Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request by Owner Shawn Worman for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition of a Detached Shed Located at 1105 W Lamar Street.
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Enhance the Quality of Life in Downtown McKinney
MEETING DATE: March 5, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Rayna Alam, Historic Preservation Planner
Cassie Bumgarner, Planning Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness for demolition of the detached shed at 1105 W Lamar Street.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The applicant requests approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness for demolition of the detached shed located at 1105 W Lamar Street.
• Applicant informed staff that the current shed was put on the property by the previous owners in 2016. Due to the age of the shed, it holds no historical significance.
• The home was surveyed in the McKinney Historic Resource Survey of 2023 and built circa 1945. It is a National Folk style home with a low priority rating. Staff believe the removal of the detached shed will not change the priority rating of the residence.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The Zoning Ordinance states that owners shall not construct, reconstruct, alter, change, restore, expand, or demolish any exterior architectural feature of a building or structure that is visible from a public right-of-way located in the H - Historic Preservation Overlay district without first obtaining a certificate of appropriateness.
• The criteria for approval mandates that the following standards, guidelines, and criteria be used in a balanced evaluation of the project:
o Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings to assist in the consideration of all applications.
o Checklist of design elements to be reviewed and evaluated.
o Consideration of the preservation priority rating assigned to the property in question.
• The McKinney Historic Resource Survey of 2023 found the home at 1105 W Lamar Street to be low priority rating, built circa 1945.
Definition of Low Priority: Typifies a common local building form, architectural style or type, with no identified historical associations; is a moderate to severely altered resource with reversible modifications that exemplifies a distinctive building type or architectural style, or that has only minor historical significance.