Board of Adjustment Agenda and Packet 2020 06 17

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Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes May 20, 2020 Page 3 of 9 Ritchie says staff is evaluating under the landmark standards on the condition that the landmark is approved. If it is not approved, the applicant would have to have this application re -posted and go through another public hearing. Stuart asks if landmarking is more stringent or more relaxed. Ritchie says landmarking standards under zoning is an incentive to the applicant. An applicant can also get a preservation bonus that incentivizes property owners to do preservation work on the property. Stuart asks what does the city gets in exchange for landmarking. Ritchie says that the city gets to preserve historic buildings and that then gives more value to the City of Louisville. She then informs the board about the historic preservation process and how it benefits the City. Mihaly asks staff if they will go more into detail of the proposed new square footage. Ritchie says that the FAR includes first and second floor. The overall mass of the building is increasing but the FAR is not increasing at the same level. In the interior space of the existing church, there is a second level they are removing. The applicants are losing FAR in a place that you do not see mass. Mihaly asks that when looking at the existing floor plan, is that the surface part? Ritchie says yes, that is the surface part but she wants the applicant to go more into depth about it. Applicant Presentation: Stephen Barsch, Barsch Design 743 W. 6th Ave - Denver, CO 80204 Barsch begins by discussing the applicant's intent behind purchasing the property and the complications they have met throughout the design process. He then talks about the existing floor plan and informs the board of what the applicant's proposed floor plan will look like. Barsch discusses the existing additions on the property and how the applicant wants to use the existing foundation and approach the property as a remodel instead of a scrape. In the original design, for the existing footprint of the garage, the applicants wanted to use foundation and just fill in the dirt and create a slab for parking, but this brought forward an issue with Public Works because of the alley and the curb cut going into Pine St.