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SUBMISSION OF A NOTICE OF APPEAL REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL OVERTURN THE DECISION OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR MODIFICATIONS AT 540 SOUTH LAHOMA AVENUE.
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BACKGROUND: The property at 540 S. Lahoma is a two-story 1919 Italian Renaissance contributing structure to the Chautauqua Historic District. The property has a concrete driveway leading to a carport located north and west of the rear of the house. The 1988 Historic Survey of Chautauqua does not indicate the presence of the original historic garage which was probably removed prior to that time.
The current owner of the property, Curtis McCarty, made a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a new 836 square foot tandem garage which was approved at the March 5, 2018 Historic District meeting. However, at that time the Commissioners requested that the applicant return with a different garage door material and design. In particular, the Commissioners were interested in alternative materials to the proposed overhead metal garage door such as wood or Smartwood.
At the May 7, 2018 meeting the applicant returned to the Historic District Commission with a proposed steel door with wood composite. A motion was made to approve the proposed steel and wood composite overhead garage door as proposed. The vote was 3 to 3, resulting in a denial for the requested garage door.
The reasons cited by some of the Commissioners for denial was that the material for the garage door did not meet Section 2.3, Guidelines for Garages and Accessory Structures, of the Historic District Guidelines which states that new garages are to have materials that match the principal structure. In this case, the Commissioners opposed to the approval of the proposed metal and composite wood garage door felt that since this garage door would be visible to the front public right-of-way, that it should be wood.
In accordance with ? 22:429.3(10) of the City's...
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