Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request by Alicia Tomlin on behalf of Preston Lancaster for a Certificate of Appropriateness Application for the Proposed Rehabilitation of 308 W. Virginia Street.
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Enhance the Quality of Life in Downtown McKinney
MEETING DATE: January 5, 2023
DEPARTMENT: Planning Department - Development Services
CONTACT: Cassie Bumgarner, Historic Preservation Planner
Paula Jarrett Nasta, AIA, Planning Manager
RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION:
* Staff recommends denial of the Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) due to the fact that the proposed rehabilitation to this high priority building does not meet Standards 2, 4, 5, 9, and 10 of the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Rehabilitation.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The applicant submitted a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) application on December 16, 2022, for rehabilitation of the commercial building at 308 W. Virginia Street.
* The 2015 Historic Resource Survey lists the 308 W. Virginia property as high priority with a construction date circa 1930.
o The building was constructed by at least 1947 at which time the building was the A & P Supermarket.
o The 1960 update to the Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows a building of this shape, size, and location on this block.
o Despite modernizations, painting, and interior renovations, the form, shape, location, and setting have remained constant since the at least the 1960 Sanborn Fire Insurance assessment.
* The existing building has a simplified minimalist fa?ade with large glass showcase windows along the primary fa?ade.
* The proposed rehabilitation includes:
o removal of the existing southeast corner of the building,
o cutting new openings into the east and west elevations,
o infilling historic openings along the east elevation,
o adding a rear addition,
o adding a transom above the awning, and
o changing size and rhythm of the storefront.
* A separate pergola, proposed for the east side of the building has be...
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