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HomeMy WebLinkAbout024 - 03/05/1996 - ESTABLISHING THE LANDMARK REHABILITATION GRANT PROGRAM AS AN ONGOING PROJECT ORDINANCE NO. 24, 1996 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ESTABLISHING THE LANDMARK REHABILITATION GRANT PROGRAM AS AN ONGOING PROJECT OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS WHEREAS,the Goals and Objectives Section of the City of Fort Collins' Comprehensive Plan ("the Comprehensive Plan") directs the City to encourage the protection and preservation of architecturally or historically significant buildings; and WHEREAS,on August 21, 1990,the City Council adopted Resolution 90-104, directing the Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) and City staff to prepare for subsequent presentation to the City Council a process and criteria for evaluating historic buildings and a procedural mechanism for effecting the preservation of these structures; and WHEREAS,on November 16, 1993,the Council adopted Resolution 93-171 approving for incorporation into the Comprehensive Plan an Historic Resources Preservation Plan ("the Plan"); and WHEREAS, an important element of the Comprehensive Plan is the establishment of a Landmark Rehabilitation Grant Program, which would enable the City to offer financial support for the preservation of historic structures within the City; and WHEREAS,the City Council believes that the establishment of such a program,to be known as the "Landmark Rehabilitation Grant Program" would be in the best interests of the City. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That there is hereby established a Landmark Rehabilitation Grant Program("the Program") to be administered annually, as described below. Section 2. That the purpose of the Program is to increase the quality, integrity and permanence of the City's stock of historic landmarks for the enjoyment and benefit of present and future generations of citizens of the city by making available to the owners of locally designated landmarks or contributing structures in local landmark districts a source of funding for exterior rehabilitation of such structures. Section 3. That the Council of the City hereby finds that the Program promotes a valid public purpose. Section 4. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to establish and administer the Program for the awarding of grants for the rehabilitation of local landmark structures and/or contributing structures in local landmark districts, which grants shall not exceed the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)for residential rehabilitation projects or five thousand dollars ($5,000) for commercial rehabilitation projects; provided, however, that the City Council may,by ordinance or resolution, authorize the awarding of larger grants. All grants shall be funded solely from those funds held by the City for financial support of the Program in the General Fund, and all grants shall be expressly contingent upon the availability of sufficient funds to support the grant. Section 5. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to promulgate procedural rules and regulations for the efficient administration of the Program. Section 6. That no Landmark Rehabilitation Grant shall be awarded unless the following criteria and requirements have been met: A. The structure must have been designated as a local landmark or be a contributing structure in a local landmark district pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code before the Landmark Rehabilitation Grant can be awarded. B. All grant recipients shall provide matching funds in an amount equal to the amount of the grant. All grant recipients shall be required to match the grant amount"dollar for dollar". C. The matching funds provided by the grant recipient may be utilized only for exterior rehabilitation of the subject property and/or the stabilization of the structure,the rehabilitation of electrical,heating,or plumbing systems, and/or the rehabilitation or installation of fire sprinkling systems in commercial structures. Neither grant nor matching funds shall be used for the installation rehabilitation of signage, interior rehabilitation or decoration, building additions or the addition of architectural or decorative elements which were not part of the original structure. D. Grant funds may be expended only for rehabilitation of the exterior of a locally designated landmark or a contributing structure in a local landmark district. No interior improvements may be purchased utilizing city grant funds. E. All rehabilitation work must be performed in accordance to the requirements of Article III of Chapter 14 of the City Code and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. F. No grant money shall be disbursed until after the recipient has completed the work, the work has been physically inspected by the city and has been approved by the City Manager and the grant recipient has documented the cost of the work by submitting to the city copies of all bills, invoices, work orders and/or such other documentation showing, to the satisfaction of the city,that the funds requested are reasonable and are supported by actual proof of expense. G. Grant recipients shall, as a condition of the grant, prominently place a sign upon the property being rehabilitated stating that such rehabilitation has been funded, in part, through the City of Fort Collins Landmark Rehabilitation Grant Program. H. Property owners who have previously received grants shall be eligible for subsequent grants, but priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received grants. I. All rehabilitation work must be completed within one year from the date upon which the grant was awarded,provided,however,that upon application and a showing of good cause as to why the project cannot be timely completed, the Landmark Preservation Commission may authorize an extension of up to one additional year for completion of the work. J. No Landmark Rehabilitation Grant shall be awarded unless the Landmark Preservation Commission (or in cases of grants exceeding the maximum amounts established herein, the City Council) first determines that: 1. The applicant has demonstrated an effort to return the structure to its original appearance. 2. It is in the best interests of the public welfare that the structure proposed to be rehabilitated be preserved for future generations. 3. The amount proposed to be spent on exterior rehabilitation is reasonable under the circumstances. Section 7. That the Program shall have an application deadline of December. Applications received after that date will not be considered. Notification of grant awards will be made by mail on or before the first day of March. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of February, A.D. 1996, and to be presented for final passage on the 5t ay of March, A.D. 6. i yor ATTEST: (� i1n AlA % City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 5th day of Mar 1996. yor ATTEST: �� k a� City Clerk —