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Home My WebLink About2004-10-06 Historic MIN CITY OF ASHLAND ASHLAND HISTORIC COMMISSION Minutes October 6, 2004 Community Development/Engineering Services Building - 51 Winburn Way - Siskiyou Room Historic Commissioners Present: Dale Shostrom, Keith Swink, Tom Giordano, Alex Krach, Rob Saladoff, Terry Skibby, Jay Leighton and Henry Baker Absent Members: Sam Whitford Council Liaison: .John Morrison (absent) Hiah School Liaision: None Appointed SOU Liaison: None Appointed Staff Present: Maria Harris, Associate Planner, Billie Boswell, Administration CALL TO ORDER At 7:05 p.m., Chairman Dale Shostrom called the meeting to order. Chairman Shostrom introduced and welcomed new commissioner, Henry Baker. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Giordano moved to approve the September 8, 2004 minutes as revised. With a second by Leighton, the motion was approved with all voting aye. PUBLIC HEARINGS Planning Action ~!004-127 Conditional Use Permit Applicant: Matt Stormont, New Heights Design Owner: Geoff Clayton 108 Seventh Strelet Most members had site visits but no ex-parte contact. There was no conflict of interest issues. Maria Harris explained that the Conditional Use Permit was for a cantilevered second story balcony to be built on the south side of a proposed second story addition to an existing accessory building. The building is located on the south property line and is considered non-conforming because it does not meet the required side yard setback of ten feet along a public street. The proposed balcony would be four feet, two inches from the side property line adjacent to C Street. Harris said Staff believes the addition of the balcony would not create a greater adverse impact on the livability of the neighborhood and would be architecturally compatible with the mix of building types and sizes. The applicant, Matt Stormont, said the owner wanted to use the second story addition as an artist's studio and wished to have the! balcony on the south side as an exterior sitting area with a view. Putting the balcony on the north side would interfere with the existing tree and afford no view. There being no one in the audience, the public meeting was closed. Discussion by the commission members followed regarding the cantilevered design of the balcony and the tall, boxy nature of thE3 addition. They felt both the addition and the balcony eliminated the existing historical CITY OF ASHLAND significance of the accessory structure and did not add any new design features to enhance the historical compatibility of the structure with those currently on the property and in the neighborhood. The public meeting was reopened and Giordano asked Stormont if he agreed to a continuance. Stormont said that he did agree to a continuance and would talk to the owner about the suggested changes to amend the design to make it more in scale and character with the existing neighborhood. asked the applicant's rep if he agreed to a continuance and he said tfJat he did agree to a continuance AND would talk to the owner about the suggested changes. The public meetingl was again closed. Giordano moved to recommend a continuance of the application to the November meeting in order for the applicant and ownHr to consider the following design suggestions: 1. Consider a one and a half story design for the addition to eliminate tall, boxy, top-heavy appearance. 2. Vault interior space to maintain interior volume. 3. Leave faf;ade of the original building intact, retaining existing historical features. 4. Inset balcony to eliminate cantilever design or move to north side of structure. 5. Use a steeper roof pitch more compatible with the main house. 6. Enlarge windows to be more in scale with size of the building. 7. Define the west main entry with roof or porch elements. 8. Decrease the tall, boxy shape by expanding the eaves, including a more substantial belly-band and delineating the siding and trim on new versus old. Consider restoration of the existing siding. Swink seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA The commissioners discussed section 18.68.090 of the Ashland Municipal Code that states, "A non-conforming structure may be enlarged, reconstructed or structurally altered if its footprint is not changed in size or shape." The commission suggested staff consider revising the section to eliminate reference to "enlarge" which encourages the tall, boxy type of design. OLD BUSINESS Review Board - Following is the September schedule for the Review Board, which meets every Thursday from 3:00 to at least 3:3,0 p.m. in the Planning Department: October th October 14th October 21 st October 28th Nlovember 4th Skibby, Swink, Saladoff Skibby, Saladoff, Baker Skibby, Giordano, Swink Skibby, Krach, Whitford Skibby, Leighton, Shostrom Proiect Assionments for Plannino Actions PA #2000-120 PA #2002-100 P A #2003-005 PA #2003-092 PA #2004-017 485 "A" Street (Steve Hoxmeier) 142 East Main Street (Earthly Goods) 35 S. Second Street (Winchester Inn) 124 Alida Street (Kirt Meyer and Vadim Agakhanov) 364 Hargadine Street (Ken Kolar) Shostrom Leighton Krippaehne Krippaehne Krach Ashland Historic Commission Minutes August 5, 2004 2 CITY OF ASHLAND P A #2004-026 PA #2004-018 PA #2004-043 PA #2004-100 PA #2004-102 PA #2004-110 PA #2004-115 81 Central Avenue (Wes & Lucinda Vail) 322 Pioneer Street (AI & Sandra Carlson) 246 Catalina Drive (Dr. William Rodden) 80 Wimer (Tom & Kathy Petersen) 832 "A" Street (Ilene Rubenstein) 150 Church St (Robert M. Saladoff) 724 Iowa St (Dave and Jamie Kaufman) Giordano Swink Krach Whitford Saladoff Whitford Swink Co-Sponsorship with Conservation Commission for Fall Workshop - Sub-Committee of Saladoff, Swink, and Shostrom formed. Saladoff agreed to contact Joanne Krippaehne to arrange a meeting later in November. Possible National Reoister Nomination for Lithia Sprinos Property - Memo needed from Planning Director determining the eli~~ibility of the Gun Club retaining their use of the property if it is listed on the National Historical Register. Skibby asked for a packet of information on Lithia Springs be put together for Baker. Leighton said she had the information and could provide it. Memo to Council Reoardino Authorization for Multiple Listino Survey for National Reoister of Historic Places- Shostrom suggested inviting Kay Attwood, George Kramer and/or Scott Clay in November to discuss which properties should be considered and the feasibility in pursuing the project. Brown Bao Lunch Ideas - Old House Fair - Leighton will follow up. Sino Ie Familv Residential Desion Standards - A sub-committee may need to be appointed to start developing standards. Postponed until November. COMMISSION ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA Krach reviewed mail and asked the Commission to consider renewing their membership with the National Historic Trust and the Historic Preservation League of Oregon. Consensus was to approve both renewals. Krach said the Mayor would approve any OSU student candidate the Commission selected to be appointed to serve as a non-votiing Historic Commission member. Consensus was to move forward to identify candidates to begin in January. ANNOUNCEMENTS The next Historic Commission meeting will be on November 3, 2004 at 7:00 pm in the Siskiyou Room. ADJOURNMENT With a motion by Shostrom and second by Leighton, it was the unanimous decision of the Commission to adjourn the meeting at 9:00 p.m. Ashland Historic Commission Minutes August 5, 2004 3