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HEMA No. 2023-07 – The Dehne Apts. No 1 (1102 North Lacy Street) <br />October 5, 2023 <br />Page 4 <br />3 <br />7 <br />2 <br />9 <br />second floors of the east façade facing North Lacy Street; nine main entrance apartment <br />doors composed of a six-panel wood door with brass hardware and a Judas window; eight <br />rear/secondary apartment entrances composed of wood doors with a single light at the <br />west and north facades; two exterior pedestrian doors at the attached garage’s rear (west) <br />façade; two exterior wood staircases (wood steps, guardrails, and handrails) with <br />concrete steps at the east façade, which lead to the second floor apartment entrances; <br />two wood staircases (wood steps, handrails, and guardrails) attached to two wood <br />balconies at the west façade, which provide access to the building’s rear doors; one wood <br />staircase at the building’s southwest corner at the west façade (wood steps, guardrails, <br />and handrails); and concrete platforms with two concrete steps which serve the first floor <br />entrances throughout the building (where extant at the south and east facades). <br /> <br />Since the 1999 French Park National Register Historic District nomination form was <br />published, the subject property has undergone interior and exterior modifications, which <br />are discussed in detail in the Project Background and Building Alterations section of this <br />staff report. <br />Project Background and Building Alterations <br />The project began in January 2021, with plans submitted to the Planning Division for <br />interior work only. By October 2021, Code Enforcement staff identified interior and <br />exterior work completed without permits that affected the entire apartment building and <br />all units. In November 2021, Planning Division approved plans to permit additional interior <br />work identified by the Code Enforcement Division. <br />In February 2022, the project’s contractor obtained Planning Division approval for a <br />revised project scope of work to include additional structural information, which was <br />required by the Building Division. That same day, the contractor submitted building, <br />mechanical, electrical, and plumbing plans for the remodel/interior alterations to the nine <br />apartment units. Between the initial Planning Division approval for interior alterations and <br />the applicant’s permit application with the Building Division, the resubmitted plans to the <br />City were modified to address building code requirements and the scope of the work was <br />expanded to included exterior modifications, largely impacted by the interior <br />reconfiguration work. The exterior work included alterations to the entry doors, windows, <br />and staircases, among other alterations to the exterior desired by the applicant. Building <br />permits were issued on May 9, 2022, for the work which inadvertently included the <br />exterior modifications that were erroneously approved to be a part of the original scope <br />of work. The exterior changes included in the plans architecturally impacted the defining <br />characters of the building and should have been required to undergo the Neighborhood <br />Review and Historic Exterior Modification Application (HEMA) process but were <br />inadvertently permitted as discussed above. <br />By late March 2023, the project’s contractor changed. In June 2023, Planning Division <br />staff was made aware by the by the French Park Architectural Review Committee <br />    <br />Historic Resources Commission 15 10/5/2023 <br />