Architectural Review Board reviews informal plan to convert 16 North High Street to restaurant; no formal decision

The City of Dublin Architectural Review Board held an informal review of proposed site and building modifications at 16 North High Street that would adapt the landmark structure for a fast-casual restaurant and related site improvements.

Staff said the 0.26-acre site is in the Historic Core District and contains two individually listed National Register of Historic Places buildings. The applicant described plans to remove vehicular access from North High Street, create a pedestrian path between 16 and 22 North High, resurface and restripe the parking lot (adding one area parking space), enclose openings on an existing outbuilding facing North Blacksmith Lane, add a dumpster enclosure behind 16 North High Street, provide bike parking between the buildings, and install a Type 2 exhaust hood with rooftop screening for the restaurant use.

Why it matters: the building is a locally significant, circa-1843 limestone house in the historic core; the project…