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ITEM NUMBER: 21
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: October 21, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 137,2008,Designating the Ricketts Farm,2300 West Mulberry,as
a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
At a public hearing held on September 24, 2008, the Landmark Preservation Commission voted
unanimously to recommend designation of this property.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The owners of the property, Richard and Teresa Ricketts, are initiating this request for Fort Collins
Landmark designation for the property. The property has significance to Fort Collins under
Landmark Preservation Standards (2) and (3). The Ricketts Farm was the home of the Philander
Ricketts family,prominent early citizens of Fort Collins. The residence, designed and constructed
by Philander Ricketts, embodies many unusual construction techniques of the period, as well as
many distinctive characteristics of early 20th century Vernacular Architecture.
BACKGROUND
Philander Ricketts,his wife,Julia Thomas,and their six children built the home beginning in 1894,
and occupied the Ricketts Farm by 1898. An Indiana native, Philander was born in 1848. After
receiving a diagnosis of consumption (tuberculosis) in 1878, Philander and Julia moved to Fort
Collins the following year. The young family initially settled by what is now Overland Trail Road,
but a fire destroyed their homestead in 1894, and Philander subsequently obtained a waver to the
Homestead Act that allowed him to relocate to this West Mulberry property and begin anew.
The Ricketts quickly established themselves as prominent members of Fort Collins. Philander was
an active member of the local Masonic Lodge, a leader and charter member of the Empire Grange,
a local school teacher, and an independent farmer. These roles placed him at the center of political
and social forces in Fort Collins where his respectability and fine leadership qualities became local
axioms. His progeny continued his legacy of leadership in Fort Collins, as his daughter, Joy,
received her medical degree in the first decade of the twentieth century,and one of his sons,Stanley,
played varsity athletics for what is now Colorado State University. Stanley continued to live in Fort
Collins until 1987,when, at the age of 91,he was the oldest surviving CSU varsity athlete and one
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of the last surviving aviators who prepped to fight in World War I. Stanley's grandson, Richard
Ricketts,and his wife Teresa seek Landmark Designation. The couple intends to restore the Ricketts
Farm House for their family's future use.
Although it possesses nearly all of its original features,the house nonetheless evinces some changes.
Family testimony indicates that the addition on the back of the house was built soon after the home's
construction, while photographic evidence shows that the front fagade's left window was altered
after 1949, from a three light window to its current single light form. A small screen porch also
covered the front door in 1949, but no longer exists. These changes are the only apparent
modifications to the house that Philander Ricketts built in the mid 1890s.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Historic Landmark Designation Nomination Form.
2. Staff report, September 24, 2008.
3. Resolution 10, 2008, Landmark Preservation Commission, Recommending Landmark
Designation of the Ricketts Farm, 2300 West Mulberry.
4. Agreement.
5. Photos.
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ATTACHMENT 1
Planning, Development and Transportation Services
Advance Planning Department
Historic Preservation Office
6 iA Po 80
For[Collins,CO 80522-22-0580
970-221-6376
City of Fort Collins Historic Landmark Designation
Nomination Form
DATE: 06/16/08
LOCATION INFORMATION:
Address: 2300 West Mulberry, Fort Collins, CO
Legal Description: BEG AT PT ON S LN 9-7-69 WH BEARS S 89 35' 30" E 1389.88
FT FROM S 114 COR, N 0 24' 30" E 147.5 FT, S 89 35' 30" E 75 FT, S 0 24' 30" W
147.5 FT TO S LN, N 89 35' 30" W 75 FT TPOB CONT 8.812 SQ FT M/L (SPLIT
FROM 97094 04 018) (C44S893530E)
Property Name (historic and/or common): Ricketts Farm
OWNER INFORMATION:
Name: Richard Wayne Ricketts and Teresa Anne Ricketts
Phone: 308-760-5839
Address: P.O. Box 2122 Fort Collins, CO 80522
CLASSIFICATION
Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation
® Building ❑ Public ❑ Occupied ❑ Commercial ❑ National Register
❑ Structure ® Private ® Unoccupied ❑ Educational ❑ State Register
❑ Site ❑ Religious
❑ Object ® Residential
❑ District ❑ Entertainment
❑ Government
❑ Other
FORM PREPARED BY:
Name and Title: Eric Saulnier, Preservation Intern
Address: City of Fort Collins Advance Planning Department, P.O. Box 580, Fort
Collins, CO 80522-0580
Phone: 970-221-6376 Relationship to Owner: None
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TYPE OF DESIGNATION and BOUNDARIES
® Individual Landmark Property ❑ Landmark District
Explanation of Boundaries:
The boundaries of the property being designated as a Fort Collins Landmark correspond to the
legal description of the property, above.
