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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/18/2014 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 160, 2014, DESIGNAAgenda Item 7 Item # 7 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 18, 2014 City Council STAFF Josh Weinberg, City Planner SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 160, 2014, Designating the Avery Duplex Cottage, 134-136 North Sherwood Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on November 4, 2014, designates the Avery Duplex, 134-136 North Sherwood, as a Fort Collins landmark. The owners of the property, Kevin and Suzanne Murray and Carl and Karen McWilliams, are initiating this request. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, November 4, 2014 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 160, 2014 (PDF) Agenda Item 10 Item # 10 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 4, 2014 City Council STAFF Josh Weinberg, City Planner SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 160, 2014, Designating the Avery Duplex Cottage, 134-136 North Sherwood 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 owners of the property, Kevin and Suzanne Murray and Carl and Karen McWilliams, are initiating this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation of the Avery Duplex at 134-136 North Sherwood Street. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION This duplex dwelling is architecturally significant because it is among Fort Collins’ very best examples of a vernacular Double Pen dwelling, featuring a symmetrical plan with twin entry porches. The dwelling accrues additional significance because it was constructed as a duplex, and is one of only a handful of historic duplexes existing in the city’s Eastside and Westside neighborhoods. Among those that do exist, this one displays a high standard of integrity. The dwelling is also architecturally notable for its architectural details, including horizontal drop siding on the façade, narrow double-hung sash windows, twin dormers, heavy long rectangular single slab sandstone porch steps, and twin hipped-roof entry porches with bead board ceilings. A rental throughout most of its history, the duplex dwelling has provided housing for numerous working class individuals and families through the years. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS Recognition of 134-136 North Sherwood Street as a Fort Collins Landmark enables its owners to qualify for federal, state and local financial incentive programs available only to designated properties. Additionally, based upon research conducted by Clarion Associates, the property would see an increase in value following designation. Clarion Associates attributed this increase to the fact that future owners 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 October 8, 2014, the Landmark Preservation Commission voted to recommend designation of this property under Designation Standards (C), for its architectural significance to the city. ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 10 Item # 10 Page 2 ATTACHMENTS 1. Site Map (PDF) 2. Landmark Designation Application (PDF) 3. Owner agreement (PDF) 4. Staff report (PDF) 5. Photographs (PDF) 6. LPC Resolution 8, 2014 (PDF) - 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 160, 2014 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE AVERY DUPLEX COTTAGE 134-136 NORTH SHERWOOD 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 October 8, 2014, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) has determined that the Avery Duplex Cottage located at 134- 136 North Sherwood Street in Fort Collins, and more particularly described in Section 2, below (the “Property”) is eligible for individual Landmark designation for its high degree of exterior integrity and for its significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standard C, Design/Construction, as a significant locally rare example of a vernacular Double Pen dwelling, featuring a symmetrical plan with twin entry porches; and for its significance under Landmark Standard C, Design/Construction, as an original side-by-side duplex, one of only a handful of such historic duplexes existing in the city’s Eastside and Westside neighborhoods; 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 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 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: - 2 - The South 23 feet of Lot 11 and the North 23 feet of Lot 12, Block 51 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. 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