Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)
Posted: May 19th, 2016, 1:27 pm
The appeal went before Z&P today. They granted the appeal for Certificate of Appropriateness, but with the condition that the proposal be redesigned to that its height is no taller than the peak of the historic home and materials/color/style better match the home. This would require the design go back to staff for approval in meeting these conditions. Interior setback for the Day house to the property line (4'! greedy 1900s developer!) approved.
I was unaware before listening to Z&P, but there was a home that predated the F.E.Day House on the southern lot, demolished in 1916 after the Day house's construction. This is basically the correct *legal* finding given the fact that the empty lot was never separated out from the Day house as a different parcel, meaning the historic designation applies to the vacant lot or new structures on it. Were that not the case, this design may very well have had no problem passing through whatsoever.
I was unaware before listening to Z&P, but there was a home that predated the F.E.Day House on the southern lot, demolished in 1916 after the Day house's construction. This is basically the correct *legal* finding given the fact that the empty lot was never separated out from the Day house as a different parcel, meaning the historic designation applies to the vacant lot or new structures on it. Were that not the case, this design may very well have had no problem passing through whatsoever.