REPORT TO HISTORICAL AND LANDMARKS COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
PUBLIC HEARING: Recommendation on a Proposed 987 Square Foot First Floor Addition and 942 Square Foot Second Story Addition (PLN25-00049) to an Existing Potentially Historic Resource at 642 Park Court Located Within 200 Feet of Historic Resource Inventory Properties.
Report
File No.: PLN25-00049
Location: 642 Park Court
Applicant: Scott Galka
Owner(s): Geetha Chandu
Request: Architectural Review for the construction of a 942 square foot second story addition and a 987 square foot first floor addition, resulting in a 3,377 square foot five bedroom - three and a half bathroom two story potentially historic residence.
PROJECT DATA
The Project Data and Compliance Table is included as Attachment 2.
POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION
* The project site is surrounded by predominately single story, vernacular, Craftsman Bungalow style single-family residences.
* The single-family residence is part of a subdivision tract developed between 1925 to 1930. See the Vicinity Map in Attachment 1
* The residences in this subdivision tract were designed in the Craftsman Bungalow architectural style with some designs that have Cape Cod, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman style. Common features found in these Craftsman Bungalow style residences are low, horizontal mass with a full-width gabled roof, horizontal wood lap siding with alternating wide and narrow boards, and a front entry volume emphasized by a slight bump-out.
* The project site is a 6,250 square-foot lot currently occupied by a 1,137 square-foot two-bedroom, one-bath single story residence with a detached one car garage. The residence was built in 1925.
* Staff recommended that the applicant complete a DPR 523A Form (Attachment 5), as the subject property is located within the same subdivision as 574, 584, 631 and 633 Park Court, other properties listed on the City's Historic Resource Inventory (HRI). The DPR 523A Form concluded that 642 Park Court is eligible...
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