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10/01/2010 MINUTESMINUTES SPECIAL MEETING CITY OF PARIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010 12:00 O'CLOCK P.M. The Historic Preservation Commission meeting was called to order by Arvin Starrett, Chairman at 12:06 p.m. A. The following members were present: Arvin Starrett, Chairman Douglas Cox Ben Vaughan Susan Scholz, Secretary Paul Denney, Vice - Chairman Matt Coyle B. The following members were absent: Jerry Raper C. Also present were Jeanna Scott, City Staff; and Rhonda Rogers, City Council Member. 2. Discussion of and possible action on the creation of a Commission rule to make allowances_for the alteration of the priman) facade of certain buildings in the Downtown Historic District. Arvin Starrett, Chairman, read the following proposed rule to the commission: The Commission, on a case -by -case basis, may allow the alteration of the primary fagade of a building in the Downtown Historic District. The following criteria must be met; (a) The building must be a stand -alone structure and not a part of a series of contiguous structures; (b) its construction date must be post -1935; (c) its present architectural styling is not that of the preponderance of downtown buildings built from Cr. 1917 to 1935; and (d) the alteration must mimic the present architectural styling of the structure. Chairman Starrett requested discussion on the rule. Commissioners unanimously agreed with verbiage as presented. Motion was made by Susan Scholz, seconded by Douglas Cox to adopt the rule. Motion carried 5 -0. Matt Coyle arrived at 12:1.1 p.m. 3. Consideration of and action on the, following Certificate of Appropriateness: A. 222 Clarksville Street — Janet Green, property owner presented petition. Chainnan Starrett stated he would like to make two clarifications on information that he may have led Ms. Green to believe, first the ordinance that created this commission states that this commission makes its decisions based on the secretary of interior standards which are federal standards, and the commission works off of local ordinances not federal law; second this building is a contributing building, any building that is over fifty years old is contributing. Ms. Green stated they had planned to have the door on the west side of the building, however, after contractors came out and looked at the building it was determined there would be a three and a half foot drop and with the turning radius required we would not be able to put the door there. The east side door would be too close to the light and the city would not allow the door. The north side would poses the the same problem as the east side door. Ms. Green further stated this door is needed due to the safety issue of having employees trying to estimate cars parked in front of the building with heavy traffic going by and customers trying to back out into heavy traffic. The door would allow customers to pull in, have an attendant take the car, do the estimate and turn the car around for a safer exit. Ms. Green stated until an engineer comes out they will not know how many grids will have to be removed from the brick work on the front of the building. Chairman Starrett asked have you talked to a brick mason to see if you could trim the door out with some of the brick that has been removed. Ms. Green stated no, they are waiting for the engineers recommendations. The doors proposed size would be twenty foot wide by nine foot high. Ben Vaughan stated an inset may help keep the door right off the roadway and soften the appearance from the outside. Paul Denney asked can we approve the petition on the condition that the property owners come back to the commission for approval of the door construction. Chairman Starrett stated no, once the commission approves the COA it allows the installation of the door. Motion was made by Paul Denney, seconded by Susan Scholz to approve the COA conditioned on the trim or the brick work that would surround the proposed door be designed in a manner that would be compatible to the current styling of that brick wall and that any residual brick left over from the demolition of the wall be held in salvage in the event or in the future someone might want to reinstall the wall. Motion carried 6 -0. 4. Discussion and committee appointment concerning the 2010 Visionaries Award. Commission appointed Ben Vaughan, Douglas Cox and Matt Coyle as the sub - committee to nominate the 2010 Visionaries Award recipient. Sub - committee to present findings at next board meeting on October 13th. S. Future agenda items. There were none. 6. Meeting adjourned at 11:26 p.m. APPROVED THIS 13`h DAY OF OCTOBER, 2010. ■ III C'e -aa1f&4fA'