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Design Review Committee backs in-kind porch repair but resists composite decking at 125 South Margin Street
Summary
Owner seeks to remove a ramp and expand the front porch footprint at a historic commercial building at 125 South Margin Street; staff and committee recommended in-kind wood repair rather than composite decking and flagged that front-facade changes require a COA at the commission.
Knoll Creek Builders representative Greg Dvorak presented replacement and modest expansion plans for the front porch at 125 South Margin Street during the Franklin City Design Review Committee meeting on Jan. (date not specified). The owner, Lisa Biggers, asked to remove an existing ramp and extend the porch symmetrically across the facade; the applicant also proposed composite decking samples for the new surface.
Elizabeth, historic-preservation staff, said the building is a historic commercial property noted in the National Register listing for having a partial-width porch, wood floor and metal shed roof.…
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