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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Regular Monthly Meeting County Commissioners' 7:30 p.m. Conference Room Monday, October 16, 1995 7th Floor County City Building I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by John Oxian, president, at 7:35 p.m.. II. Roll Call Present were commission members; John Borkowski, Martha Choitz, John Oxian, Janeanne Petrass, Richard Bullene, J. Edward Talley, Catherine Hostetler, and Jerry Wiener; and David Duvall, Director. Also present were; Skip Geyer, Geyer Homes; Paul Peralta; Dr. Anne Kempf; Tom Botkin; and Marsha Stevenson. III. Public Hearing A. The following applications for Certificates of Appropriateness were considered: 1. 19109 Johnson Road (LL) - Siding Mr. Duvall read the Staff Report. Mr. Talley moved to deny the application due to lack of either waiver of statutory time limit or adequate specifications. ,,Mrs. Petrass seconded the motion. the Motion passed unanimously. 2. 1202 Lincolnway East (LHD-LWE) - Demolition of accessory structure The owner, Anne Kempf was present with her attorney.Tom Botkin. Mr, Duvall read the Staff report and circulated photographs of the subject property. Mr. Botkin responded to the Staff comments by stating that he felt that the condition of the property met the established and stated criteria for demolition. He indicated that the structure was out of plumb when the Kempfs purchased the property twelve years ago. He indicated that the present situation arose upon inspection of the site by the State Fire Marshal who noted that the building was unsafe. The owner then sought inspection by the City Division of Code Enforcement who issued the repair order. Bids for repair varied from nine to fifteen thousand dollars. Sale is not a viable option as it would require deeding off the property. Demolition would cost approximately two thousand dollars. An engineer's opinion has also been sought. He concurred in the need for repair. Though acknowledging that the building was historically part of, the site's development, he questioned the architectural significance of the outbuilding. Mr. Oxian cited the comparison of farm preservation to illustrate the importance of context in the educational value of preservation. He then inquired about the cause of the present application in relation to the inspection of the business premises by the Fire Marshal. The applicant indicated that this was so. He noted that Code Enforcement needed to persuade the Commission of the need for demolition. Mr. Botkin re -iterated that the outbuilding in question did not relate stylistically to the main house of the property. He also re -iterated that the building presented a danger of collapse. He questioned whether everything old needed to be preserved and had negligible economic value to the use of the property. Mr. Duvall commented that the deterioration of roofing material probably was contributing to the continuing deterioration of structural members noting that frame structures have integrity such that once failures commence they spread. Fr. Bullene noted that the context of districts was important to their historic character and that the more rustic outbuilding help to complete the story of the neighborhood's development and character.