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Board discusses guidance for impact windows and code enforcement for damaged tile roofs
Summary
Board members urged staff to draft guidance or code revisions to ensure impact windows installed in historic districts better replicate historic divided‑light appearance and asked staff to explore code enforcement options for unrepaired tile roofs after recent storms.
Members of the Venice Historic Preservation Board discussed concerns about recent wholesale replacement of windows in the historic district with contemporary impact glazing that does not visually replicate historic divided‑light windows, and they raised separate concerns about unrepaired tile roofs damaged by recent storms.
Board member John (board member) summarized the problem: modern impact windows typically use a single sheet of laminated glass and applied muntins that lack the exterior depth and shadow lines of historic divided‑light sashes. He said the board’s…
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