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ITEM 3 - Old Business HISTORIC and ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD STAFF REPORT ITEM 3 - Old Business HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD STAFF REPORT NAME Spring Garden Historic District ADDRESS 1001 NW North River Drive PROJECT DESCRIPTION Alterations to a contributing home completed without Building Permits or a Certificate of Appropriateness. and other Code Violations. ANALYSIS This home was built in 1958 and is a contributing home in the Spring Garden Historic District. The owner and his contractor have been con tacted to stop work prior to construction. This site was originally cited for painting witho ut a COA and has since been cited for illegal work without a permit and illega! units. The Building Department has issued two slop work orders or · red tags· and Code Enforcement has sent the owner notification of pending Gode Violations, At this time no Building Permits, Certificate of Appropri ateness or a Certificate to Dig have bee n applied obtained Following the City of Miami Capital Improvements Program's (CIP) streetscape work in Spring Garden , CIP completed some repairs to private driveways and walkways to reconnect them to the new roadway and sidewalk elevations. however it was confirmed by the Preservalion Officer and CIP that the property owner at 1001 NW North River Drive went beyond the scope of the CIP roadway ag reement, doubling the width of the existing driveway, adding new entry steps and a landing to the front of the house, adding a new front walkway, and removing the gara ge door and blocking in the opening. The applicant has submitted an after-the-fact application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for alterations. RECOMMENDATION The Preservation Office, in accord ance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, Chapter 23 of the City of Miami Code, and the City of Miami's Guidelines for Historic Districts and Sites, recommends that the application for an afier-the-fact Certificate of Appropriateness for alterations be Approved with Conditions. The Cond~ions are as follows: 1. The house shall be repainted to meet an approved CO lor found in the City of Miami's Guidelines for Historic Districts and Siles. 2. The driveway shall be reduced in size 10 allow drainage from the side yard 10 the street frontage and meet all side setback requirements of zoning. The maximum width at the sidewalk shall be 12 feet and the maximum widlh at the house shall be 18 feel. 3. The blocked-in garage opening on the side/rear of the home shall be redesigned to have wi ndows or door and propose a design solution where the original opening existed. (This must be brought back to the HEPB for approval) We are also requesting that the grills existing on the front one car garage door be removed faCi ng the driveway. 4. The applicant must obtain all electrical and bui lding permits for completed work and must pay the double After-the-Fact fees for all permits. May 1, 2012 Page 1 of 2 ITEM 3 - Old Business 5. The illegal unit on the property must be cleared with Code Enforcement. 6. A landscape plan shall be submitted to the Preservation Office. 7. A site plan shall be submitted to the Preserva tion Office that is drawn to scale, showing all dimensions of the proposed and completed wort< and the site grading proposed. 8. All future alterations to the exterior of the property shall be submitted to the Preservation Office through the Certificate of Appropriateness process. Any revisions to this resolution will require HEPB action . May 1, 2012 Page 2 of 2 . ~ . 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Form completed oQo Consult Guide to His/orical Structure Forms for preferred descriptions (coded fields at the Site Filef DHR USE ONLy······ OFFICIAL EVALUATIONS •••••• DHR USE ONLY NR DATE KEEPER-NR ELIGIBILITY Dyes Ono D8t. --'--'__ _ 1--'_ SHP()..NR ELIGIBILITY: Dyes Dna Opotentially elig. O insufficienf Info Date -.i._I__ DELIST DATE LOCAL DESIGNATiON: ________________08to --'_1__ -1--'._ Local offICe C--;::;c:-""-,;:;-;-;;;:-:""';;:-:c""==-;;::;;:::;:-;;-:-c;;------ National Regisfer Criteria for Evaluation Da Db D c Dd (See National Register Bulletin 15, p. 2) HRSEMlIIa.t& f lOf'ld. MillIN" S.. Flk l OlYltlofo 01 Hittorbl Rnourcn I R. Ii.. Gray Buldlftsl I 500 SoI<tt1 BronOllgh SI1HlTall ..... u«. Fl 32m.o2~ PtlONI (I~J '1'·22" I s.-.. m·229J I Fa. jl5O) 921.0112 I E.maoI """,.....,M.dO... ull .tI.u' Comport_ ~ P:IfSFW>OCS1,fQflMS\SS FORM Yl.O.OOC .. ' ~dams, Alexandflr From: Adams. Alexander Sen!: Wednesday, March 14 , 20125:32 PM To; '[email protected]' Subject: FW: 1001 NW N River Drive- Spring Garden Building Stop Work permit. Alexander Adams, AICP City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department I Preservation Officer Histor ic I Archaeology I Environmental 444 SW 2nd Avenue 3rd Floor I MiamI. FL 33130 Di rect Phone: 305.416.1445 I FAX : 305.416.2156 [email protected] . '~ ... '" j -?~ . ?!:s...... M '~ • • " , ~,\ " , - f.- 1<' AMERICA £.,J-. , ,J I~ G\oI '''''''It' www.miamigov.com/planning I www,hjSloricpreservationmjami,com ~ Please consider the environment before printing this email. 'Pit.", N OI ~' Olle 10 Florida', very ~rood publ;,; rec¢rd~ I~w . moll .... r ~en commurJICalions ~re pul)llC record' From: Benitez, Reinaldo (Ray) A Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 9: 16 AM To: Adams, Alexander Cc: Sierra, Daniel Subject: RE: 1001 NW N River Drive- Spring Garden Stop-Work-Orders were issued the first day I went out to this site. The swO should have stopped All ongoing work, but that does not always happen . I was told about the blocking-up of the Garage door, but have not had an opportunity to get out to photograph it... Danny, Please forward any images for the blocked-up garage door that your in spector may take. Th anks! From: Adams, Alexander Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 8:54 AM To: Sierra, Daniel; Benitez, Reinaldo (Ray) A Cc: Mclaughlin, Megani Novaes, Marina Subject: 100l NW N River Drive- Spring Garden Daniel. I know we currently have a violation for driveway, porch, sidewalk repairs without a permit at 1001 NW N River Drive. We need to add another for concrete blocking in the garage without a permit. Ray, I'm not sure if you order a stop work on this one yet? They have 4 items going on without permits. Alexander Adams, AICP City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department I Preservation OHicer HislOflC I Archaeology I EnVlfonmental ., Adams. Alexander From: Jay [email protected]] Senl: Wednesday, March 21 . 20121 :47 PM To: Adams, Alexani$er Subj&Gt: Preliminary working version of HEPB COA App Attachments: HEPB Application 120321-1.pdf Alex, I have gathered most of the maleriallo submit an application to you but W8S nor be able to complete and print twelve copies for you uniil tomOITOw. [have attached a worling apy for you to take a look at if you like. I am confident I can deliver the copies requested to you by tomorrow. Please let me know if you have any comments. Jay MeistreJI 786-399-1791 , March 2012: 1001 NW North River Drive 19SOs Tax Photo/20ll: January 2012: February 2012: March 2012: • • CIT Y o F I A M I PLANNING IDEPARTMENT I PRE5ERVAlliON SECTION STAN DARD CERTIFI CATE OF APPRO PRI AT ENE SS (C OA) MINOR ALI i:.M IluN.') ----- H ISTORIC RESOU RC E ADDRESS/NAM E HI STORIC DISTR ICT/RESO RCE \ - 71'i i OWNER' S NAME OWNER'S DAYTlMI: PHOrJ4E NUMBE R ''''0 I N oJ N " r t-b sz, \ V e.
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