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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes HARC 05.13.2021II City of Georgetown, Texas II Historic and Architectural Review Commission Minutes May 13, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Teleconference Meeting: https://bit.ly/2Qse0gl The regular meeting convened at 6:OOPM on May 13, 2021 via teleconference at: https://bit.ly/2Qse0gl. Webinar ID: 981-0745-2685. To participate by phone: Call in number: (346) 248-7799 or Toll -Free: 833-548-0282. Password: 956796. 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: Terri Hyde; Steve Johnston; Catherine Morales; Pam Mitchell; Michael Walton; Karalei Nunn; Faustine Curry Members Absent: Robert McCabe Staff present: Britin Bostick, Historic Planner; Nat Waggoner, Long Range Planning Manager; Mirna Garcia, Management Analyst; Sofia Nelson, Planning Director Meeting called to order by Chair Curry at 6:00 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, 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 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 Historic and Architectural Review Commission Page 1 of 5 Meeting: May 13, 2021 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. Legislative Regular Agenda C. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the April 22, 2021 regular meeting of the Historic and Architectural Review Commission. - Mirna Garcia, Management Analyst Motion by to approve by Commissioner Hyde. Second by Commissioner Nunn. Approved (5-0) with Commissioner Morales absent. D. Updates, Commissioner questions, and comments — Sofia Nelson, Planning Director Nelson updated the Commission regarding updates to the bylaws to allows Alternate Commissioners to serve on the dais. E. Public Hearing and Possible Action on a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) for new signage that is inconsistent with an approved Master Sign Plan or applicable guidelines at the property located at 113 E. 8th Street, bearing the legal description Lots 5 & 8, Block 40, City of Georgetown. - Britin Bostick, Downtown & Historic Planner Commissioner Walton abstained from this item as he filled out a conflict of interest form. Staff report by Bostick. The Applicant is requesting HARC approval for an internally illuminated monument sign that proposes to use the existing brick and concrete sign base that is 21" tall and 73" wide, and install an acrylic, internally illuminated sign that is 47" tall and 52" wide, or 17 sq. ft. The sign is proposed to have a white acrylic cabinet that would be internally illuminated with LED lights that could provide illumination of the white acrylic in white or a spectrum of color based on red, green and blue (RGB). Over the white acrylic cabinet would be placed the City Post logo, similar to a postage stamp, in black acrylic with cutouts for the lettering and part of the logo. A metallic gold acrylic border and details would be added atop the black acrylic logo. The back of the sign, which faces the business and not the public right-of- way, is proposed to have changeable copy for messages to customers. The applicant, Christopher Damon addressed the Commission and was available to answer questions. Chair Curry opened and closed the Public Hearing as no one signed up to speak. Motion to accept Item E (2020-55-COA) as presented with the condition that the optional colors be used for a specific reason, one at a time, and not in a rotating fashion at the same time, by Commissioner Nunn. Second by Commissioner Hyde. Approved (4-0). Commissioner Walton returned to the dais. Historic and Architectural Review Commission Page 2 of 5 Meeting: May 13, 2021 F. Conceptual review of a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) for new residential building construction and a 5'-0" building height modification to the required 20'-0" building height at a distance 3'-0" from the side street (north) setback to allow the building to be 25'-0" at a distance 3'-0" from the side street (north) setback at the property located at 701 S. College Street, bearing the legal description Block C, Clamp's Addition. — Britin Bostick, Downtown & Historic Planner Staff report by Bostick. The Applicant is requesting HARC approval for a new, two-story house that is proposed to be connected via a breezeway to the existing accessory structure. The new house is proposed to be positioned in the same location on the site as the existing house, which was approved for demolition by HARC on July 23, 2020 with the condition that an archive document of the property be provided to staff prior to the issuance of the COA. The archive document was provided to the City on September 18, 2020, and the applicant is awaiting approval of the requested residential infill construction before proceeding with the approved demolition. The new, two-story house is proposed to be located in the same position on the site as the existing house. The height of the house combined with the location relative to the side street (north) setback along E. 7ffi Street require the approval of a building height modification for the new structure. In the Old Town Overlay District, building height is limited to 15' at the setbacks, with an additional 5' in height permitted for every 3' in horizontal distance from the setback. The proposed structure has a second story greater than 20' in height at a distance less than 6' from the side street (north) setback along E. 71" Street. The new residential structure is proposed to have gable roofs, first and second floor porches, lapped fiber cement siding, asphalt shingle roofing, double -paned vinyl, single hung windows with a 4/4 pattern and clear, insulated glass and decorative fiber cement porch columns with decorative metal railings. The house is proposed to be slab on grade construction with the foundation visible below the siding and a brick chimney with a stucco coating. The existing accessory structure is proposed to be remodeled to have siding, windows and roofing to match the main house and to be connected via a breezeway of similar materials. Commissioner Morales joined the meeting during the staff report. Commissioner Walton sought clarification on the items that were marked partially complies. Bostick explained why a project meets the criteria, and why some are partially complies. Due to the building height modification that does not meet criteria, this item was marked partially complies. The applicant, Pam Helgerson, addressed the Commission and was available to answer questions. The Commission had several questions regarding the designs, and architectural style. The applicant provided further information and clarification regarding the changes to the project. Historic and Architectural Review Commission Page 3 of 5 Meeting: May 13, 2021 G. Presentation Continued from the April 8, 2021 regular meeting: Public Hearing and Possible Action on a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) for: • an addition that creates a new, or adds to an existing street -facing facade to change a portion of the front fagade to a screened porch; • the addition of a porch, patio or deck for the addition of a new front porch; • a 1.6' setback encroachment into the required 15'-0" side street setback for the addition of a porch 13.4' from the side street (west) property line; • an addition that creates a new, or adds to an existing street -facing fagade for a two-story garage addition; • an 18'-5" setback encroachment into the required 25'-0" street -facing garage setback, for the garage to be constructed 6'-7" from the side street (west) property line; • a 2'-6" building height modification to the required 15'-0" maximum building height at the side street setback, to allow the dormer to be 17-6" at the setback; • a 3'-0" building height modification to the required 15'-0" maximum building height at the required 10' rear (south) setback, to allow the garage addition to be 18'-0" tall at a distance 11'-7" from the rear (south) property line; • the addition of a porch, patio or deck for the addition of a new second -floor deck between the proposed new two-story garage addition and the existing two-story accessory structure; • a 4'-6" setback encroachment into the required 10'-0" rear (south) setback, for the construction of a second -floor deck 5'-6" from the rear (south) property line; • replacing a historic architectural feature with a non -historic architectural feature for the replacement of the 32" front door with a 36" front door; • replacing a historic architectural feature with a non -historic architectural feature for the replacement of a second -floor window on the accessory structure with a door for access to the proposed second -floor deck; • replacing a historic architectural feature with a non -historic architectural feature for the replacement of three historic windows on the west fagade of the historic main structure with a new French door and three windows that are proposed to be relocated from the north and east facades for the creation of the screened porch; and a 0.08 floor -to -area ratio (FAR) modification to the 0.45 floor -to -area ratio for the Old Town Overlay District, to allow a floor -to -area ratio of 0.53 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 Staff report by Bostick. In the regular meeting on April 22, 2021 the Applicant requested HARC approval for several changes to the property, which included 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. 13t" Street fagade, and replacing the existing 32" wide front door with a new 36" wide front door. The applicant also requested 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 Historic and Architectural Review Commission Page 4 of S Meetins: May 13, 2021 height of the structure exceeds that limit on the west side of the garage addition by 2'-6" and on the south side of the garage addition by Y-0". The property has an existing historic accessory structure in the southeast corner of the lot, which is two stories in height. The applicant requested approval to construct a second -floor deck between the new garage addition and the existing historic accessory structure. Although part of the deck was 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 facade and would require a 4'-6" setback modification as it was proposed to be constructed up to the rear (south) property line. The applicant requested 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 also requested HARC approval to remove three of the historic windows on the west facade of the house, which faces Laurel Street, and replace them with a French door and with three windows that were proposed to be removed and replaced as part of the creation of the front screened porch. The applicant, Julie Craig, addressed the Commission and was available to answer questions. Chair Curry opened and closed the Public Hearing. Motion to accept Item G (2020-59-COA) as presented by staff by Commissioner Nunn. Second by Commissioner Morales. Commissioner Walton asked what the next steps are and what options the applicant has. Bostick explained that a COA memo will be drafted and provided to the applicant regarding the outcome. The applicant can file an appeal, and there will be instructions provided for that. Motion approved (6-0). H. Discussion of the Downtown and Old Town Design Guidelines Update proposed changes with feedback from the Commissioners to staff. Report by Bostick. At this meeting, the Planning staff will take feedback from the Historic & Architectural Review Commission on the proposed revisions and changes to the Guidelines_ Staff will also share an update on project outreach, share the feedback received from the outreach process and provide the Commission an overview of the steps and timeline remaining in the Update process including the Commission's review and recommendation to the City Council. Adjournment Motion to adjourn by Commissioner Walton. Second by Commissioner Hyde. Approved (6-0). Meeting adjourned at 8:18 pm Approved, Amanda Parr, Chair Historic and Architectural Review Commission Meeting: May 13,2021 - p - fi-I vv, cams 1 z'7 l 21 ,_el q ram( Attest, Texri7�- de, Secretary Page 5 of 5