[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request by Owner Brian Miller for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the Rehabilitation of the Residential Structure Located at 401 N Bradley Street]

UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. CONSIDER MOVING ON. HP 2025-0028.3. CONSIDER. DISCUSS ACT ON A REQUEST BY OWNER BRIAN MILLER FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 401 NORTH BRADLEY STREET. RYAN ALLEN WILL MAKE ANOTHER PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE REVISITING THE 401 NORTH BRADLEY PROJECT THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. THE HOMEOWNERS ARE HERE THIS EVENING. AND JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE WHAT WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, STAFF RECEIVED THE ORIGINAL PLANS FOR THE PROJECT, AND WE DID MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE DESIGNER ON MAY 7TH, WHERE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO ACTUALLY BRING THIS PROJECT BEFORE THE BOARD. THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT THE CURRENT STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE. IT WAS BUILT CIRCA 1900, IN THE FOLK VICTORIAN STYLE. IT HAS A PIER AND BEAM FOUNDATION, AND ACCORDING TO THE 2023 HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY, IT IS A MEDIUM PRIORITY HOME, WHICH MEANS IT CONTRIBUTES TO LOCAL HISTORY OR BROADER HISTORICAL PATTERNS. BUT ALTERATIONS HAVE DIMINISHED ITS INTEGRITY. SO NOW WE'LL GET INTO THE PROPOSED CHANGES. SO ON THE LEFT THAT PICTURE IS FROM GOOGLE MAPS FROM 2022. IT JUST HAS A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE THAN WHAT IS ON THE GOOGLE MAPS TODAY, BECAUSE THE FOLIAGE IS A LITTLE BIGGER NOW, SO IT'S EASIER TO SEE THIS. BUT ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE DORMERS HAVE BEEN ADDED. THIS IS ANOTHER ELEVATION OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED CHANGES ON THE TOP SLIDE. THIS IS THE RIGHT ELEVATION. SO THAT WILL BE THE RIGHT SIDE. AND THEN THE TOP IS THE PROPOSED CHANGES. YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE CURRENTLY THAT IT DOES HAVE A SMALL DORMER, BUT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ADD A MUCH LARGER ONE ON THERE. AND THEN THIS IS THE PROPOSED VIEW OF THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. THEN THESE ARE THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS. SO AT THE BOTTOM ARE THE EXISTING FLOOR PLANS OF THE MAIN LEVEL. AND THEN AT THE TOP ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES. AND THIS IS FOR THE SECOND FLOOR. SO ON THE LEFT ARE

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THE PROPOSED CHANGES. AND ON THE RIGHT ARE WHAT IT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN SO THAT YOU CAN JUST SEE THE ORIENTATION OF HOW IT'S SITUATED ON THE LOT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS OF THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS. THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WOULD BE ON REMOVING THE TWO SHED DORMERS FROM THE SCOPE OF THE WORK AND STAFF'S PROFESSIONAL OPINION. THE PROPOSED DESIGN DOES NOT MEET STANDARDS TO NINE AND TEN OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION STANDARD TWO STATES THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF A PROPERTY SHALL BE RETAINED AND PRESERVED, THE REMOVAL OF HISTORIC MATERIALS OR ALTERATION OF FEATURES AND SPACES THAT CHARACTERIZE A PROPERTY SHALL BE AVOIDED. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PROPOSED CHANGES FOR STANDARD TWO, THE PROPOSED CHANGES ALTERS THE ROOF LINE OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE BY ADDING LARGE MODERN SHED DORMERS TO BOTH SIDES. STANDARD NINE NEW ADDITIONS, EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS OR RELATED NEW CONSTRUCTION SHALL NOT DESTROY HISTORIC MATERIALS THAT CHARACTERIZE THE PROPERTY. THE NEW WORK SHALL BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE OLD AND SHALL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE MASSING, SIZE, SCALE, AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES TO PROTECT THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THE PROPERTY AND ITS ENVIRONMENTS. WE FEEL THAT IT DESTROYS THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THIS PROPERTY. THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND THEN STANDARD TEN NEW ADDITIONS AND ADJACENT OR RELATED NEW CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN IN SUCH A MANNER THAT, IF REMOVED IN THE FUTURE, THE ESSENTIAL FORM AND INTEGRITY OF THE HISTORIC PROPERTY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT WOULD BE UNIMPAIRED, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF REALLY BIG CHANGES PROPOSED TO THE STRUCTURE, IT WOULD REQUIRE ALTERATIONS THAT ARE NOT EASILY REVERSIBLE. BOARD HAS FOUR OPTIONS YOU CAN APPROVE. YOU CAN APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS YOU CAN DENY, OR YOU CAN ISSUE A 90 DAY DELAY. AFTER THE 90 DAY DELAY, THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WOULD BE ADMINISTERED. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND MARK MCREYNOLDS IS HERE TO PRESENT, IF THEY HAVE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO SO OKAY. THANK YOU. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO SO. AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MARK MCREYNOLDS 218 UNIVERSITY AVE AND WAXAHATCHEE. DO YOU MIND SHOWING ME THIS? DO THIS AGAIN.

