Agenda Packet_06.18.2026

Architectural Review Board Meeting · 2026-06-18 · agenda_packet

[114 W. Wright Street, 322 E. Intendencia Street, 211 W. Cervantes Street, 518 N. Baylen Street, 110 W. Strong Street, 523 & 527 E. Government Street, 618 Bayou Blvd; case 26-701, 26-702, 26-703, 26-704, 26-705, 26-706, 26-707] The Architectural Review Board (ARB) agenda for June 18, 2026, includes final reviews for several projects. Item 2 is a new detached garage at 114 W. Wright Street. Item 3 involves window replacement and other improvements at 322 E. Intendencia Street. Item 4 is for window replacement, repairs, and landscaping at 211 W. Cervantes Street. Item 5 concerns repairs, landscaping, and a new conservatory at 518 N. Baylen Street. Item 6 is a complete window replacement at 110 W. Strong Street. Item 7 proposes a new two-story single-family residence and an ADU at 523 & 527 E. Government Street. Item 8 is a historic structure demolition application for 618 Bayou Blvd. [200 W. Garden Street, 407 W. Desoto Street, 520 N. Spring Street, 1201 N. Barcelona Street, 1011 N. Reus Street] The May 21, 2026, Architectural Review Board meeting included several new business items. Item 2, 200 W. Garden Street, a conceptual review of a re-designed shopping center with parking, landscaping, and lighting, was conceptually approved. The proposal includes a brick, mixed-use shopping center with spaces for businesses, a 29,739 sq ft grocery store, two historic walls, patios, a large parking lot, a pocket park, a colonnade, and extensive landscaping. Changes were made based on ARB comments to improve pedestrian friendliness and truck access. Item 3, 407 W. Desoto Street, a final review for a new 24’ x 12’ Gunite pool and 400 sf paver patio at a contributing structure, was approved with an abbreviated review to follow for a wooden privacy fence. Item 4, 520 N. Spring Street, a final review for a 12’ x 20’ pool, a 9’ x 34’ cabana, a metal fence, and landscaping at a contributing structure, was approved as submitted. Item 5, 1201 N. Barcelona Street, a final review for a new two-story single-family residence with a courtyard pool and an ADU above a detached garage, was approved with comments regarding courtyard elevation columns needing brick footers. Item 6, 1011 N. Reus Street, a variance request to increase the maximum rear yard coverage area from 25% to 35.5% to allow an existing detached garage to remain for a future lot split, was approved as submitted. [523 & 527 E. Government Street; case 26-706] Conceptual review for a new two-story single-family residence and an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) at 523 & 527 E. Government Street. The project involves relocating a contributing historic structure to the rear of the property, constructing a new residence above a detached garage/workshop, building a new two-story single-family residence with an attached garage, constructing a pool in a courtyard, and installing a driveway and landscaping. The development will include a lot split, with the existing home and new ADU on one lot, and the new single-family residence and historic cottage on the other. [618 Bayou Blvd; case 26-707] Application for demolition of a historic structure at 618 Bayou Blvd. The Architectural Review Board is tasked with determining if the structure meets National Register of Historic Places criteria for significance and if it is subject to a demolition delay. The structure, built in 1908, is potentially significant for its architecture and early development of the East Pensacola Heights neighborhood.