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El Paso Historic Landmark Commission requires parkway at 2013 Wheeling Ave. be restored within six months
Summary
The El Paso Historic Landmark Commission voted to require the parkway at a contributing house in the Manhattan Heights Historic District be brought into compliance with design guidelines within six months and to withhold permits until work is completed.
The El Paso Historic Landmark Commission voted to require the parkway at 2013 Wheeling Avenue to be brought into compliance with the city's historic design guidelines within six months and ordered that no permits or approvals be issued for the property until the work is completed.
The measure addresses an after-the-fact paving of the front yard and parkway at the contributing 1920 house in the Manhattan Heights Historic District. The Preservation Office presented photographs showing nearly the entire front yard and parkway covered with concrete and masonry, leaving very little living ground cover.
The Preservation Office told commissioners that design guidelines and City Code Chapter 20.28 limit hard-surfacing in…
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