SORRY. THERE YOU GO. SO JUST PUSH THE RIGHT OKAY. AND THAT'LL GO THROUGH. GOTCHA. THANK YOU.

AND THEN HOW DO I POINT. THERE WE GO OKAY. THANK YOU I'M BACK A FEW MONTHS LATER I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME. THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE I'M TRYING TO FIND MY POINTER IS NOT WORKING. THERE WE GO. WELL, CAN I DO IT ON THE SCREEN? TACIT CIRCLE. HERE'S OUR PROPERTY.

THIS IS 1904. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE OF THE BUILDING THAT. THE HOUSE, EVEN AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW, IS NOT THE ORIGINAL FORM FROM 1904 OR OR EARLIER, WHEN THE HOUSE TOOK ITS PRESENT FIRST FLOOR FORM WAS SOMETIME AFTER OR, I'M SORRY, SOMETIME BEFORE 1920, BECAUSE IN THE 1920 SANBORN MAP, THAT'S WHEN IT SHOWS UP. I'VE BEEN DESIGNING HOUSES HISTORIC OF A HISTORIC NATURE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. NOT AS MANY YEARS AS MR. WEST HAS, BUT MY EXPERIENCE.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO PRETTY MUCH REITERATE WHAT MY PRESENTATION WAS LAST TIME. BUT MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT A HOUSE OF THIS AGE, IT HAS 11 FOOT CEILINGS DOWNSTAIRS. TYPICALLY WOULD HAVE HAD A STEEPER ROOF ON TOP OF IT THAN THE ROOF THAT IS EXISTING AT THIS TIME. LET'S SEE HERE. I'LL GET TO IT. STEEP ROOF THAN IT IS THAN EXISTS AT THIS TIME. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE SPACES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BURIED WITHIN THE ATTIC. SO AT ONE POINT. I GET BACK HERE. OH, HERE WE GO. OKAY. SO WE CAN SEE HERE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THERE IS A DORMER. THAT IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT IS A ACCOMMODATING HEADROOM UPSTAIRS. WHEN THE MILLERS, WHEN MR. MILLER AND HIS DAUGHTER

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PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, THE BACKSIDE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE HAD ALREADY BEEN GUTTED.

SO THEY PURCHASED A HOME THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN MOVE INTO, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE UPSTAIRS ACCESSIBLE BY ACTUALLY RAISING UP THE ROOF AND MAKING IT SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE HEADROOM TO USE THE SPACE THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE FLOOR SPACE IN THERE, BUT YOU CAN'T EVEN USE ALL OF IT BECAUSE THE ROOF COMES DOWN. AND SO THAT'S WHY ON THE ON THE EXTERIORS, WE JUST PUT A FULL SECOND FLOOR ROOF OR WALL ON THERE. TECHNICALLY THERE ARE NO SHED DORMERS. I DIDN'T REPLACE DORMER WITH A DORMER. THIS IS JUST THE MANNER OF THE ROOF ITSELF. IT'S ACTUALLY A GABLE ROOF. IT'S JUST ONE IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE OTHER. AND WE JUST SAT IT RIGHT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE IT WOULD BE THE EASIEST TO CONSTRUCT. THE ROOF RIGHT NOW IS IN SUCH DISREPAIR THAT IT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED IN ORDER TO BE REBUILT.

AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS TIME TO GIVE US A FULL, FULL USE OF THAT UPPER LEVEL. WE'RE REBUILDING THE STAIRS. WE'RE REBUILDING ALL THE INTERIOR WALLS UPSTAIRS, EVERYTHING TO MAKE THAT SPACE THAT'S THERE USABLE. THIS HOUSE HAS HAD SO MANY CHANGES OVER THE YEARS THAT IN MY PERSONAL BUT AND MY PROFESSIONAL CONSIDERATION, THERE'S VERY LITTLE REMAINING OF THE ORIGINAL THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS ADDS TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, YOU KNOW, AND WITH, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THIS ROOF AS WE WANT TO DO IT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO HURT IT AT ALL. IN FACT, IT WOULD JUST BE PROBABLY THE THIRD. LARGE ADDITION THAT'S BEEN PUT ON TO THE HOUSE AS WE HAVE IT HERE. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL HOUSES AROUND THAT THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN OUR OUR PRESENTATION HERE. THAT WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONS TO. SO THIS HOUSE HERE, THIS 1ST MAY OR MAY NOT BE AN ADDITION. IT'S HARD TO TELL. THIS HERE LOOKS LIKE JUST A SHED DORMER THAT'S BEEN ADDED TO THE TOP OF A GARAGE. THIS HERE IS LIKELY AN ADDITION. AND WHAT LEADS ME TO THAT? CONCLUSION IS OVER HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, ON THE FIRST FLOOR, WHERE THE ROOF STARTS TO SLOPE UP, IT LOOKS LIKE AT ONE TIME IT WAS A HIP ROOF, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED ON TO THE EXISTING. THE MAIN BODY OF THE ROOF ITSELF, NOW AS IT EXISTS NOW. AND THIS APPEARS TO ME AGAIN BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH HISTORIC STRUCTURES TO BE AN ADDITION. THIS HOUSE CERTAINLY HAS AN ADDITION UPSTAIRS. THIS ONE I BELIEVE, IS ACTUALLY ORIGINAL. THE UPPER LEVEL. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF HOUSES AROUND THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH. THIS IS LIKELY AN ORIGINAL AS WELL, BUT IT'S GOT THE SECOND STORY ELEMENT THAT PROTRUDES ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR ROOF. WE'VE GOT MORE EXAMPLES OF SHED DORMERS. THIS HOUSE HERE WAS ORIGINALLY A ONE STORY HOUSE, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP. AND ON THE SECOND FLOOR. WE ADDED A WELL ON THE BOTTOM PICTURE. I'M SORRY WE ADDED A SECOND FLOOR TO IT. AND YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO KEEP AS MUCH IN STYLE AS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD BY JUST KEEPING THE ROOF PITCH. WHEN WE ADDED THE SECOND FLOOR, WE ADDED A ROOF PITCH. IRONICALLY, ONE OF THE DIRECTIVES OF THE STANDARDS SAYS THAT AN ADDITION ON A HISTORIC HOME SHOULD ACTUALLY NOT LOOK AS THOUGH IT IS ORIGINAL TO THAT HOME, WHICH IS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO ANYBODY THAT OWNS AN OLD HOUSE AND WANTS TO ADD ON TO IT.

YOU WANT YOUR ADDITION TO LOOK LIKE LIKE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. BUT LIKE I SAID, IRONICALLY, THAT IS A COMMENT THAT'S IN THERE BECAUSE THE PASSERBY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, WHEN WALKING BY IT ON THE STREET, SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, THIS PORTION IS ORIGINAL AND THIS PORTION IS ADDITION. AGAIN, COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT MOST OF US WOULD WANT TO HAVE IN A HISTORIC HOME. BUT WE HAVE HOUSES ALL THROUGH MCKINNEY THAT WE HAVE CHANGED FROM A ONE STORY TO A TWO STORY. THIS HOUSE HERE, THIS WAS A SECOND EXAMPLE OF THE WORK THAT I HAD DONE. THE PICTURE UP TOP. THAT ADDITION HAD BEEN PUT ON MORE THAN 50 YEARS BEFORE I CAME TO IT. 50

