Consider for recommendation to the Board of Commissioners approval of the release of funds held in escrow as Improvement Guarantees in accordance with Section 135-5 of the Township Code for the following:

533 Lancaster Avenue & 1024 Cedargrove Road

William Penn Inn

Escrow Release no. 1                                                              $28,587.00

BMW of the Main Line

Escrow Release no. 1                                                              $570,559.00

130 S. Bryn Mawr Avenue & 846 Old Lancaster Road, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Ward 10, LD# 3742A.
 

Applicant –  Denise Yarnoff, Esquire, Riley Riper Hollin and Colagreco

Property Owner – Main Line Hospitals, Inc.

Applicant’s Representative – Denise Yarnoff, Esquire, Riley Riper Hollin and Colagreco

Expiration Date – N/A...............Zoning – BMMD-1

600 Righters Ferry Road, The Royal Athena, Bala Cynwyd, Ward 9, LD# 3683A.

Applicant –  Jonathan H. Spergel, Esquire, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox

Property Owner – Righters Ferry Associates, L.P.

Applicant’s Representative – Jonathan H. Spergel, Esquire, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox

Expiration Date – N/A..........................Zoning – M-District

Consider for recommendation to the Board of Commissioners a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a 27,528 sq. ft. footprint, five-story, mixed-use building with concealed first floor and underground parking, first floor retail, and 77 residential rental units above at 47-65 Cricket Avenue, Ardmore, Ardmore Commericial District.  

On Tuesday, July 26, 2016, HARB recommended that the Board of Commissioners grant a Certificate of Appropriateness as submitted based on criteria contained in the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, 1995 STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION criteria No. 10. Criteria considered by the HARB included but are not limited to: Massing, Street Wall, Continuity of wall surface, Façade composition, Rhythm/Pedestrian Experience, Materials & Details. The recommendation is also subject to the following additional provisions: 1) Each sheet of the drawings accompanying this application shall be so listed indicating sheet number, sheet title, and date; 2) Any proposed changes to this design (including visible mechanical equipment, such as louvres, grilles, etc.), whether lying inside of the Ardmore Historic District or not, and are visible from a public right-of-way and reflected on these documents, shall require a return to HARB to either confirm their insignificance or to seek HARB’s recommendation for approval for those proposed changes.

Consider for recommendation to the Board of Commissioners a Certificate of Appropriateness to install a new sign above the transom at 59 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Ardmore Commercial Historic District, consisting of illuminated channel letters and logo atop a wood-patterned vinyl backdrop. The application also includes a rear awning similar in size and shape to the one present.  

On Tuesday, July 26, 2016, HARB recommended that the Board of Commissioners grant a Certificate of Appropriateness as submitted, subject to compliance with zoning regulations limiting the size of graphics, and based on criteria contained in the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, 1995 STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION criteria Nos. 9 and 10.

Consider for recommendation to the Board of Commissioners a Certificate of Appropriateness to alter two storefronts facing Cricket Avenue. The proposal retains the southern door opening but the original door is to be replaced, and eliminates the other door opening which is converted into a window. Azek paneling is proposed under the storefront windows. Upper transom windows would be repaired and/or restored at 4 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Ardmore Commerical Historic District, a.k.a. 4 Cricket Avenue; formerly Marjorie Schneider Antiques. 

On Tuesday, July 26, 2016, HARB recommended that the Board of Commissioners grant a Certificate of Appropriateness as submitted based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties criteria Nos. 1, 2, 9, and 10, and subject to the provision that the sign is excluded and the applicant will return when they have a specific design and material ideas.