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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
| ADOPTED
Minutes note: Mr. Tim Askin said there is effectively no yard at this house and there is minimal frontage on Terrace. There is no other place to put a garage besides this location. It will be a party-wall garage with the adjacent garage; this garage requires a set-back variance as well as a height variance.
Jeff Koenig - owner - he owns a construction company and has a larger truck for his company. The house also has 9 bedrooms and so he wants a garage that works for a modern family. They are not interrupting any of the fenestration and the former owner had a rooftop deck, which he doesn't want. He is thinking of housing SUVs and being able to park 4 vehicles comfortably. There have been crime issues, which is why he wants a two-door, four-car garage. The garage could be converted to have lifts, but those would only accommodate smaller cars. BOZA did approve the proposed plan of his gifting his neighbor 2.5 feet so he could have a garage that works for him. BOZA did agree that a garage only 10 feet high wouldn't work with the height of the house. The architect provided other examples at the meeting of other properties that have two-story attached carriage houses and they worked carefully on the planning and drew multiple drawings to strike the right balance between space between the street and the garage and the size needed. The garage will be attached to the house.
Mr. Askin said there is 5 feet of workshop area in the garage, which would be used as storage. The garage is 50 feet long. Per the owner, the first floor of the house has no storage and the intention is to have built-in garage storage. The basement is only 7 feet in height, rather than the standard 10 feet. He would like to retain that workshop area.
Mr. Jarosz noted that the garage should be understated in relation to the house. The garage roof will not be accessible. The owner would be willing to have the garage be all-brick. The architect used the stone around the garage doors to tie it to the stone around the front door, but he is also amenable to solely using brick. He is amenable to whatever the Commission finds appropriate. The prior owner said all the other neighbors were supportive at the BOZA hearing. He believes he can find a very good brick match. He already got needed BOZA approval.
Approve with the modification of brick to the archways. | Pass | 6:0 |
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