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Home My WebLink About1992-10-27 Public hearing -. 00,' NOTtCE OF PUBLIC HEARtNG Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be hetd by the City Councit of towa City, towa, at 7:30 p.m. on the 27th day of October, 1992, in the Civic Center Couneil Chambers, Iowa City, towa; at which hearing the Councit will }qqsider the following items: l2I A resolution adopting the towa City Historic Preserva. tipn Plan. 2. A resolution amending the Comprehensive Plan by incorporating the Executive Summary and the Neighbor. hood Strategies from the Historic Preservation Plan into the Comprehensive Plan. Copies of the proposed resotutions and the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan are on fite for public examination in the office of the City Cterk, Civic Center, towa City, towa. Persons wishing to make their views known for Council consideration are encouraged to appear at the above. mentioned time and place. MARtAN K. KARR, CtTY CLERK \ccIO.27.nph ~J fo 'Y'O/9J.. ~3~J - 'J I , I I i i , I I i l \ ~ ! ~ " , ;1 j ! , , I j I I I \ i \ \ I I , \ I I ! W3 :"...... " -. \)..' I\j RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE IOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN, WHEREAS, the City contracted with Svendsen Tyler, Inc, to prepare the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan under the direction of the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission; and WHEREAS, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan sets forth policies to guide Iowa City In Identifying, protecting and properly developing its historic resources; and WHEREAS, the Plan Incorporates the concerns and suggestions of citizens raised at numerous public meetings as well as the results of a survey of residents In older neighborhoods and interviews with community and neighborhood leaders; and WHEREAS, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission has recommended that the City Council adopt the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that adoption of said Plan is in the public Interest. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BYTHE CITY COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan Is hereby adopted as a guide to assist Iowa City In identifying, protecting and properly developing its historic resources. It was moved by and seconded by adopted, and upon roll call there were: the Resolution be AYES; NAYS: ABSENT: Ambrlsco Courtney Horowitz Kubby Larson McDonald Novick Passed and approved this day of ,1992. MAYOR AlTEST: CITY CLERK Approved by '1/ i~'Li; I City Attorney's Office , I , .. ;'cL-_ . , ,,:/ ll.. '/L ppdadmln\hlstplan.res . -:, .\ , ' :..', ~'13 . ,'..j".."....'......... ':i -. ~~' City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: October 22, 1992 To: City Council ,,0 Bruce Haupert. Vice Chair-:Pq Design Review Committee From: Re: Incorporating Components of the Iowa City Historic Plan into the Iowa City Comprehensive Plan At its October 19, 1992, meeting, the Design Review Committee reviewed the proposal to amend the Iowa City Comprehensive Plan by incorporating the Executive Summary and the Neighborhood Strategies components of the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan. The Committee focused its attention on the Downtown Neighborhood section of the Neighborhood Strategies. As a result of the Design Review Committee's discussion of the Downtown Neighborhood section. the Committee, by a vote of 6-0, approved a motion stating that: The Design Review Committee would enjoy working with the Historic Preservation Commission and downtown property owners regarding the implementation of Objective 4 of the Downtown Neighborhood section of the proposed Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan. The Design Review Committee agrees with the proposed Historic Preservation Plan regarding the need to "adopt a set of design guidelines which conserve the scale, rhythm, mass and variety of the Downtown's streetscapes." The Committee also agrees with the need to assign the administrative responsibilities of these new design guidelines with either a new separate design review body or with the Historic Preservation Commission. It is hoped that the four newest members of the Design Review Committee would be appointed members of the successor design review body, They are fresh, energetic, very interested and extremely telented. For these reasons, the Design Review Committee voted to support the objective of the proposed Historic Preservation Plan which incorporates the establishment and administration of design criteria in the downtown area. cc: Historic Preservation Commission Design Review Committee bjUlillprllll 'j ., , J3ttJ -. f} Q- 7 Maris and Bill Snider 300 Melrose Court, JOlla Ci ty, IA 52246 October 26, 1992 Dear Mayor Courtney and Members of the Iowa City City Council; We are making the fOllowing statement concerning Neighborhood 11 : l~est Side-Melrose Avenue. As 30-year residents on Melrose Court, we are very interested in what happens to the area south of Melrose Avenue, We are in favor of seeing it preseverved as a historical area. We are allare of a coUple of homes on Melrose Avenue already on the National Registry and believe that there are several more homes that should be preserved. Therefore, lie lIQuId like to see Iowa City "affirm" with the University (and the University Hospital COmplex) that Melrose Avenue be the southern boundary of the University as stated in Version A (Objective 3) . Also, "lOll-intensity commercial Use of property south of Melrose Avenue to generate minimal traffic" lias referred to in Version A (Objective 4). Our comment: the traffic on Melrose has become increasingly bad during our years here and will become a lot worse in years to come with new hospital construction near by. It is hard for pedestrians to cross on corners near us. We think it is advisable the city has to act on that sometime soon, l:'"J (I'; ".- ... C~) '.-:.'-: O'",M... ! , "- c:::o -- !.:.,...... L., Q- .....J>: c,. r-.. "-~' r.-. ...<;;", (\J . ~ PJ ..'-~ ~.. -:::.~:~ <'J C) lJ.". <\/ r..:> 01 -. Sincerely, 71{C<AM 1- 15 ueJ1'\."L-J2..A Maris and Bill Snider ;13 fJ i ". I I I I I I I I I ! , "j ., , "( '-. )~ HaNaHAN, EPLEY, BRADDOCK & BRENNEMAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW 425 B Avonuo Kolono, low. 52247 13191 656.2916 Jay H. Hanahan Maurine A. Braddock Michaei J. Brenneman Patrick C. Peters Sarah S. Maiers 330 East Court Street P.O. Box 3010 towa City, Iowa 52244 (319) 351-8100 FAX 13191 351-0977 104 Jovn. St,oot Lone Tros, lows 52755 13191 629.5400 Of Counset: Lloyd A. Epley Hills, low. 52Z35 13191679.2267 October 27, 1992 The Honorable Mayor and city council city of Iowa city, Iowa 410 E. Washington street Iowa city, Iowa 52240 to N 0 C) ~;S ["') '""il -I , n-; N ~ -J ,~. "'I re: Iowa city Historic Preservation Plan -~iC) -<r ''l"'o .,., ~_rrj '; ; ij 0;:.1 ~.~:A .. Old Feed store Associates objects to the inclusioft of;their building at 330 E. Court street in Iowa city in any Histort8 Preservation Plan. We make this objection because we do not wish to be subject to any design review regulations by any board or commission and staff of the city. Dear Mayor and council: We further object to the adoption of this plan at this time without the enactment or at least the sUbmission of the regulations which will be fastened on the property owners. We probably would object no matter what the regulations are but certainly we are in no position at this time to evaluate the regulations and their application if we can't see them. It has been said that this adopting this Historic preservation Plan is like the adoption of the comprehensive Plan and then going forward and rezoning of property pursuant to the plan. This is not the same thing. The zoning regulations do not subject the property owner to a "Design Review committee" or some such similar animal which will tell us in one form or another what we can do with our property not as to use but as to aesthetics or what some people consider aesthetics. At the time, we purchased the building under a lease option, the city of Iowa city was discussing the demolition of the building. without any funding from any governmental agency or help from any quarter, except conventional bank financing, we put money, time and effort into remodeling the building. No one I I , , ~ 31/3 - . ~. helped us then. No one was anxious to tell us how to design the building when it was a mess. Now this plan proposes that people who have no financial stake in this property be able to control our use. We object to this kind of control over our property and to the Historic Preservation Plan. Very truly yours, HaNaHAN, EPLEY, BRADDOCK & BRENNEMAN ~ ~ t:f H. Honohan JHH{ 1.O Q I\) ;:':::CJ Q I " "~l I ;r;-.'- -I "' i -/ :::"'t, I\l ::"-::-.,., I , -1(') -.J r;:,::) I 1 i I :<,.. "" :;';,:") I I _rq -, ,,~ D;ry - - ';",'1'" , :;:;:", - ":...;.