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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/04/2020 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 089, 2020, DESIGNAAgenda Item 5 Item # 5 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY August 4, 2020 City Council STAFF Jim Bertolini, Historic Preservation Planner Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner Brad Yatabe, Legal SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 089, 2020, Designating the Lois Struble Property, 129 North McKinley Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This item is a quasi-judicial matter and if it is considered on the discussion agenda, it will be considered in accordance with Section 1(f) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2019-064. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on July 21, 2020, designates the Lois Struble Property located at 129 North McKinley Avenue as a Fort Collins Landmark. The owners of this property, Kimberly Medina and Ramon Aguilera, are initiating this request. The duplex is eligible for recognition as a Landmark due to its significance to Fort Collins under Designation Standard 3, Design/Construction and their historic integrity. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, July 21, 2020 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 089, 2020 (PDF) Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY July 21, 2020 City Council STAFF Jim Bertolini, Historic Preservation Planner Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner Brad Yatabe, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 089, 2020, Designating the Lois Struble Property, 129 North McKinley Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This item is a quasi-judicial matter and if it is considered on the discussion agenda, it will be considered in accordance with Section 1(f) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2019-064. The purpose of this item is to designate the Lois Struble Property located at 129 North McKinley Avenue as a Fort Collins Landmark. The owners of this property, Kimberly Medina and Ramon Aguilera, are initiating this request. The duplex is eligible for recognition as a Landmark due to its significance to Fort Collins under Designation Standard 3, Design/Construction and their historic integrity. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The Lois Struble Property at 129 North McKinley Avenue is significant under Standard 3, Design/Construction, as an unusually unique example of a Minimal Traditional residence in Fort Collins. Constructed in 1948, this house is an over-under duplex located in the Swett Addition. A later example of a Minimal Traditional house, its design reflects the transitional period between the smaller Minimal Traditional homes constructed immediately before and after World War II and larger Ranch-type homes popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Minimal Traditional homes tend to be small, boxy, one-story buildings with minimal adornment and housing a single family. They also often had asbestos-shingle or wood or masonite siding, but later examples sometimes used striated brick, which can be seen on this home. Other Minimal Traditional features on this home include the front-facing gable section and closed eaves with a small overhang. Residences of this style also frequently incorporated modest Tudor Revival elements, such as this house’s prominent brick chimney. This home incorporates some architectural features of the Ranch Style popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Ranch homes often make the garage an integral part of the home, which is reflected in this house’s attached garage. Their use of masonry was also sometimes decorative rather than structural, as in the brick cladding over concrete block of this house. The architecturally transitional nature of the house at 129 North McKinley Avenue makes it a noteworthy example of the Minimal Traditional building type in the City. ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 2 CITY FINANCIAL 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. Based upon research conducted by Clarion Associates, the property will likely see an increase in value following designation. Clarion Associates attributed this increase to the fact that current and future owners qualify for financial incentives; the appeal of owning a recognized historic landmark; and the assurance of predictability that design review offers. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its February 19, 2020, meeting, the Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) adopted a motion on a vote of 6- 0 (1 recused) to recommend Council designate the Lois Struble Property as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with City Code Chapter 14, based on the property’s significance under Standard 3, Design/Construction and its exterior integrity based upon all seven aspects of integrity. PUBLIC OUTREACH Public outreach was limited to interaction with the property owner and presentation/approval at a regular meeting of the LPC. Neighbors of the property in question attended the February LPC meeting and spoke in favor. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location Map (PDF) 2. Nomination Form (PDF) 3. Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 3 (PDF) 4. Photos (PDF) -1- ORDINANCE NO. 089, 2020 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE LOIS STRUBLE PROPERTY, 129 NORTH MCKINLEY 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 City Code Section 14-1, the City Council has established a public policy encouraging the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of historic landmarks within the City; and WHEREAS, by resolution adopted on February 19, 2020, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) determined that the Lois Struble Property, 129 North McKinley Avenue, in Fort Collins, as more specifically described in the legal description below (the “Property”), is eligible for landmark designation pursuant to City Code Chapter 14, Article II, for the Property’s high degree of all seven standards of integrity under City Code Section 14- 22(b)(1-7), and for the Property’s significance to Fort Collins under Standard of Significance 3, Design/Construction, contained in City Code Section 14-22(a)(1) and 14-22(a)(3); and WHEREAS, the Commission further determined that designation of the Property will advance the policies and purposes set forth in City Code Sections 14-1 and 14-2 in a manner and extent sufficient to justify designation; and WHEREAS, the Commission recommends that the City Council designate the Property as a Fort Collins landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the Property has consented to such landmark designation and desires to protect the Property; 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 follow such recommendation and designate the Property as a landmark in accordance with the Commission’s determinations referenced above; and WHEREAS, designation of the Property as a landmark is necessary for the prosperity, civic pride, and welfare of the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That the Property located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: -2- LOT 6, BLOCK 2, SWETT’S ADDITION; ALSO KNOWN BY STREET AND NUMBER AS 129 NORTH MCKINLEY AVENUE, CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COUNTY OF LARIMER, STATE OF COLORADO is hereby designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with City Code Chapter 14. Section 3. That alterations, additions and other changes to the buildings and structures located upon the Property will be reviewed for compliance with City Code Chapter 14, Article IV, as currently enacted or hereafter amended. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of July, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of August, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of August, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk