# Board of Architectural Review - April 15, 2026 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Board · April 15, 2026 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6746 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6746?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2026-04-15 - **Body**: Board - **Last revised**: April 15, 2026 - **Length**: 2,035 words - **Speakers**: Chairperson > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed by OpenAI Whisper-1, with speaker labels folded in from Granicus closed-captioning. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude Sonnet. Speaker labels and verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Board of Architectural Review convened on April 15, 2026, at 101 East Vine Street, Room 220. The meeting addressed 5 agenda items involving proposed exterior modifications to properties within the board's jurisdiction. Across the meeting, 4 motions and votes were taken, no presentations were given, and no public comments were heard. Of the 5 items considered, 4 were approved and 1 — the proposed construction of a side Porte Cochere at 265 South Ashland Avenue — was deferred. **Agenda items considered:** - **215 Desha Road:** Construct two front dormers and one rear dormer; construct rear covered porch — **approved** - **169 Woodland Avenue:** Change openings in rear addition — **approved** - **210 Bell Place:** Change openings in garage — **approved** - **460 North Limestone:** Construct curbing along sidewalk — **approved** - **265 South Ashland Avenue:** Construct side Porte Cochere — **deferred** ## Attendance The following board members were present at the April 15, 2026 meeting: - Daniel Mongeau - Kenton Ball - Scott Dreyer - Julie Griggs - Gregory Butler All five members were in attendance. No members were recorded as absent or late. ## Votes and Decisions The Board considered four certificates of appropriateness during the April 15, 2026 meeting, all of which passed by voice vote. - **05550215-D — 215 Desha Road** [timestamp: 0:12:04]: The motion, made by Mr. Martin, to approve the certificate of appropriateness passed 3–0. Approval was granted subject to standard conditions plus acceptance of all other conditions as previously read. - **21030169-C — 169 Woodland Avenue** [timestamp: 0:13:41]: The certificate of appropriateness passed 3–1 by voice vote, subject to the standard two conditions. No motion maker or seconder was recorded. - **32930210-M — 210 Bell Place** [timestamp: 0:15:17]: The certificate of appropriateness passed 3–1 by voice vote, subject to the standard two conditions. No motion maker or seconder was recorded. - **11660460-G — 460 North Limestone** [timestamp: 0:16:53]: The certificate of appropriateness passed 3–0 by voice vote, subject to the standard two conditions. No motion maker or seconder was recorded. All four votes were conducted by voice rather than roll call; individual member votes for and against are therefore not identified in the record. Two of the four items — 169 Woodland Avenue and 210 Bell Place — drew a dissenting vote, each passing 3–1. ## 215 Desha Road: Construct two front dormers and one rear dormer; construct rear covered porch [timestamp: 07:48] The Board took up discussion of a proposal for 215 Desha Road involving the construction of two front dormers, one rear dormer, and a rear covered porch. Key speakers during this agenda item were **Daniel Mongeau** and **Kenton Ball**. The item was heard as a discussion matter, during which the proposed construction work was presented and deliberated upon by the Board. Conditions were set as part of the review process before the application could move forward to approval. The Board ultimately **approved** the application, with the noted conditions attached to the approval. ## 169 Woodland Avenue: Change openings in rear addition. [timestamp: 13:09] The Board took up Agenda Item 2, a discussion regarding proposed changes to openings in the rear addition at 169 Woodland Avenue. Scott Dreyer was the key speaker on this item, presenting the proposal to the Board. The application concerned modifications to the openings — such as windows or doors — located in the rear addition of the property at 169 Woodland Avenue. Standard conditions were applied to the approval of this item. The Board approved the application. ## 210 Bell Place: Change openings in garage. [timestamp: 14:13] The Board took up Agenda Item 3, a discussion regarding proposed changes to openings in the garage at 210 Bell Place. **Key Speaker:** Julie Griggs Julie Griggs presented the item to the Board. The proposal involved changing openings in the garage at the 210 Bell Place property. Standard conditions were applied to the approval. **Outcome:** The Board approved the request, with standard conditions attached. ## 460 North Limestone: Construct curbing along sidewalk. [timestamp: 15:49] The Board took up a discussion regarding a proposal to construct curbing along the sidewalk at 460 North Limestone. Gregory Butler was the key speaker on this agenda item. The item was brought forward as a discussion matter, with the Board considering the specifics of the proposed curbing construction along the sidewalk at the referenced address. Following the discussion, the Board approved the proposal with conditions. No additional details regarding the specific conditions of approval, concerns raised during deliberation, or the full scope of the construction proposal are available in the provided record. ## 265 South Ashland Avenue: Construct side Porte Cochere. [timestamp: 17:25] Agenda Item 5 concerned an application to construct a side Porte Cochere at 265 South Ashland Avenue. The Board did not take up substantive discussion of the proposal at this meeting, and no presentation or debate on the merits of the application was recorded. The item was continued to a later date. No key speakers were identified in connection with this agenda item, and no specific concerns, design details, or conditions