Board grants COA for rear deck at 287 South Limestone; other agency approvals still required

The Lexington City Board of Architectural Review on Sept. 17 approved a certificate of appropriateness (COA) for a rear deck at 287 South Limestone that had been constructed without prior board approval. The board approved the COA with the board's standard conditions and removed an additional staff-proposed requirement that the deck be cut back five feet from the Maxwell Street sidewalk, leaving technical compliance to building inspection and other city divisions.

Historic preservation staff said they discovered the deck after it had been built and noted that building inspection and planning staff advised the board that vertical combustible construction cannot be placed that close to the sidewalk under zoning/building rules. The staff presentation recommended approval only if the deck were cut back to a minimum of five feet from the back of the Maxwell Street sidewalk to comply with LFUCG zoning…