Design Standards for Historic Properties
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City of Galveston Design Standards for Historic Properties April 30, 2012 Historic Preservation Plan i Prepared by Winter & Company and HDR Engineering for the City of Galveston, Texas as part of Progress Galveston, a planning initiative led by the City’s Department of Planning & Community Development. Technical assistance provided by Kendig Keast Collaborative and the Law Offices of Kimberley Mickelson. City of Galveston Landmark Commission Richard Batie (former Commissioner) Michael Culpepper Greg Lewis Heidi Lutz Russell Mertens (Alternate) Charlotte O’Rourke Joe Rozier Tom Schwenk (Alternate) Nelson Smelker Linda Strevell Rusty Legg (Ex-Officio) City of Galveston Department of Planning and Community Development Wendy O’Donohoe, Director Lori Feild Schwarz, AICP, Assistant Director of Planning and Special Projects/HPO Catherine Gorman, AICP, Planning Manager/Assistant HPO Winter & Company Noré Winter Abe Barge, AICP HDR Engineering, Inc. Steve Schukraft, AICP Stefanie McQueen, AICP Completed as part of Progress Galveston, a planning initiative led by the City’s Department of Planning & Community Development with technical assistance provided by HDR Engineering, Inc., Kendig Keast Collaborative and the Law Offices of Kimberley Mickelson. Partial funding provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Contact: City of Galveston Department of Planning & Community Development 823 Rosenberg | P.O. Box 779 City of Galveston, TX 77553 (409) 797-3660 [email protected] Special thanks to David Salyer for the loan of his www.ProgressGalveston.com private collection of Galveston postcards. ii City of Galveston CONTENTS Introduction 1 Design Standards Users.................................................2 Property Owners ................................................................. 2 The Landmark Commission ................................................... 3 City Staff ............................................................................ 3 Other Design Standards Users .............................................. 3 Policy Base for the Standards ........................................4 Galveston Comprehensive Plan ............................................ 4 Galveston Historic Preservation Plan .................................... 4 Regulatory Framework ..................................................5 Zoning Code........................................................................ 5 Historic Preservation Ordinance ........................................... 6 Where the Design Standards Apply ................................7 Locally-Designated Individual Historic Landmarks .................. 7 Locally-Designated Historic Districts ..................................... 8 Chapter 1 Using the Design Standards 11 The Design Review System .......................................... 12 Application Process ........................................................... 14 Administrative Approval .................................................... 16 Appeals ............................................................................ 16 Other Permits or Applications Reviewed by the Landmark Commission ...................................................................... 16 Exemptions and Benefits ............................................. 18 Design Standards Organization .................................... 20 Design Standards Components .................................... 21 Historic Preservation Plan iii Chapter 2 Design Standards for All Historic Preservation Projects 23 General Preservation Principles .................................. 24 Standards for the Treatment of Historic Features .......... 30 Materials and Finishes ....................................................... 30 Building Elements ............................................................. 37 Architectural Details.......................................................... 45 Additional Standards for Historic Buildings................... 47 Storm-Safety Features on Historic Buildings ........................ 47 Adaptive Reuse ................................................................. 49 Historic Additions ............................................................. 50 Accessibility ..................................................................... 50 Utility Equipment .............................................................. 52 Sustainability Standards for Historic Properties ............ 53 Planning a Rehabilitation Project for Energy Efficiency ......... 53 Maintaining the Inherent Energy Efficiency of a Historic Building ......................................................... 58 Enhancing Energy Performance of Historic Structures ........... 59 Using Energy-Generating Technologies ............................... 61 Chapter 3 Design Standards for Residential Properties 67 Residential Development Patterns ............................... 68 Design Standards for All Residential Properties ............ 71 Residential Site Standards ................................................. 71 Residential Building Standards ........................................... 76 Standards for Elevated Residential Foundations ................... 80 Standards for Residential to Commercial Conversion ............ 84 Design Standards for Residential New Construction and Additions ............................................................ 85 Site Standards for New Residential Construction ................. 86 Massing Standards for New Residential Construction ........... 88 Building Standards for New Residential Construction ........... 92 Standards for New Secondary Buildings on Residential Properties ........................................................................ 95 Standards for Residential Additions .................................... 96 iv City of Galveston Chapter 4 Design Standards for Commercial Properties 99 Commercial Development Patterns ............................ 100 Design Standards for All Commercial Properties ......... 101 Commercial Site Standards .............................................. 101 Commercial Building Standards ........................................ 109 Commercial Signage Standards ......................................... 115 Design Standards for New Commercial Construction and Additions .......................................................... 121 Massing Standards for New Commercial Construction ........ 121 Building Standards for New Commercial Construction ........ 124 Standards for New Commercial Structures in Residential Districts .................................................... 129 Standards for New Parking Structures ............................... 131 Standards for Commercial Additions ................................. 132 Chapter 5 Local Historic Districts 135 East End Historic District ........................................... 137 Design Traditions ............................................................ 137 Concerns and Objectives .................................................. 139 Lost Bayou Historic District ....................................... 141 Design Traditions ............................................................ 141 Concerns and Objectives .................................................. 141 Silk Stocking Historic District ..................................... 143 Design Traditions ............................................................ 143 Concerns and Objectives .................................................. 143 Strand/Mechanic Historic District .............................. 145 Design Traditions ............................................................ 146 Concerns and Objectives .................................................. 146 Additional Context-Specific Design Standards for the Strand/Mechanic Historic District .......................... 147 Historic Preservation Plan v Appendices A-1 Appendix I. Historic Architectural Styles and Types ......A-2 Alley House .....................................................................A-2 Art Deco ..........................................................................A-2 Colonial Revival ...............................................................A-3 Commissary House/Shotgun Cottage .................................A-3 Gable Front Cottage .........................................................A-4 Double Gallery House .......................................................A-5 Exotic Revival ..................................................................A-5 Gable-End Dormered Cottage ............................................A-5 Galveston Vernacular Buildings .........................................A-6 Greek Revival ...................................................................A-6 Italianate ........................................................................A-6 Mission ...........................................................................A-7 Moderne .........................................................................A-7 Neoclassical/Classical Revival ...........................................A-7 Prairie .............................................................................A-8 Ranch/Modernist .............................................................A-8 Queen Anne.....................................................................A-9 Second Empire .................................................................A-9 Spanish Eclectic ............................................................