Architectural Board of Review

VILLAGE OF CHAGRIN FALLS ARCHITECTURAL BOARD OF REVIEW APRIL 16, 2024 Meeting Called to Order 8:30 A.M. Members Present: Bill Childs, George Clemens, Steve King, Phil Koepf, Wendy Naylor (Absent) Also Present: Dominic Cribari, Joan Andersen The minutes from the April 2, 2024, meeting could not be approved because the voting members who were present at the April 2nd meeting were not present at the meeting. 1. Stecker 81 Hall Street Exterior Alteration-Preliminary King read the Historical Significance Report and said that because the house is more than 100 years old the subject property meets the standards of a “Historically Significant Property”. The proposed changes #1-7 have an adverse effect on the design and historical significance of the house. By removing the historic materials from the site, it does not follow the “guidelines” for “preservation of features”, “replacement of features”, and “compatibility”. The proposed changes #8-14 have less of an adverse effect and the proposed changes #15-19 have no adverse effect. Motion by King, seconded by Childs to receive the HSR report. Roll Call: King-yea, Childs-yea. John Fisher (Architect), Bill Joyce (Contractor) and David Stecker (Homeowner) presented these plans. John said that they are converting a two-family side by side duplex into a single-family home. He said they are removing one of the doors since they are changing the home to a single family. He said that they are not removing the porch they are just replacing the deck and are bringing the railings up to code. He said they have kept all proportions of the existing home. Clemens asked what material they are using, and Bill said it was the Pella Aluminum clad. King asked about the material of the railings and John said it’s the exact same material. He said they are bringing them up to code by making them taller. Clemens asked if anything was being removed from the house and Bill said they are adding 420 square feet to the footprint of the house and changing it to a single kitchen. He said they are reusing the existing columns as much as possible. He said they are adding a central gable over the single entry. He said they can add back the top railing to the porch. Childs said to keep it simple, leave it like it was before, which will keep it historic. John said that they will try and break up the back and will also try to lower the windows in the back. He said they will work on creating more breaks and lowering the roof. Summation-motion by King, seconded by Childs to table this discussion for the following reasons: Porch railing has no pediment: need to break up mass and keep the three columns: Roll Call: King-yea, Childs- yea. Motion passed. 2. Fuller 65 Carriage Stone Exterior Alteration-Final Phil Koepf (Architect) presented these plans. He said that they are removing the existing two garage doors and installing one single garage door. Summation-motion by Childs, seconded by King to approve the plans as presented. Roll Call: Childs-yea, King-yea. Motion passed. 3. Hays 146 South Main Exterior Alteration-Final Joseph Linek (Architect) and Mark Hays (Homeowner) presented these plans. He said that this is a field change. He said they are removing the existing window and replacing it with a larger window. Summation- motion by Childs, seconded by King to approve the field change. Roll Call: King-yea, Childs- yea. Motion passed. 4. Hurt 57 American Exterior Alteration-Preliminary King read the Historical Significance Report and said that because the house is more than 100 years old the subject property meets the standards of a “Historically Significant Property”. The proposed changes #1-8 have an adverse effect on the design and historical significance of the house. By removing the historic materials from the site, it does not follow the “guidelines” for “preservation of features”, “replacement of features”, and compatibility. The proposed addition more than doubles the existing square footage of the building. The proposed changes #9-10 have no adverse effect as these are non- original elements to the house. Motion by King, seconded by Childs to receive the HSR report. Roll Call: King-yea, Childs-yea. Joseph Linek (Architect) Joseph Khadige (Builder), Jeff and Julia Hurt (Homeowners) presented these plans. Joseph said that the existing house is 1,063 square feet and that they want to bring the home to today’s standards. He said the existing kitchen is very shallow, they want to raise the pitch of the existing house so they can add a center staircase and adding a vaulted 1 ½ story pitch. He said the windows, porch roof and columns on the porch will remain the same. He said the stairs would be centered and they are adding two additional columns. He said the door will be in the same place they are just pulling it out a little to add a vestibule. He said they are changing the siding and adding a brick chimney. He said the current foundation is a rock faced block and is not sure if they can replace it with the same material. Clemens said that it’s an extremely long addition. He said that the addition more than doubles the size of house and overwhelms the original massing of the home. He suggested moving the master up. Childs said he agrees with Clemens and said they did a nice presentation. He said they need to study the composition of the house and stay in context of the house. Koepf said that they are destroying a historic house. He said they need to save the house and character of the neighborhood. He said that there is no discussion about removing the asbestos from the house and seeing what the character of the house is. He said that they have no respect for the existing house. Childs and Clemens agreed with what Koepf said. Clemens said that they should leave the roof on, not change the pitch, and that the addition should not be taller than the existing house. Joseph said that they tried to create the original massing. He said that the owners want a more modern and more functional house. The Board said that they need to look at the Village of Chagrin Falls Guidelines for preservation of an old home. Joseph said that they want to put an addition on the house and asked if they were saying if the master wing wasn’t where they were proposing would it be more appropriate to length and proportion. Childs said its still out of proportion and agrees with Koepf about reading the guidelines. Summation-motion by King, seconded by Childs to table this discussion for the multiple reasons. Need to study the massing, the massing the massing of doubling the house: Not following the guidelines for preservation of a Historic home. Roll Call: King-yea, Childs-yea. Motion passed. 5. Price 41 Hall Street Exterior Alteration-Final George Clemens (Architect) presented these plans. He said that they are adding a window to the exterior of the house. Summation-motion by King, seconded by Childs for final approval of plans as presented. Roll Call: King- yea, Childs-yea. Motion passed. 6. Borden 110 Walnut Exterior Alteration-Final King read the Historical Significance Report and said that because the house is more than 100 years old the subject property meets the standards of a “Historically Significant Property”. The proposed changes #1-4 have an adverse effect on the design and historical significance of the house. By removing the historic materials from the site, it does not follow the “guidelines” for “preservation of features”, “replacement of features”, and “compatibility”. The proposed changes #5-13 have less of an adverse effect and the proposed change #14 has no adverse effect as the garage appears to have no historical materials remaining. Consider matching the historic zigzag pattern at the main house trim. Motion by King, seconded by Childs to receive the HSR report. Roll Call: King-yea, Childs-yea. Becky Pantuso (Architect) presented these plans. She said that they are adding an ornamental window in the center. Childs suggested adding double hung windows and Becky said they could do that. She said they are trying to break down the heaviness of the house. Childs said to forget the ornamental center window. Becky said they are changing the shingles and pulling the garage forward three feet. She said they are keeping the details at the bottom of the shingles. Summation-motion by King, seconded by Childs to approve plans as presented with the exception of the faux window. Roll Call: Childs-yea, King-yea. Motion passed. 7. Trueblood 84 East Washington Exterior Alteration-Final Becky Pantuso (Architect) presented these plans. She said the Board had seen this before and that they commented about the side. She said if the Board likes this better, she’s happy to make the change. She said they modified the side shed roof. Childs said that they should add an architrave and add the brackets. Clemens said he wouldn’t add the architrave. Summation-motion by Childs, seconded by King for final approval of plans as presented with the alternations to the side entrance. Roll Call: Childs-yea, King-yea. Motion passed. 8. Marathon 130 Bell Street Sign-Final Marius Marcu (Almond Oil Co.) presented these plans. He said that they are updating the signs on the building. Summation-motion by King, seconded by Childs for final approval of plans as presented. Roll Call: King- yea, Childs-yea. Motion passed. 9. Peppertree Capital 67 East Washington Exterior Alteration-Preliminary Roberto Vega-Peralta and Conway Pedron (Architects) presented these plans. Roberto said that they took the recommendations from the Board from the previous meeting that they did a Walk-In. He said they are moving towards a design that is more complimentary to the neighborhood. He said they have more respect for the scale and character of the neighborhood. He said they added more details. Childs said to make sure the columns line up with your architrave. Clemens said to break up the side elevation. Childs said to study the tenon and to follow the order of it. Summation-motion by King, seconded by Childs to approve plans as presented with the alterations recommended by the Board. Roll Call: King-yea, Childs-yea. Motion passed. 10. Smith/Ward 155 South Main Exterior Alteration-Final Tony Majc (Architect) presented these plans. He said that they took the recommendations of the Board and that in the rear addition they are adding a hip roof instead of a shed roof. He said they are lowering the side porch entry and that they restored the original structure. Summation-motion by King, seconded by Childs for demolition of the existing detached garage. Roll Call: King-yea, Childs-yea. Motion passed. Summation-motion by King, seconded by Childs for final approval of plans as presented. Roll Call: Childs- yea, King-yea. Motion passed. 11. Bowman 276 North Street Exterior Alteration-Final Brian Kuck (Architect) said that they took the recommendations of the Board and added a reverse gable on the garage and lowered the stone cap chimney. Summation-motion by King, seconded by Childs for final approval of plans as presented. Roll Call: Childs- yea, King-yea. Motion passed. 12. Fortis Sports 5 North Franklin Sign-Final Building and Zoning Inspector Dominic Cribari presented this. He said that the original sign submission had to F shadowed and they are changing it to be without the shadow. Summation-motion by Childs, seconded by King for final approval of new signage. Roll Call: King-yea, Childs-yea. Motion passed. Walk In 177 East Washington Tony Majc (Architect) said that the original footprint on the restaurant is remaining the same. He said the extension on the backside is being completely rebuilt. He said it was submitted like for like with regular painted block. They want to rebuild it with a split face block. Meeting Adjourned at 9:47 A.M. 5-7-24 ________________________________ Steve King (Chairman) Date