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Kennesaw HPC staff reports administrative COAs and ongoing historic-survey and ordinance review
Summary
At the April 25 meeting staff reported several administrative certificates of appropriateness processed in the prior 30 days and updated the commission on an ongoing historic-survey and revisions to the HPC/CBD ordinance; commissioners were told surveys will proceed over the summer and public meetings will follow.
Staff told the commission on April 25 that several administrative Certificates of Appropriateness (COAs) were processed in the last 30 days and provided a status update on concurrent work to update the HPC/CBD ordinance and to complete a citywide historic survey.
Administrative approvals handled by staff and the commission chair included routine work that met administrative-review standards: installation of a fence at 2912 Gold Place; roof and siding repairs at 3086 Cherokee Street; name- and face-panel updates for signage associated with the amphitheater (now identified as United Amphitheater), Main Street Eats (name change and replacement signage), and Piedmont Bank (now United Bankshares) at 2243 Lewis Street; a reroof at 2927 Lewis Street; and replacement of nine windows on a non-historic structure at 29xx Galt Place submitted for energy-efficiency repairs.
Why it matters: Administrative COAs streamline routine repairs and branding updates while reserving design review for more substantive changes. Staff also said the city is advancing a historic-survey project this summer that will inform any changes to district boundaries and a parallel revision of the HPC/CBD ordinance; public meetings will be scheduled to discuss recommendations after survey completion.
Key points - Administrative approvals were processed under the city’s administrative-COA rules and included signage face-panel changes, reroofing, window replacements on non-historic structures, and a residential fence that met standards. - Staff said the historical survey and HPC/CBD ordinance review are moving forward in tandem; the survey results will inform whether district boundaries are redefined and will guide ordinance amendments to remove conflicts between preservation standards and other departmental requirements (for example, fire and energy codes). - Staff warned that current conflicts between design standards and other department requirements have created confusion for applicants; the combined survey-and-ordinance effort aims to resolve those conflicts.
Ending: Staff said surveyors will be visible in the field this summer and the commission will receive an update when survey data are compiled; public outreach will follow.
