Historic Preservation Commission Minutes 2006 09 11

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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes September 11, 2006 Page 2 of 3 . To make it administratively feasible, they need to quantify how much of a structure must be preserved to qualify for the preservation bonus. Planning staff recommends requiring: o the street facing faqade as well as 10 feet of the original walls, excluding any front porch; o requiring that existing front roof lines be retained. Commission members were supportive of these additions; however they recommended that it be changed to the street facing fayade as well as 10 feet of the original walls or 25% of the depth of the house, whichever is smaller. This would allow for smaller homes to have more options. . Planning staff would recommend the following to make rear additions more feasible. If you save the requisite amount of the front of the house: o Rear setback could be cut to 20 feet; o Side yard setback could be cut to 10 feet if a corner lot. Commission members were supportive of this. . Regarding the building restrictions for homes that an demolished, he Planning staff would not support such a recommendation as i Id basically nullify the Old Town Overlay regulations. In addition, such a bl!~fatement would change the rules for existing home owners ould deny homeowners the chance to request a variance for projects. Commission members felt this was importa tinue to ask for this disincentive while understanding that Plannin will not support the recommendation. . Planning Staff also noted the fol ing: o They recommend that th mission test these numbers on a smaller lot than the example us to see how it mayor may not work on such a small scale. Muth will find so e smaller examples for Lewis to work from. o There is no nee create an "H" zoning. The additional FAR and coverage wo Iy be applied to designated landmark properties. Muth noted that by reating a new zoning class all applications would then n uire the approval of the Planning Commission, thereby confusing and I thening the process. Membe ere in agreement that this was not necessary. Members him ques if Paul Wood could join them at the October meeting so they may ask ut how the incentives would be implemented. Muth will give recommendations from the Commission, with the changes from tonight's meeting, to the City Attorney to begin work on an ordinance. The City Attorney will have to determine how best to merge these incentives with Chapter 17 of the municipal code (Zoning) as all other items related to the Historic Preservation Commission are in Chapter 15 (Buildings & Construction). Members asked how long this process might take. Muth said it would likely be the beginning of the year before the proposed ordinance went to the City Council for a public hearing.