City of Aiken, SC Design Review Board Meetings, 2 May 2017

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To the May meeting of the design, reward and I think you all may be familiar, this is sort of your own.

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That our people may have for questions so we'll go ahead and begin and we appreciate you all participating in the process.

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You all have a motion on minutes yet so.

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A second second, all in favor approving the minutes for the work session and the regular design of your board meeting on for April 4th raise your right hand. Okay,.

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Right here absolutely.

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We got you got that count, okay and mr. secretary. If you would begin our first application, all right.

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First, application is item three under new business. This is within the historic overlay district, its application CRH 17-0 to nine. The applicant is requesting to install a new porch on a single-family residence located at 331, Fairfield Street southeast the properties within the historic overlay district.

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It's listed as a contributing property in the 2010 historic survey constructed approximately 1929 1930, more specifically they're proposing we construct a new porch on the south side of the home, which is adjacent to an existing swimming pool, which is also proposing to be reconstructed as with a pool the similar size and nature and location. The proposed single-story porch it's about 12 by 22, extending out about 12 feet from the residence and utilizing elements similar to found on the remainder of the home, including columns, brick foundation and reuse of the existing slate patio.

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As the porch floor, we'll mention that the the subject property does have a about an 8-foot tall, brick lattice fence that partially obscures the proposed new porch from right of way.

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And as you added the work on the pool really in in applicable here because of the wall, so if you all would come forward, whoever wants to speak and just give a name and address that for the record.

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I'm the applicant, my name, is Howard Hickey and I live at 331, Fairfield, Street, okay,.

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Thank you, I think we covered a lot of maybe the some of the critical issues Howard in the warp session, and so I don't know if we, if anyone has some further questions, it's a really attractive home and it's the you know it's important to go through the right. The right process of making an addition like this and it looks like y'all- are going through in a in a methodical and orderly way to make it appropriate and I. We understand the need, as you all explain, just the amount of Sun.

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In fact, it'll it'll really help preserve the the windows and door the doors already there.

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Right, we've um I know it took considerable amount of effort just to scrape them down and repaint them. Yes, last month did.

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It um did it have a canvas awning over the door. It divisional.

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It almost would have to matter.

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Fact the original awning extended out about 20 feet because there must have had some sort of piping support for their holes in the patio in the patio. So.

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The patio that we can't really see from the street, but it was a raised up sort of a patio that was almost like the porch floor- will be in a way.

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It just down on grade level, it.

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Was great level, and it was a flagstone with concrete in between yeah.

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Yeah I think it's important to say in the motion that that the you know this addition will actually help preserve the the doors in the window on that end, from both water and and Sun, which is the bad combination right. Thank.

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So the canvas awning came down when it.

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Came down while during the painting of the house, which is spent about the last six weeks and.

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It was sort of it, I mean it was a, but that canvas.

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Awning yeah there was a canvas awning. It was a striped, yellow and white, but.

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That was the canvas you were talking about that went out, 20 people to house. No. When did that come down? Do you have any idea? It.

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Was not there when we bought the house in 1961, when my parents bought the house at 60, he's.

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Guessing you're guessing it was there because of the pipe.

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Yes and I think we've seen some old pictures of the house was up for sale in the 30s and with previews or somebody out of New York, and we saw some pictures.

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Had a canvas awning there I guess you don't really know if that was original to the house or not that's correct I. Don't.

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Know it might have been yeah have doors like that right expose. It seems it gets a little protection, I guess from that bay. Above not a lot.

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Okay, any any other questions, if not thank you will but we'll go to the formality of asking if anyone else would like to speak in favor or or against this, and there's nobody here for our record over there for minutes, okay, ban yeah! Thank you! Mmm-Hmm! Okay! So.

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Mr. chairman, with respect to application, number CRH 17 Oh 29 I, move that we approve the application is submitted. Second,.

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All right, any other discussion, well I mean.

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I think you're right that those windows need some protection and it it probably had some kind of protection there and I think the ports that you guys have recommended is appropriate and it won't diminish from the house. You know, and it will it'll blend in well, so I think it's a appropriate application and engine modification to the house. Yeah.

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I think I think it's good to make that statement. This is this is a really special property and but you don't have done a good job of making an addition that you know that won't that won't negatively affect it and and actually does protect it. Some right.

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Okay, any other discussion, if not all in favor, raise your right hand. Okay, yeah, thank you for bringing in.

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Okay I. Thank you. There's nothing else on the agenda that I know I say we'll call them again.

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