Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2024 07 15

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ALTERATION CERTIFICATE REQUEST: The applicant is also applying for an Alteration Certificate. Alteration Certificate requests are tied to Landmark and Grant requests to ensure the work proposed for grant funding would not affect a property's history integrity for landmarking. Alteration Certificates are not required for routine maintenance, such as painting, but are required for work that requires a building permit. The proposed work falls under this review purview, which should focus on how the proposed changes may or may not impact the property and its historic integrity. The proposed Alteration Certificate covers the following: 1. Primary structure o Remove the wood railings from the porch o Remove the covered side patio o Alter windows o Rear addition 2. Detached garage o Alter garage doors o Alter windows o Rear addition ALTERATION CERTIFICATE CRITERIA AND STANDARDS ANALYSIS: Sec. 15.36.120. - Criteria to review an Alteration Certificate. A. The commission shall issue an Alteration Certificate for any proposed work on a designated historical site or district only if the proposed work would not detrimentally alter, destroy or adversely affect any architectural or landscape feature which contributes to its original historical designation. B. The commission must find the proposed alteration to be visually compatible with designated historic structures located on the property in terms of design, finish, material, scale, mass and height. When the subject site is in an historic district, the commission must also find that the proposed alteration is visually compatible with characteristics that define the district. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "compatible" shall mean consistent with, harmonious with, or enhancing to the mixture of complementary architectural styles, either of the architecture of an individual structure or the character of the surrounding structures.