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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/04/2014 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 162, 2014, DESIGNATAgenda Item 12 Item # 12 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 4, 2014 City Council STAFF Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 162, 2014, Designating the 508 Remington Street Property, 508 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The owner of the property, James L. MacDowell IIl, is initiating this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation of the 508 Remington Street Property, located at 508 Remington Street. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The 508 Remington Street Property, located at 508 Remington Street in Fort Collins is eligible for Landmark designation for its high degree of integrity combined with its significance under Landmark Standard C, Design/Construction, for its architectural merits as an exceptionally detailed, well-preserved example of a Queen Anne style residence, with especially noteworthy, very intricate brickwork. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado Register of Historic Properties, as part of the Laurel School National Register Historic District. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS Recognition of this property as a Fort Collins Landmark enables its owners to qualify for local financial incentive programs available only to Landmark designated properties. Due to its listing on the National and State Registers, the property owner already qualifies for state and federal financial programs for historic preservation. Based upon research conducted by Clarion Associates, the property should see an increase in value following designation. Clarion Associates attributed this increase to the fact that future owners will also qualify for the financial incentives; the perception that designated properties are better maintained; the appeal of owning a recognized historic landmark; and the assurance of predictability that design review offers. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. At a public hearing held on September 10, 2014, the Landmark Preservation Commission voted unanimously (to recommend designation of this property under Designation Standards (C), for its architectural significance to Fort Collins. Agenda Item 12 Item # 12 Page 2 ATTACHMENTS 1. Site Map (PDF) 2. Landmark Nomination (PDF) 3. Owner consent (PDF) 4. Staff Report (PDF) 5. Photos (PDF) 6. LPC Resolution 5, 2014 (PDF) Young Peoples Learning Center «¬287 Mathews St E Myrtle St E Magnolia St W Myrtle St W Magnolia St Remington St S College Ave WSt Mulberry St E Mulberry 508 Remington St 1 inch = 200 © feet Site ATTACHMENT 1 Revised 08-2014 Page 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 508 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524 Legal Description: Lot 7, Block 135, Fort Collins Property Name (historic and/or common): 508 Remington Street Property OWNER INFORMATION: Name: James L. MacDowell, III Phone: 720-675-9381 Email: james.macdowell@gmail.com Address: 508 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 CLASSIFICATION Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation Building Public Occupied Commercial Nat’l Register Structure Private Unoccupied Educational State Register Site Religious Object Residential District Entertainment Government Other FORM PREPARED BY: Name and Title: Mitchell Schaefer, Historic Preservation Intern Address: City of Fort Collins, Advanced Planning Department, P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80522 Phone: 970-416-2283 Email: mschaefer@fcgov.com Relationship to Owner: None DATE: Prepared 2 September 2014. Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.41 0 970.22 4- fax fcgov.c ATTACHMENT 2 Revised 08-2014 Page 2 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. The property consists of one Queen Anne, Victorian style home. No other structures or buildings at present exist on the property. SIGNIFICANCE Properties are eligible for designation if they possess significance, which is the importance of a site, structure, object or district to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture of our community, State or Nation. For designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Fort Collins Landmark Districts properties must meet one (1) or more of the following standards: Standard A: Events. This property is associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. It is associated with either (or both) of these two (2) types of events: 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. Standard B: Persons/Groups. This property is associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. Standard C: Design/Construction. This property embodies the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represents the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possesses high artistic values or design concepts; or is part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. Standard D: Information potential. This property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Revised 08-2014 Page 3 EXTERIOR INTEGRITY Properties are eligible for designation if they possess exterior integrity, which is the ability of a site, structure, object or district to be able to convey its significance. The exterior integrity of a resource is based on the degree to which it retains all or some of seven (7) aspects or qualities: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. All seven qualities do not need to be present for a site, structure, object or district to be eligible as long as the overall sense of past time and place is evident. Standard A: Location. This property is located where it was originally constructed or where an