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Votes at a glance: Pensacola ARB, Feb. 20, 2025
Summary
The Architectural Review Board approved a series of renovation, signage and streetscape items, and granted an interpretive exception for a North Hill new-construction roof pitch. Several items were continued or handled as abbreviated review items as noted.
The Architectural Review Board held its regular meeting Feb. 20 and voted on multiple agenda items. The board approved the following motions and final actions (summary):
- Approval of minutes from the prior meeting — Motion carried (vote not recorded in transcript).
- 522 East Government Street, Unit 12 — Final approval to replace five existing windows with Andersen 400-series vinyl‑clad wood windows (no divided lights) and to replace cedar siding with Hardy plank siding to be painted Sherwin‑Williams Colonial Revival Gray with Sherwin‑Williams Classical White trim. Condition: new siding installed with a 5‑inch reveal. Motion carried.
- 700 North Barcelona Street — (See separate story.) Board approved modified roof pitch (7/12–9/12) under an ARB interpretation of LDC §12‑3‑62(3); porch-column revisions to return via abbreviated review. Motion carried.
- 1009 North Roost Street — Final approval for a 24-by-16-foot replacement accessory shed on existing slab, 10/12 roof pitch, architectural shingle roof, HardiePlank lap siding to be painted Benjamin Moore Narragansett Green. Motion carried.
- 100 West Garden Street (mural) — Final approval for a printed mural installed with an invisible-frame system and four light fixtures on Balen Street elevation of a noncontributing structure. Condition: center the panel on the building volume (board motion). Motion carried.
- 601 North Palafox Street (former St. Michael's School/Episcopal Day School drop-off) — Final approval for new porte cochere, squared columns, extended walkway, ceiling fans and light fixtures, brick pavers and artificial turf in the auto court; board approved an addendum that any extension of columns into city park/right-of-way would be handled later under abbreviated review contingent on parks approval/licensed use. Motion carried.
- 36 South Palafox Street — Final approval to replace nine existing vinyl windows with Andersen 400-series aluminum-clad wood windows with full divided lights and to apply mineral masonry paint to match existing color. Motion carried.
- 400 South Jefferson Street — Quasi-judicial variance(s) approved to allow larger signage: increase allowable signage from 12 sq. ft. to 47 sq. ft. and increase maximum sign height for the Zaragoza Street frontage; the board granted the requested variance(s) after finding the property’s scale and civic use justify larger signage. Motion carried. Subsequent aesthetic review approved a painted metal corner blade sign (approximately 2 ft by 23.5 ft) with illuminated routed letters; condition: bracket design to incorporate some scroll elements from the building’s existing ornament and return via abbreviated review for final bracket details.
- 909 & 100 East Garden Street — The board granted conceptual approval for exterior improvements to the contributing structure and asked the applicant to return with final materials/finishes and to incorporate the board’s comments on unifying elements and storefront rhythm. Motion carried as conceptual approval; applicant will return for final review.
For motions where the transcript records only voice votes, the ARB recorded outcomes as “motion carries” with no roll-call tally in the public minutes. Where the board required additional submittals the staff will process those items via abbreviated review or as a subsequent ARB agenda item as noted.