were raised on the record at this time. --- ## Decisions - **05550215-D** — passed (3-0): Certificate of appropriateness for 215 Desha Road - **21030169-C** — passed (3-1): Certificate of appropriateness for 169 Woodland Avenue - **32930210-M** — passed (3-1): Certificate of appropriateness for 210 Bell Place - **11660460-G** — passed (3-0): Certificate of appropriateness for 460 North Limestone --- ## Full transcript ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I'd like to welcome you to the April 15 Tax Day meeting of the Board of Architectural Review. We appreciate those of you who are in attendance today. The Board was established by Zoning Ordinance in 1958. Our first Historic District was Grants Park. And we now have a total of 15 Historic Districts. The Board, which is appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Urban County Council, is part of the Division of Historic Preservation. We have a number of applications for you to consider. We have a number of applicants and staff to assist you with your projects. The Board encourages and recommends that the applicants use them as a resource. The office is located at 101 East Vine Street, Room 220. It is our procedure to consider applications in the order in which they are listed on our agenda. In each case, we'll have a presentation by the staff and we'll hear any additional comments from the applicant. The Chair will then ask the Board members to enter a motion. If you wish to address the motion, please come to the microphone and state your name and address for the public record. We also ask that you write your name on the sign-in sheet by the door so that the information can be recorded correctly. I would like to note the following staff approvals before we begin our review of applications. There are certain items that the staff can approve, eliminating the necessity for all applicants to appear before the Board. There are a total of 23 staff approvals noted on today's agenda. They are as follows. In the Ellsworth Historic District at 550 Central Avenue, replace the deteriorated windows and doors. At 316 East High Street, renovate structure. At 147 High Street, excuse me just a moment. You're off, okay. At 147, just a reminder to everyone else, if your cell phones are on, turn them off please. At 14 Preston Court, tuck point structure. At 136 Old Park Avenue, refurbish the foundation. At 357 Transylvania Park, renovate structure. At 169 Woodland Avenue, replace back addition windows. In the Bellcourt Historic District at 154 East Bellcourt, replace the fencing. At 220 Bellplace, tuck point chimneys as needed. At 529 Boonesboro Avenue, repoint tuck point structure. In the Cadentown Historic District at 731 Cadent Lane, install a storage shed. In the Fayette Park Historic District at 425 Fayette Park, install a new walkway. In the Mulberry Hill Historic District at 460 North Limestone, refurbish the front steps. In the Northside Historic District at 310 Hampton Court, renovate the structure. At 444 West 3rd Street, remove diseased tree. In the Pensacola Park Historic District at 137 Lackawanna Road, remove tree. At 145 Lackawanna Road, also remove tree. In the Seven Parks Historic District at 134 Barbary Lane, renovate the front porch In the South Hill Historic District at 211 West Maxwell Street, renovate structure. And at 432 South Mill Street, repair and replace fencing. Continuing at Woodward Heights Historic District at 854 West High Street, renovate structure due to storm damage. At 700 West Maxwell Street, renovate the structure. And at 320 Marino Street, renovate front porch. We'll now turn our attention to the applications pending before us. The first being in the Ashland Park Historic District at 215 DeShay Road, construct two front doors and one rear dormer, and construct rear porch. Is the applicant here? If you would state your name please. Mr. Ball, state your name and are you the applicant, right? Yes, I'm Daniel Mongeau, I work for Stewart Architecture. And Mr. Ball? Kenton Ball, the property owner. For the record, I'll disclose Mr. Ball and I have had a professional business relationship in the past, many years ago. I just want to put that on the record. Alright, Mr. Ball, the staff has reviewed your application and they have made several suggestions. I will read them to you and then we can discuss them, alright? I will read them to you and then discuss them. The first one is modify the new design of the new Hang on. Staff recommends approval. Modify the new design of the new rafter tails to differentiate new rafters from the historic rafters. Submit the final details to staff for review and approval prior to issuance of the COA. Are you in agreement with that? Yes. Number two, change the three over one windows to differentiate the new windows from historic windows. Submit the final door and window details to staff for review and approval prior to the issuance of the COA. Are you in agreement with that? I think there's two points. Number one, there's no new door detail at all. I'm using the existing door. Speak into the mic. I'm using the existing door that's already on the house. And then Amelia has spoken, Ms. Armstrong has spoken with me and they're willing to work with some of the staff to improve the articulation of the upper sash. Okay. I hear a qualified acceptance. I hear a qualified acceptance that you and Ms. Armstrong, the staff will work out the details. You're correct. Number three, eliminate the two front dormers. Submit the revised drawings to staff for review prior to the issuance of the COA. Are we in agreement with that? Sure. Number four, lower the connection of the shed roof to at least six inches below the historic structure's ridge line. Sure. And the other two are what we call the standard conditions. The first one being once reviewed by the other divisions, resubmitting changes to staff or board to review for approval prior to the start of issuance of COA. Sure. And finally, if any changes are made that