Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2023 04 24

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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes March 20, 2023 Page 7 of 9 Dunlap says the consultants did a good job talking to residents about the program. Anderson says he has noticed the scale of the front portion of homes in this district. Dalia speaks on allowing a new construction of a secondary residence on the same property. He is not sure if there should be special treatment of allowing a secondary residence. Zuccaro says the code does allow guesthouses. They are not allowed to have cooking appliances or to be rented out. The City is currently under the process of exploring the allowance of secondary residences. He mentions that staff is really trying to address the existing character and how to sustain that character with new builds. There are two bonuses built within this code: preservation and landmarking. Do you think the current structure of the bonuses are adequate? That is the kind of feedback we are interested in getting back from HPC. Burg mentions that the HPC does not review the landmark and bonus applications at this time. It seems like the density bonuses need to be reconsidered at this time. Haley says she does not think they should not have preservation bonuses. The problem for her is that the bonus for lot coverage is one of their main incentives. If there is another option that is a similar bonus but not have to landmark and have strings attached, she is concerned people will not choose to landmark. Anderson says he thinks the bonuses should be reviewed and fixed. He mentions that Boulder is allowing ADU's and he is in favor of Louisville reviewing them for allowance. Dunlap asks staff to confirm that the ADU evaluation is separate from the zoning district evaluation. Zuccaro says yes, that is a different use question that we will be looking at this year. Dunlap asks that staff confirm that there are two different zoning districts from the east and west side of Old Town. Zuccaro says there are two different underlying zoning districts but the overlay covers both of them. Haley says she thinks that having flexibility in lot division could be beneficial for Old Town. Burg agrees with Haley. The alteration certificates language for Iandmarked properties could potentially be looked at it. Just keeping the front facade is not really keeping up with state and national standards. Re -exploring that language to allow a larger percentage would be helpful. Brackett Hogstad says the language for alteration certificates are a separate part of the code. It is a higher standard but does not have a percentage associated with it. It is subject to a higher standard. Public Comment: Andy Johnson, 920 Lincoln Ave Johnson says that he believes that City Council, commissioners, and staff should go through the application process for the program so that they are users