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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes 18 October 2021 Page 6 of 8 zones within a property for the size of the home and he recommended taking Denver's model and doing the mirror image of it with smaller in the front and larger in the back. Haley asked Mr. Johnson about incorporating perception into code. Johnson replied that it was something that could be solved through zoning, citing Denver as an example. Rather than looking at a property as a big rectangle, look at preserving the feeling of Louisville without assigning an arbitrary number. The consultants added that size, articulation, and massing were all solutions, which was the goal of the next phase. For the time being, they were trying to identify the problems. It seemed that size was a problem in that there were structures that were too big. They would bring forward options for solutions in the next phase. PUBLIC HEARING 932 Main Street Bauer presented the landmark criteria, which staff found supported a finding of probable cause. She presented the demolition review criteria, for which staff recommended a 120-day stay. Andy Johnson, DAJ Design at 922A Main Street, stated that much of the building around the house was added. He described the history of the additions as seen from the crawlspace, which also showed that the front part of the building was the oldest part. He showed the relative likely ages of the various parts of the structure and summarized that the home had had many lives, but he questioned whether it was a worthwhile preservation project and what timeframe would be selected to preserve out of the many options and changes through the years. Dunlap asked if the HSA could be done in 90 days. Johnson replied that yes that would be a gracious timeframe for an assessment. Burg shared that in the subcommittee, the request had been simply for demolition. This item attached assessment, but she asked if what the owners wanted was to demolish the property. Johnson confirmed and stated that they had been talking to him since May. He noted that the current structure would not support a second story and the foundation would not support any other changes. He added that it was stretching it to say this had historic integrity and it did not have a lot of historic documentation or a lot of information, and much of the building seems to have been removed. Commissioners Haley and Burg agreed that there had been a lot of work done and there was not a lot of integrity. Burg added that the downtown location was why the subcommittee had pushed it to full commission. Keller stated that he was not hard-pressed to save it and asked if it was worth it to do an assessment if it was going to be demolished. Dunlap asked if the idea was to approve the demolition and not approve the Assessment and the stay and Chair Haley confirmed that is what she meant. 6