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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocuments CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS Case .Wikrpther '3- OGS" .`Marne of,Appricr-nt Tom Walton and Mary En Walton Epps Icyi(ifg _Actress 1005 Do€ninik Dr. College Station., TX 77840 `1lefe h-one .`hf r er T. Walton-work, 846-7743 home, 693-7013 MI— Walton Epps- work, 409/894-2435 home, 696-7858 Waive of Property Owner Torn Walton and Mary Lu Walton Epps .Mailing _Address 1005 Dominik Dr. College Station, TX 77840 etephone Number Same as above LOCATION OF PROPERTY _` d{dress 903 Texas Avenue S College Station, Texas 77840 _Lot 4 2 LOCk 1. Subdivision---College hills--- 1 f s ri t iC:i if./%V pi cctht e .Action lz.equested ?. Ketp ect a variance to keep the hallway x nchaoged 2. eteemeS& a vapt iauce to keep the :€ar'gi eat e •f-er s Current Zoning of Subject fa:n:4---- C-2: Corner` ers sal-lndustrraof Appricabie Ordinance Section-_ Ordi auce 1950, Chapter 11., #1121.1. €l rdimrnee 1950, Chapter 11, Table 1104 Ordinance 1950,. Chapter 11. #1104.1 1950, Chapter 7, Table 700 ? r sf is t �t <'Y COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FOR. A VARIANCE REQUEST Te following specific variation from the ordinance is requested 1. Variance to keep the hallway unchanged negating the need to cut and build a rear door through the easter and tile inside and through the outside brick facade as a fire exit 2. Variance from requirement of fire doors on doors inside the building in order to keep the original doors in tact This variance is necessary due to the following specI.a( condTit ions. This office building was the first private medical facility built in City of College Station and was named the College Station Medical Center. The building was designed by Dr. Ernest Langford of Texas A&M College, and the building construction, begun in 1.940, was overseen by Dr. T. 0. Walton, Sr., Dr. T. T. Walton, Sr., and Dr. T. 0. Walton, Jr. The building was constructed Of reinforced steel, concrete, plaster, and marble tile floors, all materials that are extremely slow to burn(concrete and tile). The foundation of the building was designed and constructed with extra strength and reinforcement, a slab foundation on driven piles down to twenty feet to a layer of shell, in order to provide the foundation necessary to support a second story; the building was planned with the future growth of the city of College Station in mind and to provide a future site for a hospital. The live oak trees that are still growing there were planted in 1941 by Dr. T.O. Walton, Jr. and his father, Dr. T.O. Walton, Sr., who was T then president ent of Texas A&MCollege. With con muc`€ion completed an 1941, Dr. T.O. Walton, Jr., opened his offices on site in the College Station Medical Center in 1941. Up until that time all medical care and 9ncdicai care facilities were located in Bryan with Doctors Wilkerson. T. T. Walton, Sr., and T. O. Walton, Jr., working at the Bryan clinic. The City of College Station has provided the owners with a list of requirements needed to meet the current building code. The owners have agreed to these actions, indaadlug meeting the American Disabilities Act requirements, except for the two variances requested in this application. According to the 1991 building code, the length of the hallway is greater than allowed; therefore, this would necessitate the construction of an exit at the rear of the bilding. In addition, the building does have two side cxits(please see architectural plans), each opening to either side of the building. This hallway ru€rns perpendicular dicula.r in the inaiu hallway approximately halfway betweenthe front and the rear of the building. Requiring an additional exit to be built in the building in order to meet the code guidelines would necessitate using present office space to accommodate this addition thereby reducing the amount of square footage available for office use. This additional exit would also change the historical integrity of the design of the building. Application to the Texas Historical Commission for a Texas Historical Marker is being made with the assistance of Professor David Woodcock. According to the "Criteria for Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks" published by the Texas Historical commissioned(see enclosure), the following items have been determined to be detrimental to a good restoration project, and are therefore not recommended by the State Marker Committee: 4. Unsympathetic replacement of mortar on brick or stone buildings. S. Sandblasting. 6. Removal of architectural features. 8. Major additions to the building that detract from the primary facade or that are made to appear as part of the original plan. 12. Alterations of steps, skirting, or porch foundations. These standards were adopted by the State Marker Committee from the Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation". Therefore, requiring that a rear exit be added to the existing building would affect the historical integrity, identity, and value of this building as the first medical facility of its kind in the City of College Station. In addition, this building was constructed before air conditioning. Therefore, the system used for cooling was very simple. 