HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/17/2000 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 139, 2000, REPEALI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 15
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: October 17, 2000STAFF•
Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 139, 2000, Repealing Ordinance No. 93, 1995, and Designating
the C&S Freight Depot Building and Dock as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of
the Code of the City of Fort Collins.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff and the Landmark Preservation Commission recommend adoption of the Ordinance on Second
Reading:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The owner of the property,the City of Fort Collins,is initiating this request to repeal Ordinance No.
93, 1995,and to enact another ordinance to designate the C&S Freight Depot building and the entire
dock as a Fort Collins Landmark. The depot is significant to Fort Collins as an excellent example
of early vernacular industrial railroad design. The depot has additional significance to Fort Collins
for its historical importance,as a representation of the development of transportation and commerce
in Fort Collins. Ordinance No. 139, 2000 was unanimously adopted on First Reading on October
3, 2000.
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 21
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: October 3, 2000
FROM: Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 139,2000,Repealing Ordinance No. 93, 1995,and Designating the
C&S Freight Depot Building and Dock as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the
Code of the City of Fort Collins.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff and the Landmark Prese lion miss' ommen doption of the Ordinance on First
Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The owner of the property,the City of Fort Collins, is initiating this request to repeal Ordinance No.
93, 1995,and to enact another ordinance to designate the C&S Freight Depot building and the entire
dock as a Fort Collins Landr
de i t o llins as an excellent example
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of early vernacular industrial gn. of onal significance to Fort Collins
for its historical importance, e ation t evelop nt of transportation and commerce
in Fort Collins.
History - Built in 1906 for $20,000, this was the Colorado & Southern Railroad's largest freight
depot north of Denver, designed so that twelve freight cars could be unloaded at once. Located
adjacent to the business district, the freight depot served as a shipping center for the region's large
sugar beet,lumber,and livestock industries. It also handled the domestic shipping needs of citizens,
from catalogue orders to coffins, as well as the bags, trunks and parcels of the growing number of
college students. From 1952 through 1975, the freight depot building also served as a Railway
Express Agency(REA)office-a re-cursor to United Parcel Service. Used continuously as a freight
handling facility for eighty yet
the t d t as s in ay, 1986.
At a public hearing held on At 9 th mark Pre ation Commission unanimously
recommended repeal of Ordinance o.93, 5,w is designate the C&S Freight Depot building
and only a portion of the Freight Depot dock; the Commission further unanimously recommended
adoption of another ordinance designating the C&S Freight Depot building and the entire dock as
a landmark for its architectural and historical importance to Fort Collins.