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page S 2. 1501 E. Wayne --Local Historic District Mr. Pastor described this as another lengthy proposal, most parts of which had received staff approval. Only two alterations required the commission's attention, he said. These were: a. Replace 2/3 glazed wood panel garage entry door with an unglazed Colonial -style metal door. b. Replace rear porch balcony railing with spindle railing, and encase intermittent posts with 1" pine boards. Mr. Pastor reported that these projects were begun without a C of A. A formal C of A application had been received in early February, 1992. All parts of the proposal, except the balcony rail, were already complete. Mr. Oxian asked Mr. Axelburg to describe the garage door he'd replaced. Mr. Axelburg replied that the original door was 1/2 glazed wood panel, and had been broken by thieves who had then robbed the garage. In the interests of security, he needed an unglazed door. Mr. Axelburg presented samples of the replacement balcony spindles and rail. He said the balustrade he was replacing appeared to date from the 1960's. Mr. Pastor said the staff's only real objection to the new balustrade was the out -of -scale sizing of the intermittent posts. Mr. Axelburg said that, due to water seepage problems, he had decided to replace the old posts altogether with smaller posts. Mr. Eide moved to approve the balcony railing, based on the downsizing of the posts. Mr. Herendeen seconded the motion. Approved unanimously. B. Proposed Local Historic District -- Near Northwest Neighborhood. Mr. Oxian, using a map, described the boundaries of three proposed historic districts within the Near Northwest Neighborhood. The largest, introduced as ordinance by Steve Luecke, was bounded by the alley between Sherman Avenue and Harrison Street, California Avenue, Portage Avenue, and properties up to, but not including, Lincoln West.