Historic District Commission
Meeting
of
May
19, 2004, 4:00 PM
Members Present: John Dowd (Chairman), Paul Church, Meg
Stewart, Polly Burnell, Eric Dray (Alternate), and Carol Neal (Alternate)
Members Absent: Tom Boland
Town Hall Representatives: Maxine Notaro, Permit Coordinator.
John Dowd called
the Work Session to order at 3:30 PM.
The Cases to be
heard at this meeting were assigned to Commission members for tracking.
Administrative
Reviews/Amendments
Nickerson Home Improvements – 293 Commercial Street, roofing
permit. The owners wanted to strip the roof and reshingle it. The Commission
approved this.
Hal Winard – 20 Alden Street, amended plans. New,
amended plans were submitted. This Case was discussed at a previous meeting.
Meg Stewart tracked this Case and she had the set of amended plans. It was
approved by the Commission.
Capizzi Home Improvements – 324 Commercial Street, one for
one window replacement. Capizzi Home Improvements will be asked to return to
the Commission with a more detailed set of plans.
Paul Church will track Case #2004-024.
This Case is in regard to captured balusters on a balcony at 373 Commercial
Street.
John Dowd
called the regular meeting to order at 4:00 PM and each Commission member was
introduced.
New
Cases
Case #2004-046
Application
by Robert Sellers of Stat Construction on behalf of Mary Wells for a
Certificate of Compliance to be issued in accordance with the Provincetown
Historic District Commission established under the General By-Laws, Chapter 15
of the Town of Provincetown. The applicant seeks approval to add an egress
on the South side of the dwelling at the property located at 6 Johnson
Street, Provincetown, MA. Reviewed previously by the Historical Commission.
The previous Historical Commission originally heard this
Case.
Polly Burnell
will track this Case.
The Guideline
for this Case is: #12.
A motion was made to accept the plans as approved by the
previous Historic Commission.
Motion by: Meg Stewart Seconded by: Polly Burnell Vote:
5-0-0
Case #2004-047
Application
by Vernon Brown for a
Certificate of Compliance to be issued in accordance with the Provincetown
Historic District Commission established under the General By-Laws, Chapter 15
of the Town of Provincetown. The
applicant seeks approval to install French doors on the South side of the
dwelling at grade level at the property located at 1 Conway Street,
Provincetown, MA.
John Dowd
thought that French doors are inappropriate to the style of the building. Eric
Dray and John Dowd suggested adding windows to gain light with an appropriate
door. Eric Dray suggested offsetting the door and adding windows.
Paul Church will
track this Case.
The Guideline
for this Case is: #6a, b.
It was moved to
approve as amended with a single, multipane, true divided door, preferably off
center and adding windows.
Motion by: Paul Church Seconded by: Meg Stewart Vote: 5-0-0
Case #2004-048
Application by Alice
M. Brock for a Certificate of
Compliance to be issued in accordance with the Provincetown Historic District
Commission established under the General By-Laws, Chapter 15 of the Town of
Provincetown. The applicant
seeks approval to replace a 6’ x 12’ section of shingles on the East side and
replace clapboards with shingles on the entire length on the West side of the
dwelling at the property located at 69 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA.
John Dowd will
track this Case.
The Guideline
for this Case is: #12.
It was moved to
accept as presented.
Motion by: John Dowd Seconded by: Paul Church Vote:
5-0-0
Case #2004-049
Application
by Stat Construction on behalf of Kathy Bishop for a Certificate of Compliance to be issued in accordance with the
Provincetown Historic District Commission established under the General
By-Laws, Chapter 15 of the Town of Provincetown. The applicant seeks approval to remove and
replace 7 windows with 2/2 at the property located at 531 Commercial Street,
Provincetown, MA.
There was a general discussion of muntins.
Carol Neal will
track this Case.
The Guideline
for this Case is: #5a.
It was moved to accept this plan with the condition that
the windows would be replaced with 2/2 with 3-dimensional muntins and ˝
screens.
Motion by: Carol Neal Seconded by: Meg Stewart Vote: 5-0-0
Case #2004-050
Application
by Neal Kimball on behalf of Gregg Russo for a Certificate of Compliance to be issued in accordance with the
Provincetown Historic District Commission established under the General
By-Laws, Chapter 15 of the Town of Provincetown. The applicant seeks approval to recondition
the exterior existing storage garage by replacing the overhead door with
carriage house doors, add awning windows, build-out rakes, add trim detail and
re-shingle the sidewalls and roof at the property located at 148 Commercial
Street, Provincetown, MA.
Neal Kimball stated that the existing garage would be
used as a warehouse with climate control. The Commission members were not
enthused by the new design Mr. Kimball submitted and would rather have the
building retain most of its original design and keep the garage look. John Dowd
suggested simple shingling instead of the ‘fancy’ shingling shown on the plans.
Meg Stewart will
track this Case.
It was moved to approve the older plans dated February
16, 2004 with the change that there would be simple singling throughout, the
windows would be 3-light with vertical muntins and single corner boards.
Motion by: Meg Stewart Seconded by: Paul Church Vote:
5-0-0
Case #2004-051
Application
by Edward O’Teri & Sons on behalf of Michael D. Barnum for a
Certificate of Compliance to be issued in accordance with the Provincetown Historic
District Commission established under the General By-Laws, Chapter 15 of the
Town of Provincetown. The applicant seeks approval to replace and
relocate a slider and remove a single window with a double window and repair
shingles to match end unit at the property located at 421 Commercial Street,
Unit #G, Provincetown, MA.
It was suggested
that the windows should be 2/1 altered from the 1/1 presently in place.
Eric Dray will
track this Case.
It was moved to
approve this application to replace the slider in kind and it will be moved 9”
to the left and replace windows using vinyl clad with wood.
Motion by: Eric Dray Seconded by: Meg Stewart Vote: 5-0-0
Case
#2004-032
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Franklin Street – Neal Kimball
– Neal Kimball supplied new drawings adding a deck and stairway to the unit. He
had to change the dimension of the stairway due to State law regarding
3-dwelling units. John Dowd did not like the deck and stairway and felt that it
was not in style with the house. Meg Stewart felt that she was in favor of it
due the nature of current changes in Provincetown where homeowners are adding
decks, etc.
It
was moved to reissue a new Certificate of Compliance which will be attached to
the plans showing the changes to be made and to accept the new egress for the
South elevation with a landing and straight stairs which was not what was
originally submitted.
Motion
by: John Dowd Seconded
by: Polly Burnell Vote: 5-0-0
Ansul Davis, representing the owners of 8 Winslow
Street needed the Commission’s advice on some changes to be made to the
house. He wanted to repair all windows except those that do not open and
replace those. The owner, he stated, is trying to preserve and replace the
trim, and, in general, restore the house. There was a discussion regarding
clapboard vs. shingles. The Commission commended the owners in trying to
restore the house to its historic significance. Mr. Davis will sketch out the
suggested changes and return at the next meeting.
There was a
discussion regarding the issuing of violations. Eric Dray said he would come up
with a violation form and Maxine Notaro stated that she would revise the
Certification of Compliance to include more information so that there would not
be any confusion and problems with what the Commission voted upon.
The meeting was
adjourned at 6:45 PM
Respectfully
submitted,
Joel Glasser
Recording
Secretary
Approved by:
____________________________________________ on ______________________
John Dowd (Chairman)
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