close the public hearing and provide a few minutes of rebuttal
time to the applicant if they so choose.
On a subject not posted on the agenda: Persons may add an item to a future Board
agenda by filing a written request with the Staff Liaison no later than one week prior to
the Board meeting. The request must include the speaker's name and the specific topic to
be addressed with sufficient information to inform the board and the public. For Board
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Public Wishing to Address the Board
C. At the time of posting, no persons had signed up to address the Board.
Legislative Regular Agenda
D. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the December 10, 2020
regular meeting of the Historic and ArchitecturaI Review Commission. - Mirna Garcia,
Management Analyst
Motion to approve the minutes by Commissioner Morales. Second by Commissioner Curry.
Approved (7-0).
E. Public Hearing and Possible Action on a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA)
for the addition of awnings or canopies and replacing a historic architectural feature with a
non -historic architectural feature at the property located at 119 W. Th Street, bearing the legal
description 0.083 acre, being the West 30 feet of Lot 1, Block 38, Original City of Georgetown.
- Britin Bostick, Downtown & Historic Planner
Staff report by Bostick. The applicant is requesting HARC approval to install new fabric
awnings over the first -floor windows and to replace the second -floor wood windows with new
wood windows. The applicant is also requesting HPO approval to replace the plexiglass
material in the corner oriel architectural feature with real glass and to change the colors for the
painted wood trim. Additional work proposed for the project includes cleaning, repairing and
repointing the masonry and repairing the exterior metal stairs, which do not require approval of
a COA.
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The c.1905 and 1976 photos show the upper floor windows (presumably wood) to be a 1/1
(single pane over single pane), while the current windows, installed in the early 1980s, are a 2/2
wood window. The applicant is proposing to replace the current operable windows on the
second floor (W. 7th Street, Austin Avenue and rear facades) with a new wood window,
finished in white but painted with teal trim per the project drawings, that would have the same
2/2 pattern as the current windows but that would have energy -efficient insulated glass. The
window is proposed to have clear glazing as shown on the updated product information
provided by the applicant. The applicant is also proposing to install fabric awnings over the
entrance and storefront windows on the W. 7th Street facade, as well as over the rear entrance
on the Austin Avenue facade, similar to the fabric awnings that were installed following the
1980s fagade rehabilitation. The proposed awning color is teal tweed to coordinate with the new
proposed paint color scheme of teal and white.
Chair Parr opened and closed the Public Hearing as no one signed up to speak.
Motion to approve Item E (2020-64-COA) by Commissioner Morales. Second by
Commissioner Asendorf--Hyde.
F. Public Hearing and Possible Action on a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA)
for a new fence, railing or wall that is inconsistent with the overlay district's characteristics
and applicAbie guidelines at the property located at 1.304 Blzm Street, bearing the legal
description 0.41 acres, being the northeast part of Block B, Hughes Second Addition. — Britin
Bostick, Downtown & Historic Planner
Staff report by Bostick. The applicant is requesting HARC approval of a 4' tall decorative iron
fence with brick columns at the entrance gates and fence corners in the front and side yards of
the property. In addition, the applicant plans to construct a 6' wood privacy fence along the
west property line or rear of the yard. The proposed fence, which is a 4' tall decorative iron
fence with brick columns at the corners and gate posts, is similar to the fence installed at 1503
Ash Street, a Craftsman style house built c. 1924. The fence style is similar to residential fence
styles of the Victorian period, including Queen Anne style houses such as the subject house, as
illustrated in Virginia Savage McAlester's book Field Guide to American Houses.
Chair Parr opened and closed the Public Hearing as no one signed up to speak.
Motion to approve Item F (2020-65-COA) by Commissioner Asendorf-Hyde. Second by
Commissioner Browner. Approved (7-0).
G. Conceptual Review of a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) for a two-story
garage addition with proposed setback, building height and floor -to -area ratio modifications;
the addition of porches with a proposed setback modification; the addition of a deck with a
proposed setback modification and the replacement of doors and windows at the property
located at 1202 E.13th Street, bearing the legal description Lot 1, Block 1, Coffee Heights
Addition. — Britin Bostick, Downtown & Historic Planner
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Staff report by Bostick. The Applicant is requesting HARC approval for several changes to the
property, which include enlarging the current front porch, changing the room at the front left
corner of the house from an enclosed room to a screened porch with new windows on the E.
1311, Street facade, and replacing the existing 32" wide front door with a new 36" wide front
door. The applicant is also requesting to construct a two-story garage addition attached to the
existing one-story historic home with an 18'-5" setback modification for the distance from the
garage to the Laurel Street (west) property line and two building height modifications as
building height in the Old Town Overlay District is limited to 15' at the setbacks, and the
proposed height of the structure exceeds that limit on the west side of the garage addition by 1'-
0" and on the south side of the garage addition by 7'-10". The property has an existing historic
accessory structure in the southeast corner of the lot, which is two stories in height. The
applicant is requesting approval to construct a second -floor deck between the new garage
addition and the existing historic accessory structure. Although part of the deck is proposed to
be between the structures and not visible from the street, part of the proposed deck would be
viewed as part of the Laurel Street fagade and would require a 10'-0" setback modification as it
is proposed to be constructed up to the rear (south) property line. The applicant is requesting
HARC approval to remove one of the windows on the second floor of the historic accessory
structure and replace it with a door to facilitate access to the proposed second floor deck
between the structures. The applicant is also requesting HARC approval to remove three of the
historic windows on the west facade of the house, which faces Laurel Street, with a French door
and with three windows that are proposed to be removed and replaced as part of the creation of
the front screened porch.
H. Updates, Commissioner questions, and comments — Sofia Nelson, Planning Director
Nelson provided an update regarding using Alternate Commissioners on the dais. The bylaws
will need to be updated to allow Alternate Commissioners to serve on the board regularly.
Bostick provided an update on the design guidelines.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn by Commissioner Curry. Second by Commissioner Morales.
Meeting adjourned at 8pm
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