Historic Preservation Commission — Naperville, IL
Date: 2018-03-22

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 Historic Preservation Commission

Thursday, March 22, 2018 7:00 PM Meeting Room A




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
1. 18-244 Consider the Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) request for the property
 located at 122 N. Loomis Street - COA 18-163.

F. REPORTS
1. 18-243 Approve the minutes of the February 22, 2018 Historic Preservation
 Commission meeting.

G. NEW BUSINESS:

H. ADJOURNMENT:
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
 be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
 630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every effort
 will be made to allow for meeting participation.




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400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Minutes

 Historic Preservation Commission


Thursday, March 22, 2018 7:00 PM Meeting Room A


A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:


 This was approved.
 Present 5- Carrie Doyle, Phillip Garrison, Christopher Jacks, John Noel, and Kevin Peterson

 Absent 8- Becky Anderson, Emily Erickson Ory, Debbie Grinnell, Kamala Martinez, Mark
 Urda, Sidharth Laxminarayan, Isabella Koscal, and Ryan Park

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS

1. Consider the Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) request for the property located at
 122 N. Loomis Street - COA 18-163.
 Gabrielle Mattingly, Planning Services Team, provided an update on the request
 based on recent review by the Naperville Department of Public Utilities -Electric.
 NDPU-E will require a 5’ easement to be provided along the northern property line
 and a 3’ easement on the eastern property line (instead of the previously request 5’
 easement from the eastern property line). NDPU-E will also request the design of
 the garage be altered to meet NESC clearance requirements or pay NDPU-E, at the
 owners expense, to make changes to the NDPU-E electrical system located in the
 alley. This update has changed NDPU-E support. NDPU-E will now be supporting the
 height variance, provided the homeowner either moves existing overhead electric
 services, at their expense, or redesigns the proposal so there is no interference.
 NDPU-E will support the variance from the eastern property line if the 3’ setback is
 met. NDPU-E continues to not support the variance to the setback from the
 northern property line. Given this information, the homeowner has stated they will
 comply with the 5’ setback from the northern property line and are no longer
 requesting this variance. The homeowner will also comply with the 3’ setback
 request by NDPU-E, but will still require a variance to the 5’ setback requirement.
 The homeowner will be moving forward with the following requested variances:


 · Request to reduce the required five foot (5’) rear yard setback from the
 eastern property line to allow the garage to be placed at a setback of 3’
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 from the rear property line (Section 6-2-10:1, Accessory Buildings,
 Structures, and Uses of Land: Location).
 · Request to exceed the permitted 480 sq. ft. lot coverage in the required
 rear yard; the lot coverage proposed is 682 sq. ft. (Section 6-2-10:5,
 Accessory Buildings, Structures, and Uses of Land: Percentage of Required
 Yard Occupied).
 · Request to exceed the maximum height requirement of 18’; the height
 requested is 21’ 5- 5/8 (Section 6-2-10:3, Accessory Buildings, Structures,
 and Uses of Land: Height Limitations).


 Kathy West, petitioner, stated that the homeowners will no longer be requesting
 the variance to the northern property line and have revised the request to comply
 with the 3’ setback request from NDPU-E. The homeowner will comply with the
 NESC clearance requirements for all requested variances. The petitioner stated
 they have resolved all NDPU-E concerns up to this point.


 Public Testimony: Tim Messer, Board of Directors of ECHO, no longer has concerns
 with the proposal now that the northern setback requirement has been met. Mr.
 Messer feels 18’ in height should be sufficient for a detached garage, but
 understands there are a number of detached garages that exceed this height. Less
 of an issue with the 3’ setback request from the alley. ECHO board is not taking a
 position on this matter.


 The HPC asked for additional detail about the proposed height. The petitioner
 explained the height is requested in order to use the upper floor as storage. HPC
 questioned the height of existing detached garage at 8 N. Loomis Street. Staff
 stated a height variance was received in 2001 for a 21’ detached garage at 8 N.
 Loomis Street. HPC questioned how the homeowner is complying with NDPU-E
 requirements, the homeowner stated they will redesign the detached garage to
 comply. HPC asked if 136 N. Loomis received a variance for a detached garage, staff
 stated no variance on record was found for this property. HPC stated that 18’ has
 worked well for most detached garages they have seen and questioned what the
 real implication of the additional 3’ in height would be. HPC asked if the
 homeowner considered designs that stayed within the height and footprint
 allowances. Homeowner stated they did, but a two car garage is not feasible.


 HPC closed the public hearing.


 Commissioners discussed the case and presented differing opinions. Chairman
 Peterson moved to vote on each item separately. The votes are as follows:


 A motion was made by Doyle, seconded by Jacks, that the request to exceed the
 permitted 480 sq. ft. lot coverage in the required rear yard; the lot coverage
 proposed is 682 sq. ft. be accepted. The motion was carried by the following vote:
 Aye: Doyle, Garrison, Noel, Peterson
 Nay: Jacks
 Commissioner Jacks found no hardship on the property for the homeowner to
 exceed the lot coverage requirement and requested compliance.


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 A motion was made by Doyle, seconded by Jacks, that the request for the height
 variance to exceed the maximum height requirement of 18’; the height requested
 is 21’ 5- 5/8 be accepted. The motion was carried by the following vote:
 Aye: Doyle, Garrison, Noel
 Nay: Jacks, Peterson
 Commissioner Jacks and Chairman Peterson found no hardship for the homeowner
 to exceed the height requirement and request compliance.


 A motion was made by Doyle, seconded by Jacks, that the request to reduce the
 required five foot (5’) rear yard setback from the eastern property line to allow the
 garage to be placed at a setback of 3’ from the rear property line be accepted. The
 motion was carried by the following vote:
 Aye: Doyle, Garrison, Jacks, Noel, Peterson
 Nay: None

 A motion was made by Doyle, seconded by Jacks, approved. The motion carried
 by the following vote:

 Aye: 5- Doyle, Garrison, Jacks, Noel, and Peterson

 Absent: 3- Anderson, Erickson Ory, Grinnell, Martinez, Urda, Laxminarayan, Koscal, and Park

F. REPORTS

1. Approve the minutes of the February 22, 2018 Historic Preservation Commission
 meeting.
 A motion was made by Doyle, seconded by Jacks, approved. The motion carried
 by the following vote:

 Aye: 5- Doyle, Garrison, Jacks, Noel, and Peterson

 Absent: 3- Anderson, Erickson Ory, Grinnell, Martinez, Urda, Laxminarayan, Koscal, and Park

G. NEW BUSINESS:

H. ADJOURNMENT:

 7:33 pm.

 This was approved.




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