historic event occurred. Standard B: Design. This property retains a combination of elements that create its historic form, plan space, structure, and style. Standard C: Setting. This property retains a character and relationship with its surroundings that reflect how and where it was originally situated in relation to its surrounding features and open space. Standard D: Materials. This property retains much of the historic physical elements that originally formed the property. Standard E: Workmanship. This property possesses evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. This consists of evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering the building, structure or site. Standard F: Feeling. This property expresses the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. This results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. Standard G: Association. This property retains an association, or serves as a direct link to, an important historic event or person. It retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY The property at 508 Remington Street qualifies for individual recognition as a Fort Collins Landmark for its high level of integrity combined with its significance under Standard C, Design/ Construction for its architectural merits as an exceptionally detailed, well-preserved example of a Queen Anne style residence in Fort Collins. The beautifully intricate brickwork on the exterior walls is particularly noteworthy. While a 1965 addition to the rear, southeast corner of the home is somewhat uncharacteristic and anachronistic to this home’s original style, it remains hidden from the front street view and does not detract from the historic character of this home. This home is a contributing element of the Laurel School Historical District that was listed in the National and State Registers of Historic Places in 1980. HISTORICAL INFORMATION The Queen Anne style home now located at 508 Remington Street was built, according to Larimer County tax records, in circa 1889. This date appears to be somewhat early. Larimer County Revised 08-2014 Page 4 Recorder’s records show that, in September 1882, Elizabeth Crafts had purchased this lot and the adjoining parcel from Frances Whitaker and Emma Barrows for $500. On November 7, 1895, Crafts sold both lots to Alston Ellis for $700, a price that strongly suggests that neither lot was improved upon at that time. On August 25, 1898, the Fort Collins Courier noted, “Dr. Alston Ellis, this week, sold to J. H. C. Walker, late of Kansas, the handsome pressed brick cottage on Remington Street, now occupied by [court stenographer] M. N. Jones. Consideration $3,600.” Due to the large increase in value between 1895 and 1898, it is logical to assume that the house was constructed by Ellis during this time period, which is consistent with its architecture. Dr. Alston Ellis was the third president of Colorado Agricultural College. Ellis was born in Kenton County, Kentucky, and obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from Miami University at Oxford, Ohio. Following 25 years as a public school administrator at various Ohio schools and leadership positions in several educational organizations, on February 15, 1892, he became the State Agricultural College's third president. A controversial figure, he did much to forward the school’s development by increasing enrollment, commissioning several new campus buildings, and promoting a balance between the technical and scientific curriculum being taught and the liberal arts he felt necessary for a well-rounded education. However, his arrogant, egotistical and acerbic personality quickly created many adversaries. Despite strong associations with influential politicians and business leaders, including Governor Alva Adams who visited the Ellis home several times, Ellis’ association with Colorado Agricultural College was terminated by the Board after the 1898-99 school year. In August 1898, Ellis sold this property to Daisy and J. H. C. Walker, who resided in the house with their daughter Hazel June until 1909. J. H. C. Walker is variously listed in the Fort Collins City Directories as a stockman, investor, and capitalist. John Henry Caples Walker was a financier of some note. In Kansas, where the family lived prior to moving to Fort Collins circa 1897, he was an official of the Scott City bank. In 1896, Walker was a member of a distinguished party invited to Fort Collins to inspect the lands and water systems of the National Land and Irrigation Company. Upon moving to Fort Collins, he appeared in the paper with some regularity as a philanthropist and benefactor, at one point financing a Thanksgiving dinner for 150 destitute children. In 1909, the family traveled to California, hoping for relief for Walker from his heart trouble. Unfortunately, Walker passed away in Los Angeles on July 16, 1909. Subsequent residents and owners of the house included contractor Jonas Finger (1913–14, 1927); G. Fred Wiard (1922); real estate developer George Pastor (1925, 1933-36); farmer W.R. Drake (1929–31); Azel VanDyke (1938–40); Colorado A&M professors Lester and Margaret Stimmel (1946–48); and widow Dora Anderson (1952–69). In 1954, during Mrs. Anderson's ownership, the house was listed as a “rooming & boarding house” for students attending Colorado A&M (later Colorado State University), and apparently continued that role ever since. Chad Doverspike and Tara Tyger purchased the residence in 1999 and sold it in turn to the current owner, James L. MacDowell, III, in May 2014. Since the 1930s several repairs and maintenance efforts have been made to upkeep the home. Owners replaced the shingled roof in 1936, 1944, and again in 2013. In 1946 Lester Stimmel, then the owner, remodeled the basement and later insulated the home in 1948. Stimmel’s 1946 basement remodel may have altered the entryway on the rear (east) side of the home. In 1965, a shed-roofed enclosed wooden porch set on cinder blocks was added to the southeast corner of the house. Other repairs include the addition of a new fence for the back yard in 1953, new furnaces in 1997, and repairs to the outside walls in 2004. New windows and “hand doors” were installed in 1954, but otherwise building permits indicate the home has retained an excellent degree of its nineteenth-century integrity. It remains a prime example of the Queen Anne home style of the late Victorian era in American architecture. Revised 08-2014 Page 5 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: c. 1889 Architect/Builder: Unknown Building Materials: Sandstone foundation, brick walls, wood ornamentation, asphalt shingle roof Architectural Style: Queen Anne, Victorian This vernacular Queen Anne style house is an irregularly shaped, two-story brick structure with multiple gables on its front (west) elevation and single gables on the remaining three elevations. All gables are moderately pitched with boxed eaves. The front (west) and side (south) gable fronts feature decorative coursed and fishscale shingles painted pink, white, and dark purple. The building has a rough cut coursed sandstone foundation that is exposed on all elevations with brick walls set in stretcher bond with two corbelled patterns wrapping around the entire home, one only a few feet above the ground and the other just below the roof eaves. The outer brick layer is primarily painted an off-white cream. The main, front (west) façade includes double gables with the lower gable encompassed by the higher one and sitting slightly to the south of the higher. On the northwest corner of the main façade is a projecting, open, one story porch, which was repaired in 2004, that has a brick closed rail capped by sandstone. The cement porch leads to the front entry way and has a flat wood beadboard ceiling supported by four simple and unadorned wooden posts, which were also added as part of the 2004 repairs. The roof of the porch also serves as the base for the second story, open, and uncovered balcony which is surrounded on the west, north, and partially on the south sides by simple wood carved balusters. The glass paneled front door with a transom light is located within the porch and is accompanied by an ornate, and possibly historical, hanging lamp. Windows are primarily one-over-one single-hung windows. The main window on the front façade is arched and set in an elaborate brick surround with corbelled pilasters and sandstone sill. Second-story windows feature carved wood surrounds. The south elevation bears a single gable decorated to match the front double gables. Below the gable opening and its single-hung window with carved framing rests a decorative checker corbelled brick pattern painted to match the home. Another similar corbelled brick pattern, though somewhat less ornate, is found on the same elevation west of the former. A second upper-story inswing casement window rests directly above the easternmost first-story window. The two lower level single-hung windows on the south elevation are surrounded by simple wood frames and encased by sandstone lintels and sills. The rough-cut sandstone foundation is exposed on the lower portion of the elevation. The south elevation also bears the entryway added as part of the 1965 addition. That entry way faces west as the addition protrudes slightly from the south elevation. Three cement stairs lead up to that entryway with a metal pipe railing painted white. The 1965 addition protrudes from the southeast corner of the structure and is supported by a cinderblock foundation set in stretcher bond. The transite siding surrounds the entire extension on the west, south, and eastern sides forming part of the south and east elevations of the house. As mentioned before, the entry way to the addition from the outside is located on the south elevation of the home and faces west. The south side of the addition includes two inswing casement windows surrounded by a simple wood frames and wooden sills. The east side of the addition bears a single inswing casement window surrounded by a wood frame and a double-hung window also surrounded by a wood frame. The transite siding of the addition ends abruptly, as does the cinderblock foundation, as it meets the original brick and sandstone structure on the east elevation. The shed-roof of the addition slops slightly down to the south and the boxed eaves are covered by one rain gutter extending the length of the addition’s entire south side. Like the rest of the house, the addition’s roof is topped by asphalt roll roofing. Revised 08-2014 Page 6 The rear (east) elevation bears one gable pierced by a brick chimney set in stretcher bond. Unlike the other elevations, this gable bears few decorative fishscale shingles, which are painted white and dark brown. The rest of the gable is covered by siding and two second-story windows. The smaller window bears a single-hung window surrounded by a wood frame. The larger is a single- hung window also surrounded by a carved wood frame. The lower level of the east elevation is topped by a hipped roof, interrupted on the west side by its intersection with the larger structure. The east portion of the first floor includes a small single pane window and a larger single-hung window surrounded by a wood frame which is encased by sandstone lintel and sill. The top of entryway into the east elevation is almost flush with the top of the exposed sandstone foundation so one must walk down from the ground level via a short series of cement steps to reach the doorway. The door includes a transom window surrounded by a wood frame and topped by a sandstone lintel. It seems this entryway was originally a simple door entry that did not require one to walk down to another level. Instead it was likely a door way capped by sandstone. Lester Stimmel’s basement renovations in 1946 seem to have altered that doorway to become an entrance directly to the basement. The east portion of the north elevation bears a fourth entryway into the home surrounded by a wood frame and topped by a transom light and sandstone lintel. Another single-hung window sits to the west of that door and is also surrounded by a wood frame and encased by sandstone lintel and sill. The north elevation includes a protruding portion of the home that is topped by another gable adorned with fishscale shingles that have been painted white to match the home. On the rear (east) side of the protrusion is what seems to have been another doorway topped by transom light and sandstone lintel, but has since been closed off with horizontal wood boards. The north side of the protrusion includes a gable, one second-story single-hung window surrounded by carved wood frame, and two taller single-hung windows on the first floor that are surrounded by simple wood frames and encased with sandstone lintel and sill. The front (west) side of the protrusion includes another first floor single-hung window surrounded by wood frame and bears the vernacular sandstone lintel and sill. To the west of the protrusion in the home’s structure is a final single-hung window also set in wood frame with sandstone lintel and sill. The roof is pierced by three brick chimneys; the main exterior chimney is located on the south side and has a corbelled collar. Other details include a simple decorative brick panel on the exterior chimney, and brickwork sill and string courses. The roof is topped with asphalt corning shingles. Revised 08-2014 Page 7 REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Ching, Francis D. K. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. City of Fort Collins city directories, 1902–2005, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. City of Fort Collins building permits, 1936–2014, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. Hansen, James E, II. Democracy’s College in the Centennial State: A History of Colorado State University. Fort Collins: Colorado State University, 1977 “In Memorium.” Fort Collins Weekly Courier, July 17, 1914. Information from the Fort Collins Midtown Historic District Survey, available at the City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado.. Larimer County Assessor Property Information, Property Tax Years 2005–07, 2014. Larimer County Recorder Property Records, Lot 7, Block 135, Fort Collins. Laurel School Historic District, State and National Historic Registers by County, History Colorado website, accessed September 2, 2014, http://www.historycolorado.org/archaeologists/larimer- county#fort. “Local and Personal.” Fort Collins Weekly Courier, July 21, 1909. Marmor, Jason. City of Fort Collins Architectural Property Reconnaissance Survey Form, Eastside Neighborhood Survey Project, 508 Remington Street, 1998, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. McAlester, Virginia Savage. A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Michell, Elizabeth, Local Historic Landmark Designation Nomination Form, 508 Remington Street, December 20, 2004, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. ———, photographs taken of 508 Remington Street, 2004, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. “To Provide for Poor Children.” Fort Collins Courier, November 17, 1907, p. 4. ATTACHMENT 3 Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.2740 970.224.6134- fax fcgov.com Planning, Development & Transportation LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION September 10, 2014 STAFF REPORT PROJECT: 508 Remington Street CONTACT: Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner APPLICANT: James L. MacDowell, III, Property Owner REQUEST: Fort Collins Landmark Designation of the Walker/MacDowell Property at 508 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado BACKGROUND: The Walker/MacDowell Property, located at 508 Remington Street, is an outstanding example of the Queen Anne architectural style, popular in Fort Collins during the late- nineteenth century. Already listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing element of the Laurel School National Register District, it is being nominated for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark under Designation Standard C, both for its embodiment of the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; and for its high artistic values and design concepts. Constructed circa 1889, this building’s distinctive features include a notable arched front window with detailed brick patterns, multiple gables each adorned with fish scale and other imbricated shingles, an unusual amount of decorative brick patterns on the walls, including corbelling, a prominent front entry under second floor balcony, and steeply pitched roofs. The building retains a high degree of integrity. A small addition was made to the southeast corner of the home in circa 1965; however, it is nearly invisible from the public street and does not detract from the historic character of this home. The property is located in the Laurel School National Register District, in a residential setting of predominantly late nineteenth and early twentieth century residential properties. Limited alterations to the property and to the surrounding neighborhood have helped to preserve its setting and feeling, and the Walker/MacDowell Property relates to and contributes to the neighborhood’s context. COMMISSION ACTION: The Landmark Preservation Commission shall make a recommendation to Council regarding the request for Landmark designation of the Walker/MacDowell