One Man's Journey into Restoration

[sheclown]

The hearing was this morning at 10 am. Mr. Colon was given 45 days to perform work per COA-12-409. " The new roof shall be a tile roof that reuses the existing tiles and incorporates new tile, where necessary. Any new replacement tiles shall replicate the original in design, color, and texture:.

[strider]

The hearing was this morning at 10 am. Mr. Colon was given 45 days to perform work per COA-12-409. " The new roof shall be a tile roof that reuses the existing tiles and incorporates new tile, where necessary. Any new replacement tiles shall replicate the original in design, color, and texture:.

COA 12-409 is where he went before the commission and asked for the alternative materials that would keep the appearance of the tile roof. I believe the repairs/ replacement of the tile roof is something like double the cost of the alternative materials and I'm sure that the roof he put on it is a small percentage of even the faux tile roof.

By the way, while it is OK to reuse the tiles, it is more expensive in some ways as each must be removed, cleaned and inspected before they are reattached. It is actually more work that just using all new.

What's interesting here is that the Special Master is enforcing a never used COA that is over one year old. (COA's are good for only one year...though you can ask for them to be renewed.)

I am a bit curious why he was given 45 days. Did he ask for time? Did they just give it as a matter of course? It is pretty obvious that if the owner could afford the tile roof, he would have done it to start with.

I see this as a dilemma for both the city and the community. How far do you take the enforcement when someone can not afford to keep what has become an outrageously expensive feature. Especially when they city denied an affordable and very good quality compromise.