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TO: Mayor Robert J. O'Connor
FROM: FoxWalk Design Review Committee
DATE: May 4, 2017
SUBJECT: Title
Approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness for exterior improvements to the Coulter Courts Building at 104 E. Downer Place and 32-34 S. Broadway Avenue (The Community Builders, Inc. - 17-00366 / AU22/3-17.027-DST - ES - Ward 2)
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PURPOSE:
The purpose of the COA would be for certain exterior changes related to the renovation of the Coulter Court apartment building.
BACKGROUND:
Community Builders is a developer of affordable housing and other re-developments. They are acquiring the Coulter Courts building from the Joseph Corporation, a 38 unit apartment complex, and making certain improvements, including renovation of the existing units. Exterior improvements include removing panels on the north side of the building and restoring masonry, and adding 6 windows on the upper floor. They will tuckpoint the east wall, match the masonry on the south wall, repair the terra cotta, and repaint. They will add a commercial tennant space at the east end of the Downer frontage. They would like to replace the aluminum windows with vinyl.
DISCUSSION:
New vinyl windows would not be permitted per the guidelines unless they were vinyl clad wood windows. This appears to be the only improvement not meeting the guidelines. Sec. 2.4-2 deals with guidelines for windows and doors. Attached in your packet is the COA report and project detail of the current windows that were installed in 2000. The original developer had proposed vinyl replacement windows which was denied by the DRC in 1999. The original wood windows had been removed many years prior, and replaced with aluminum framed windows and filler panels anchored into the masonry. After lengthy discussion by DRC in 2000, Attachment B was most desirable because the existing metal panning frames would be completely removed and the overall scale and appearance of the original windows would be duplicated...
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