Property, 508 Remington Street. REVIEW CRITERIA: Municipal Code Section 14-5, Standards for determining the eligibility of sites, structures, objects and districts for designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Landmark Districts, provides the criteria for determining the eligibility of a property for Landmark designation. It states, “Properties eligible for designation must possess both significance and exterior integrity. In making a determination of eligibility, the context of the area surrounding the property shall be considered.” Standards for determining significance: A. Events. Properties may be determined to be significant if they are associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. A property can be associated with either (or both) of two (2) types of events: ATTACHMENT 4 - 2 - 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. B. Persons/Groups. Properties may be determined to be significant if they are associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. C. Design/Construction. Properties may be determined to be significant if they embody the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represent the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possess high artistic values or design concepts; or are part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. This standard applies to such disciplines as formal and vernacular architecture, landscape architecture, engineering and artwork, by either an individual or a group. A property can be significant not only for the way it was originally constructed or crafted, but also for the way it was adapted at a later period, or for the way it illustrates changing tastes, attitudes, and/or uses over a period of time. Examples are residential buildings which represent the socioeconomic classes within a community, but which frequently are vernacular in nature and do not have high artistic values. D. Information potential. Properties may be determined to be significant if they have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Standards for determining exterior integrity: a. Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred. b. Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan space, structure and style of a property. c. Setting is the physical environment of a historic property. Whereas location refers to the specific place where a property was built or an event occurred, setting refers to the character of the place. It involves how, not just where, the property is situated and its relationship to the surrounding features and open space. d. Materials are the physical elements that form a historic property. e. Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. It is the evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering a building, structure or site. f. Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. It results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. g. Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. A property retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. Context: The area required for evaluating a resource's context is dependent on the type and location of the resource. A house located in the middle of a residential block could be evaluated in the context of the buildings on both sides of the block, while a house located on a corner may require a different contextual area…. THE WALKER/MacDOWELL PROPERTY, 508 REMINGTON STREET Front (West) and Side (South) Elevations, July 2014 Front (West) Elevation, July 2014 ATTACHMENT 5 Side (South) Elevation, July 2014 Side (South) Elevation, July 2014 Side (South) Elevation, July 2014 Rear (East) Elevation, July 2014 Side (North) Elevation, July 2014 ATTACHMENT 6 - 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 162, 2014 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE 508 REMINGTON STREET PROPERTY, 508 REMINGTON 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 historic landmarks within the City; and WHEREAS, by Resolution dated September 10, 2014, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) has determined that the 508 Remington Street Property located at 508 Remington Street in Fort Collins, and more particularly described in Section 2, below (the “Property”) is eligible for Landmark designation for its high degree of exterior integrity and for its significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standard C, Design/Construction, for its architectural merits as an exceptionally detailed, well-preserved example of a Queen Anne style residence, with especially noteworthy, very intricate brickwork; and WHEREAS, the Commission has further determined that the Property meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in City Code Section 14-5 and is eligible for designation as a landmark, and has recommended to the City Council that the Property be designated by the City Council as a landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner 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 the Property as a landmark. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the foregoing recitals are incorporated herein by the City Council as findings of fact. Section 2. That the Property located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: Lot 7, Block 135, City of Fort Collins County of Larimer, State of Colorado be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter 14 of the City Code. - 2 - Section 3. That the criteria in City Code Section 14-48 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 City Code Chapter 14, Article III. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of November, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of November, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of November, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk