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Historic commission approves several routine COAs, grants variance and continues a case
Summary
The commission approved two extension requests and five expedited certificates of appropriateness, granted one variance, and continued a Chatham Arch continuance request to Oct. 1.
The Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission took a series of short votes at its September meeting, approving two extension requests, five expedited COAs, and one variance, and continuing one application to Oct. 1.
In old business the commission approved a one-year extension for 2020 COA 594 (Fountain Square, 1034 Virginia Ave.) to allow the applicant more time to begin rehabilitation work on a historic-but-noncontributing former gas station building. The commission also approved a three-year extension for 2024 COA 232 (Irvington, 5460 E. Washington St.) related to a blue line station project; staff noted the projected completion date of the larger blue line project in 2028 and the applicant requested additional time to align with that schedule.
Staff presented five expedited COAs and asked for a single vote on the group. The expedited approvals included: - 2025 COA 260 (Herron-Morton Place) — 1921 N. New Jersey St.: addition on a garage to create a secondary dwelling unit. - 2025 COA 270 (Irvington) — 316 S. Audubon Rd.: demolition of a historic garage and construction of a new garage. - 2025 COA 293 (Cottage Home) — 1310 E. Knight St.: rear addition. - 2025 COA 300 (Irvington) — 5936 E. Washington St.: remodel and site alterations for a new restaurant (staff noted a separate variance application tied to this project). - 2025 COA 306 (Irvington) — 51 N. Hawthorne Ln.: demolish historic detached garage and construct a shed.
The commission approved the COAs as a block vote and separately approved the associated variance (2025 VHP 008) tied to COA 300.
Separately, the commission voted to continue 2025 COA 301 (Chatham Arch/Massachusetts Ave., 656 E. Arch St., applicant Abby Robertson) to the Oct. 1 hearing at the applicant’s request for new notice.
All of the above motions passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
Votes were procedural and brief; staff recorded typical stipulations for COAs and recommended conditions for the variance.
