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Florence board approves new windows at Thompson's Barber College with wall-repair condition
Summary
The Florence City design-review board approved installation of new windows at Thompson’s Barber College, 218 N. Dargan St., but required an evaluation and repair plan for a deteriorating north wall and noted a city easement protecting a mural.
The Florence City design-review board approved installation of undivided windows at Thompson’s Barber College, 218 North Dargan Street, with a condition that the building's north wall be evaluated and repaired and that the building department sign off on technical work, board members said at a public hearing.
Board members and staff said the applicant sought the windows to bring natural light into classrooms at the rear of the building and asked to repaint a faded white portion of the wall. Planning staff recommended limiting repainting near a mural, because the city holds an easement on part of that wall and the mural must not be damaged.
The board’s decision matters because the building sits in the city’s historic overlay district and the north wall carries a mural protected by an easement. Staff said the mural…
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