SIGNIFICANCE
Properties that possess exterior integrity are eligible for designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or
Fort Collins Landmark Districts if they meet one (1) or more of the following standards for
designation:
❑ Standard 1: The property is associated with events that have made a significant
contribution to the broad patterns of history;
® Standard 2: The property is associated with the lives of persons significant in history;
® Standard 3: The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or
method of construction, or that represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic
values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack
individual distinction;
❑ Standard 4: The property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in
prehistory or history.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The property located at 2300 West Mulberry Street, known as the Ricketts Farm, is
eligible for Landmark designation under Standards (2) and (3). Its affiliation with the
Ricketts family, important members of early Fort Collins, and its representation as an
excellent example of early twentieth-century vernacular architecture make this
property worthy of recognition as a Fort Collins Landmark.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Philander Ricketts, his wife, Julia Thomas, and their six children built and initially occupied
the Ricketts Farm in 1898. An Indiana native, Philander Ricketts was born in 1848. He
possessed a vigorous work ethic and succeeded in graduating from Wabash College in
1878 after sporadically teaching and attending school for several years. Apparently
receiving a diagnosis of consumption (tuberculosis) around the same time, Philander
Ricketts moved to Fort Collins in 1879. He married Julia Thomas, another native Indianan,
before departing. The young family initially settled near what is now Overland Trail Road,
but a fire destroyed their homestead in 1894, and Philander subsequently obtained a
waiver to the Homestead Act that allowed him to relocate to the West Mulberry property.
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ATTACHMENT
From the beginning of their time in Fort Collins, the Ricketts were prominent members of
the community. Initiated into the Masonic fraternity in Indiana in 1871, Philander Ricketts
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became a member of the Fort Collins Lodge in 1885. He and Julia were charter members
of the Empire Grange, established in 1904, which abutted their property. Philander made
his living by teaching school and as an independent farmer and rancher. He taught until
1916, when he contracted the mumps at a Grange event and was unable to continue his
pedagogical duties due to health problems.
The Grange movement was an important aspect of life in late-nineteenth-century America.
They served as the hubs for local communities and directly contributed to the rise of the
Populist Party, and thus the inclusion of farmers' concerns in a political discourse
dominated by metropolitan business interests. As a leading member, Philander was at the
heart of debates about national and local political and social issues affecting our
community. Newspaper accounts provide documentation of the numerous local, statewide
and national committees he served on.
Philander and Julia Ricketts' progeny (four sons and two daughters) also were notable
citizens of Fort Collins. Particularly noteworthy, Joy Ricketts complemented her father's
erudition by obtaining a bachelors degree from the University of Colorado and then
attending medical school in Chicago. As a young professional, she lived in San
Bernardino, California for several years. Several of the letters she wrote home appeared in
the Fort Collins' Courier, where they were perused by local residents. Joy eventually
returned to Illinois where she helped supervise a state insane asylum and married one of
her colleagues, Henry B. Camel.
The Ricketts men were equally prominent. Stanley Ricketts lived even longer than his
father, residing in Fort Collins until his death in 1987 at the age of 91. He met his future
wife, Dorothy McMinn, at a dance in Windsor. The couple had two children, Joyce and
Phil. Also an active member of the Empire Grange, Stanley served as Gate Keeper from
approximately 1914 until at least 1974. At the time of his death, he was Colorado State
University's oldest surviving varsity athlete, having played baseball for the "Aggies" during
his attendance there in the 1910s. A photograph from the college's 1915 yearbook, The
Silver Spruce, shows Stanley with his team. Party to the events of his time, Stanley was
trained for combat during World War I. He learned to fly biplanes and was stationed at
what is now Kelley Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Following his military service,
Stanley returned to Fort Collins where he maintained the family property on West Mulberry
his entire adult life. In addition to his military career, Stanley worked in a variety of trades
ranging from employment as a plasterer in California, a chemist for the Great Northern
Sugar Company, and as a maintenance man for the forest service at Shadow Mountain
recreational area. During the construction of Horsetooth Resevoir in the 1940s, he housed
workers in trailers in the orchard that were then on the property, providing showers and
restrooms through an addition built onto the rear of the house. Toward the end of his life,
several articles about Stanley appeared in local papers that shared his story with other Fort
Collins residents.
