There were three Summit properties on the 3/20/08 HPC PERMIT REVIEW/PUBLIC HEARING Agenda:
- A. 1034 Summit Avenue, Hill Historic District, by MacDonald and Mack Architects, Ltd, for building permits to remove the existing three-stall garage and construct a four-stall garage (1225 sq. ft.) and to alter the openings on the sun porch at the southeast corner and construct masonry steps. File #08-024. (Barr, 266-9067)
- B. 1373 Summit Avenue, Summit West Historic District, by Tina Shaffer, owner, for a building permit to construct a four-stall garage (1040 sq. ft.) with access at the alley. File #08-025. (Spong, 266-9079)
- D. 1420 Summit Avenue, Summit West Historic District, by Tony Sonnen, owner, for a building permit to construct a two-story addition (~680 sq. ft. footprint) at the rear of the residence. File 0#08-027. (Spong, 266-9079)
A board member of SARPA attended the meeting and reported the following:
1034 Summit has a three car garage. The homeowner was requesting to tear down the three stall and build a four-stall. The present garage is not historic. HPC approved the plans.
1373 Summit: homeowner was requesting to remove a 3-car garage and replace it with a 4-car garage. The HPC opposed the destruction of the existing garage to be torn down, as it was determined to be historical. The HPC approved the plans for the construction of the additional 4-car garage (in addition to the 3-car garage). The homeowners expressed that the historical 3-car garage will be used to store play things, etc. SARPA voiced opposition to allowing 7 garages on one single-family home property--it is not in keeping with a historical neighborhood to have 7 garages behind a single family home in this city, and allowing it now sets a precedent. The new 4-car garage was approved unanimously.
This report is in advance of the official HPC minutes, which have not yet been made available on the City's website.
