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Design review board grants retroactive approval for garage window in 3–2 vote
Summary
The board granted retroactive approval for a casement window installed at 223 Marion St. SE on a contributing property; members expressed discomfort about mixing window styles, and a motion passed 3–2.
The Aiken Design Review Board narrowly approved retroactive approval of a casement window installed on the garage at 223 Marion Street SE, voting 3–2 on the certificate application (CERH26-060). Rebecca (secretary, speaker 3) summarized the staff report and said the garage addition dated from about the 1970s while the main house is contributing. Applicant Kyle Marks (speaker 10) said the homeowner had previously been misled by prior work and that the owner is open to replacing the casement later with a double-hung unit or adding simulated divided lights to better match the house.
Board members asked whether other planned window replacements would match the casement; Marks said the other planned windows would be double-hung but that the casement was already installed. Chair (speaker 1) and several members raised concern about “mix and match” windows on one property but noted the board’s purview is limited to windows visible from the public right of way.
A committee member (speaker 2) moved to approve the retroactive installation; the motion carried 3–2. The chair noted the applicant must return if future visible window replacements are proposed so the board can review cumulative effects.
What’s next: the homeowner may revise visible window choices and come back for additional approval if replacements are proposed that are visible without vegetation or fencing.
