Item 19 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HEMA No. 2021-03 – Mayberry Residence (2405 North Bonnie Brae) July 1, 2021 Page 3 1 8 3 3 revised 2017). The proposed exterior modifications would be considered a rehabilitation project and as such be evaluated against ten criteria. Staff has reviewed the proposed modifications in comparison to the SOIS. The following is a review of the findings as they pertain to the applicable criteria: 1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal changes to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. The project complies with Standard No. 1. The property currently maintains its historic use as a single-family residence. The use is not proposed to change. The interior configuration will remain substantially the same with the addition providing enhanced functionality. 2. 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. The project complies with Standard No. 2. The historic character of the subject property will be retained and preserved. The proposed single story addition has been designed to remove as little historic material as possible, and will be located on secondary elevations, toward the side and rear of the structure. Although visible from the public right-of-way, the proposed addition is designed to be compatible in scale with a lower roof height, setback from the primary façade, and features the reuse of existing windows, as feasible, or similar wood windows. The proposed exterior alterations will not alter the primary south (front) and east (street side) elevation, or any important spatial relationships that characterize the property. 3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken. The project complies with Standard No. 3. The proposed changes will not create a false sense of historical development. The proposed addition will read as contemporary in comparison to the existing single-family residence which incorporates distinctive architectural features of the Tudor style. The addition is single story and will have a lower pitch roof to the existing house to distinguish it from the historic structure, and is designed to be compatible with the existing scale, window pattern, and stucco finish of the residence. Moreover, the addition is set back more than 15 feet from the primary facade so as not to significantly impact the character defining features of the primary elevation. Therefore, the architectural treatment will read as contemporary, not conjectural. Historic Resources Commission 1 – 61 9/8/2022