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Minutes
November 4, 1998
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:36 Chairperson Jim Lewis. Commission members present
were Vava Bailey, Jim Lewis, Keith Chambers, Terry Skibby, Dale Shostrom, Joyce Cowan and
Joan Steele. Steve Hauck, serving as the City Council Liaison to the Historic Commission was
also present. Commission members Gary Foll and Curt Anderson were unable to attend. Staff
members in attendance were Mark Knox, Associate Planner and Adam Hanks, serving as
Secretary.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The motion for approval of minutes of the previous meeting of October 6, 1998 was made by
Cowan, with Bailey providing the second. The motion passed with a unanimous vote of the
Commission.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Planning Action 98-094
Conditional Use Permit\Site Review
521 North Main St
Scott Young, MD
Knox explained that the application was for a relatively minor expansion of 150 square feet to
provide the applicant with more efficient use of the operating area. The expansion is on the
northwest side of building, matching the material and color of the existing structure. Planning
Staff recommend approval.
Lewis asked if any complaints or letters had been received for this application. Knox stated that
a neighbor across the street from the property requested that the application be called up to a
hearing, with concerns based on several sections of LUO 18.104.050.
Shostrom was concerned with the use of post and beam vs. full foundation of the addition.
When viewed from North Main Street, the addition will have a different and non-historic
cantalevered appearance with the post and beam construction.
Daryl Boldt, President of North Pacific Construction spoke for the applicant and responded to
Shostroms concern by stating that the area facing North Main Street will be solid. Boldt also
noted that a full foundation was not used because of the desire of the applicant to not impact the
existing trees near the addition area.
Boldt added that the roofline is a continuation of existing roofline and will not create a shed roof
look and the distance between roofline and windows will be the same as the previous addition so
as not to have the appearance of an "add-on".
Lewis recommend that a condition be added for the foundation of the new addition to have a
comer return of 32 to 48 inches to provide the look of a continuos foundation when viewed from
North Main Street.
Shostrom moved to approve Planning Action 98-094 with the condition recommended by Lewis,
Skibby seconded the motion and the motion was passed with a unanimous vote.
Planning Action 98-107
Conditional Use Permit
570 Siskiyou Bv
Barbara Simard
Knox gave a review of application stating that the conditional use permit was for a transfer of
ownership of a Traveler's Accommodation. The applicant has been made aware of the
conditions of approval previously made for the CUP and no enforcement actions are currently on
file for this location.
Steele moved to approve, with a second from Chambers. The motion was approved with a
unanimous vote.
Planning Action 98-075
Conditional Use Permit
542 A Street
Mark & Rebecca Reitinger
Knox noted that this is the second review of the application, which involves a site review and
variances for the number of parking spaces and landscaping coverage requirements. The
Planning Commission approved the landscape variance and the site review, but not the parking
variance. It was their opinion that the four space variance request was too much.
The applicant is now back with changes to the building that would require only a two parking
space variance. The design of the building is essentially the same as the original application that
came before the Historic Commission.
Knox also noted that stacked parking is being proposed, but does not meet the required standards
so the variance is still needed to comply with the off-street parking requirement and that the
scope of the review by the Historic Commission is to deal with design issues, rather than the
variance.
Steele voiced her concern about the demolition of the existing building, stating that she felt that
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the Historic Commission has already approved the design so there is no opportunity to comment
on the demolition.
Lewis commented that the Historic Commission will have chance to make demolition
recommendations when the demolition permit comes to Council.
Hauck reiterated that the Planning Action for the site review and the actual demolition are two
separate processes and the Historic Commission is not giving up its ability to comment on the
demolition process.
Chambers asked about the possibility for facade options to be submitted. Reitinger said he could
provide changes and options after the Planning Action has been approved at the Planning
Commission level.
Knox brought up the possibility for the Commission to add a condition to require Historic
Review Board approval of the facade prior to the issuance of a building permit. Reitinger stated
that he would be willing to come back to the review board after the other issues have been
resolved.
The motion to approve with original conditions was made by Skibby, with a second from Bailey.
All members voted in favor of the application.
Planning Action 98-117
Site Review
300 East Main St
Drescher~Batzer
Knox gave a review of the application stating that the subject property is located at the coruer of
East Main and Second Streets and is an important and visible building within the downtown
district. The project involves a site review because of its inclusion on the National Register of
Historic Places.
The Oregon State Historic Preservation has asked for four conditions to be added to the Planning
Action approval, along with any conditions of the Historic Commission.
Batzer Construction, speaking for the applicant stated that the primary objective of the exterior
changes is to maintain the original and historic qualities of the building. The existing windows
will be replaced with store front type windows nearly identical to the original windows. The
front entry will be recessed. The awning shown on the East Main Street frontage will be
removed and the Second Street awning will remain for shading. The signage will be done with
subtle window signs on the East Main Street frontage.
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Skibby noted that the original configuration of the transom windows had a total of eight windows
and that number should be reinstalled.
Chambers asked about the potential for a complete realignment of the front entrance since it was
going to be relocated. The applicant responded that the interior configuration desired by the
future occupant of the building would be impacted with a realignment of the front entrance,
which was the primary reason for leaving it off-set from the center of the building.
Chambers moved to approve the application with the following conditions:
Redesign the facade to replicate the 1930 photograph, including transom windows
(same count of 8).
Realign the front entrance so that it is at the center point of the building frontage.
Incorporate the SHPO conditions detailed in their letter of October ??, as well as
the conditions listed in the staff report.
The redesigned facade (after incorporation of conditions) to be re-submitted to the
full Historic Commission, rather than review board.
The motion received a second from Bailey. Knox felt reluctant to require applicant to resubmit
the plans to the full commission and suggested that the Review Board time frame be utilized with
additional Commission members present for the review. Commission agreed and made a request
to staff for notification of plan submittal to Review Board.
Applicant stated that the revised plans will be submitted to the November 12 Review Board
meeting.
As a final note of discussion, Shostrom stated his surprise at the relatively small numbers of
items noted by SHPO for this application and felt that since the applicant was making major
changes, efforts should be made to bring the building as close as possible to its original
configuration.
REVIEW BOARD
The Review Board assignments for November are as follows:
November 5th Skibby, Steele and Bailey
November 12th Skibby, Lewis, Chambers and Shostrom
November 19th Skibby, Cowan, Shostrom and Foll
November 25th Skibby, Lewis and Cowan
The meeting was adjourned by Lewis at 9:40.
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