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Historic Preservation Board approves solar pergola for Lustron House after administrative variance

5563741 · August 12, 2025
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The Sarasota Historic Preservation Board approved a certificate of appropriateness for a solar pergola on the Lustron House, allowing a wooden pergola with solar panels to encroach into the side setback after an administrative variance and subject to permit review.

The Sarasota Historic Preservation Board on Aug. 12 approved a certificate of appropriateness for the installation of a wooden solar pergola at the Lustron House, a locally designated historic property, after the project received an administrative variance to encroach into the required side setback.

The board approved Certificate of Appropriateness 25-COA-06, finding the proposed work consistent with section 4-8.18(A) of the zoning code and subject to compliance with building permit 2025-011558 and final plan review by historic preservation staff and the director of the Development Services Department.

The owners, Dr. Christopher Wilson and Masima Gokar, told the board the pergola is proposed on the west side of the property…

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