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Kemp said the department will use a memorandum of understanding, a programmatic review and a citywide update to NashvilleNext to make preservation more prominent in planning decisions. \"Trust is earned over time,\" Kemp said, and added that she was \"committed to working through that with you, as we move forward.\"

Why it matters: Metro Council passed bill 2025-742 to move the historic zoning staff under the Planning Department. Commissioners and staff have raised concerns about the change in recent months; commissioners said the promised steps and face-to-face engagement could calm anxieties that arose during the restructuring.

Kemp outlined three early commitments: an administrative MOU to define the transition, a programmatic review of the historic zoning function to set shared goals, and partnership to produce a functional preservation plan to be folded into NashvilleNext. Joni Williams, assistant director in the Planning Department who will serve as a principal liaison, told the commission she will act as a point of contact and help coordinate work across the planning division's design studio.

Commissioners responded positively to the offer of regular meetings and a formal work session. Vice Chair Stewart, Commissioner Price and others thanked staff and welcomed the Planning Department's design resources; several commissioners said they felt reassured by the direct outreach. Robin Ziegler, chair of the Historic Zoning Commission, said she and the commission will work with planning staff on the programmatic review and transition steps.

What was said and next steps: Kemp and Williams invited the commission to request a work session and promised continuing engagement; the planning department said it expects to complete logistical steps in late June and to make office space available in the Metro Office Building near Second Avenue South ahead of the technical transition. Williams also described the planning department's design studio and encouraged commissioners to contact her with questions.

The exchange did not adopt any new rules or change commission authority on the record; commissioners and planning staff emphasized that the items discussed were commitments to process and collaboration rather than final policy changes.

Ending: Planning officials said more meetings and a programmatic review will follow; commissioners and staff agreed to continue coordination through June so the staff transfer proceeds with planned oversight and follow-up work.
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Adopted administrative items: Commissioners voted to adopt the revised meeting agenda after removing several items (including 2518 Ashwood from consent to be heard later). The March minutes were also adopted without objection.

Consent agenda and administrative approvals: The consent agenda included a series of new-construction addition and partial-demolition cases that staff recommended for approval with conditions. Addresses on the consent agenda included: 400 Rudolph Avenue; 1 Waters Avenue; 903 Montrose Avenue; 1014 Villa Place; 2207 Lindell Avenue; 1512 Gale Lane; 1001 Halcyon Avenue; and 4401 Elkins Avenue. The item at 2518 Ashwood was removed from consent and was heard later in the meeting.

Other case outcomes:
- 1712 Forest Avenue (infill and outbuilding): Approved. Staff had issued an administrative demolition permit for the existing noncontributing structure; the applicant submitted revised drawings addressing staff conditions on walkway and outbuilding wall height and the commission approved the project.
- 2518 Ashwood (side and rear additions plus outbuilding): Approved with an amendment to staff condition 7. The commission modified the standard condition to require the new siding exposure to match the existing house (between 6.5 and 6.75 inches) rather than a different standard exposure; the applicant had already submitted revised drawings to address staff's dormer inset request.

Leadership recognition: The commission unanimously approved awarding this year's leadership recognition to two nominees: the East End Neighborhood Association and the Richland West End Neighborhood Association. The awards will be presented at the commission's next meeting.

Routine votes: All the above motions passed with no recorded opposition in the meeting transcript; several motions included named seconds (for example, adoption of the agenda was moved by Commissioner Cotton and seconded by Commissioner Williams; the consent agenda was moved by Vice Chair Stewart and seconded by Commissioner Cotton). No formal roll-call tallies were read into the record.

Ending: Commission business concluded with staff and planning leaders exchanging follow-up contact points and the commission setting the leadership honorees to be presented at the next meeting.
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Staff advised that the lot is allowed a maximum outbuilding footprint of 1,000 square feet and that the proposed outbuilding combined with the existing carport would total about 1,400 square feet. Staff recommended approval only if the applicant removed the carport or reduced the new outbuilding so the total did not exceed 1,000 square feet.

The applicant told the commission the carport is frequently used to load and unload small children and to protect family vehicles during severe weather and that the carport is not visible from the street or the alley because of lot slope and vegetation. \"We are building this DADU for my mom... we are asking to keep the carport because it's super functional for our family,\" the applicant said.

Commission discussion centered on precedent and the treatment of grandfathered outbuildings. Commissioners noted the commission typically enforces the 1,000-square-foot rule but that exceptions have been granted when a structure is minimally permanent, not visible, and the lot is unusually large. After deliberation, a commissioner moved to approve the outbuilding with staff recommendations but except from condition 1 the requirement to remove the existing carport. The commission recorded a second and unanimously approved the motion.

Conditions and clarifications: The approval includes staff's standard outbuilding conditions and stated the exception was granted based on the lot's size (17,792 square feet), the applicant's representation that the carport has no permanent foundation and the carport's lack of visibility from public rights-of-way. Commissioners stressed that the exception was narrowly tailored: if the carport were enclosed or permanently improved, staff said it would no longer be treated as a minimal structure and would be subject to standard limits.

Ending: The applicant may proceed with the outbuilding under the conditions; the commission directed staff to monitor any future proposal to enclose or otherwise upgrade the carport.
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Staff told commissioners the lot falls in a development zone intended for larger, non-historic building types and that the proposed house form and a complex roof failed to meet sections addressing building type, massing, setbacks and roof form. \"Staff recommends disapproval of the proposed infill,\" the staff presenter said in the commission's staff report.

Why it matters: Germantown's historic preservation overlay tailors guidelines to subzones; staff said a low-rise detached house form is not appropriate on a 53-foot-wide commercial-zoned lot facing a major thoroughfare and that replication of historic house forms where context does not support them would conflict with the Department of the Interior standards the city follows.

Applicant Ethan Warren of Remic Architecture defended aspects of the design, saying the project's proposed width was within the existing context and that the roof and covered tent element were intended to separate the proposed house-like portion from an industrial component. \"One of the reasons that we had so many variations in the roof form was to separate the house form from the industrial form to kind of show it as two separate pieces of architecture,\" Warren said. He said the team could simplify the roof and adjust the tented porch if the commission found them out of scale.

Commissioners echoed staff concerns that the residential house form was inappropriate facing Rosa Parks. Commissioner Cashin and others said the industrial component alone might be appropriate but that pairing it with a residential form created a massing and design conflict that did not meet overlay standards.

The commission approved staff's recommendation of disapproval; the vote was recorded with no opposing votes. The commission encouraged the applicant to work with staff and to return with revised drawings that respond to the cited guideline sections.

Ending: The applicant was directed to consult with staff on revisions; no certificate of appropriateness was issued and the project must be redesigned to meet the Germantown overlay guidelines before it can be approved.
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Planning Department leaders pledge collaborative transition as historic zoning staff move under their oversight

Historic Zoning Commission approves consent items, adopts minutes and recognizes neighborhood leadership; several project votes summarized

Commission allows outbuilding at 831 Glen Avenue to proceed with staff conditions after finding site unique

Commission rejects proposed infill at 1220 Rosa Parks, citing inappropriate house form and massing