Records not linked to a specific agenda item
Opposition & support
Concerns: closeness to the alley (reduced rear setback) · larger-than-guideline footprint retained
RWENA explicitly does not seek denial of the family's ability to build — only conformance with the guidelines, or deferral.
Conditions
- the preservation permit carries items requiring final approval plus inspection requirements; the final drawings are part of the preservation permit (seg 64)
- the applicant (if not the contractor) must ensure the contractor has a copy of the preservation permit before work begins
- Applicant must submit an application for a new structure on the 1103 Calvin Avenue lot to the commission by September 14
- Because no pre-demolition drawings of the structure exist, the new structure's design must be based on PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE and include the commission's enumerated attributes
- New structure must be one story in scale with no usable upper level other than attic space
- Footprint dimensions must match the property assessor card: 28 feet wide x 47 feet deep, 1,316 sq ft footprint (porch excluded)
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Questions & answers
MHZC Chair (unnamed in window): Do we have items for deferral or withdrawal?
MHZC Chair: Would the staff present the consent agenda to us?
Chair, Metro Historic Zoning Commission: Before you yield the floor — could we have your name too, please?
Commissioner Mosley: Mosley asks how the proposed siding/house dimensions compare to the historic house, saying it 'looks a little bit wider to the eye in the drawing' and that it is a character-defining feature.
Commissioner Mosley: Mosley clarifies his question is about the EXPOSURE (reveal) of the siding, not the building width — the drawing's siding looks wider than the historic house's and it's a character-defining feature.
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Citations & precedent
petition for writ of certiorari (Tennessee common-law/statutory certiorari review of a local administrative decision) · Melissa Baldock
Davidson County Chancery Court or Circuit Court · Melissa Baldock
60-day filing deadline for certiorari review · Melissa Baldock
National Register of Historic Places eligibility criteria A and C (36 CFR 60.4) · Russell Sturgeon
Metro Code of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County § 17.36.120(B)(1), (B)(3), (B)(5) · Melissa Baldock
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties · Melissa Baldock
Building/residential code egress requirement — maximum window sill height of 44 inches · Curtis Johnson
Metro Nashville DADU (detached accessory dwelling unit) ordinance — recent · Emmanuel Zaitlin
Metro Historic Zoning design guidelines, Part II — Richland-West End (RWEC) outbuilding rear alley setback · Elizabeth Roseman
Richland-West End design guidelines — definitional section on mandatory language · Elizabeth Roseman
Metro zoning code vs. historic design guidelines — conflict-of-authority rule · Elizabeth Roseman
Metro DADU (detached accessory dwelling unit) standards — footprint cap by lot size · Lou Anne Brown
Richland-West End design guidelines — mandatory 'shall' provisions · James Kelly
DADU (Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit) regulations · Commissioner Smith
Metro Nashville Consolidated Design Guidelines (Neighborhood Conservation Zoning Overlay) · Ginny Warren
Metro Nashville base zoning code (accessory structure setbacks) · Ginny Warren
Richland West End Historic Preservation District Design Guidelines — rear alley setback standard · MHZC staff
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, Standard 9 · Richland West End Neighborhood Association
Metro Nashville historic-overlay design guidelines — wall sign section (permits painted wall signs 'as a modification in some cases') and the separate painted-sign section (permits painted signs on the upper level of an exposed secondary or rear facade) · MHZC preservation staff (unidentified, SPEAKER_10)
MHZC precedent practice for signage on rooftop additions — the commission has, in previous cases, allowed an ADDITIONAL allotment for the step-back portion; maximum allotment is based on the width of the facade but capped at the amount of signage that would be permitted WITHOUT a projecting sign · MHZC preservation staff (unidentified, SPEAKER_10)
Broadway Historic Preservation District design guidelines · Melissa Baldock
Broadway District design guidelines — WALL SIGNS section (paint may be appropriate for wall signs in some instances) vs the PAINTED SIGNS / mural section (permitted only on the upper level of an exposed secondary or rear facade) · Melissa Baldock
MHZC design guidelines · Caitlin (MHZC staff)
MHZC design guidelines — canopies/marquees · Caitlin (MHZC staff)
MHZC design guidelines — definitions · Caitlin (MHZC staff)
MHZC design guidelines — tourist oriented business standards · Caitlin (MHZC staff)
MHZC design guidelines — tourist oriented business criteria (criterion 1 of 2) · Caitlin (MHZC staff)
MHZC design guidelines — tourist oriented business criteria (criterion 2 of 2) · Caitlin (MHZC staff)
Procedure
- prior-month minutes distributed in advance by email and posted to SharePoint — MHZC Chair (unnamed in window)
- silence cell phones; speak into the microphone (green-band mics) before speaking — MHZC Chair (unnamed in window)
- new hearing format debuts at this meeting; regular applicants will see a different agenda/dais layout than usual — MHZC Chair (unnamed in window)
- Metro Nashville is standardizing hearing procedure across boards/commissions so applicants and architects get a consistent experience — MHZC Chair (unnamed in window)
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