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1 2 3. 2004-0804; 68286 Miami Road;Demolish summer kitchen& 3 contributing porch addition,remove windows;build addition onto 4 back of farmhouse. 5 6 JOHN OXIAN: I am sure the owners knew that this house was a landmark when they purchased 7 it. I cannot find in our preservation plan or anywhere else that allows the removal of that much 8 of a landmark. I feel that this whole proposal should be voted down and that the owners come 9 back with something a lot more reasonable than what they are proposing now. 10 11 KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: Landmark status was requested for this property by a woman 12 who had lived there, and whose family had lived there, for many years. She had actually wrote 13 to John, as president of the commission,saying that she wanted to make her property a local 14 landmark before she either died or sold the property, so that the property that she had worked so 15. hard to preserve would not be thoughtlessly or randomly altered by a subsequent owner. 16 At her death when the property in fact was auctioned,David Duvall wrote to the 17 auctioneer and provided materials for the auctioneer to provide to all prospective bidders 18 regarding the historic character of the house and the legal restrictions upon alterations to it. He 19 has had correspondence with at least one subsequent.owner about the.denial.of permission to 20 side the house. 21 The staff noted in the photographs submitted with the application that the windows 22 appear to be mostly new vinyl windows;which was not approved. 23 The staff's principal concern with the proposed addition is that it involves just too much_ 24 demolition of the original structure. When I spoke with the homeowner, in fact this afternoon, 25 regarding this, she told me that their architect had intentionally designed the addition to remove 26 as much original wood as possible and replace it with new wood because they thought that it 27 would be easier to paint. Clearly we have an architect who is not clear as to what the landmark 28 and preservation guidelines are, in spite of the fact,that some time ago Julie sent the owner a 29 book of standards. 30 31 JOHN OXIAN: I went to that auction, so I know the auctioneer mentioned it. I was the one that 32 told David Duvall to send a letter to the auctioneer informing him of this information. I always 33 attend any landmark auctions just to make sure that the auctioneer gets up there and mentions it; 34 or usually they call on me to mention it. 35 36 JOANN SPORLEDER: Are we giving the owners any instructions then, that any additions to 37 the back will not be acceptable or just this particular one? 38 39 JOHN OXIAN: I told Karen to call the owners back today and see if they would be willing to 40 come up with some alternative methods: 41 I feel that this should be voted down by the commission,because(1) it would remove too 42 much of the historic structure, (2) it would destroy the characteristic and distinctive footprint of 43 the building, and in addition to these two primary reasons, (3) it would probably entail the 44 removal of significant trees. 45 46 CATHERINE HOSTETLER: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. 47 3