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Request a Part 1 Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Renovation and an Addition (B)
Petition HP-16-63 & HP-16-64. Jay Reeves and Associates, Inc., agent for Mike and Michelle Jaffee. Certificate of Appropriateness & Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for the interior renovation, and a guest house addition to an existing garage. Located at 621 NE 5th Terrace. This building is contributing to the Northeast Residential Historic District.
Explanation
This is a request for an ad valorem tax exemption for a historic property located at 621 NE 5th Terrace. The contributing structure was built in 1934 according to the Alachua County Property Appraisers Office. The property is zoned RSF-3 and is approximately 0.35 acres in size. The request for an ad valorem tax exemption is a two part process: Part 1 is the pre-construction application detailing the work that will be done to qualify for the exemption; and Part 2 is the review of the work proposed in Part 1 and the approval of the exemption.
The existing single-family dwelling is a California Monterey style brick, two-story structure. The project has two phases. In phase 1, the applicant is proposing to construct a new master bathroom and closet to replace the existing and reduce the master bedroom size. In phase 2, a guest house addition to the existing garage would be constructed at the rear of the house. The size would be 400 square feet and would match the appearance of the existing garage. The single-family dwelling is a contributing structure in the Northeast Residential Historic District. The accessory garage structure is a non-contributing structure in the district.
The size of the addition is over 300 square feet, thus requiring a board approval. However, the existing garage is only visible from the driveway into the property. The proposed addition will not be readily visible when looking at the front of the house, which faces NE 5th Terrace. The addition will be at the rear of the historic buil...
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