The Victorian Village Historic Preservation Commission split a Certificate of Appropriateness application at 982 Highland Street on Oct. 14, approving replacement windows as a test case while requiring the existing front door be repaired rather than replaced.

Staff had described the application as two related requests: (a) replace five non‑original or deteriorated windows and consider the Renewal by Andersen product as a test case for the historic district, and (b) replace a potentially original front door. The applicant said several windows did not lock and were warped and that the owner’s top priority was to address the windows for safety and function.

After discussion, the commission voted to split the application and approve item A — installation of Renewal by Andersen “Claim”/Renewal series windows — as a test case, conditioned on the product series being the one actually installed and on submission of full product data and window profiles to staff before issuance of a COA. The commission also approved item B with a different outcome: rather than allowing door replacement, commissioners voted to require in‑place repair and refurbishment of the existing front door; staff will receive written owner consent if the applicant pursues that approach.

Procedural notes: staff and commissioners discussed whether a prior approval from 2019/2021 for Andersen windows had been installed; records were incomplete and the commission conditioned the current approval on submitting clear product and profile cut sheets to staff for the record.