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YEARS SEEMS TO BE THE MAGIC NUMBER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR FOR WHAT IS CONSIDERED HISTORIC, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE ESTHETICS OF THE UPPER PICTURE AND SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT SUPER ATTRACTIVE. SO WHAT DID WE DO? WE TRY TO GO BACK TO THE LOOK ON THE SECOND FLOOR OR SECOND PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM BY TURNING IT INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A FARMHOUSE FEEL, WHICH IS WHAT THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE REALLY DICTATED IT. IT WAS A SIMPLE T-SHAPED FARMHOUSE PLAN. AND SO THAT'S WE HAD A SECOND FLOOR, SO WE THOUGHT, LET'S MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE A TRADITIONAL FARMHOUSE. SO IT'S NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENCE. THESE SECOND FLOOR ADDITIONS TO AREAS THAT ARE TO HOMES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THESE ARE INTERIOR SHOTS. SO THIS IS AS YOU WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR. WHAT IS TO THE LEFT WAS NOT ORIGINAL TO THE HOME IN THE 1903 1904 MAP. WHAT IS TO THE LEFT WERE THOSE DOORS ARE, I BELIEVE IS YARD. WHAT IS TO THE RIGHT IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PORTION OF THE HOUSE. BUT THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE BACK WHERE THE WALL BREAKS, AFTER THAT IT'S ALL BEEN GUTTED. SO AGAIN, THE HOMEOWNERS HAVE PURCHASED A GUTTED HOME THAT'S UNINHABITABLE, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE IN IT. AND THEIR INTENT, CALLIE'S INTENT IS SHE BOUGHT OR, YOU KNOW, WITH HER PARENTS. SHE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE. SHE'S YOUNG. SHE PLANS ON BEING IN THIS HOUSE. THIS IS HER FOREVER HOME. AND SO SHE'S THIS ISN'T JUST A FLIP. THIS ISN'T JUST TO COME IN AND, HEY, I'M GOING TO PAINT IT GRAY AND LET'S GO. AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT LVP DOWN AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT INTO A RENTAL. NO, HER INTENT IS TO, TO MAKE MCKINNEY HER HOME. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE BELIEVE THAT THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. AND IN ALLOWING NOT ONLY HER TO MAKE THIS HER FUTURE HOME, BUT ANYBODY IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE ENTIRETY OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WITHIN THIS HOUSE INSTEAD OF THE FIRST FLOOR AND PARTS OF THE ATTIC. HERE'S SOME MORE OF THE INTERIOR AGAIN. HOLES IN THE FLOOR. IT'S JUST IT'S NOT A HABITABLE HOME. SEE HERE? THIS WAS YET ANOTHER ADDITION THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF BEING GUTTED AND REPAIRED. THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF OUR WORK. WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE WINDOW MASSINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SIMILAR TO WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE FOUND IN A HOME THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. THIS IS THE UPSTAIRS. SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M SAYING. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN STAND UP IN THE MIDDLE. MORE, MORE INTERIOR SHOTS HERE. THAT WALL ON THE LEFT, I THINK IS MAYBE THREE FEET TALL. SO THE HIGHEST POINT THAT WE HAVE IS HERE IN THE CENTER. THE ROOF IS LEAKING BECAUSE IT'S IN SUCH POOR CONDITION. AND THAT HAS CAUSED THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY TO I WOULDN'T SAY FAIL, BUT THE INTEGRITY IS NOT THERE. AND SO IT HAS TO BE REMOVED ANYWAYS. AND SO WE WERE JUST WANTING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND AGAIN. WE CAN'T BRING THE WE CAN'T BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL 1904 OR PRE 1904 STRUCTURE. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT ISN'T KNOWN WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE BECAUSE THE ONLY REMNANTS MIGHT BE THE FRONT PORCH, THE FRONT LIVING ROOM, AND TWO OF THE ROOMS ON THE SIDE OF IT. BUT I'M JUST ASKING FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION IN, IN ALLOWING US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED DESIGN. SO, SO CALLIE CAN MAKE THIS HER FOREVER HOME. AND IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE. THANK YOU. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARK OR REYNA? I WOULD LIKE WELL FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MARK, AGAIN FOR GOING THROUGH THIS. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY SO I REPRESENTED THE SELLER OF THIS HOUSE WHEN MR. MILLER AND HIS DAUGHTER BOUGHT IT AND HE SHOWN YOU SOME PICTURES. I CAN ATTEST THAT THOSE ARE TRUE PICTURES. THERE