Although they died in 1937 and 1916 respectively, Philander and Julia Thomas Ricketts'
descendents remain Fort Collins residents. Their great grandson, Rich Ricketts and his wife
Terri recently returned to Fort Collins and seek to rehabilitate their ancestral home at West
Mulberry for further use by the Ricketts family.
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ATTACHMENT 1
ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION
Construction Date: c. 1894/Occupied by 1898
Architect/Builder: Philander Ricketts
Building Materials: Cut stone, brick, slop-block, wood-framed.
Architectural Style: Early 20`h Century Vernacular
Description: The Ricketts Farm House at 2300 West Mulberry Street survives as an
example of early twentieth century vernacular architecture. Encompassing a variety of
forms, vernacular architecture implies an avocational design and construction. Early
twentieth century vernacular architecture served as a monument to Fort Collins's lingering
heritage as a frontier town, and the few remaining examples in the twenty first century are
therefore important representations of the region's past.
Philander Ricketts built the Ricketts Farm House with his own hands. He used a front
facing L shaped floor plan with a moderately pitched cross hipped roof. The exterior walls
of the house are a red brick characteristic of other surviving Fort Collins houses that were
constructed around the same time. A hipped dormer with three single light windows
dominates the upper front fagade of the house. There are also two windows and a door
with a shingled awning on this fagade. The left window is a single light with a sandstone sill
and lintel, while the right window is a three light with a sandstone sill and lintel. The left
facade features a massive brick chimney and a single light window with a sandstone sill
and lintel. The right facade features another door with a shingled awning that matches the
one on the front fagade. A double hung two light window with a sandstone sill and lintel also
appears on this fagade. The back of the house has an addition in the corner of the L shape
that was added after the initial construction. There is a double hung two light window with a
sandstone sill and lintel immediately to the left of this structure. The addition itself has three
single light windows on the left fagade with a door separating the first window from the
other two and a four light window in the upper left corner of the back fagade. The back of
the original structure to the right of the addition has two double hung two light windows with
brick sills and lintels that sit parallel to each other.
Possessing a preponderance of its original features, the Ricketts Farm House nonetheless
evinces some changes. Family testimony indicates that the addition on the back of the
house was built soon after the home's construction, while photographic evidence shows
that the front fagade's left window was altered after 1949 from a three light like the right
window to its current single light form. According to Phil Ricketts, this window came from
the Fort Collins Post Office. The bricks around this window were apparently also altered in
the process and received cement repointing. A small screen porch also covered the front
door in 1949 and no longer exists. A portion of the brickwork on the left fagade of the house
was recently repaired, using original bricks. These changes are the only apparent
modifications to the house that Philander Ricketts built between 1894 and 1898.
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ATTACHMENT 1
REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION
Colorado Historical Society: Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.
A Guide to Colorado's Historic Architecture and Engineering.
(2003 Colorado Historical Society).
Empire Grange Records from the City of Fort Collins Museum Archives.
Larimer County Assessor's Office, Residential Property Information.
"Long-time Resident saw 91 years of local history," The Fence Post. June 17, 1985.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee McAlester. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York:
Alfred A.
Knopf, 1984.
Newspaper Articles concerning the Ricketts Family from the Courier. November 8, 1894;
September 23, 1903; August 15, 1906; November 18, 1908; July 7, 1909; September 8,
1909; November 10, 1911;
Rich Ricketts, Oral History Interview, June 11th 2008.
Watrous, Ansel. History of Larimer County. Fort Collins: Miller Manor Publications,1911,
reprinted 1972.
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Date Determined "Eligible"
Ordinance #
Application within last 12 months? ❑ Yes ❑ No
Date Recorded
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ATTACHMENT
CI o� Advance Planning
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins PO Box
580
Fort Collins,CO 80522
970.221.63.6376
970.224,6111 -fax
fcgov.com/advancep/anning
LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION
September 24, 2008
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: Fort Collins Landmark Designation of the Ricketts Farm, 2300 West Mulberry
Street, Fort Collins, Colorado
STAFF CONTACT: Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner; Eric Saulnier, Historic
Preservation Intern
APPLICANTS: Rich and Terri Ricketts , Owners
BACKGROUND: Staff is pleased to present for your consideration the Ricketts Farm at 2300
West Mulberry Street. The property has significance to Fort Collins under Landmark
Preservation Standards (2) and (3). As the home of prominent early members of Fort Collins, the
Ricketts Farm is important to local history. The house embodies many distinctive characteristics
of early twentieth-century Vernacular architecture. Its avocational design and construction and
its relatively unaltered character make it a fine representation of the unusual construction
techniques of the period, worthy of designation as a Fort Collins Landmark.
