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Historic Preservation Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />20 September 2021 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />Bauer replied that there was an assessment for this property and it included other deficiencies <br />on the site. <br />Caroline Ford and Christopher Beam, applicants, thanked the Commission and staff, and stated <br />that they had a couple of other pressing projects coming up, including fixing the structure of the <br />roof. Ms. Ford asked if putting a snow fence to deal with snow from their solar panels would <br />affect the historic elements of the site. <br />Haley stated that they would have to formally review it to know for sure but in general if an <br />element could be removed it could be okay with the historic preservation process. <br />Dunlap commented that there had been national conversations about solar panels on historic <br />structures and the general thought was that the environmental considerations should take <br />precedence. <br />Seeing no public comment, Chair Haley opened commissioner discussion. <br />Discussion on the location of the solar panels, in which it was stated that the solar panels were <br />not visible in the staff packet images and did not seem to affect the architectural view of the <br />building. <br />Klemme stated that the structure met the criteria for landmarking and the dormer on the side did <br />not affect the ability to landmark. <br />Burg noted that moving houses was not uncommon historically and stated that the architecture <br />was representative of place and style around Louisville. <br />Klemme moved to approve Resolution 6, Series 2021, and Dunlap seconded. Motion approved <br />unanimously by roll call vote. <br />Klemme stated that since 1948 no one had expanded or changed the windows, which was <br />great, and the proposed change was a swap to have windows that would be better for energy <br />bills but would not affect historic preservation. <br />Dunlap asked if there was a guide for historic styles that would help the Commission assess the <br />language about windows maintaining a similar style or if the Commission was meant to use their <br />subjective judgement on that language. <br />Bauer replied there was Preservation Brief 9 from the National Park Service about windows and <br />there were books like Virginia McCalister's guide to architectural styles. <br />Dunlap stated that the re -visitation of the Old Town Overlay was addressing materials through <br />resident surveys and that might be a good place for notes on styles. <br />Bauer replied that she would make a note of Commissioner Dunlap's idea and shared that staff <br />also assessed style when reviewing these proposals. <br />Klemme moved to approve Resolution 7, Series 2021 and Burg seconded. Motion approved <br />unanimously by roll call vote. <br />2 <br />