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WAS NO FLOORING. YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE ROOF WAS LEAKING, WALLS HAD BEEN TAKEN APART. THE SPACE WAS IN SUCH A SERIOUS STATE OF DISREPAIR, AND I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THESE, THESE POTENTIAL RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO COME IN WHEN THEY THEY CAN SEE, I MEAN, THERE THERE WAS SO MUCH DISREPAIR THAT YOU COULD SEE AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULDN'T SEE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START TO, TO GO BEHIND THE WALLS OR GO UNDERNEATH THE FLOORS. AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO SUPPORT THESE HOMEOWNERS THAT WANT TO COME IN AND RESTORE THESE HOMES, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THIS ONE WHERE IT WAS NOT IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT WE CAN'T UNDO THAT. AND SO I THINK WITH WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DO, IT WOULD ONLY BE JUST A BENEFIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THAT THAT CORNER IS LIKE A MAGIC CORNER WITH THE HOMES THAT ARE NEAR IT. AND I THINK THIS HOUSE DESERVES THE SAME. I'D LIKE TO COMMENT THAT THE PRECEDENT AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIMILAR HOUSES OF STYLE SHOW A SUBSTANTIAL MASSING ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO COMPENSATE FOR WHAT IS APPARENT IN YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE INTERIOR, WHICH SHOW THERE'S NOT ADEQUATE HEADROOM ANYWHERE. ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WHICH WAS CREATED OUT OF AN ATTIC THAT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A FLOOR.

QUITE FRANKLY, IT DOESN'T MEET CODE IN ANY WAY WITHOUT DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU BUMP YOUR HEAD JUST GETTING UP THERE AS YOU COME UP THE STAIRS. YOU HAVE BROUGHT THE ADDITION OVER SO THAT IT WILL COME OVER THE EXISTING STAIR, AND YOU THEN HAVE HEADROOM WHEN YOU COME UP.

AT ONE TIME THERE WERE SUBORDINATE STRUCTURES STRUTTED IN THERE TO TAKE THE DEFLECTION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE, AS I SAW IT EARLIER. ALSO, BECAUSE OF THE LOW NATURE OF THE HOUSE, EVEN THE BACK PORCH WAS BUILT SUBSTANDARD WITH NOT ENOUGH HEADROOM. THIS WATER SHY SLIDE YOU HAVE HERE SHOWS JUST BASICALLY HOW LOW IT WAS. SO MUCH SO THAT YOU COULDN'T GET OFF THE PORCH WITHOUT TURNING SIDEWAYS AND GOING DOWN THE STEPS SIDEWAYS. SO I ALSO AGREE WITH MISS KENNEDY THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS SHOWN IN PRECEDENT, WITH OTHER HOUSES OF MASSING, TO CREATE AN ADEQUATE SECOND FLOOR THAT MEETS CODE. OTHERWISE, WE CREATE SUBSTANDARD HOUSES. TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITHOUT ADEQUATELY MAKING IT LIVABLE FOR ANYONE WHO LIVES THERE. I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND I'M OF THE OPINION, AS YOU ARE, THAT THINGS SHOULD LOOK ORIGINAL, ESPECIALLY IN A HOUSE WHICH HAS HAD MANY, MANY REVISIONS, SO THAT ORIGINAL IS HIGHLY SUSPECT AS A CONCEPT. THE GABLE ON THE EAST SIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, PROJECTS OUT TO THE VERY DRIP EDGE OF THE HOUSE. NO MORE WOULD THAT HAVE OCCURRED OTHER THAN AN REMODELING IS GIVEN A SHAKE STYLE APPEARANCE, WHICH IS NOT REALLY NECESSARILY WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, BUT IT IS STILL APPEALING. AND BECAUSE OF THAT NATURE, IT STAYS. I THINK OVERALL THE SELECTION OF ELEMENTS TO MAKE THE HOUSE COMPOSE FOR THE OWNER IS OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, JAMES, ALTHOUGH I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND I RELY ON WHAT YOU SAY. AND BUT IN LOOKING AT THIS, KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE MEDIUM DESIGNATION IS QUESTIONABLE AND ALSO BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY GONE THROUGH ALTERATIONS, JUST LIKE WHAT JAMES SAID. AND THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE HOUSE HAVE MORE USABLE SPACE. I REALLY THINK THAT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANYONE? OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE GO WITH THE. WE APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED BY THE HOMEOWNERS. OKAY. MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER ISAAC TO APPROVE WITH NO CONDITIONS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER KENNEDY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request by Owner Dawn and Dan Dillard for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the Rehabilitation of the Residence Located at 609 N Benge Street.]

