26-1512: HDC26-0128; 525 Second Street, rear addition; OWSHD

Description

HDC26-0128; 525 Second Street, rear addition; OWSHD

Summary

Ann Arbor’s Historic District Commission is reviewing application HDC26-0128 for 525 Second Street, a contributing home in the Old West Side Historic District. The proposal includes a one-story rear kitchen and mudroom addition, a modest roof raise, new second-story and replacement first-story decks, an egress window well, skylights, and selected door and window work. Staff finds the rear additions and decks subordinate, compatible, and minimally damaging to historic materials. Approval is recommended under federal rehabilitation standards and Ann Arbor guidelines, conditioned on repairing the historic kitchen window; decisions on the door may depend on an on-site review.