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Historic Preservation Board deadlocks on full‑facade porch enclosure at 547 Alcazar Avenue; item continued
Summary
A motion to approve a full‑facade enclosure of the front porch at 547 Alcazar Avenue failed to win the five affirmative votes required for quasi‑judicial action; the item was continued after heated discussion about permanence, interiorization and owner safety concerns including bat intrusions.
The Historic Preservation Board on April 23 did not reach the five‑member affirmative threshold needed to approve a full‑facade enclosure of the front porch at 547 Alcazar Avenue and continued the item for a future hearing.
Staff recommended denial, citing the historic integrity of the porch as a character‑defining feature and concerns that enclosure converts an original exterior space into interior space. "Enclosure of the front open porches are inappropriate to these original features of the building and would recommend denial," staff said, referencing prior hearings on the item.
Owners Karina Lorenzen and Javier Diaz presented a revised design intended to mimic a screened porch…
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