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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/19/2013 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 018, 2012, DESIGNADATE: February 19, 2013 STAFF: Josh Weinberg AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 11 SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 018, 2012, Designating the Crose-Scott-Dickey House and Attached Garage, 618 West Mountain Avenue, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 5, 2013, designates the Crose-Scott-Dickey House and Attached Garage, 618 West Mountain Avenue, as a Fort Collins Landmark. The property owners, William and Kathleen Whitley, are initiating this request. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary - February 5, 2013 (w/o attachments) COPY COPY COPY COPY ATTACHMENT 1 DATE: February 5, 2013 STAFF: Josh Weinberg AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 21 SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 018, 2012, Designating the Crose-Scott-Dickey House and Attached Garage, 618 West Mountain Avenue, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The owners of the property, William and Kathleen Whitley, are initiating this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation for the Crose-Scott-Dickey House and attached garage at 618 West Mountain Avenue. The property is eligible for designation as a Landmark under Designation Standards 2 and 3, for its association with significant persons and also for its architectural significance to Fort Collins. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The residence was constructed for Newton and Louise (Avery) Crose. Newton was a Fort Collins Deputy District Attorney, while Louise was the youngest daughter of Franklin Avery. Constructed in 1907, the house is an excellent representation of an early-1900s Craftsman-style bungalow. In 1906, Newton Crose, a prominent Fort Collins attorney, attended a social event in the company of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin C. Avery and their daughter, Louise. Louise Avery, born in Fort Collins in January 1882, was the youngest daughter of Franklin and Sara Avery. For a woman of the time, she was likely well educated, having attended the Leland Stanford Institute in California. Newton and Louise married shortly after their meeting on October 10, 1906, the same year in which construction on their home at 618 West Mountain Avenue began. The original structure of the residence followed traditional Craftsman-styles and standard, balloon-frame construction that is complete with one-and-one-half stories and an integral porch at the east side of the primary elevation. The gabled roof contains a central bell-cast hip, wide over-hanging eaves, and exposed rafters. The front elevation features multiple gables with massive scroll sawn brackets, square-cut shingles on the gables, and exposed forked rafter ends lay beneath the eaves. Asphalt shingling covers the roof with a tall hard-pressed brick chimney. The foundation of the home is primarily sandstone; however, foundation of the garage (an addition in 1948) is concrete. The three moderately pitched roofs (two on the front elevation, one of the east elevation), with wide, overhanging eaves and overhangs, and exposed rafter tails serve as excellent intact example of Craftsman-type bungalow architecture as derived from the Arts and Crafts Movement. The multiple moderately pitched and shingled gabled roof elements with bracketed eaves, significant overhangs, exposed rafters, and integral porch (the floor of which is set within the main structure) are also reflective of this architectural style. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At a public hearing held on November 28, 2012, the Landmark Preservation Commission voted unanimously to recommend designation of this property under Designation Standards (2) and (3), for its association with significant persons and also for its architectural significance to Fort Collins. COPY COPY COPY COPY February 5, 2013 -2- ITEM 21 ATTACHMENTS 1. Location Map 2. Historic Landmark Designation Nomination Form and Agreement 3. Staff Report 4. Photos 5. Resolution 1, 2013, Landmark Preservation Commission, Recommending Landmark Designation of the Crose-Scott-Dickey House and attached garage at 618 West Mountain Avenue. ORDINANCE NO. 018, 2013 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE CROSE-SCOTT-DICKEY HOUSE AND ATTACHED GARAGE, 618 WEST MOUNTAIN AVENUE, 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 January 16, 2013, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the "Commission") has determined that the Crose-Scott-Dickey House and attached garage have significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Designation Standards (2) and (3), for their association with prominent individuals in Fort Collins history, Newton and Louise (Avery) Crose, and as an excellent example of Craftsman architecture in Fort Collins; 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 City 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, William and Kathleen Whitley, 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 wishes 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 Crose-Scott-Dickey House and attached garage, and the adjacent lands upon which the historical resources are located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: Lot 22 and the East 10 feet of Lot 21, Block 271, Loomis Addition to the City of Fort Collins; Located in the Southwest Quarter of Section 11, Township 7 North, Range 69 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian; City of Fort Collins, County of Larimer, State of Colorado, also known as 618 West Mountain Avenue be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter l4 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with City Code Chapter 14. Section 2. That the criteria in Section 14-48 of the City 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 City Code. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of February, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of February, A.D. 2013. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of February, A.D. 2013. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk