HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-07-24 Regular MeetingAGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
GRAPEVINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
GRAPEVINE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
636 SOUTH MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR BOARD ROOM
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24,2013,6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER AND WELCOME
II. CITIZENS COMMENTS
III. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN
IV. UPDATE ON REVISED HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE — SCOTT WILLIAMS,
BUILDING OFFICIAUDI RECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
V. WORK SESSION
A. Approved Certificate of Appropriateness as follows:
#CA13-53 for property located at 334 South Barton Street;
#CA13-55 for property located at 214 East College Street;
#CA13-56 for property located at 626 South Church Street.
VI. PUBLIC HEARING
A. Commission to hold a public hearing relative to a Certificate of Appropriateness
Application #CA13-59 for property located at 612 East Wall Street, legally described
as Block 101, Lot 3, College Heights Addition, City of Grapevine and take any
necessary action.
B. Commission to hold a public hearing relative to a Certificate of Appropriateness
Application #CA13-60 for property located at 413 East Texas Street, legally described
as Bock 1, Lot 2, Millican Place Addition, City of Grapevine and take any necessary
action.
C. Commission to hold a public hearing relative to a Certificate of Appropriateness
Application #CA13-61 for property located at 421 Smith Street, legally described as
Block 33, Lot 12 & W20'11, City of Grapevine and take any necessary action.
VII. MINUTES
A. Commission to consider the minutes of the June 26, 2013 Regular Meeting.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
If you plan to attend this public meeting and have a disability that requires special arrangements at the
meeting, please contact the Department of Historic Preservation at 817-410-3585 at least 24 hours in
advance. Reasonable accommodations will be made to assist your needs.
In accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.001 et seq acts of the 1993 Texas
Legislature, the Grapevine Historic Preserv_ 'on Commission agenda was prepared and posted on
the 19th day of July 2013, at 5:00 p.m. o} 1, 1
David Kte in '
Historic P ervation Officer
Scott Willia s
Director of Pevelopment Services/Building Official
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STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF GRAPEVINE
The Historic Preservation Commission for the City of Grapevine, Texas, met in
Public Hearing on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in the Grapevine
Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2"d Floor Boardroom, 636 South Main Street,
Grapevine, Texas, with the following members present to wit:
Burl Gilliam
R. Lee Derr
Vick Cox
Sean Shope
Margaret Telford
Ted Ware
Shane Wilbanks
Monica Hotelling
Chuck Voelker
Chairman
Vice -Chairman
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
City Council Liaison
Planning & Zoning Liaison
Alternate
The above constituting a quorum with Commissioner Ashley Anderson absent.
With the following city staff present:
Scott Williams Director,
City of Grapevine Development Services
Paul W. McCallum Executive Director,
Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau
David Klempin Historic Preservation Officer
Mary Bush Historic Preservation Secretary
CALL TO ORDER AND WELCOME
Chairman Burl Gilliam called the Public Hearing to order at 6:00 p.m.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
Steven Hoffmayer, 522 East Texas Street, Grapevine, Texas
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`-� ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN
Chairman Gilliam called on David Klempin to conduct the election of the Historic
Preservation Commission chairman. David called for nominations.
Commissioner Ted Ware nominated Burl Gilliam to be elected as chairman.
Commissioner Sean Shope seconded the nomination which prevailed in the
following vote:
Ayes: All (Derr, Cox, Shope, Telford and Ware)
Nays: None
Absent: (Anderson)
City Council Liaison Wilbanks congratulated Chairman Gilliam on his re-election.
Chairman Gilliam thanked the commission for their confidence in him as he
began his 22n1 year on the commission.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE UPDATE
Scott Williams, Director of the City of Grapevine's Development Services,
updated the commission on the recent amendment to the current ordinance put
in place to protect the true heritage of the Historic Township. He said minor
changes were made to the commission's recommendation of using a 300 foot
radius surrounding a property; the City Council had changed to a 100 foot radius.
After a City Council public hearing and several more workshops the amendment
had not passed and was still under discussion. As Council studied the vast
majority of historic housing stock they saw nothing to protect a 1,200 square foot
bungalow from a 4,000 square foot addition. David asked Scott to go over the
bullet points they had agreed on. Council Liaison Wilbanks reinforced the
amendment states drawings, not photographs or photo shop enhanced
photographs. Scott agreed saying these drawings did not require an architect,
but should be drawings any skilled draftsman could draw.
Scott stated the cases on the agenda for tonight's meeting were an example of
the new ordinance at work, yielding very elegant homes, not "cookie cutter" as
had been feared. Commissioner Margaret Telford commended Scott on his work
and thanked him for providing the one page analysis of the amended
requirements.
Chairman Burl Gilliam asked for the percentage of built -out properties. David
Klempin said there were 335 residential properties in the Township and of those
only seven or eight were vacant lots. Chairman Gilliam thanked Scott Williams
for his work in developing this valuable tool for the commission.
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-- WORK SESSION
David Klempin passed around the most recent staff approved Certificates of
Appropriateness for the Commission to Review.
A. Approved Certificate of Appropriateness as follows:
#CA13-53 for property located at 334 South Barton Street;
#CA13-55 for property located at 214 East College Street;
#CA13-56 for property located at 626 South Church Street.
PUBLIC HEARING
Chairman Gilliam opened the Public Hearing for #CA13-59 for the property
located at 612 East Wall Street, legally described as Block 101, Lot 3, College
Heights Addition, City of Grapevine, to the Grapevine Historic Preservation
Ordinance 91-73 (Appendix G — Grapevine Code of Ordinances).Chairman
Gilliam called on David Klempin to present the case.
BACKGROUND:
At the March 27th 2013 meeting, the Historic Preservation Commission approved
#HL13-04 for the property at 612 East Wall Street in the College Heights
Addition. The owner Nick Walker had purchased the property with the intent to
renovate the existing house and construct a new period appropriate addition to
serve as his residence.
Certificate of Appropriateness application #CA13-59 was submitted on May 7,
2013 by applicant Michael Wright of M. J. Wright Architects to renovate the
existing house and construct a new addition to the house to include a master
bedroom with bath, a one -car attached garage on the first floor; and two
bedrooms, a bath and media room on the second floor. A back stair was planned
for convenience of the owner and to serve as a fire escape route from the second
floor. The original project submission in May was incomplete and therefore was
not brought to the Commission's May meeting. Since the CA for the project was
submitted prior to City Council approval of the amendments to the Historic
Preservation ordinance on June 4th, this design is not required to follow the new
amendments. Staff met with the architects and owner regarding the massing and
scale of the original submission. The owner has redesigned the house to be in
compliance with the massing and scale guidelines of the new ordinance.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the Historic Preservation Commission approve with
conditions Certificate of Appropriateness #CA13-59 for the property located at
612 East Wall Street, legally described as Block 101, Lot 3, College Heights
Addition, City of Grapevine, to the Grapevine Historic Preservation Ordinance 91-
73 (Appendix G — Grapevine Code of Ordinances), as amended for the following
items:
to renovate existing house and construct new addition to include new master
bedroom with bath, one -car garage on the first floor; and two bedrooms, bath
and media room on the second floor;
as per the attached plans with the conditions all exterior doors, windows,
siding, trim, roofing materials and light fixtures be approved on a separate
Certificate of Appropriateness and a building permit be obtained from the
building department.
Chairman Gilliam called on the property owner Nick Walker to speak. Mr. Walker
thanked Historic Preservation staff and the Commission for their help and time.
Chairman Gilliam commended Mr. Walker for a magnificent job on his design
within the new amendment. Commissioner Sean Shope questioned the setback
on the second floor at the front of the porch to the dormer, David said it was 12 —
14 feet back as required. Commissioner Vick Cox added the roofline blended
nicely giving a very "cottage" look from the front.
Margaret Telford moved to close the public hearing. Ted Ware seconded the
motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Cox, Shope, Telford and Ware)
Nays: None
Absent: (Anderson)
Margaret Telford made the motion to approve #CA13-59 with conditions as
presented; Vick Cox seconded the motion which prevailed in a vote of:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Cox, Shope, Telford and Ware)
Nays: None
Absent: (Anderson)
Chairman Gilliam opened the Public Hearing for #CA13-60 for the property
located at 413 East Texas Street, legally described as Block 1, Lot 2, Millican
Place Addition, City of Grapevine, to the Grapevine Historic Preservation
Ordinance 91-73 (Appendix G — Grapevine Code of Ordinances), as amended
for the following items: Preservation Ordinance 91-73 (Appendix G — Grapevine
Code of Ordinances). Chairman Gilliam called on David Klempin to present the
case.
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BACKGROUND:
Certificate of Appropriateness application #CA13-60 was submitted on July 17,
2013 by the applicant Michael Wright of M. J. Wright Architects to construct a
new bungalow -style house with garage and storage shed on the vacant lot in the
Millican Place Addition. The lot is landmarked and was created by the subdivision
of the original Millican property. The Certificate of Appropriateness was submitted
after City Council approval of the Amendments to the Historic Preservation
ordinance on June 4t" The house has been designed to comply with the
amendments to the ordinance.
The house was custom designed for the owner's needs. The brick bungalow -
style design is based on the substantial bungalow homes often seen in
California, and also found in Dallas and Fort Worth historic neighborhoods. It
contains a family room, dining room kitchen, study, master bedroom and bath
and powder room on the first floor; and two bedrooms and a bath on the second
floor. There is a detached two -car garage and a detached storage shed in the
rear portion of the property.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Historic Preservation Commission approve with
conditions Certificate of Appropriateness #CA13-60 for the property located at
413 East Texas Street, legally described as Block 1, Lot 2, Millican Place
Addition, City of Grapevine, to the Grapevine Historic Preservation Ordinance 91-
73 (Appendix G — Grapevine Code of Ordinances), as amended for the following
items:
Construct new bungalow -style house with detached two -car garage and
detached storage shed on vacant lot in the Millican Place Addition;
as per attached plans with the conditions all exterior brick, trim, doors,
windows, roofing materials and light fixtures be approved on a separate
Certificate of Appropriateness and a building permit be obtained from the
building department.
David noted the covered porches and terraces are not figured into the 3400
square feet living area allowed. He was pleased with all elevations and the
balance and symmetry of the design. David asked the commissioners to turn to
the contextual drawing in their agenda packet; it was plain to see the nice fit and
blend of the three homes. Chairman Gilliam called on Mr. Boydston for
comments. Commissioner Cox said the use of brick on Texas Street was a
departure for what had been the norm, perhaps brick on College Street; but using
brick on Texas Street was significant.
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Margaret Telford moved to close the public hearing. Ted Ware seconded the
motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Cox, Shope, Telford and Ware)
Nays: None
Absent: (Anderson)
Ted Ware moved to approve #CA13-60 with conditions as presented; Sean
Shope seconded the motion which prevailed in a vote of:
Ayes: Five (Gilliam, Derr, Shope, Telford and Ware)
Nays: One (Cox)
Absent: (Anderson)
Chairman Gilliam opened the Public Hearing for #CA13-61 for the property
located at 421 Smith Street, legally described as Block 33, Lot 12 & W20'11, City
of Grapevine, to the Grapevine Historic Preservation Ordinance 91-73 (Appendix
G — Grapevine Code of Ordinances), as amended for the following items:
Preservation Ordinance 91-73 (Appendix G — Grapevine Code of Ordinances).
Chairman Gilliam called on David Klempin to present the case.
BACKGROUND:
Certificate of Appropriateness application #CA13-61 was submitted on July 17,
2013 by the applicant Michael Wright of M. J. Wright Architects to renovate the
existing B. R. Wall house and construct a new addition; to enclose the carport for
a two -car garage and to construct a new detached storage shed. This CA was
submitted following the approval by City Council of the amendments to the
Historic Preservation ordinance on June 4th. The design is required to follow the
new amendments. The new addition has been designed following the
amendments to the Historic Preservation ordinance.
The existing 668 sq. ft. carport would be converted to a two -car garage in the
same footprint. It is necessary to obtain approval from the Board of Zoning
Appeals under a hardship since the square footage of the carport exceeds the
500 square foot maximum size for detached garage structures under the
amended preservation ordinance.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval with conditions of Certificate of Appropriateness
#CA13-61 for the property located at 421 Smith Street, legally described as Block
33, Lot 12 & W20'11, City of Grapevine
to renovate the existing house, adding the new addition, to enclose the
existing carport for a two -car garage and to construct a detached storage
shed as per the attached plans with the conditions the carport conversion
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to a two -car garage be approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals under
hardship for the existing size of 663 square feet is greater than the 500
�- square feet limit by the new amendment;
as per attached plans with the conditions all exterior siding, trim, doors,
windows, roofing materials and light fixtures be approved on a separate
Certificate of Appropriateness and a building permit be obtained from the
building department.
David Klempin stated this property has not been landmarked but the proposed
design did follow the ordinance per the new amendment. The existing carport is
part of the original footprint; therefore no demolition but a conversion of the
carport to a garage. Discussion followed regarding the existing carport enclosed
as a garage would be 163 square feet greater than the 500 square foot limit of
the new amendment. The Commission discussed approving a variance. Scott
Williams recommended approval on the grounds 1) it is existing and 2) the
property is an unusually large lot and the proposal is not near the coverage
maximum. It was also discussed that the Board of Zoning Adjustment would not
be tasked with considering variances to the Preservation Ordinance.
Margaret Telford moved to close the public hearing. Ted Ware seconded the
motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Cox, Shope, Telford and Ware)
Nays: None
Absent: (Anderson)
Margaret Telford moved to approve #CA13-61 with conditions as presented and
with the approved variance allowed for the garage; Vick Cox seconded the
motion which prevailed in a vote of:
Ayes: All (Gilliam,
Nays: None
Absent: (Anderson,
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Derr, Cox, Shope, Telford and Ware)
Margaret Telford made the motion to accept the June 26, 2013 minutes.
Vick Cox seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Cox, Shope, Telford and Ware)
Nays: None
Absent: (Anderson)
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ADJOURNMENT
Ted Ware made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Sean Shope seconded the
motion, which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Cox, Shope, Telford and Ware)
Nays: None
Absent: (Anderson)
The meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 28" DAY OF AUGUST,
2013.
APPROVED:
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CHA MAN
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