} I " I )~~ (11 I W , I I I i I , ~3"J ,......... "llIIJf . ":1 . j \{). tJ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of towa City, Iowa, at 7:30 p.m. on the 27th day of October, 1992, in the Civic Center Couneil Chambers, Iowa City, Iowa; atwhich hearing the Council will consider the following items: 1. A resolution adopting the Iowa City Historic Preserva. "1 tion Pian. o A resotution amending the Comprehensive ptan by incorporating the Executive Summary and the Neighbor. hood Strategies from the Historic Preservation ptan into the Comprehensive Pian. Copies 01 the proposed resolutions and the towa City Historic Preservation Plan are on lite for public examination in the office 01 the City Cterk, Civic Center, towa City, towa. Persons wishing to make their views known for Council consideration are encouraged to appear at the above- mentioned lime and place. MARIAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK ,"10,27.1\Ph .. ~ ;i'l " , ' " ~AlJYWl-J +0 11/10/'1;).. J 3 '1'/ -. ,"0 "1 I , RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION AMENDING THE IOWA CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY INCORPO. RATING THE IOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND NEIGHBORHOOD STRATEGIES. WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City contracted with Svendsen Tyler, Inc. to prepare the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan under the direction of the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission; and WHEREAS, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan sets forth policies to guide Iowa City In Identifying, protecting and properly developing Its historic resources; and WHEREAS, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan Executive Summary and Neighborhood Strategies summarize those policies; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan Executive Summary and Neighborhood Strategies and recommended that said documents be Incorporated Into the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to Incorporate said documents Into the Comprehensive Plan. . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that the Iowa City Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended to Include the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan Executive Summary and Neighborhood Strategies. It was moved by and upon roll call there were; and seconded by the Resolution be adopted, AYES: NAYS; ABSENT; Ambrlsco Courtney Horowitz Kubby Larson McDonald Novick Passed and approved this day of ,1992. MAYOR Approved by AlTEST: CITY CLERK ) -6.L--__ i. j:;";'/iJ....... ppdadmlnlcompplan.res ~3tf1 :'0' ~. IOWA CITY ALLERGY CLtNtC John Kammermeyer. M.D, Allergls\ 404 E. Bloomington lowe City, Iowa 52245 October 26, 1992 Phone (319)354-70\4 Iowa City City Counc11 C1vic Center - 410 E, Washington Iowa City, IA 52240 - o ....-:(") -- ;'="_1, ,0 N 'g l~ ~ 10\1 ;"v . C". :J' ...::.~ ('1- ::':r:- ,.-- ~ ;'[-r. 02 ::- Unfortunately, I wlll be unable to attend the councll meeting oD/" :.;. Tuesday, October 27, 1992. However, I recently have become aware thato .you w111 be cons1der1ng an amendment to the Comprehensive Zon1ng Plan to 1ncorporate the Iowa C1ty Historic Preservat10n Plan. I w1sh to express my total and unalterable opposition to the pol1c1es and concepts expressed 1n the Iowa City H1stor1c Preservat10n Plan. Oear Counc11 Member: More specif1cally, I am totally and unalterably opposed to any plan or ord1nance that would require approval by a commission before I make any changes on my home or property that would normally requ1re a build1ng permit. Moreover, I am totally opposed to any plan or ord1nance that would requ1re me to obtain any "certif1cate of appropr1ateness" before I could make any changes in the exter10r of any bu1lding I own or changes 1n the landscaping around that bu1ld1ng. I feel as a property owner it is solely my prerogat1ve to dec1de what changes I may wish to make in the exter10r of any bu1lding I own, and even more so to dec1de what changes I may w1sh to make in landscap1ng around that bU1lding. To 1mpose a requ1rement that I get perm1ssion for any changes I may w1sh to make 1n a bu1lding I own or the landscap1ng around 1t 1s, I feel, a . gross invas10n of my rights as a property owner and w111 adversely . affect the use and value of my property. . To adopt the pol1cles and concepts 1ncluded 1n the Iowa C1ty H1storic '. Preservation Plan would be a dangerous precedent for the counc11 to carry out. Th'at is, the counc11 would be try1ng to legislate aesthet1c tastes and values which have noth1ng to do with the safety, health, or welfare of the c1tizens of th1s commun1ty. Moreover, 1t would open up . the potential for significant lit1gat10n. For example, if any attempt were ever made to Impose the restrictions outl1ned 1n the H1storic Preservat10n Plan on any property t~at I own, I would use every means avallable at my disposal to f1ght this. In summary, [ would urge the council to not amend the Comprehensive Zon1ng Plan. to incorporate the Iowa City Histor1c Preservat10n Plan. I feel very strongly that this 1s an unwarranted and unreasonable invas10n of ind1v1dual property r1ghts and is an attempt by the city and the counc11 to leg1slature subject1ve tastes and aesthet1c values, s~~ John Kammermeyer, M.O. JK:km ~3l/1/