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February 10, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting
Title
13. Petition of Metropolitan Planning Commission on Behalf of the Mayor and Aldermen for a Text Amendment to the Historic Buildings Map of Section 7.11 Streetcar Historic Overlay District. File No. 21-005613-ZA. The revision will add nine historic and architectural significant buildings constructed during the Period of Significance (1799-1935) to the Contributing Resources Map.
Strategic Priority
Good Government
Description

The Metropolitan Planning Commission on behalf of the Mayor and Aldermen is proposing a text amendment to Section 7.11 of the Streetcar Historic Overlay District. The revision will add nine historic and architectural significant buildings constructed during the Period of Significance (1799-1935) to the Contributing Resources Map.  The amendment will further expand the boundaries of the Streetcar Historic District.

In 2005, the Streetcar Historic District was created to promote the sensitive rehabilitation of existing historic buildings and to ensure the visual compatibility of new construction within the area. The proposed amendment will update the Contributing Resources Map which is vital to this goal.

Within the Streetcar Historic District, all buildings are classified as either historic or non-historic on the Contributing Resources Map. The original map was adopted in 2005 by City Council. Since that time, there have been four map amendments to expand the boundaries of the Streetcar Historic District. This will be the fifth expansion.

The realization that the expansion areas had not been properly surveyed spurred this update. Taking no action leaves these nine buildings unprotected. A historic resource survey of the expanded boundary areas was conducted from 2020-2021 and identified the nine historic buildings.

 

Recommendation

On January 18, 2022, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the text amendment to Section 7.11 of the Streetcar Historic Overlay District revising the Contributing Resources Map.  

Contact
Bridget Lidy, Senior Director, Planning and Urban Design
Financial Impact
N/A
Review Comments
Attachments
Exhibit 1: MPC Recommendation Packet to Amend Section 7.11 (File No. 21-005613-ZA)
Exhibit 2: Proposed Update to the Contributing Resources Map for the Streetcar Historic Overlay District (File No. 21-005613-ZA)
Exhibit 3: Property Assessment for Proposed Contributing Buildings (File No. 21-005613-ZA)
Exhibit 4: List of Contributing Structures within the Streetcar Historic Overaly District (File No. 21-005613-ZA)
Exhibit 5: Proposed Ordinance to Amend Section 7.11 of the Zoning Ordinance (File No. 21-005613-ZA)
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