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Board approves 78‑sq‑ft portal with standing‑seam translucent roof at 925 Acequia Madre; flashing to be galvanized steel
Summary
The board approved a 78‑sq‑ft roofed portal connecting a casita and main house at 925 Acequia Madre, accepting a standing‑seam translucent roof assembly that staff said would not be publicly visible when detailed; the board required galvanized steel flashing and allowed the polycarbonate roofing as a temporary roofing material.
The board approved a proposal to add a 78‑square‑foot roofed portal to connect a non‑contributing casita and a contributing main residence at 925 Acequia Madre (case 2025009943), after the applicant provided additional roof‑edge details requested at a prior hearing.
Staff said the existing property is a contributing Santa Fe Pueblo Revival residence with a non‑contributing courtyard casita; the proposed portal sits within the courtyard and stands alone as a small roofed connector. The material proposed is a thin standing‑seam translucent polycarbonate (specified as a Hercules roof), and staff requested a construction detail showing a flashing profile that would conceal the material edge so the translucent roof would not be visible from the public right‑of‑way.
Applicant Gregory Waits presented a flashing detail that showed a standing‑seam roof and a metal flashing/drip edge covering the portal roof edge and directing runoff to gutters; he said the assembly would produce a clean roof edge so the translucent panels would not be visible from the street. Waits indicated copper flashing was an option and discussed how the detail would be drained into gutters and appear similar to a conventional roof edge when viewed from the public way.
Public commenter Stephanie Benonato opposed the use of what she described as a plexiglass roofing product and urged the board to require the applicant to shorten any translucent panels so they were not visible from the property line; the applicant responded that the standing‑seam approach is low‑profile and intended to minimize visibility. After discussion, a motion to approve passed with conditions: the motion specified galvanized‑steel flashing and allowed the translucent roof material as a temporary roofing option; the motion carried on a roll call vote (Yes: Cherry; Degnan; Aguilar Medrano; Besheide).
