Agenda Packet_8.20.2026

Architectural Review Board Meeting · 2026-08-20 · agenda_packet

The document is an agenda and staff memoranda for the City of Pensacola Architectural Review Board meeting of August 20, 2026, covering four new business items. Item 26-917: 420 W. Blount Street, North Hill Preservation District, Zone PR-1AAA, City Council District 6, final review for a new in-ground pool and fence. Applicant John and Robin Jones. Proposed pool is 30 feet by 12 feet, with a deck of Myra-color pavers, and replacement of an existing side fence with a 5-foot-tall brick wall (Henry Brick, Market Street color) and a 6-foot wooden gate with wrought-iron inset. Decision not stated. Item 26-918: 211 W. Strong Street, North Hill Preservation District, Zone PR-2, City Council District 6, final review for new front doors. Applicants Andrea Levitt and Beth Gregory. Proposed replacement of two front doors with six-lite, one-panel Craftsman-style mahogany doors, painted Benjamin Moore Hawthorne Yellow, with sidelites and a transom on the center door. Decision not stated. Item 26-919: 75 S. Tarragona Street, Palafox Historic Business District, Zone C-2A, City Council District 6, review for demolition of a non-contributing structure. Applicant Hicks / Zielinski Architects, LLC. The structure is currently used by the Pensacola Opera Center, constructed primarily of metal and stucco, with persistent water intrusion. Decision not stated. Item 26-920: 75 S. Tarragona Street, Palafox Historic Business District, Zone C-2A, City Council District 6, conceptual review for a new Pensacola Opera Center. Applicant Hicks / Zielinski Architects, LLC. Proposed two-story structure with a third-level clerestory roof above the opera hall, positioned near E. Romana Street, with a porte cochere along S. Tarragona Street and a water-fountain feature at the southeast corner. Total floor area is 22,139 square feet (Level 1: 14,634 SF, Level 2: 7,505 SF). Decision not stated. The document also includes minutes from the July 30, 2026, meeting, which are not part of the August 20 agenda items. Public comment sentiment is included for the July 30 meeting items, not for the August 20 items. For the August 20 items, no public comment is stated in the document.