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THIS IS THE ABILENE LANDMARKS COMMISSION, THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION IS TO ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THE PROTECTION AND LOCAL HISTORIC PROPERTIES. THE COMMISSION ACTS ONLY AS A RECOMMENDING BOARD TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS OF THE HISTORICAL ZONING.
HOWEVER THE COMMISSION IS THE FINAL AUTHORITY FOR APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATE APPROPRIATENESS APPLICATIONS AND HISTORIC PROJECT TAX REDUCTION CASES. DECISIONS REGARDING CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS MAY BE APPEALED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BY WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE NO LATER THAN 15 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS MEETING. DECISIONS REGARDING HISTORIC PROJECT TAX REDUCTION MAY BE APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, A REQUEST THE SECRETARY NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS FROM THE DAY OF THIS MEETING. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM UNDER DISCUSSION BY THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION AFTER RECEIVING RECOGNITION BY THE CHAIR.
THOSE WISHING TO BE SHARED SHALL APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND PURPOSE FOR APPEARING. EACH SPEAKER IS REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR PRESENTATION TO NO MORE THAN 3 MINUTES.
ADDITIONAL TIME MAY BE GRANTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.
[1. Minutes: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approving the Minutes from the Regular Meeting Held on April 28, 2026.]
I BELIEVE FIRST THING IS, WE MOVE TO OUR MINUTES, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING WHICH WAS APRIL 28TH,2026. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE MIN
MINUTES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE
MINUTES. >> SO WE HAVE A FIRST COMMISSIONER -- ALL IN FAVOUR APPROVING THE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED. ANY OPPOSED.
OKAY. AND PEBBLES LEE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SIGN THIS ONE SINCE YOU ARE THE LAST ONE.
[2. HOZ-2026-02: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the Owner to Apply Historic Overlay Zoning To Approximately 0.139 Acres Zoned General Commercial (GC). Located at 1902 North 1st Street. Legal Description Being Approximately 0.139 Acres Out of Lots 1 and 2, Block 2 of Craft’s Subdivision of Lot 2, Block 206, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. (Kera Valois)]
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON -- DO WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT? IS THAT CORRECT? AM I REMEMBERING THINGS CORRECTLY?>> CAN OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY ITEM OR AGENDA ITEM YOU CAN OPEN IT UP AFTER PRESENTATION.
>> IS THERE AN OPENING RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE GET TO THOSE ITEMS?
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE PACKETS UP TO THE CHAIR'S DISCRETION.
>> I WOULD WELCOME I GUESS -- WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER REPRESENTING CONTRACTORS IN TOWN.
SO AUSTIN BUTLER IS WITH US TODAY.
WELCOME AUSTIN AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING.
WE HAVE A LOVELY BAND HERE. LET'S MOVE ON INTO TODAY'S AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, HISTORIC OVERLAY REQUEST.
THIS IS CASE HOZ-2026-02 THE OWNER AGENT IS JONATHAN CHRIS.
THE REQUEST IS TO HAD HISTORIC OVERLAY TO A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1902 NORTH FIRST STREET. NOW WE WILL HAVE THE STAFF
REPORT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M THE PLANNER OF THE CITY OF ABILENE. TODAY I'M PRESENTING CASE 1902 NOHOZ-2026-02. THE OWNERS JONATHAN CHRIS.
APPEALING FOR HISTORIC OVERLAY AT 1902 NORTH FIRST STREET.
ORIGINALLY OPENED IN 1922 FOR ONE SALES BY MR. AND MRS. W A PHILLPOT. THEY OPENED THE BUSINESS UNTIL 1923, SOLD IT TO THEIR DAUGHTER RUTH AND HER HUSBAND OPERATED THE BUSINESS FOR 22 YEARS. IN 1945 THE BUSINESS ... MISS LOVEDAY HIRED HIM TO DESIGN THE BUILDING.
IN 1955 THEY RELOCATED TO ITS ORIGINAL PATIENT -- FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION ON SALES BOULEVARD TO ITS NEW HOME AT 1902 NORTH FIRST STREET. THEY PURCHASED THE BUSINESS FROM MISS LOVEDAY IN 1973 WHO SOLD IT IN 2022.
IN 2025 JOHN CHRIS BECAME THE OWNER AND CONTINUES TO PROUD TRADITION TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY.
