HomeMy WebLinkAbout160 - 11/18/2014 - DESIGNATING THE AVERY DUPLEX COTTAGE 134-136 NORTH SHERWOOD STREET, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, AS A FOR 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,
De sign/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, Latimer County,
Colorado, described as follows, to wit:
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The South 23 feet of Lot I 1 and the North 23 feet of Lot 12, Block 51
City of Fort Collins, County of Latimer, 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
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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.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of November, A.D. 2014.
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