City of Detroit Approval Process
From Green Garage Detroit
Historical
Historical District Commission Submission - June 22, 2009
4444 Second Ave - Green Garage
Material Listing
- West Elevation (Front) of Historic Building
- Brick - best match existing brick and mortar. Working with Detroit Historical Brick Co. to match brick.
- Limestone - best match limestone on existing building
- Windows - aluminum clad on wood... black trim color
- Doors
- Front Door - Aluminum frame with glass ... black trim (we are exploring a historic wood door option)
- Side Door - Solid core (metal) in black (we are exploring a historic wood door option)
- Truck Door - Metal - dark historic green ... (we are exploring a historic wood garage door option)
- Fence - black wrought iron or aluminum (as shown in drawing)
- Parking lot - historic pavers with crushed stone.
- Low profile lighting fixtures...black
- South and East Elevations (alley and back)
- Brick - best match existing brick and mortar. Working with Detroit Historical Brick Co. to match brick.
- Block - best match existing block and mortar
- Limestone Sills - best match limestone on existing building
- Windows - aluminum clad on wood... black trim color
- Side Door - Aluminum frame with glass ... black trim (we are exploring a historic wood door option)
- Back Fence - black wrought iron or aluminum (as shown in drawing) gate. Historic wood fence.
- Low profile lighting fixtures ... black
- North Elevation
- Brick - best match existing brick and mortar. Working with Detroit Historical Brick Co. to match brick.
- Block - best match existing block and mortar
- Windows - aluminum clad on wood... black trim color
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- Called Susan McBride on 06/11/09 about getting on the Historic District Commission Agenda
- Next Historic Commission Meeting is on July 8th; materials due June 22nd
- The Submittal needs to include:
- Letter
- Overview explaining project (Word)
- Materials Listing (Word)
- Window Drawings (Word)
- Window Brochure (email)
- Ted's Drawings (Large + 11x17)
- Site plan (DONE)
- Elevations (REVISED)
- Floor Plan (DONE)
- Woody's Sketches
- Front
- Plantings Plan
- Letter
- The Submittal needs to include:
- Next Historic Commission Meeting is on July 8th; materials due June 22nd
- Met with Susan McBride at her office (about February 2009)
- covered preliminary plans
- Met with Susan McBride at Green Garage (about October 2008)
- covered our concept and what the Historic Commission requires
Building
- Met with Jim Sears (Building) on 06/11/09
- Jim said that "your adding an office to a warehouse"
- Paid $1,160 ($160 for plan review and $1,000 for BZA)
- Ref #'s:
- SLU 2009-00109
- PRV 2009-00417
- TAG 02888
- Sent the plans on to John for Site Plan review
- Then they go to the BZA for review and scheduling
- They'll call Ted with updates
- Met with Jean Paul (Planning and Zoning) and Bill Lane (Building)..(in early May 2009)
- Covered basic building use and plan.
- Currently approved for warehouse and storage use.
- Bill said everything looked good except parking...which needs to go to BZA
