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Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness - File No. PHDC2025-0006 - to remove a lean-to between two barns at the property located at 1568 W. Avon Rd., located on the north side of Avon between Livernois and Old Perch, zoned R-3 One Family Residential District, Parcel No. 15-16-377-037; Linda Peterson, Applicant
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Resolved, that the Historic Districts Commission APPROVES the request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the demolition of the collapsing 1-story lean-to between the barn and tool shed, Parcel Identification Number 15-16-377-037, with the following Findings and Conditions:
1) The collapsing lean-to is deteriorated beyond repair and is not a character defining feature of the property. The work as proposed is appropriate for the property, provided that the adjacent barn and tool shed walls are repaired to match the existing after the lean-to is removed; and
2) The proposed lean-to demolition as proposed is in keeping with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines, in particular standard number 2 as follows:
2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided