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he said, “Had similar work been done by the county on the jail addition or at The Meadows, we would all have been extremely alarmed. It’s unacceptable; it doesn’t meet anyone’s definition of renovation.”
He asked the ARB to request a “stop work” order on the basis that the work is a demolition that goes beyond renovation.
Attorney Douglas Baumgardner, representing the owners, asked the ARB if the building differs from the plans presented to the ARB when the original “certificate of appropriateness” was issued.
He also gave the members copies of a letter from Allan Greenberg, architect for the project. In his letter Mr. Greenberg wrote, “what began as a simple renovation project and addition became more difficult when we discovered the presence of such problems as dry rot, warped studs, and moisture.”
The letter also noted that the ARB had determined that Mrs. Jones’s house did not have “architectural, historical, or cultural merit.”
Robert Parrish said it was not appropriate to compare the jail addition or work at The Meadows to the work on the Jones house, since those were additions. He said it was more like the work on Grace Sims’s house, where extensive renovations resulted in a house with more of the original intact, but not readily apparent. “I don’t see what good a stop work order would do,” he said.
Evelyn Willis said she had reviewed the original application and asked Zoning Administrator John McCarthy what the ARB could consider. She said she had known it would be a major renovation and they could only consider whether it complied with the plans that were submitted.
Mr. McCarthy said the ARB , could add definitions to their ordinance that would require permission for demolition if more than half of the original structure is removed.
Frank Culley said as project manager he had understood that he only had to get clearance from the building inspector for changes. “It didn’t occur to me to come to the ARB or zoning administrator,” he said.
Mr. Parrish said, “We didn’t ask enough questions.”
Mr. Haffler’s motion died for lack of a second and the meeting was adjourned.
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