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University Heights Historic District - North -After-the-Fact COA for repair and rehabilitation work at 1009-1013 NW 3rd Avenue.
Petition HP-17-70. Ken Wetherington, agent for James McCauley. After-The-Fact Certificate of Appropriateness for a reroof from shingle to metal and repair of fire damage of a multiple-family structure including interior repairs, replacement of damaged siding, replacement of hand rails on all porches, and the installation of new windows and entry doors. Located at 1009, 1011 and -1013 NW 3rd Avenue. This building is contributing to the University Heights Historic District - North.
Explanation
The applicant is proposing to obtain a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) for work that has been done for a multiple-family residential building at 1009 - 1013 NW 3rd Avenue. Part of the work also involved the repair of damage caused by a fire that occurred in February of 2017. The building is a contributing structure in the University Heights Historic District - North. The applicants did pay an after-the-fact COA penalty for the work that was done without a COA. The building has approximately 1,656 square feet of floor area.
There was fire damage as well as extensive smoke damage throughout the structure. The windows were not in proper working order. Some of the siding suffered fire damage as well as extensive termite damage on the framing and siding throughout the structure. The electrical and plumbing systems were outdated and faulty. No insulation was present at the time of the fire.
In August of 2017, a roofer filed a COA application for the repair of the metal roof for the subject building, indicating that it had been damaged by a fire. The metal roof had not received a COA for the change from a shingle roof, but there was a building permit for the reroof and the roof had suffered some damage; therefore the COA was issued for the repair. Later in the year, the contractor for the overall repair and rehabilitatio...
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