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MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT, NUMBER H, P20250055. CONSIDER. DISCUSS ACT ON A REQUEST BY OWNER DAWN AND DAN DILLARD FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 609 NORTH BEND STREET. RAYNA ALLEN WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION. HELLO.

YOU'RE SO QUICK AND SNEAKY. I JUST DON'T EVEN NOTICE. SEE THAT? LIKE, HERE WE GO. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THIS EVENING, I'M BRINGING FORWARD AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 609 NORTH BEND STREET. DUE TO EXTENSIVE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO THE STRUCTURE, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO BRING THIS APPLICATION BEFORE THE BOARD. THE HOMEOWNERS COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE ASKED MR. MCREYNOLDS TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS IN THEIR STEAD. SO THIS HOME WAS BUILT CIRCA 1940 AND THE NATIONAL FOLK STYLE. IT HAS WOOD SIDING, CROSS-GABLED ROOFS AND A CONCRETE FOUNDATION.

IT IS A LOW PRIORITY, WHICH MEANS THAT IT TYPIFIES A COMMON LOCAL BUILDING FORM, ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, OR TYPE WITH NO IDENTIFIED HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS. IT'S MODERATE TO SEVERELY ALTERED RESOURCE WITH REVERSIBLE MODIFICATIONS THAT EXEMPLIFIES A DISTINCTIVE BUILDING TYPE OR ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. HERE WE GO. SO YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP LEFT THAT IS WHAT THE HOME CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE. AND AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THAT IS SOME OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES. SO YOU COULD SEE IN THE BACK THE TWO STORY ADDITION AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT ADDITION TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOME. THIS IS THE SOUTH ELEVATION. SO AGAIN ON THE BOTTOM WHAT IT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE. AND THEN AT THE TOP WHAT THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE. THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION. AND THEN THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION. THIS WOULD BE THE REAR OF THE HOME. AND I DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT PHOTO OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN CHANGES ON THE FIRST FLOOR. AND THEN PROPOSED FOR A SECOND FLOOR. THIS IS A PART OF THE SANBORN MAP ON THE LEFT AND THEN THE AERIAL VIEW. SO YOU CAN SEE THE SHAPE OF THE HOUSE AS IT CURRENTLY IS. AND THEN FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATION, STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BASED ON THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE STANDARD TO THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF A PROPERTY, SHALL BE RETAINED AND PRESERVED. THE REMOVAL OF HISTORIC MATERIALS OR ALTERATION OF FEATURES AND SPACES THAT CHARACTERIZE A PROPERTY SHALL BE AVOIDED. THIS PROPOSED CHANGES ALTERS ELEVATIONS OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE BY ADDING A LARGE TWO STORY AND A SINGLE STORY ADDITION, AND RAISING THE ORIGINAL SLOPED ROOF LINE STANDARD FOR MOST PROPERTIES.