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Ocala board approves porch and window changes at 721 NE 2nd St., requires traditional picket railing on front
Summary
The Ocala Historic Preservation Board approved COA 25-0045 for 721 NE 2nd Street — permitting an expanded composite deck and two door-to-window conversions — but required replacing the proposed wave-pattern PVC front railing with traditional pickets; staff had recommended approval despite nonhistoric materials.
The Ocala Historic Preservation Board on Jan. 21 approved a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA 25-0045) allowing an expanded composite (Trex) deck and the conversion of two door openings back to double-hung windows at 721 Northeast 2nd Street, but the board required the street-facing railing’s contemporary wave pattern be replaced with a traditional picket design.
Charlene Whitehead, economic development project coordinator, told the board staff had reviewed the application against city COA criteria and the Secretary of the Interior standards for rehabilitation and recommended approval. Whitehead said the property, built in 1918 and located in the Tuscawilla Historic…
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