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Commission approves retroactive cedar-shake roof for Miles Manor Court house despite staff recommendation
Summary
The Franklin Historic Zoning Commission voted to retroactively approve a cedar-shake roof for a circa-1930 house at 121 Miles Manor Court and approved EPDM for a rear addition, after applicants and multiple local experts presented physical and documentary evidence and commissioners weighed process compliance against material appropriateness.
The Franklin Historic Zoning Commission voted April 13 to grant a retroactive certificate of appropriateness for a cedar-shake roof at 121 Miles Manor Court and to approve EPDM roofing on a rear, nonhistoric addition.
Staff had recommended denying the retroactive cedar-shake approval, saying commission guidelines require "conclusive documentation" that a material was historically present on a building. Emily, a staff planner, told commissioners the guidelines favor preserving known historic materials and that the record did not conclusively show cedar shakes were original to the house from the 1930s.
Applicants Scott and Michelle Cash urged the commission to apply discretion. Michelle Cash said the family had searched archives and supplied evidence they say supports cedar: "We have aero photography that is from 1950...it most…
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