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Planner Justin Snyder
101 E. Orange St., PO Box 429, Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-296-9473 | justin.snyder@hillsboroughnc.gov
www.hillsboroughnc.gov | @HillsboroughGov
Historic District Commission Agenda
Agenda
Historic District Commission
7 p.m. March 6, 2019
Town Hall Annex Meeting Room, 105 East Corbin Street
Public charge: The Hillsborough Historic District Commission pledges to the citizens of Hillsborough its respect.
The commission asks members of the public to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner with the
commission members and with fellow citizens. At any time should any member of the commission or any citizen
fail to observe this public charge, the chair or the chair’s designee will ask the offending person to leave the
meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the chair or the chair’s
designee will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge can be
observed.
1. Call to order, roll call, and confirmation of quorum
2. Commission’s mission statement
To identify, protect, and preserve Hillsborough’s architectural resources and to educate the public about
those resources and preservation in general. The Hillsborough Historic District presents a visual history of
Hillsborough’s development from the 1700s to the 1960s. In 1973, the town chose to respect that history
through the passage of the preservation ordinance creating the historic district.
3. Agenda changes
4. Minutes review and approval
A. Minutes from the January 2, 2019 regular meeting.
5. Old business
A. None
6. New business
A. Certificate of Appropriateness Application: 108 S. Churton St. — Applicant Colleen St. John requests after-
the-fact approval to hang a printed aluminum sign over the public right-of-way in front of Saratoga Grill at
108 S. Churton Street (PIN: 9874-06-4153).
B. Certificate of Appropriateness Application: 233 Thomas Ruffin St. — Applicant Charles Woods on behalf of
223 Thomas Ruffin Street, LLC, requests approval to demolish a circa 1940, contributing house in order to
build a new 2258 sq. ft. two-story home with attached breezeway and two-car garage at 233 Thomas
Ruffin Street (PIN: 9874-28-0083).
C. Certificate of Appropriateness Application: 103 E. Queen St. — Applicants William and Kathryn Senner
request approval to relocate an existing interior yard wood picket fence to the northern property line and
north side of the existing driveway, and to construct a new full-length front yard painted wood picket
fence with three gates along E. Queen St. (PIN: 9874-07-6697).
7. Updates
A. Consideration of Nominees for 2019 Local Preservation Awards
B. Demolition by Neglect Discussion (tentative)
C. Unpermitted Work in the District
D. Discussion on Trees in the District
8. Adjournment