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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/07/2014 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 127, 2014, DESIGNAAgenda Item 5 Item # 5 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY October 7, 2014 City Council STAFF Josh Weinberg, City Planner SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 127, 2014, Designating the Juan and Mary Barraza Property, 412 Wood Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 16, 2014, designates the Juan and Mary Barraza Property at 412 Wood Street as a Fort Collins Landmark. The owner of the property, Mary Barraza, initiated this request. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, September 16, 2014 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 127, 2014 (PDF) Agenda Item 10 Item # 10 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY September 16, 2014 City Council STAFF Josh Weinberg, City Planner SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 127, 2014, Designating the Juan and Mary Barraza Property, 412 Wood Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The owner of the property, Mary Barraza, is initiating this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation of the Juan and Mary Barraza Property at 412 Wood Street. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The property at 412 Wood Street is significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Standards A and C for characterizing a pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the Fort Collins community and for embodying distinctive characteristics of an architectural type and period. The simplicity of style and form, along with its modest size, contribute to the significance of this building and provides insight into the values and means of the building’s occupants. In 1877, the Colorado Central Railroad arrived in Fort Collins and helped to spur the city’s growth, fostering new industries like sugar beet farming and stone quarrying. During the 1960s, many members of one family that resided in this home were employed by the Great Western Sugar Factory. These were typical of the hard working people of Fort Collins who operated many aspects of the city’s daily commerce. 412 Wood Street is a typical home in which these workers lived- modest, unpretentious, and made to last. This house certainly illustrates the values and lifestyle of the people who occupied the dwelling for over a century. Also, this building is significant to Fort Collins as a simple vernacular version of Classic Cottage architecture. Essentially a single-story version of the Foursquare architectural style, Classic Cottages were popular between about 1910 and 1930 and were mostly used in residential architecture. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS Recognition of 412 Wood 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 August 13, 2014, the Landmark Preservation Commission voted to recommend ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 10 Item # 10 Page 2 designation of this property under Designation Standards (A) and (C), for its association with significant events in Fort Collins history and its architectural significance to the city. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location Map (PDF) 2. Designation Application (PDF) 3. Owner Agreement (PDF) 4. LPC Staff Report (PDF) 5. Photographs (PDF) 6. LPC Resolution (PDF) - 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 127, 2014 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE JUAN AND MARY BARRAZA PROPERTY, 412 WOOD 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 August 13, 2014, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the "Commission") has determined that the Juan and Mary Barraza Property, located at 412 Wood Street, Fort Collins (the “Property”) and as more specifically described below, has significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Designation Standards A and C for association with significant events in Fort Collins history and its architectural significance to Fort Collins; and WHEREAS, the Commission has further determined that the 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 the Property be designated by the City Council as a landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the Property, Mary Barraza, has 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 known as the Juan and Mary Barraza Property, 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 21, Block 294, West Side Addition, City of Fort Collins, State of Colorado be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark according to City Code Chapter 14. - 2 - Section 3. 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 16th day of September, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of October, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 7th day of October, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk