Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Certificate of Appropriateness to install shutters in the gable of 308 N Waddill Street
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Enhance the quality of life in Downtown McKinney
MEETING DATE: July 7, 2022
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Paula Jarrett Nasta, AIA, Planning Manager
Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Director of Planning
RECOMMENDED HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD (HPAB) ACTION:
* Staff recommends approval of the applicants request for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) to install metal framed wood louvered shutters aside the windows in the front gable.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The owner is requesting permission to install shutters on either side of the gable windows as a solution for the front gable.
ASSESMENT:
* In staff's professional judgment, the installation of the shutters adds an architectural feature compatible with the massing, forms, and architectural features of houses with similar features and fa?ade styles and is thus in keeping with Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings Standard Number 9.
o Standard 9 States: "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 environment."
o In applying Standard 9, new infill buildings within the historic district must be identifiable as a record of the period of their construction rather than literal replications of historic structures. In fill buildings should be compatible and differentiated from existing homes but not so differentiated as to detract from the existing historic context and built environment.
o There are precedent examples within the historic district for the tripartite combination of louvered shutters and/or windows in...
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