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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/01/2001 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 59, 2001, RESCINDI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 11 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: May 1, 2001FROM: Karen McWilliams SUBJECT: Second Reading of Ordinance No.59,2001,Rescinding the Designation of the Gill/Nelson Garage, 5529 South Timberline Road, as a landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On October 3,2000,the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 130,2000,designating the Gill/Nelson Farm as a landmark. The farm is comprised of a house, a milkhouse, and a garage. The owners of the property, Jeff Nowak and Rayno and Patty Seaser, have initiated this request for the rescission of the garage's landmark designation. Due to an existing access easement,the Gill/Nelson Garage must be moved from its current location. As there is no other location on the farm site where the garage could be placed that would not have a significant detrimental effect on the integrity of the remaining historic structures,the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the best course of action is the demolition of the garage. Ordinance No.59,2001,was unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 17, 2001. l,i AGENDA ITEM fi SIJINIY � " "uM ` R z2 ° " DATE FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL April 17,2001 FROM: Karen McWilliams SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance No. 59, 2001, Rescinding the Designation of the Gill/Nelson Garage, 5529 South Timberline Road,as a Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City „ ` de. RECOMMENDATION: Irce The Landmark Preservation Commission and staff recommend adoption of the on First Reading. At a public hearing held on March 14,2001,the Commission unammously recommended rescission of the designation of this garage as a landmark. Pf ai d a Aarfftl EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: F.�.��M,�k '�R. 'Y': '''. On October 3,2000,the City Council adopted Ordi ance No 130,2000,designating the Gill/Nelson Farm as a landmark. The farm is comprised of a house,a milkhouse, and a garage. The owners of the property, Jeff Nowak and Rayno and Patty Seaser,have uiitiated this request for the rescission 1 N.!A of the garage's landmark designa�f�n, ,,p a to an existing access easement,the Gill/Nelson Garage must be moved from its currenf"Idcaf oisRfere is no oih&ocation on the farm site where the 7 .:n garage could be placed that.would not have'a sigficant detrun -;ental effect on the integrity of the 0 N i ,._ remaining historic structures,the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the best course of action is the demolition of the garage. BACKGROUND On August9,2000,at a,public meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission,the Commission recommended to Council that theritll�lVelson Fa ► 5529 South Timberline Road,be designated as - . . a landmark for its historical and arc titectural:significance. The property contains three buildings. The,-two-story Italianate brick house dates to circa 1890. The stone milkhouse, constructed circa 188�tsits directly to the west of fhe house. The two-bay garage, located to the north of the house, was built around 1930. This land was originally acquired by the Gill family in latter part of the 19th centu uohn Nelson, a distant relative,purchased the 120-acre farm from the Gill brothers in the late I900s„4ohn Nelson was a banker,who came to Fort Collins in 1872. Following John's death, the farmer erited by one of his sons, Alexander Nelson. Alexander worked as a surveyor for the goveHe, the farm out, although he occasionally used the land for pheasant hunting. In the eaAy 1950s, the property passed to Alexander's great-nephew, Lyal Nelson. Following Lyal's death in 1993, the farm was sold and subsequently subdivided as the Willow Springs development. Due to fire code regulations and an existing access easement,the garage must be moved from its current location. There is no place on the farm site to move the garage to that would not have a significant detrimental effect on the integrity of the remaining, more significant historic structures. Therefore, the Landmark Preservation Commission determined that the best course of action would be the demolition of the garage.