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From: Karen McWilliams
To: Steve Olt
Date: 07/02/2007 4:00:21 PM
Subject: 220 Edwards
Steve - Please let me know if you need anything else. - Karen
Historic Preservation is fully in support of the plans for 220 Edwards as submitted and supports the
requests for modifications of Land Use Code Standards 4.8D1, 4.8E3, 3.2.2133C, and 4.8D2. The existing
house and garage at 220 Edwards Street is designated on the National Register of Historic Places, and
the property is located within the Laurel School National Register District. Additionally, the buildings likely
qualify for recognition as Fort Collins Landmarks. As such, it would be detrimental, both to the historic and
architectural integrity of these buildings and to the significance of the National Register District itself, to
require that the proposed new construction meet the existing standards. Staff supports this request for
modification of the standards under 2.8.2(H)1 and 2.8.2(H)4. It is staffs position that the plans as
submitted promote the general purpose of the standards far better than would a plan which complies with
the standards. Staff further believes that the plans as submitted will not diverge from the standards of the
LUC except in a nominal, inconsequential way.