Historical & Architectural Review Board

DOYLESTOWN BOROUGH HISTORIC & ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2025 The Doylestown Borough Historic and Architectural Review Board met at 7:30 PM on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at Borough Hall, 10 Doyle Street. The following members attended: Denise Blasdale, Constance Magnuson, Brian Guerriero, Marie Kovach, Richard Brown, Richard Chase, Andy Happ, and Karyn Hyland, Director of Planning and Zoning. CALL TO ORDER: Ms. Blasdale called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. REORGANIZATION: Ms. Jacobsen was re-elected to Chair of the Board, and Ms. Blasdale was re-elected to Vice Chair. MINUTES APPROVAL: The January 2, 2025, meeting minutes were approved as submitted (Happ/Magnuson). SIGN APPLICATIONS: NONE BUILDING APPLICATIONS: 2 E. Court Street: Ralph Fey, architect, and his client, Dustin Fort, presented their application for new windows and exterior renovation to the property. Mr. Fey gave a detailed description of the proposed changes. The Board voted to recommend approval as submitted (Brown/Happ). 184 W. Court Street: Sean Irwin, the contractor, detailed the proposed exterior renovations and new porch roof. The proposed roof is an in-kind replacement with the removal of a leaking gutter pan. The applicant would also like to remove a second set of exterior stairs and move a sidewalk. The porch columns will be removed and replaced with a painted black vinyl-clad column. The Board voted to recommend approval of the application as submitted with the conditions that the three proposed columns will be increased to a total of five, the proposed column abutting the building will be pilastered, the finished dimensions of the columns will measure approximately 8”, the gutter and downspout will be replaced and painted black. The railing will be constructed of solid steel (Fey/Magnuson). 57 E. Ashland Street: Amy and Andrew Popkin, the residents, presented their application for a single-story addition in the rear of the property. The Board voted to recommend approval as submitted with the condition that the rear window will be changed to a six-over-one configuration, the gutters will be 6” half-round, and the applicants will consider removing and replacing the corner board with beveled siding corners (Happ/Fey). 263 W. Ashland Street: Matt Soncini, the owner of Phase 4 Contracting, and Cynthia Voorhees, the property owner, presented their application for a new roof, including the proposed building materials. The Board voted to recommend approval as submitted (Magnuson/Happ). NEW/OLD BUSINESS: None COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Planning Commission will meet again on January 28, 2025, and the goal is for the 45-day public comment period to start thereafter. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business before the Board, a motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Erika Fellman