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Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness - File No. PHDC2026-0001 - to alter the existing windows and chimney, and to construct a new front porch and rear addition at the property located at 950 Van Hoosen Rd., located on the east side of Van Hoosen Rd. in the Stoney Creek Historic District, Parcel No. 15-02-477-005, zoned R-4 One Family Residential; Designhaus Architecture for Michael Martens, Applicant
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Resolved, that the Historic Districts Commission APPROVES the request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for constructing a new front porch, rear addition, new windows, and chimney re-cladding at 950 Van Hoosen Road, Parcel Identification Number 15-02-477-005, with the following Findings and Conditions:
1) The house at 950 Van Hoosen is not a contributing property ot the Stony Creek Historic District
2) The proposed front porch, window replacement and new openings, chimney re-cladding, and two-story rear addition to the house is compatible in massing, size, scale, and materials with the remainder of the Stony Creek Historic District; and
3) The proposed work as proposed is in keeping with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines, in particular standards number 9 and 10 as follows:
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to
protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment.
10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.