411 rooms had windows which opened to the outside, with each room having at least one large ceiling fan and sometimes two, and each room had doors with louvers at the base of each door to encourage circulation of cool air. These inside doors were part Of the cooling system and part of the physical character that made this building an historical example of offices of that era and especially particular to medical facilities of the time. In an effort to keep the historical integrity and historical identity .d the building in tact, these two variances arc eiff requested, The_foffo wiry alternatives to the requested-variance are _possible, Automatic door closure fixtures could be added to the doors along with the use or g € _r glass to replace the existing Mass in the doors. `a_Ys• variance wilt not be contrary to the -:blic interest by it tue of the following facts: This building is not defined as a site for mh €€; assentiiiies; therefore, there will he a limited number of o‘eez.:.iparits in the building at any given t€mmein addition, there are large windows in each room which • • open to the outside giving access to the outside of the building. The College station Medical Center should be kept in tact as a monument to the toast and as part of the foundation for the riliate growth or the conn.utxity it au effort to provide a sense of history of the City of College "station. and or the its beginnings, all Of which contribute to making the city o5 College ,htittieko such a vitae t;e)itiutuotty io ay, The_facts stated by me in this a,t_ivili-cation are true anc[ correct to the best of my know/edge. AI-C4-6A1\ 5161613 .Apptican.t Date LJO e (0K3 Wcant crate AVENUE A p 111 _ 812 814 1 . ' 1 �b I �1 (1,0 14? 1,N 11) `1' R-1 p. 1„ ,., 1005 "7 IH' 1011 013 1015 1017 • M(INER DR 44 1000 1001 1004 1%"' "- /Gqy 10 1012 1014 1018 1><C41 ;-71°)?1% ii as0 t,f) 0 (I'? 1,bt ri.s 15, (1:\ " !! s'-'1.: 1°°71X8 1011 1013'1015 R-6 1-1 �` 907 909 J FOSTER AVE Io 9� EASTGATE EASTGATE 10Gf 9 1010 1012 1014 1016 1018 \ `' PARK PARK \ ri, I - , : 5 6 iirr C-1 _ . . '.+\ BLOCK 13e C-1 813 I ';;:::•: + >>/ ! 811 815 817 819 821 :i • 015 . 1047 STATE HWY 6 - TEXAS AVE l '\ C'?' \' c'k' s 5 not to scale J � \� C\- ,()\-) TOM WALTON AND MARY LU ` \, G WALTON EPPS, Appl. o V`v TOM WALTON AND MARY LU ? �� WALTON EPPS, Owner - Cj0 903 Texas Ave South • Lot 4 Block 1 College Hills Current Zoning: C-2 REQUEST: Variance to keep the hallway unchanged. BUILDING DIVISION CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS (01:16f CASE NUMBER: 93-008 CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ACTION REQUESTED: VARIANCE I ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS I I CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS STAFF REPORT Case Number: 93-008 Applicant: Tom Walton and Mary Lu Walton-Epps 1005 Dominik Drive College Station, Texas 77840 Telephone: Tom Walton work: (409) 846-7743 home: (409) 693-7031 Mary Lu Walton-Epps work: (409) 894-2435 home: (409) 696-7858 Property Owner: Tom Walton and Mary Lu Walton-Epps 1005 Dominik Drive College Station, Texas 77840 Telephone: (409) 696-7858 Location of Property: 903 Texas Avenue College Station, Texas 77840 Description of Property: Lot 4; Block 1; College Hills Subdivision Zoning of Property: C-2 - Commercial-Industrial Action Requested: A variance allowing for the continued use of this building in its original design. This requires variances to the requirement for a twenty (20) foot maximum travel distance in a dead-end corridor and twenty (20) minute rated doors in all exit access corridor openings. Applicable Ordinances: The variance is requested to ordinance #1919 of the City of College Station Code of Ordinances Chapter #3 Appendix #1 the 1991 Standard Building Code Table 1104 - Travel Distance, Dead End Length, Exit and Means of Egress Width and Table 700 - Minimum Fire Resistance of Walls, Partitions and Opening Protectives. Under Group B - Business occupancies in Table 1104 the maximum dead-end corridor allowed is twenty feet. This has been a requirement of the Standard Building Code for at least twenty (20) years; being a requirement of the 1973 code. Table 700 requires that all exit access corridor walls be protected with twenty minute rated doors. This requirement dates back to the 1979 code. Staff Comments: The Standard Building Code sets forth standards for travel distance and fire resistive protection based on fire load of the occupancy and fires resistive standards that will provide the greatest fire protection to the occupants of the building. In an emergency the requirement for a maximum dead-end corridor prevents an individual from having to wander around a smoke filled building trying to find an exit. Actual travel in a dead-end corridor is forty feet as if an individual proceeds down a dead-end corridor to its end they must proceed up the corridor to their original location expending valuable time in the process. Time the individual may not have. The requirement for twenty (20) minute rated doors in exit access corridors provides protection for the corridor. The rating of the door combined with the one (1) hour rated walls provides a minimal amount time for an individual to escape in an emergency. LEGAL NOTICE DATE TO BE PUBLISHED: MONDAY, August 16, 1993 BILL TO: The City of College Station P. O. Box 9960 College Station, TX 77842 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The College Station Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals will hold a public hearingto consider a variance request by Dr. Tom Walton and Mary Lu Walton Epps or the following property: Lot 4, Block 1 in the College Hills Subdivision, zoned C-2, Commercial - Industrial The hearing will be held in the Council Room of the College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue at 4:00 p.m. meeting of the Board on Thursday, August 19, 1993. Any request for sign interpretive services must be made 48 hours before the meeting. To make arrangements call (409) 764-3547 or (TDD) 1-800-735- 2989. For additional information, please contact me at (409) 764-3741. Susan Cole Building Technician • Fo CI' �Y OF COLLEGE ST! IG ; fr Post Office Box 9960 1101 Te Aver)! e College Station,Texas 77842-0960 (409)764-3500 August 13, 1993 Tom Walton and Mary Lu Walton Epps 1005 Dominik College Station, TX, 77840 Dear Dr. Walton and Mrs. Epps, The Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals will meet on Thursday, August 19, 1993 at 4:00 p.m. in the City of College Station Council Chambers to hear your variance request, case number 93-008, located at Lot 4 Block 1 in the College Hills Subdivision. If you have any question, please call me at (409)764-3741. Sincerely, usan Cole Building Technician Home of Texas A&M University