Historic Review Board

MINUTES TOWN OF FORT MILL HISTORIC REVIEW BOARD SPECIAL CALLED MEETING January 18, 2018 Council Chambers – 112 Confederate Street 5:30 PM Present: Chairman Louis Roman, Jonathan Mauney, Carolyn Blair, Michael Hirsch, Planning Director Chris Pettit Absent: Nik Radovanovic, Melissa White, Chip Heemsoth Guests: See attached sign-in sheet CALL TO ORDER Chairman Roman called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Mauney made a motion to approve the minutes from the January 9, 2018, meeting as presented. Ms. Blair seconded the motion. The motion passed with a vote of 4-0. NEW BUSINESS 1. Request for Certificate of Appropriateness – Town of Fort Mill Chairman Roman introduced the request, the purpose of which was to approve a dumpster enclosure for the use of businesses in downtown Fort Mill. Planning Director Pettit noted the Town was requesting to construct a dumpster enclosure in the parking lot behind the south side of Main Street with a design matching one that was previously approved by the HRB for the parking lot behind the north side of Main Street. Planning Director Pettit requested that, given the prior approval of the design, the board provide the Town with an approval to construct dumpster enclosures of the same design throughout the historic district. Ms. Blair and Mr. Hirsch noted a concern with providing an approval for any location, as they would want to review the context of each individual location. Chairman Roman suggested that the Town create a set of guidelines that the board could include in an approval that would ease the concerns of Ms. Blair and Mr. Hirsch, to which Planning Director Pettit noted that the Town would  not likely construct many more dumpster enclosures and therefore the easier path forward would be to request HRB approval for the individual locations prior to construction. Hearing no further questions, Chairman Roman requested a motion. Ms. Blair made a motion to approve the dumpster enclosure for the specific location as provided in the agenda packet. Mr. Hirsch seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a vote of 4-0. 2. Request for Certificate of Appropriateness – Town of Fort Mill Chairman Roman introduced the request, the purpose of which was to approve a temporary parking lot for the use of businesses in downtown Fort Mill. Planning Director Pettit provided a brief overview of the concept drawing included in the agenda packet, noting that the request was for approval to construct a temporary gravel parking lot off of the existing Veterans Park parking lot. Planning Director Pettit noted that the area is already used for parking during events and that by using gravel, there would not be an increase in stormwater flow requiring additional stormwater infrastructure. Planning Director Pettit also noted that the Town’s plan would include landscaping around the gravel parking area. Ms. Blair noted a concern with the temporary timeframe and would like to see the Town report back on a regular basis regarding planning efforts for permanent parking. Planning Director Pettit agreed to provide updates when requested, additionally noting that the board would likely be included in some of the planning efforts, such as a downtown master plan. Hearing no further questions, Chairman Roman requested a motion. Ms. Blair made a motion to approve the temporary parking lot as presented, with a condition that the Town provide landscaping surrounding the parking area and that the Town report back to the board at least every 12 months on the planning efforts for permanent parking. Mr. Mauney seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a vote of 4-0. OTHER BUSINESS Planning Director Pettit noted that a request had been received to move the signage for PuckerButt from its existing location at 235 Main Street to a new location on the front of 237 Main Street. Given the prior approval of the signage, Planning Director Pettit requested a discussion on whether this would need to formally come before the board for approval. Following the brief discussion of the differing contexts of the facades, Planning Director Pettit noted that the request would come before the board for approval at their next meeting. Discussion occurred related to work being completed at 134 Clebourne Street. Planning Director Pettit noted that he would look into the issue and have the property owner come before the board if there were any exterior modifications being made. The board noted that there was at least one broken window on Main Street, to which Planning Director Pettit noted that he would look into the issue and report back to the board at their next meeting. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:06 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Chris Pettit, AICP Planning Director February 5, 2018