HERE WE HAVE YOUR OVERALL LOCATION MAP.
THE ZONING MAP, HERE ARE SOME VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
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HERE ARE SOME HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.THE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT ACCORDING TO SECTION 2.3.4.4 AND THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN PHILLPOTT FLOOR SINCE 1955 AND JEMMY WAS THE ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED THE BUILDING FOR THE FLOORS IN 1955 AND IS KNOWN FOR HIS WORK AROUND ABILENE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
STAFF? >> WAS THERE ANY RECORD OF ALTERATIONS ON THE BUILDING EVER SINCE -- THAT WE HAVE?
>> NOT THAT I COULD FIND. >> LOOKS LIKE THE HISTORIC PHOTO
-- >> I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM WHEN IT
WAS BUILT IN THE 1950S. >> PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
>> APPEARS THERE'S BEEN PAYMENT BUT THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY --
>> YES. >> NO OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND
PURPOSE FOR APPEARING. >> HELLO I AM JONATHAN CHRIS THE APPLICANT FOR THIS PROPERTY AND OWNER.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE PROPERTY AND I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT TO MY INTENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE BUILDING APPEAR AS IT DOES IN THAT PHOTO APPEARED THAT WOULD BE MY GOAL -- I. WOULD EVENTUALLY LIKE TO KIND OF WORK MY WAY UP THE HIERARCHY OF HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS FOR THE PROPERTY AND CONTINUE TO KIND OF RESTORE THE BUILDING BACK TO WHAT IT ORIGINALLY WAS IN THE 1950S. IN THAT CONTEXT THERE'S BEEN TO MY KNOWLEDGE THREE EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS SINCE THE PURCHASE.
THE ORIGINAL SIGN YOU SEE IN THAT PHOTO, THE ONE THAT IS FACING PERPENDICULAR NORTH AND SOUTH ARE NO LONGER THERE.
THEY'RE RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE UNSIGNED.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO -- THE EXISTING SIGN RIGHT THERE I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE 1950S SIGN.
PRAGMATICALLY YOU CANNOT SEE A SIGN PARALLEL FROM THE ROAD, BEEN PRACTICALLY CUT GOING BACK THROUGH THE ORIGINAL BUILDING IS NICE AS WELL. THE EMPTY SHELL OF THE SIGN YOU SEE WAS FROM WIND DAMAGE THAT KNOCKED OUT THE SIGN.
WHICH IS GREAT I WANTED TO TAKE IT DOWN ANYWAY.
THE REMAINDER OF THAT SHOW WILL BE REMOVED AS WELL BUT IT'S NOT ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PHOTO CLICK ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THAT PHOTO YOU'LL SEE THE BRICK PLANTER THAT GOES AROUND -- THAT'S THE GREENHOUSE FOR CONSERVATORY RIGHT BEHIND IT. THE SIDE OF THAT BRICK FACADE FACES -- CLINTON, FAILOVER FROM FOUNDATION SETTLING.
SO ACTUALLY HAVE ALL THAT BRICK PIER KIDS IN THE BACK, SO THE PLANTER THAT IS RUNNING UP THAT SECONDARY BRICK WITH THE LIGHTS ON IT, THAT PLANTER IS STILL THERE BUT THE PLANTER FACING -- I WOULD AGAIN LIKE TO INVEST I CAN RESTORE THAT PLANTER AS WELL. SO ALL MY PLANTS ARE BACK TO ORIGINAL BUILDING RESTRICTION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. >> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
MR. CHRIS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT SIGN THAT'S ON TOP OF THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW THAT GOT WIND DAMAGED IT BECOMES PART OF THE HISTORIC PART OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT WAS ADDED IN A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO JUST A CLARIFICATION THAT EVEN TO REMOVE THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME AND MAKE SURE YOU GET A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR ANYTHING THAT WILL CHANGE THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. BUT OTHERWISE I THINK IT'S A SOLID CSE. [INDISTINCT]
>> RIGHT NOW ALL WE CAN DO IS JUST APPROVE YOUR HISTORIC
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OVERLAY AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A NEW, YOU KNOW, AGENDA ITEM THAT WOULD HAVE TO ADD AT A LATER DATE.>> THAT BRINGS SOME GOOD POINT, THE SAME WOULD BE TRUE -- IF I'M UNDERSTANDING, YOUR INTENT, WHEN YOU SAY TO RESTORE IT TO ITS HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH,, THAT WOULD BE REMOVING THE PAINT FROM THE BRICK AND WHATEVER -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH EXPOSED STEEL WAS THERE BUT RESTORING THAT, THAT WOULD ALSO COME BEFORE US AS
WELL. >> I WOULD GUESS -- AGAIN I CAN'T LOOK INTO THE FUTURE BUT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE BUILDING AS IT ORIGINALLY WAS IT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE BUT IT WILL BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE US.
>> IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL BUT IT'S MORE LIKE MAKING -- I. THINK IT'S A GREAT THING, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME STEPS NOW, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETIMES BORDERLINE MAINTENANCE VERSUS APPEARANCE AND SOMETIMES THINGS CAN BE APPROVED FASTER OR WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A WHOLE COMMISSION MEETING FROM THE CITY BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THOSE.
>> IT'S MAINTENANCE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO, IF YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY LIKE PUTTING IT BACK EXACTLY LIKE IT WAS, BUT IT'S CHANGES THAT A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS KIND OF TRIGGERS, AND YOU CAN FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK TODAY, BE ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA. THEN YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO START THE WORK. AND ALWAYS, FOR WORK, YOU CAN CHECK WITH KIRA, BUT KEEP RECEIPTS AND IF YOU'VE GOT A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS LIKE IT GOES TO PROJECT TAX CREDITS IF IT'S BEEN APPROVED AHEAD OF TIME.
SO IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO CHECK AHEAD OF TIME.
>> AS AN EXAMPLE IN THAT SIGN, WHEN THE STORM BROKE AND THE PIECE OF FALLEN OFF I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT OBVIOUSLY TAKING THAT DOWN, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN WARRANTED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYTHING FALLING ON SOM SOMEONE.
>> RIGHT NOW YOU STILL HAVE THE FRAME OF THAT THAT WHAT I DID WITH THE INNARDS OF IT, YOU WANT TO TAKE OFF THE SAFETY CONCERNS BUT TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THE REST OF IT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FORWARD TO THE
COMMISSION. >> IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, JUST ALWAYS CONTACT THE PLANNING OFFICE AND THEY CAN CLARIFY FOR YOU. YOU DO HAVE TO THINK AHEAD OF TIME, BUT IF YOU DO, IT'S REALLY NOT HARD.
>> YES. >> AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF DIGGING THE PLANTER BACK UP THERE I NOTICED THAT THE PHOTOS AND I WAS LIKE.
>> THAT'S GREAT. >> ONE OF THE THINGS TO -- I. GUESS WE BROUGHT THIS UP LOOKING AT THE BUILDING AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE CMU BLOCK IS JUST LIKE ESPECIALLY OVER WHERE THAT CONSERVATORY, LOOKS LIKE IN SAD SHAPE.
SOMETIMES MAINTENANCE CAN KIND OF SPILL INTO, YOU KNOW, ALTERATION AND YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CHECKING ON THOSE THINGS ESPECIALLY IN THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO RESTORE IT AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT HERE I WAS JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PICTURES AND I SEE YOU HAVE SOME BRICK HOLDING
THE TARP. >> I THINK IT'S GREAT LIKE IT'S
A NEAT BUILDING. >> AS FAR AS YOU KNOW THERE'S NO ADDITIONS SINCE THIS WAS BUILT IN 55? I KNOW THE SIGN CHANGED AND ALL THAT BUT --
>> NOT ON THAT LOT. >> THERE'S ADDITIONAL STORAGE BUILDING THAT IS TECHNICALLY ON 122.
BECAUSE I HAVE THE TWO LOTS BEHIND IT AS WELL, SO IT IS
ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING. >> DOES IT LEAN ON THE BACK OF
THIS BUILDING? >> YES, IT'S JUST METAL BEAMS AND -- NOT TO THE ORIGINAL FOOTPRINT PAST THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> NONE FOR ME.
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BASED ON THE TWO ITEMS. [INDISTINCT]
>> SO CAN I GET A MOTION? >> MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE
>> MOTION APPROVED. >> OKAY, THAT'S THE ONE AND ONLY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, SO
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.