HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCDATE=FEBRUARY 14, 2005 (10) Design Res new Subcommittee — pebmary 11, 2003
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• Porch Staircases and steps
• Ori6ina Ito a properly should be maeined in their mr,prnl location and con fgptim, Wood and
concrete steps should be repaired with matin ins to march the original.
• I o porches with wood flouts should he replaced w up stood rather than brick or venerate.
• nddal to a dwelling,should hit,u advel posts and balusters, it cads and risers, t0 match the original
Porch wnwruuticn.
Smtf recommendation:
The existing window is different in size to We window nest to it, The pruppxd scindow Brill have its
si 11 lata Bred ser the two w indums are the same. The location of the new window is in an arca jen vasa
shower but w 11 now have n plmv foot bathtub. Ilie mom In questi0n is in a buck con ci of the bni Idi ng
and is not visible from either stat i Irons 'I'be new window will mdmb the design of the aureus
window. pored un dux facts is it is the staffs recpmnpndmion That his COA application be
approrcd as vthmitad.
The railings thin applicant is proposing to install will match the existing porch railings uud posts.
Tbrxc Cuttcntly are no railings or posts on thin linin emirs. Based on the criluia In the design guideline
in smh it is the staffs mcnmmcudation that Ihis COA appllearui be approved as submitted.
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Commissioners agreed the window won dd he more uniform to tike Ifnm if enlarged.
Vudmt none kn Commissioner Diamond to approve the window eNurgcnioa as colon tied
The motion g'ps serundeal by Commissioner Rusenrmy.
Tho nuncio passed prominently.
Chairman Stood additionaltr indicated the porch changes propocM by homeowner would improve the
appliance of the front porch, and wuNd be an appropriate style for Inc Tome.
Motion indnn Lr I onntisslmer Diamond it, uVpevp she haluser and newel punts as sabmsn d
'fbe motion was seconded by Cmmnlssinner Walkup.
The motion passed immimnnnly.
51. 1116 Channing Sri cot — Demolish baibllnp
The Cir, of Clgin has Submifcl nn application for a Crmtillcam of APpropnateness to demolish the
bidding nam was the former home of Elgin 1'.\ICA. The City's coal is Its provide for possible new
construction of housioe that swill he compatible ,par the sarmnndine neighborhood. .AfOr the haildino
has been demolished, the land will be leveled and prepared for eventual sale to Ink ate investor
City owns in fican that the cameo funding was constrootad between 1958 and 1961. 1t is not .0
Omrlbnting structure m listed in the Elgin Historic District National Register Inventory. This address
is not even listed in me invendrv.
• Eight DniCn Guideline Jlarmal.SOerfe'mimu:
Demolition
Demolition of any original fenprt' or pan )Fit pre194nbuilding aloud be nxalded_
• Demolition of a building ghich coanbutcaw the historic m arChitecmml afgaiffsnae of the
locnlfr demplaed district should not occur. unless:
I. An vmemcoav condition exists and the public safety and welfare poppers, the effort of