alter the information submitted, resubmit the changes to staff for review and approval prior to the start of work. Agreement? Sure. Thank you. I don't believe we're going to have to have a hearing then. Any questions or comments from the board members? Any questions or comments from the audience? If not, then I've Yes, Ms. Hill. So I'll make just one suggestion to the architect to be careful on that rear dormer. Those windows are remarkably the lower edge of the windows are remarkably close to what's going to be a major drainage issue between the existing dormer and the new dormer. Ms. Hill, is your mic on? Is your microphone turned on? It is. Sound system, as usual, is being difficult. It's really just my notation about the location of the windows on the new rear dormer and the existing dormer where that drainage is and the way the windows hit toward that drainage has the potential to be an owner issue in the future. Just be really careful about the detailing on that. Alright. Are we ready for a motion then? Go ahead, Mr. Martin. Chair, with regard to case number Sorry. With regard to case number 05550215-D I move that certificate of appropriateness be granted with the two standard conditions, number five and six plus the acceptance of all other conditions, one, two, three and four as previously read. And do I have a second? Second. Any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, the chair will call the question. All in favor of the motion say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries and the COA as conditioned is approved. Mr. Ball, congratulations and good luck with your project. Thank you. All right, turning now to attachment number two at 169 Woodland Avenue in the Ellsworth Historic District. Scope of work is remove doors and the addition is the applicant's hearing. If you'll state your name and address for the record, please. Yes, Scott Dreyer. Staff has recommended approval of your application subject to the standard two conditions. I'm not sure whether you heard me read them into the record. If you did, do you agree with them? No, you don't have to again. Okay, do you agree with them? Yes, sir. All right. Do I have any discussion on this application? Any comments from the audience? If not, then the chair is ready for a motion. Chair, With regards to case number 21030169 dash C at 169 Woodland Avenue I move that we approve the certificate of appropriateness with the standard two conditions. All right, do I have a second? Second. Any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, the chair will call the motion. All those in favor of the motion say aye. Aye. Opposed? Nay. The motion passes and the application as conditioned is approved. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Turning now to 210 Bell Place in the Bell Court Historic District. Scope of work is install new openings in garage. Is the applicant here? Come on up. If you'll state your name for the record, please. Julie Griggs. All right. Staff has recommended approval of the application subject to the standard two conditions. If you heard me read them into the record, if so, do you agree with them? All right. Do I have any comments or questions? Any comments from the audience? It's dwindling rapidly. In that case, then, I think we're ready for a motion. Chair, per case number 3293 0210 dash M at 210 Bell Place, I move that we approve the application of appropriateness with the standard two conditions. Do I have a second? Second. Any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, the chair will call the question. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Nay. Motion passes and the application as conditioned is approved. Thank you so much. Turning now to our fourth application at 460 North Limestone. Scope of work is construct a retaining low retaining hedge. I believe staff has recommended approval, although they have suggested that you do a mortared wall versus a dry stone wall. With that, Ms. Armstrong and I have spoken today and I think we have a solid plan to move forward. Very good. I will also note that there are two other standard conditions. I have read them into the record. Are we in agreement with those? I am. And my name is Gregory Butler, the record. Thank you. I knew there was something in this railroad that I'm running very quickly today. This is going to be one of our shortest meetings, I think. Any questions or comments about the conditions? I have no audience left to speak of. I'm ready for a motion then. Chair, per case number 11660460-G at 460 North Limestone, I move that we approve the application for appropriateness with the standard two conditions. Do I have a second? Second. Any discussion? Hearing none, the Chair will call the question. All those in favor of the motion say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. Motion passes and the COA as conditioned is approved. Excellent. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Our last application is at South Ashland Central Avenue Historic District at 265 South Ashland Avenue. It's to construct the side portershare. There is a request that it be continued or is it just noted as being continued? Just noted as continued. It's noted as being continued until May 20, 2026. Are there any minutes to approve? That's actually a holdover from the previous time. We did not approve those minutes. Does anybody remember those minutes? Do I have the dates of the minutes? Well, you had them from the last time, but I didn't include them. I have a copy. They were the February 18, 2026 minutes. Oh, aren't you wonderful. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes? So moved. Which dates, please? For February 18, 2026. Any objection? Then the minutes are approved as written. Thank you very much. Any other business for us to discuss? Hearing none, the chair is ready for a motion to adjourn. So moved. Do I have a second? Second. Without objection, we stand adjourned at 417. Thank you very much. . . . . . . . . . .