Philander Ricketts, his wife, Julia Thomas, and their six children built the home beginning in
1894, and occupied the Ricketts Farm by 1898. An Indiana native, Philander was born in 1848.
After receiving a diagnosis of consumption (tuberculosis) in 1878, Philander and Julia moved to
Fort Collins the following year. The young family initially settled by what is now Overland Trail
Road, but a fire destroyed their homestead in 1894, and Philander subsequently obtained a waver
to the Homestead Act that allowed him to relocate to the West Mulberry property and begin
anew.
The Ricketts quickly established themselves as prominent members of Fort Collins. Philander
was an active member of the local Masonic Lodge, a leader and charter member of the Empire
Grange, a local school teacher, and an independent fanner. These roles placed him at the center
of political and social forces in Fort Collins where he his respectability and fine leadership
qualities became local axioms. His progeny continued his legacy of leadership in Fort Collins as
his daughter, Joy, received her medical degree in the first decade of the twentieth century and
one of his sons, Stanley, played varsity athletics for what is now Colorado State University.
Stanley continued to live in Fort Collins until 1987, when, at the age of 91, he was the oldest
surviving CSU varsity athlete and one of the last surviving aviators who prepped to fight in
World War L Stanley's grandson, Rich Ricketts, and his wife Terri seek Landmark Designation.
The couple intend to restore the Ricketts Farm House for their family's future use.
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of
Fort Collins
Although it possesses nearly all of its original features,the house nonetheless evinces some
changes. Family testimony indicates that the addition on the back of the house was built soon
after the home's construction, while photographic evidence shows that the front fagade's left
window was altered after 1949, from a three light widow to its current single light form. A small
screen porch also covered the front door in 1949, but no longer exists. These changes are the
only apparent modifications to the house that Philander Ricketts built in the mid 1890s.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approving the request for Landmark Designation
of the Ricketts Farm property at 2300 West Mulberry Street, under Standards (2) and (3) for its
connection to the lives of Philander Ricketts and his descendants and for its representation of
early-twentieth-century Vernacular architecture.
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ATTACHMENT
City O� ng
281 No hCollele
281 North College Avenue
580
Fort Collins Box.6
Fort Collins,CO 80522
97
970.2213
970.224.6111 -fax
kgov.coaVadvanceplanning
RESOLUTION 10, 2008
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE
RICKETTS FARM
2300 WEST MULBERRY STREET, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
WHEREAS, it is a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement and perpetuation
of sites, structures, objects, and districts of historical, architectural, or geographic significance,
located within the city, are a public necessity and are required in the interest of the prosperity,
civic pride and general welfare of the people; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that the economic, cultural and aesthetic
standing of this city cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding the historical,
architectural and geographical heritage of the city and by ignoring the destruction or defacement
of such cultural assets; and
WHEREAS, the Ricketts Farm has individual significance to Fort Collins under Landmark
Standards (2)and (3), as the home of the Philander Ricketts family, prominent early citizens of
Fort Collins; and as a distinctive example of early 20`h century Vernacular Architecture; and
WHEREAS, the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the Ricketts Farm
meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section 14-5 of the code and is eligible for
designation as a Fort Collins Landmark; and
WHEREAS, the owners of the property, Richard and Teresa Ricketts, have consented to such
landmark designation.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City
of Fort Collins as follows:
Section 1. That the property known as the Ricketts Farm, including the historical farmhouse
and the adjacent lands upon which the historical resource is located, in the City of Fort Collins,
Latimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit:
BEG AT PT ON S LN 9-7-69 WH BEARS S 89 35'30" E 1389.88 FT FROM S 1/4 COR,
N 0 24'30" E 147.5 FT, S 89 35' 30" E 75 FT, S 0 24' 30" W 147.5 FT TO S LN, N 89 35'30"W
75 FT TPOB CONT 8.812 SQ FT M/L (SPLIT FROM 97094 04 018) (C44S893530E)
also known as 2300 West Mulberry Street
be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Code of the City
of Fort Collins.
