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Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) - 2025-02 Demolition of Single Family Home - 120 South Payne Street
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Presenter: Rebecca Hart - City Planner
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Summary:
Fahad Shabbir of FAFA Properties, Inc has applied for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) to demolish a single-family home at 120 South Payne Street. The building is a one-story bungalow and is listed as a contributing structure in the 2013 Historic Inventory and Local Designation Report. The report estimates that the house was constructed in 1927 and describes the house as a one-store bungalow with a clipped-side-gable roof and a gabled front porch supported by square post; paired 4/1 sash, entry with sidelights, projecting hip-roofed bays on east and west elevations, enclosed rear porch, brick end and interior chimneys, and asbestos siding. Construction date is based on tax records and the house's appearance. The house first appears on the 1929 Sanborn map and was occupied by Clarence V. and Lila Wood in 1941.
Code Enforcement staff has inspected the structure and found it severely deteriorated and in a dilapidated state. The proposed demolition activities will include removal of the structure in its entirety including all debris, at the full expense of the property owner. The applicant is not planning on rehabilitation or rebuilding the structure. A cost estimate to repair the home in 2019 was estimated to be $119,800. The total value of the property according to Davidson County Tax Department is $92,100. Staff has documented the size, location, elevations, and materials of the structures with photographs for record-keeping. According to the Historic Guidelines, partial or complete demolition or removal of any primary or accessory building of more than 50 years old requires a Major Works Certificate of Appropriateness.
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