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Bay City Historic District Commission approves multiple certificates of appropriateness for home window and porch projects
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Summary
The commission approved certificates of appropriateness for projects at 2116 Center Avenue, 610 Park Avenue and a 6th Street residence, agreed to reschedule one case and cleared routine business. Approvals cited conformity with the Secretary of the Interior standards and local regulation 64-11(c).
The Bay City Historic District Commission approved several certificates of appropriateness and handled routine business at its meeting.
Chair Mary Sales called the meeting to order and the commission approved the minutes from the prior session. A request from the applicant for HDC case 260112O7 (McKinley) to move to the next meeting because of extenuating circumstances was accepted and the item was rescheduled.
Brett Mahaffey of Renewal by Andersen described work at 2116 Center Avenue, where the project replaces eight sunroom windows and one patio door with aluminum-wrapped, like-for-like units. The commission moved and approved a certificate of appropriateness, finding the work consistent with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation and section 64-11(c) of the city’s historic preservation district regulations.
Mahaffey then presented a reduced-scope application for 610 Park Avenue, noting the homeowner reduced the project from 16 to 14 windows and that replacement units will match existing muntin patterns and sash ratios where visible. The commission moved and approved that certificate of appropriateness as described.
Applicant Mary Anne Sovey told the commission she could afford only six replacements at her 6th Street home; she described failing window mechanisms and said she planned to return for further work later. The commission approved a certificate of appropriateness for the six-window request.
In each of the above approvals, the motion language cited compliance with the Secretary of the Interior standards and the city's section 64-11(c); commissioners voted in support and the motions passed as recorded at the meeting.
The commission closed with standard follow-up instructions: staff asked applicants to follow up with the planning office on submittals and administrative details, and applicants were reminded to provide required materials if requested by staff.
