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District: Lower Garden - Full Control
Owner: Iberville Property Fund LLC
HDLC Staff: Jesse Stephenson
Rating: Contributing
Applicant: Webre Consulting
Description: Retention of tile cladding on front stairs on a Contributing rated, raised basement, multi-family residential building without a Certificate of Appropriateness.
Previous ARC Recommendations & Commission Actions:
03/01/23: Defer action on this application until the next Commission meeting.
HDLC Guidelines:
Section 9, Page 3, - Guidelines for Porches, Galleries and Balconies
Retention Items:
Tile cladding at stair: Deny retention
Staff Recommendations:
Two CofAs were issued for this 1437 St. Andrew, one in 2017 and one in 2020. Both expired due to inactivity. A follow up inspection for the potential continuation of Demolition by Neglect was conducted in September of 2022. At that time, it was noted that inappropriate pocked stone tile had been installed on top of the risers and treads at the building’s front staircase. Buildings of this style and age would originally have unclad masonry or concrete stairs, decorative tile would never historically been part of the porch finish.
Staff worked with the applicant to abate other violations in deviation of a CofA and working without CofA with the proviso that the stair cladding and inappropriate light fixtures would be changed.
Staff also does not feel it is appropriate to embellish the concrete deck, which in itself is not a historically-appropriate material. As there are many existing concrete porches in the historic districts, Staff is concerned about setting a precedent of installing decorative tiles on porches where there is no evidence that they previously existed. Staff recommends denial of the retention application.
March 2022 - No Visible Degradation at Stairs
HDLC Inspection October 26, 2022
Case History:
10/20/22: Application for Retention submitted by applicant.
09/23/22: HDLC Inspector Daniel Syal completed a site inspection and observed that inappropriate tile had been installed in deviation of approved drawings. Additional work was also completed within and in deviation of the scope of the previously issued expired CofA.
06/18/21: Approximate expiration of Certificate of Appropriateness due to no active work at site and no extension requested.
12/18/20: A 2nd Certificate of Appropriateness was issued by HDLC to address Demolition by Neglect violations for 6/12/2017 and also included additional exterior work.
04/20/20: Certificate of Appropriateness closed as expired due to inactivity.
04/17/20: Inspection completed and staff observed no active work at the building.
02/05/18: Certificate of Appropriateness was issued by HDLC to address Demolition by Neglect violations.
06/12/17: Property cited by HDLC for Demolition by Neglect
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1437_St_AndrewSt_HDLC-RCC_approved_dwgs_Updated.pdfApplicant Submitted Documents:
Applicant Submitted Documents:
1437 St Andrew-March 1 Presentation.pdf1437 St Andrew_SIgnature.pdfStreet View:
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