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HomeMy WebLinkAbout160 - 01/07/1997 - AMENDING CITY CODE REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OF CHANGES THAT ARE NOT DETRIMENTAL TO DESIGNAT ORDINANCE NO. 160, 1996 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE III BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION 14-48.5 REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OF CHANGES THAT ARE NOT DETRIMENTAL TO DESIGNATED LANDMARKS WHEREAS, Chapter 14, Article III of the Code provides that the Landmark Preservation Commission (the "Commission') shall review applications for work to be performed on designated landmarks and properties located in designated landmark districts within the City; and WHEREAS, the Commission has recommended to the Council that the Code be amended to afford the Commission the opportunity to devote more time to landmark designations and education issues by allowing for the administrative staff review and approval of work that is not detrimental to the historic, architectural or cultural characteristics of designated landmarks and properties located in landmark districts; and WHEREAS, the Commission has further observed that delays occur to property owners under the present system when such property owners desire to make non-detrimental changes to previously approved rehabilitation plans; and WHEREAS, the Commission has recommended the adoption of an administrative staff approval procedure for the purpose of reviewing and approving awning recoverings, historically authentic color selections and other changes that do not remove, cover, alter or destroy any significant historic, architectural or cultural material; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the administrative approval of the aforesaid kinds of changes is a recommended action of the Historic Resources Preservation Program Plan and is in the best interests of the citizens of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, that Chapter 14, Article III of the Code of the City be amended by the addition of a new Section 14-48.5, to read as follows: Sec. 14-48.5 Work not detrimental to historic, architectural or cultural material; administrative process. (a) Any work which would otherwise qualify for consideration under the procedures established in Sections 14-46 or 14-47 of this Article may, at the option of the applicant, be considered administratively by the Director of Community Planning and Environmental Services (the "Director"). The Director may only consider, under the authority of this Section, applications for approval of color selection from an historically authentic palette of colors, awning re-coverings and changes to a landmark or a property located in a landmark district that would not remove, cover, alter or destroy any significant historic, architectural or cultural material. The Director may, under the authority of this Section, consider changes originally initiated by the applicant as well as changes to plans previously approved by the Commission. Any application submitted to the Director under the Authority of this Section shall be in writing and shall contain a specific statement of the work proposed, together with such details as the Director may require. (b) If, upon receipt of any such application, the Director finds that the proposed work will not remove, cover, alter or destroy any significant historic, architectural or cultural material and is compatible with the distinctive characteristics of the landmark or landmark district and with the spirit and purpose of this Chapter, and complies with all of the criteria for review established in Sec. 14-48, the Director shall advise the applicant in writing, by issuing a report of acceptability, and shall affix his signature to the plans and specifications for the approved work. In the case of an application for a building permit, the Building Permits and Inspections Administrator shall proceed with the review of the application only upon receipt of the Director's report of acceptability and approved plans and specifications. No change shall be made in any such application for a building permit or in the plans and specifications for work approved by the Director unless such changes are submitted to and approved by the Director in the same manner as the original application. The proposed work shall not be commenced until the Director has issued a report of acceptability and a building permit(if applicable) has been issued. (c) Decisions of the Director made under the authority of this Section may be appealed to the Commission, provided that any such appeal shall be set forth in writing and filed with the Director within fourteen (14) days of the date of the decision of the Director. The Director shall schedule a date for hearing the appeal before the Commission as expeditiously as possible. The Director shall provide the appellant written notice of the date, time and place of the hearing of the appeal, which notice shall be deposited in the U.S. Mail not less than five (5) days prior to the date of the hearing. Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 17th day of December, A.D. 1996, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th da� of January,-A . 1997. --Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 7th day of Januar , .). J1 97. ,• � � rr -ay or ATTEST: City Clerk LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION Regular Meeting November 12, 1996 Council Liaison: Gina Janett Staff Liaison: Joe Frank Commission Chairperson: Jennifer Carpenter DISCUSSION ITEMS: 2. Administrative Review Ordinance, Carol Tunner, Historic Preservation Planner Ms. Tunner discussed Sub-Section 14 - 48.5 of the Code of the City, in which the administrative review of minor design changes such as color selections, awning recoverings and changes to proposals already approved by the LPC, was added. Ms. Tunner referred to the ordinance which was provided. The Commission discussed requiring the use of an historic color pallet selection as a criteria for administrative review. They recognized that several companies produced an historic color pallet of paints and it would be impossible to maintain a current selection from every paint manufacturer. The Commission decided to require that administrative review of color would have to be based on a historic color pallet. If the proposed paint color was not from a manufacturers' historic color pallet then the proposal would have to be reviewed by the LPC. An addition was made to the ordinance, under the criteria which the Director of Community Planning and Environmental Services uses, which stated that 'color from a paint pallet of historic colors' shall be considered for administrative review. Mr. Tanner moved to approve the new ordinance regarding Administrative Design Review with the provision that the addition be made specifying that administrative approval of color only be made from an historic pallet of paint colors. The motion was seconded by Mr. Frick, which passed unanimously. (7-0)