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HPB continues demolition application at 226 N. Gross Ave. for more cost information
Summary
The board continued application 26.63 (demolition of a contributing c.1910 residence and construction of a new house with ADU) after finding the record lacked the contractor cost comparison the code requires to evaluate economic infeasibility; applicant agreed to provide a cost analysis.
The Heritage Preservation Board continued application 26.63, which seeks full demolition of a contributing circa‑1910 frame vernacular residence at 226 North Gross Avenue and construction of a new single‑family home with an accessory dwelling unit. Staff gave an extensive presentation on demolition criteria (historic significance, feasibility of reproduction, economic return) and recommended approval conditioned on documentation and salvage of materials, preservation of the site's historic wall, and a three‑year expiration if no permit is issued.
During public questions and board discussion, members repeatedly requested the cost‑comparison data the city's code expects — namely, an apples‑to‑apples comparison of costs to rehabilitate the existing house versus the cost of new construction. The applicant's representative, architect Daniel Edgel, said restoration cost estimates had risen and the project budget "had grown to about $1,300,000," and offered to supply a contractor cost analysis. Because the cost analysis was not in the record for the board to evaluate criteria 6 and 7 (economic feasibility), a motion to continue the case to the next meeting was made and adopted so the applicant can supplement the application without re‑advertising the matter.
