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HARB gives conceptual approval to revised hotel design, continues application for more detail
Summary
The Historic Architectural Review Board signaled conceptual support for a revised hotel and parking design near the downtown plaza but voted to continue the opinion-of-appropriateness application to a date uncertain so the project team can return with more detailed drawings, heights and archaeological mitigation plans.
The Historic Architectural Review Board on Sept. 2024 reviewed a revised proposal to convert 24 Cathedral Place into a hotel and wrap a parking garage with a row of colonial‑style buildings along Charlotte Street. After public comment and extended board discussion about historic compatibility, archaeology and streetscape, the board agreed the latest concept is an improvement but moved to continue the application to a date uncertain for more detailed plans.
Staff told the board the property sits within the St. Augustine Town Plan National Historic Landmark Area and the Downtown National Register district and noted it is currently a PUD that sits inside the HP2 historic‑preservation zoning district. Staff read two written public comments into the record: one from the Saint Augustine Archaeological Association urging the applicant to fund archaeological mitigation rather than placing the full burden on taxpayers, and a second from…
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