Landmark Preservation Commission
Resolution No. 10, 2008
Ricketts Farm, 2300 West Mulberry Street
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Section 2. That the criteria contained in Section 14-48 of the City Code will serve as the
standards by which alterations, additions and other changes to buildings and structures located
upon the above described property will be reviewed for compliance with Chapter 14, Article III,
of the Code of the City of Fort Collins.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission of the
City of Fort Collins held this 24th day of September, A.D. 2008.
Earen Russell, Chair
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ecretary/Staff
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AGREEMENT
The undersigned owner(s) hereby agrees that the property described herein be considered
for local historic landmark designation, pursuant to the Fort Collins Landmark Preservation
Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins.
I understand that upon designation, I or my successors will be requested to notify the
Secretary of the Landmark Preservation Commission at the City of Fort Collins prior to the
occurrence of any of the following:
1. Preparation of plans for the reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of
improvements on the property;
2. Preparation of plans for the construction, alteration, relocation or demolition of
improvements on the property.
DATED this q day of St pT 200 g.
O er Name
n(ple/a's'e print�
Owner Signature
State of
Q )ss.
County of
Subscribed and sworn before mime this _day of 1200 ,7
by �iC,�larc/ (✓ \iCKeS
Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires aOH
Notary Publ'
MNEK NOTARY-M of Nebro9W
JUDY MESSERSMITH
Mr Comm.Fap.Jo.18,2011
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AGREEMENT
The undersigned owner(s) hereby agrees that the property described herein be considered
for local historic landmark designation, pursuant to the Fort Collins Landmark Preservation
Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins.
I understand that upon designation, I or my successors will be requested to notify the
Secretary of the Landmark Preservation Commission at the City of Fort Collins prior to the
occurrence of any of the following:
1. Preparation of plans for the reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of
improvements on the property;
2. Preparation of plans for the construction, alteration, relocation or demolition of
improvements on the property.
DATED this r_I day of 2008 .
Owner Narne (please print)
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Owner Signature
State of
County of ))ss.
Subscribed and sworn before me this` day of 200_,
by —7—e1'PSQ /�I LkC7TS
Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires / /F- 020//
Notary Publi
GENERN.NOU RY-Stale of Nebraska
JUDY MESSERSMRN
MY Comm,INP.Jaa.18,2011
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ORDINANCE NO. 137, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
DESIGNATING THE RICKETTS FARM, 2300 WEST MULBERRY STREET, FORT
COLLINS, COLORADO, AS A FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PURSUANT TO
CHAPTER 14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14-2 of the City Code, the City Council has established a
public policy encouraging the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of landmarks within the
City; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution dated September 24, 2008, the Landmark Preservation
Commission(the "Commission")has determined that the Ricketts Farm property has significance
to Fort Collins under Landmark Designation Standards (2) and (3), as the home of the Philander
Ricketts family, prominent early citizens of Fort Collins; and as the residence, designed and
constructed by Philander Ricketts, embodies many unusual construction techniques of the period,
as well as many distinctive characteristics of early 20th century Vernacular Architecture; and
WHEREAS,the Commission has further determined that said property meets the criteria of
a landmark as set forth in Section 14-5 of the Code and is eligible for designation as a landmark,and
has recommended to the City Council that said property be designated by the City Council as a
landmark; and
WHEREAS,the owners of the property have consented to such landmark designation; and
WHEREAS, such landmark designation will preserve the property's significance to the
community; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the recommendation of the Commission and
desires to approve such recommendation and designate said property as a landmark.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the property known as the Ricketts Farm, including the historical
farmhouse and the adjacent lands upon which the historical resource is located, in the City of Fort
Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit:
BEG AT PT ON S LN 9-7-69 WH BEARS S 89 35' 30" E 1389.88 FT FROM
SOUTH 1/4 COR,
N 0 24' 30" E 147.5 FT, S 89 35' 30" E 75 FT, S 0 24' 30" W 147.5 FT TO S IN,N
89 35'30" W 75 FT TPOB CONT 8.812 SQ FT M/L(SPLIT FROM 97094 04 018)
(C44S893530E)
be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins.
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Section 2. That the criteria in Section 14-48 of the Municipal Code will serve as the
standards by which alterations, additions and other changes to the buildings and structures located
upon the above described property will be reviewed for compliance with Chapter 14,Article III,of
the Code of the City of Fort Collins
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of
October,A.D. 2008,and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of December,A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day of December, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk