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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-03-29 Public hearing " ~~. ".,;/,' ~(k' ,.-..,,- ,\ , -"\ \ \ \\ \ '\ ~l. "r,", f,~~.' ~:. : I'. \1; I, .; I I i'" I' I'! " I j! I II ii I ! ~ I ~. ill' , . : J: \',...' " 1#1 i"~~jb~'$ :>~'~, ;;{lkt', , ' L..."\._~..: , ,(~ 0 " ,~' ,i' - I t>- , , "',' ''.\1.; ',' .' \ ".. . . " , ,.. . '''.. ~'..., . "."....-.'........... ' City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: March 25, 1994 cw1L To: City Council From: Karin Franklin, Direc e . of Planning & Community Development Re: Near Southside Redevelopment - Parking/Impact Fees At the March 8 City Council meeting, consideration of the ordinance to designate an urban revitalization area south of Burlington Street ended in a 4-3 vote in favor of the ordinance, with a proviso from Councilor Baker that he would not vote for further consideration of this ordinance without changes in the parking requirements in the CB-5 zone and changes in the parking facility impact fee ordinance. Although there was considerable discussion of an amended urban revitalization area to include residential properties south of Court Street and to addr.ess public amenities other than parking, the majority voted for the original plan and indicated a desire to consider a separate revitalization plan for the southerly area later. As a consequence, the staff has prepared options for the parking requirements for commercial and office uses in the CB-5 zone, and options for amendments to the parking facility impact fee ordinance to reflect what we believe to be the desires of the majority of the Council. The options presented are guided by the principles adopted by the City Council in the Near Southside Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan (Jan, 1992) and the direction of the current Council to require commercial and office projects in the Near Southside to contribute to meeting parking demand, The principles of the Plan and the current direction are not necessarily inconsistent. The Plan states: "A system whereby some parking is provided off-site in a public facility and some on-site may strike the proper balance to achieve the goal of the plan." (p.16). The goal of the Plan is to encourage revitalization of this area for high-intensity commercial and office uses, The question to be answered in considering the options put forth is what the proper balance is between what is required of commercial and office development and what requirements may discourage development of the area. PARKING. As this area has been discussed in the past few years, a distinction has been drawn between residential and non-residential uses in terms of the need or desirability of the public sector to be involved in stimulating development of these respective uses. Market forces provide a healthy environment for residential uses near campus while new commercial and office develop- ment seems to require some stimulus to locate downtown, Our current discussion will continue to draw this distinction and focus only on non-residential uses in discussing parking changes in the CB-5 zone. 1"-3. j a I Prior to adoption of the CB-5 zone, parking for retail and office uses was required at a rate of 1 space/300 sq.ft. of use, Other non-residential uses had a variety of parking requirements, With adoption of the Near Southside Plan and the CB-5 ordinance, all non-residential uses, except hotels, were exempt from required parking, If any parking were provided at the owner's choice, . no more than 1 space/500 sq,ft, of use could be on-site, No impact fee was required, Non- residential uses in this area, as in the downtown, were not obligated to meet parking demand since that responsibility was shifted to the public sector, as in the remainder of the downtown, The options presented to the Council obliqate developers of non-residential projects to contribute toward meeting parking demand, to varying degrees. Your decision is whether to change the f}a~. I , I t. .t :..) ,~D 1'-- - ...."".n:.~__~' .' r 1 - ]., , - o , . ;!im~i . - ..~.." , [ .,.\ . '-', \ \ \i \\ 41'~ . . .& ,:..,~-\, )1 II I I, I ' , I I.' , .' !' I' i, Ir'l i II I I ~'. I . I ,! ! . , 0.'.:~" ,I .!J.( '~.~. ' ., '. .. :l~:..~~.~ " ,."~ \ -' (.--0. I,. . , , ~, ,~'.' ., . '. . '.~~ ;."\'1. ~ t>- . , ~, "...,'. ~ .~.. . .'-..,.:..... . , ". i . . . .,. .' . ,...,;..,;,;...,......'..-...'-'..;.."..,," - 2- requirements from what they are currently; and if the parking requirements are changed, to what degree, Each variation starts from a base of 1 space/300 sq.ft, This was the requirement prior to the CB- 5 zoning and is based on, the Institute of Traffic Engineers, ParkinQ Generation. 2nd Edition, study of general office buildings. Since the Institute's study focused on suburban developments, we factored in the mode split for downtown (30% use alternative modes) and the fact that many people make multi-purpose trips downtown. With these factors considered, we reached a requirement of 1 space/900 sq.ft. for downtown development. Option 1 is to require parking at a rate of 1 space/900 sq.ft. For a hypothetical building of 90,000 square feet, up to 100 spaces could be required on-site, depending upon what amendments are made to the parking impact fee ordinance, One hundred spaces is approximately one-quarter the size of the new Chauncey Swan ramp (450 spaces). Because as a matter of public policy the Council has stated its desire to see the area south of Burlington Street redevelop, it is reasonable to consider an incentive factor in the calculation of the parking requirements for commercial use in light of the concomitant burden the parking requirement will place on the developers of the area, An incentive factor of 2 would result in Option 2, 1 space/1800 sq.ft. and an incentive factor of 3 would result in Option 3, or 1 space/2700 sq.ft. For the same 90,000 sq.ft. building, 50 spaces and 33 spaces would be required under Option 2 and 3 respectively. Whether these spaces would be required on-site or the obligation could be met through a parking impact fee will be determined by amendments made to the parking impact fee ordinance. Table I presents the parking options, Table I e,g. Parking Required - 90,000 Options Requirement sq.ft. building 1. No Incentive 1 sp.l900 sq. ft. 100 spaces 2. Incentive Factor - 2 1 sp.l1800 sq, ft. 50 spaces 3. Incentive Factor - 3 1 sp.l2700 sq. ft. 33 spaces IMPACT FEE, When the Near Southside Plan was adopted and implemented, a parking facility impact fee was established. This fee has three purposes: to require the targeted residential development to pay a proportionate share of the cost of a public parking facility; to allow high- density development of the land for the intended uses without consuming large amounts of land for parking; and to enable the centralization of parking in a public facility. Residential development was targeted since the previous Council agreed that apartments would likely place a significant burden on downtown parking. The Council also agreed that commercial and office development should be encouraged and treated as similar developments are treated in the downtown: no parking was required and no impact fee charged. Please remember that the Parking Facility Impact Fee Ordinance applies to the entire Near Southside Neighborhood (a map with the zones is attached), The fee is not, and legally cannot be, zone specific within the district. All uses within the designated district (the Near Southside) must be treated uniformly, In determining the effect of the fee on a particular property, one must start with the parking requirement in the zone, There are four commercial zones and two residential zones In this area, Since the Council Is contemplating changing the parking -. , ,q-) 7~~ , ,.. .< _..... I' .,} '" .. ~) J t I t ,. (I r' ~ ~ t;~ ~l l)! 11 I , I [j 7a, '" ..y:,. .;\," ., ,,;~" " :'!,',:. . 'I ~. ~. ".",'\\1, " "' l\lII'~ ;J. .. t>- , . , "/., ..... ,., . '". "~..,. .' ~..;\ , . ' . '.' '..-.'.....' .".,........h.......... ~h'_.'''...', ...\ ..' , : ',,:..::.; ':':~<':..J' ~ .. - 3- requirement in the CB-5 zone, it is in that zone where the proposed changes will have the greatest consequence. However, commercial properties in the other commercial zones in the Near Souths ide will also experience some change, depending upon the decision regarding the impact fee. Impact Fee Ordinance variables. The variables requiring some decision on the part of the Council pertain to the following: the percent of spaces required that are provided on-site as part of the development project; the percent of spaces covered by an impact fee in lieu of provision on-site; the flexibility given to the developer to decide the proportion of payment to on-site provision; the maximum percent of spaces permitted on-site; and the proportion of the parking facility cost attributable to each use, or the impact fee per space by use. ,~ l" ! . .; \~'\ ~ ,~ ":;-~1 ' , I r Table II presented below addresses four options for parking spaces on-site and payment of fees in lieu of construction of spaces on-site. These variables are critical in determining how a developer will meet his/her obligation to contribute to the parking system; the extent of the contribution will be determined by your decision regarding the number of spaces required of a use. These variables will determine how the land is to be used, As more spaces are required or provided on-site, less of the land (both horizontally and vertically) can be used for the intensity of use sought in this area, In addition, the financial burden that will be placed on the development through construction costs or through the impact fee will have an effect on the feasibility of any project. In some instances construction costs may be easier to bear than the impact fee and vice-versa. As we have determined the cost per space for the current residential parking impact fee, payment of a fee should be financially less onerous than construction of parking spaces. .Table II Parking Facility Impact Fee Options for Commercial Uses in the Near Southside Neighborhood ~. Oplions % of Parking Spaces % of Parking Impact % of Parking Spaces Required On.Site Fee Paid In Lieu of Permitted On.Site In Required Parking Addillon to Parking Spaces Spaces Required On-Site 1. 25% On.Slte! 25% 75% up to 50% 75% Impact Fee 2. 50% On.Sltel 50% 50% 0% 50% Impact Fee 3. 100% On. Site 100% 0% 0% 4, 100% Parking Impact none 100% 0% Fee 5. 100% Flexible none 0.100% up to 50% I I I J , I , , II . ~ .,;( , )'.'..' l' " . " I" , t:,' , ,1I -~ t~ ! 0 :j. --------------- -- ~ " .~.- 1):" . \:",..' .0, ,. "..'-;"" I , , j ~. . ._........Ol. J I' I t , T"'" ,is . 10, ...".. '.; " . " ., ':;~~,;L1. h, .~' .' "'t' ""'\\1., t>- .; , " ....., 1 '-. . .'- ." .. ~-.;.. :~":. , ::. , , "" , .., :.1,.., . ~..!_,,' "..._';' '. . ", ." Hh:.:..__:.;..........."_',. "'_".". - 4 - Using the model of our existing Parking Facility Impact Fee Ordinance, the cost per space is determined based upon a calculation of the cost of construction of one space and then apportioned by use. The apportionment of the cost of the facility is directly related to the concept of the need created for the facility. How much a development pays is directly related to the need for the facility created by the development. The original ordinance computed the cost based on an estimate that new residential development in the impact fee district would need up to 1/3 of the spaces in any new parking facility and that users from the remainder of the district and the community as a whole would require the remaining 2/3 of the facility. This computation also recognized a policy decision that the public would cover the cost of any commercial or office development in the area as a community responsibility to encourage developments of this type. Given the Council's shift in direction and the placement of some of this responsibility on office and commercial developments, the staff has recalculated the estimated need by use. We used the zoning, the potential for redevelopment in the Near Southside, and historic patterns of parking usage to make our determination. We believe a reasonable new apportionment by use is 33% residential, 17% commercial/office, and 50% from the community at large. Using the $12,000 estimated cost per space of the 1992 ordinance, residential use parking impact fees will equal $4,OOO/space and commercial use parking impact fees will be $2,OOO/space. Using the 90,000 square foot building example used earlier, Table III illustrates how such a project would be affected by Options 1, 2 and 4 presented in Table II. In Option 3, all spaces would be provided on-site and in Option 5 each project would be different. Table III I ',J Parking Spaces Option 1 Option 2 Option 4 Requirement Required 25% on-siten5% Fee 50% on-site/50% Fee 100% Fee 1 sp/900 sq. It. 100 25n5 - $150,000 50/50 - $100,000 $200,000 1 sp/1800 sq. ft, 50 13/37 . $74,000 25/25 . $50,000 $100,000 1 sp/2700 sq. It. 33 8125 - $50,000 16/17 - $34,000 $66,000 i' \ Y! : r I 1 I 1 ! CONCLUSION, In an attempt to stay as close to the original concept of the Near Southside Plan and continue to provide some stimulus to non-residential development, the staff would suggest that you choose the least restrictive parking requirement for the CB-5 zone, Option 3, We believe this option is based on a reasonable evaluation of downtown commuting and parking patterns and provides an incentive in keeping with the spirit of the Near Southside Plan. This option will provide an obligation on any new commercial/office development in the CB-5 zone to contribute to meeting parking demand in the area and is in keeping with what the staff understands to be Council's present direction. " , The parking impact fee option closest to the intent of the original plan is the 100% parking impact fee, with no spaces permitted or provided on-site (Option 4), This option allows for the most intensive use of the land for the activities we are trying to encourage, However, this option ignores the fact that most commercial and office establishments want to have some parking on- site, for convenience, The current residential fee requires 50% on-site spaces and 50% paid in fees with the option of putting more spaces on-site; the impact fee for 50% of the spaces is still required, however, Option 4 is a variation of the current residential fee, but does not permit more than 50% of required spaces to be placed on-site, This option may be appropriate for commercial/office uses, To accommodate differences in commercial and office needs, Option 5 , I . \ ~ , " ~:L ~'.l i' ~ ',.- ~ . ..., 7~ ? . It--...~ 1 --- , ..~T-) P' . I )c... " ..) .' ~ (1 ~ o .1 let --'.;";~7_X':'.'J~.>"'; , mzm>.'..'l- :~ :.:;;;':: :,,:' , ,'. . , I , , ! -j .- j , .'~. , I , L.'" I .' :...;.", . '.~ , r.,' ,., . . ... :~...:.:,;;:,~,",~.",2,~"L""""",-.,,",,,.."i"!".~",","'='i:~"''.-l:::::.':i, ,'C., ..".:",.,,, :":",1'_"0,,,.. """."''':'''''''';__' _...,_;2". -5- f which allows maximum flexibility for the developer to determine the ratio of on-site to fee paid spaces may be best. The only feature of this issue the Council raised which we have not brought to you is that of a phased schedule of payment. There are a number of ways this could be set up, all of which require considerable administrative expense of time and money. Phasing payment, depending on the timing, may also raise questions about the directness of the relationship between the need generated and the fee paid, For these reasons, we do not recommend a phased schedule of payment. The staff will be at your work session on Monday, March 28. This is a complicated issue. If you have questions or wish to discuss it before Monday, please feel free to call me at 356-5232. Due to the other items that hinge on your decisions regarding parking, the ordinance amendments have been put on a fast track. There will be items on your agenda Tuesday to set public hearings on April 12 on amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and the Parking Facility Impact Fee Ordinance; the Zoning Ordinance amendments are scheduled for the Planning and Zoning Commission for April 7. If a decision cannot be reached Monday on the various options, the Council agenda items and the Planning & Zoning Commission consideration will be deferred. \ ....., cc: Steve Atkins Linda Gentry Jeff Davidson David Schoon bcl.4 r 0(; ''''.. ,,--..'. \ , \ \ .,........ ~ I ; I ~i . :1 . , , II · ~ :~(._.._..~ , , , \',," I>r _ . I ... "<'__ . T"'''.'''.'''''''''''''''.'.' .. "1""""'\ ,. ...'. :,":,.''','':"".',-,;."., :,:",;',',"\i:':,: . ' ;, .."""""0""],,,,, . '"."'.'"i,, ',,,::,",:';"',',1,\'.1..1,:.'; ~;;;'__' ;:".,,:.')<,:, 1a, , ",. ., -' '[~"~'::rol':\ . 14,~.J ,..",8,,, "<- , .'1,,-",,".\',.'.,'1.-." "';'''':',: ',,' ~'.", ,. '" ,~:',-"' , , " -. ,.~ "'-. .....~, I.! ( , .si ~ ~' '.. ," ..~- I, , ' ~ I i. r' , . ! . , , i I ~ .J ~~.-;. Y'{ ;/";; --' " ::( 0 , ,~. .i'. , "'J "':'t..... '-T."r , ". .7a" ".'.'.......js.,:ld, ..",',.,"",.'.. ,', . ": >.',.'"" . ',::," .'.\t\~(....:. . ti , ",' .'. , ~ ; , , ," '.'..' '.', .1,:';'.1'..;'\, , ',.," . , .....' NEAR SOUTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD/ PARKING FACILITY IMPACT FEE AREA '''''''''1' '.'.'.,i"',.'.' "'.>'.'... ?:.,~i'~'~%'.~h ;"t~<,;\.~:>1t-;~ 0!i.fi~f1t-1 m't~~ii' , Commercially Zoned Property _ Near Souths ide Neighborhood/ Parking Facility Impact Fee Area Boundary ., IT , . >-0... . i< .,.;./',' ..'...' ~~ ,) , -' '.," \. ....'1 .., ,( .' ;i' \' '".'.-I".~" .\ t North .' , '....1 I . i " ~. . ~. ., .... I' . ) i '.' . . .f ;. ~". ~1"",' ''',.' ,^" ' ,,'. "_...-",."~; I . I I : ! i ~r . , I , i:CO ., I ," '. :., ~ . "~ ., >\\J'j' . ..,...... ~, t>- , ... ". ,l: ~ """" ~. , , I I I I . ., '.." ".._:':.""C'';'~'''''.'';.''''''-'","'k';''~_':''''''''~_~'''' '" , . . ,. -,. .- ,.._~--~_.....;:......... ~-">,-""",*.,.".,.._,,,...;.::.,,.;~. .~.'\,--. .j ..;". .:.: ....._..,'..c.'.\.;.."....."...-..,,,.._,_~_....A.'o '::"'-.0'.:<"""'." ...-', .'. "'^'\:&. CITY OF IOWA CITY March 25/ 1994 To Property Owners of Commercially Zoned Property in the Near Southside Neighborhood At its March 28, 1994/ work session, the Iowa City City Council will discuss amendments to the parking requirements for commercial uses in the Central Business Support/ CB.5, Zone and amendments to the parking facility impact fee ordinance, The amendments to the zoning ordinance would establish parking requirements for commercial uses in the CB-5 Zone; presently, parking is not required for commercial uses. The amendments to the parking facility impact fee ordinance would require that any new commercial development in the Near Southside Neighborhood pay a parking impact fee in lieu of providing parking on-site. The parking facility impact .fee would apply to g[[ commercial uses in the Near Southside Neighborhood, not just those properties zoned CB.5. Enclosed you will find a memo from the Director of Planning and Community Development outlining the issues surrounding these items. If the City Council decides to pursue these amendments, this schedule would be followed: March 29/ 1994 The Council would set a public hearing for April 12/ 1994 on both the zoning ordinance parking requirement amendments and the parking facility impact fee ordinance amendments. April 7/ 1994 The Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission would consider the zoning ordinance parking requirement amendments, IThis meeting would be held at 7:30 p,m, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 410 E. Washington Street.l April 12/ 1994 The City Council would hold a public hearing on both the zoning ordinance parking requirement amendments and the parking facility impact fee ordinance amendments. (This meeting would be held at 7:30 p,m, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 410 E, Washington Street.l , CIVIC CENTER' 410 E. WASIIIN010N 51, IOWA CITY IOWA 52140.1826 ~ftn \~ll PIIONE 13191316.1000 FAX 1319) l'6.1009 -. --..~.. . .. ~- 1'.0 ..'..... .,,1 ). ,....',..",.., 1...."1 ~:,:',,:' (,' ~:.I.. .."....'., ...,. \, ~ '\ ;..;'., ,.. "'!'.. ,"..... " .. , . ' ,..... .,.... .. ... . ",'. ._2~~~~:':':,;':'";",.,,,,,,,,';;"~"'~""':':'::;;W'l.:J':~'J'~";i:l~.'.t...,,,;~,L.:..~~...~il.,,;i:.:.N""';~"""~~~':"/~", ~2. ".:\ If you have comments on either of these items, you are strongly encouraged to provide them, Verbal comments may be made at both the April 7th Planning and Zoning Commission meeting and the April 12th City Council meeting, Your comments may also be submitted in writing to the City Clerk at any time prior to these meetings, If you have questions or require more information, please contact myself at 356-5236 or Karin Franklin at 356-5232. ,',j, :~ .1 .1 , 1 I , .' ~~ Sincerely, . < ./)u<~ ---- David Schoon Economic Development Coordinator ., " cc: City Manager & City Council Director, Planning & Community Development b~propownr '-- i\ .. " ',I ,~ '~ ' I ." , I ; i1:. I .t I ' II ) ': \\ ....~I ~,,_. ..' " i ,(---~ ..~- v. ; j"-'''''"." ".{r-","\"~V"II"".~'I ...:n..,."..", ............."i,.,!;L\,':\',9:i'i-i,... ..):;:".... i':'., ''<'.'..., ".".. ,;' 1d. 1 ...... , 'Tj'~:'-' fO""'I(. :~, ,~,:,?:' . 8; ;\".,;;;:, "'I" """','" ~ '.,.'." "11, '" . " ~.sJ. ~ ;.-..,:'"- ,\ .... _.~ \ \ 1 , "r-\: , ' I i I" I I I I 1(, , . ,I ;: j " , ~~/ '. '. 9 "'._....". ~.' .. ~ "~ : r;,'_",l \'~ '," ill)' " I.', 'I'(",!., ........--....: .0 , '.-. -.~ ._',...."...~_.. ~,.~ .i , , " . t>- . . '.\' .. ..r ~\'!., , . :'~, 0"" . '.;\ , ....." ".. . . , ':~ ., .,....' ....,....' ..,., _.,.'_.':'.::--':'~'''.'' ...,..;:.., ,..' ,h'; ... ' "'H' ".".~. " ... ... March 29, 1994 Dear City Council and community members, Persons with disabilities and advocates are addressing the city council tonight to take issue and offer a solution to the lack of accessibility of downtown businesses, Specifically the need for a procedure for easements of right of way of city sidewalks for ramps. As outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act Title III, Section 36.304 (c)(1), "places the highest priority on measures that will enable individuals with disabilities to physically enter a place of public accomodation, This priority on "getting through the door" recognizes that providing actual physical access to a facility from public sidewalks, public transportation, or parking is generally preferable to any alternative arrangements in terms of both business efficiency and the dignity of individuals with disabilities." ~ I This is the first priority of the removal of communication barriers that are structural in nature, This is what we are addressing tonight. Currently we are not being given equal rights under the city's practices. Specifically the Texas Steak Company & Saloon is in violation of the law, They came into the building and renovated for a business that is significantly different in service than the burger place that was there prior. The Texas Steak & Saloon is a bar. It has a liquor license, This is blatant discrimination against persons who use wheelchairs. This needs to be addressed by the building inspection during the assessment for the building permit. The guidelines for an easement need to be completed within a reasonable amount of time (April 12, 1994). The process for the guidelines also needs to have a person with a disability involved in the development. This procedure needs to be given to every inaccessible business with a "highest priority" criteria. ". We are asking for a show of support by individuals at the meeting, Some people will speak at the meeting, Others are asked to show there enthusiasm, 730 -~- -'IW ~-- _: .......)....... "0 . ',.' ..,' .-. '" , ..'" .":' -""'- ' ~'5,lb, ~B;'.Yi".. ... .......1 ,;.. ' :';'::~i :',1'1,'::. :-- ;.':' ,..".-' '. ~;., "." 1:' ;0;... ',' .':, ' .'" ' 0'. .' , , ,;:11' . P' I I I .. \. f '. ,.:. '. ;.:'.'.' ';.'.-. .-...,- .'....'. .." ..;.' . .:~ ~:""':'~,:",,~_"""""":':"J;;:'~..::.J~.:........:J;'..::i,..>>.;;......,~.:..:.:...;.'::.._'___, _, . " ._-.;..--:_:~.';..".... . .')" . , ,j Advocates for an Accessible Environment 630 South Capitol St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Larry Quigley (319) 354.6603 l " ',,- Hawkeye Advocates 1314 Pine St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Majorie Hayden Strait Lori Bears (319) 337-5847 I, 1 " . ..I INDEPENDENT LIVING, INC. 26 East Market St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Kevin R. Burt ADA! Career Development Coord. (319) 338-3870 . .r... . "'\;;;I . JOHNSON COUNTY COALITION for PERSONS with DISABILITIES TIM CLANCY/LOREN SCHMITI CO-CHAIRPERSONS 26 East Market St. Iowa City, IA 52240 . ~ 1 :..j , Individuals with Disabilities Iowa City, Iowa / ' , . " ,. i' 'I,. : I." " ( . ..' . . 130 )". ,-"""","'",''-''' . .\ .q""I,: .. ... :,1:0""'(. ..... ',.. .,.';.':';>:,Ri'.S, .', .".):""'. '\ .. . i s~,: . . ;; .., . . .",;".".:'/..: ,'I ,:., ':'. '(~...__o . --.. . ...... -:., "....... -,.-"..'." ,';"'..". ~:',-.,'~ i : ., .'. .~~ ...~. ....1. " . '.\". . h~\~!.:: " t>- , ",. ':i' '. ..........'. . .~.... , ......",.,. .~,_. ,~- ~,...'-'" ...,~- .:.' '. RF,aULAll0N ~36.304 Removal of barrio ers. (a) General, A public accommodation shnll remove architectural barriers in existing facilities, including communication barriers that are structural in nature, where such removal is readily achievable, i.e., easily accomplishable and able to be carried out without much difficulty or expense. (b) Examp~. Ex- amples of steps to remove barriers include, but are not ", limited to, tlle following actions-- r\~ \1 \, . . '7 ! '. \ I .1 ~ ! i I , I I I i I I I bl .1- I i i: ! , l".' ,"~-' ~..,I..; (1) Installing ramps; (2) Making curb cuts in sidewalks and entrances; (3) Repositioning shelves; (4) Rearra.nging tables, chairs, vending machines, display racks, and otller furniture; (5) Repositioning tele- phones; (6) Adding raised markings on elevator control buttons; (7) Installing flashing alann lights; (8) Widening doors; (9) Installing offset " , " ",.' f .Ll ..... rr- '~.. 0 , ..... " . .' . .' " ... . . ,,,:_';'~_,:,~, ,'" "'....'~.:~;::.,-'~,.,. ....t:~J;,...:..::....;)~:_.:'.:.:;..-:. <.:....., ....,.: '"'''''.h.~,,",.'':...._''' ,.._. ~..__.. .......__..---.:h-'_____, ANAUSIS Sectioll 36.304 RClIlllvnl of haniel's. Section 36.304 rcquires the removal of lU'chitcctural barriers and communication harriers that arc structural in nature in existing facilities, whelC such rcmoval is rcadily achievable, i.e., easily accomplishable and able to be carried out without much difficulty or expense. This rcquirement is bas cd on section 302(b)(2)(A)(iv) of the ADA. A number of commenlcrs interpreted the phl'llse "commu- nication barriers that arc structural ill nature" broadly to encompass Ule provision of communications devices such as TDD's, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices, and digital check.out displays. The statute, however, as read by the Department, limits the application of the phrase "communications ban'iers that are structural in nature" to those barriers that are an integral part or the physical structure of a facility. In addition to the communicatiolls barricrs posed by pennanent signage and alarm systems noted by Congress ~ Education and Labor report at 110), the Department would also include among the communications barriers covercd by ~36.304 the failure to provide adcquate sound buffers, and the presence of physical partitions that hamper the passagc of sound waves betwcen employees and customers, Givcn that ~36.304's proper focus is on the removal of physical barriers, the Department believes that the obligation to provide comlllu- nications equipment and devices such as TOO's, lelephone handset amplifiers, assistive listcning devices, and digital check-out displays is more appropriately determincd by the requirements for auxiliary aids and scrvices under 936.303 ~ Education and Labor report at I 07 -108), The obligution to remove communications balTiers that are struclural in nature under 936.304, of COlll'se, is independent or any obligation to provide auxiliary aids and services under fi36.303, The statutory Jlrovisioll also reqnires the readily achievable removal of certain barriers in existing vehicles and rail passen- ger cars. This transportution rcquiremcnt is nol included in 936.304, but rather in 936.31 O(b) of the rule, In striking u balance betwccn guarantceing access to individuals with disabilities und recognizing the Icgitimate . . cost concerns of bnsinesses and other pIivale cntities, the ADA " establishes diffeI'Cnt standards lilr existing facilities and new ..... construction. In existing facilities, which arc the suhject of .'. 936.304, where relroritling may provc cosily, a less rigorous . degree or accessibility is lL'qnilL'd Ihan inlhe ca:ie or new "Am-ilarlClbuok ? 11I-85 30 .-. - ..0-....1)',., ,. , ~.-. , ., I', ,," .'". .,..,.......,,',..'. . .\ P' . T ttI;, '1': , ~.) I ....1 I I i I I , '1 i j I I .1'."'" d ,..,,-.,..:.-,'j, . ".~"": " .,';' :~>". ,i. (: , . ,', ~ ," : ,. '., ':..' " "" ,I .' t>- .' .:'....;., .." . .~t \ \" - '.,'( . ,". , ,'" ....:'i " ~ . ....., .' I......."....... ...'.1 "T.tl'.m' :", Ie: " REGULATION hinges to widen doorways; (10) Eliminating a turnstile or providing an alternative accessible path; (11) Installing accessible door hardware; (12) Installing grab bars in toilet stalls; (13) Rearranging toilet partitions to increase maneu- vering space; (14) Insulating lavatory pipes under sinks to prevent burns; (15) Installing a raised toilet seat; (16) Installing a full- length bathroom mirror; (17) Repositioning the paper towel dispenser in a bathroom; (18) Creating designated accessible parking spaces; (19) Installing an acces- sible paper cup dispenser at an existing inaccessible water fountain; (20) Removing high pile, low density carpeting; or (21) Installing vehicle hand controls, (c) priorities. A public 1II.86 " ,...... (" i ,\,f" " . .J '....r ;. ~ l..rt -- 'r' ".L~ld~L o :~ '. " 'j,' , , . , . . ..' ..' , - . . - " . -.- ^ -..... --:..: -~~.. ".~',"'~".".....:,."..."'-~,...,;. ~ ,,-"..'..~,. .._...,....~_.- ..'---.--, . . --..-.....,-,..,..,.""-.,.'." ',I i'~ i =- 130 ~'S- rd.: ANALYSIS construction and alterations 00 ~~36.401-36.406) where accessibility can be more conveniently and economically incorporated in the initial stages of design and construction. For example, a bank with existing automatic teller ma- chines (ATM's) would have to remove barriers to the use of the ATM's, if it is readily achievable to do so. Whether or not it is necessary to take actions such as ramping a few steps or raising or lowering an A TM would be detennined by whether the actions can be accomplished easily and without much difficulty or expense, On the oOler hand, a newly constructed bank with A TM's would be required by ~36,401to have an A TM that is "readily accessible to and usable by" persons with disabilities in accordance with accessibility guidelines incorporated under ~36.406. The requirement to remove architectural barriers includes the removal of physical barriers of any kind. For example, ~36.304 requires the removal, when readily achievable, of barriers caused by the location of temporary or movable structures, such as furniture, equipment, and display racks. In order to provide access to individuals who use wheelchairs, for exanlple, restaurants may need to rearrange tables and chairs, and department stores may need to reconfigure display racks and shelves. As stated in ~36.304(t), such actions are not readily achievable to the extent that they would result in a significant loss of selling or serving space. If the widening of all aisles in selling or serving areas is not readily achievable, then selected widening should be undertaken to maximize the amount of merchandise or the number of tables accessible to individuals who use wheelchairs, Access to goods and services provided in any remaining inaccessible areas mllst be made available through alternative methods to barrier re- moval, as required by ~36.305. Because the purpose of title UI of the ADA is to ensure that public accommodations are accessible to their customers, clients, or patrons (as opposed to their employees, who are the focus of title I), the obligation to remove barriers under ~36.304 docs not extend to IIreas of a facility that are used exclusively as employee work areas, Section 36.304(b) provides a wide-ranging list of the typcs of modestmeasurcs that may be takcnto remove ADA I/andbook " .. - ~ ~--, ~,:/JL:'],,-:-:;\ ""'c."'.'.'" ,:-. .,. I 1 .. .'~ ' \' I. , I I I 1 1 '. . CJ,;i"l ,\ (.-..'---- r , ..\ , -', \ \ \1 \" XI '"i ;::~~ . ~ .I( \ '! . 'I':' , I~ : I 1:/' . I I II, , II , '" ! "'{, I ,. ,I' . ,. , il . " I....,.: ~"._. . {Co. 0 ~, ,~ ., " , '\'11:\, t>- . "~.J " REGULATION accommodation is urged to take measures to comply with the barrier removal requirements of this section in accordance with the following order of priorities. (1) First, a public ac- commodation should take measures to provide access to a place of public accom- modation from public side- walks, parking, or public transportation. These mea- sures include, for example, installing an entrance ramp, widening entrances, and providing accessible parking spaces. (2) Second, a public accommodation should take measures to provide access to those areas of a place of public accommodation where goods and services 'are made available to the public. These measures include, for example, adjusting the layout of display racks, rearranging tables, providing brailled and raised character signage, widening doors, providing visual alarms, and installing ramps. (3) Third, a public accommodation should take measures to provide access to restroom facilities, These measures include, for ex- ample, removal of obstruct- ing furniture or vending machines, widening of doors, installation of ramps, providing accessible signage, ".... ., "l> I ,.- w 730 I '~ i. \.' , . ....-.- ITHleml ANALYSIS barriers and that are likely to be readily achievable. The list includes examples of measures, such as adding raised letter markings on elevator control buttons and installing flashing alarm lights, that would be used to remove communications barriers that are structural in nature, It is not an exhaustive list, but merely an illustrative one. Moreover, the inclusion of a measure on this list does not mean that it is readily achiev- able in all cases. Whether or not any of these measures is readily achievable is to be determined on a case-by-case basis in light of the particular circumstances presented and the factors listed in the definition of readily achievable (~36.104). A public accommodation generally would not be required to remove a barrier to physical access posed by a flight of steps, if removal would require extensive ramping or an elevator. Ramping a single step, however, will likely be readily achievable, and ramping several steps will in many circumstances also be readily achievable, The readily achiev- able standard does not require barrier removal that requires extensive restructuring or burdensome expense. Thus, where it is not readily achievable to do, tlie ADA would not require a restaurant to provide access to a restroom reachable only by a flight of stairs. Like ~36.405, this section permits deference to the national interest in preserving significant historic structures. Barrier removal would not be considered "readily achievable" if it would threaten or destroy the historic significance of a build- ing or facility that is eligible for listing in the National Regis- ter of Historic Places under the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S,C. 470,lli.e.Q.), or is designated as historic under State or local law, The readily achievable defense requires a less demanding level of exertion by a public accommodation than does Ole undue burden defense to the auxiliary aids requirements of ~36.303, In that sense, it can be characterized as a "lower" standard than the undue burden standard, The readily achiev- able defense is also less demanding than the undue hardship defense in section 102(b)(5) of the ADA, which limits the obligation to make reasonable accommodation in employment, Barrier removal measures that are not easily accomplishable and are not able to be carried out without much difficulty or expense are not required under the readily achievable standard, even if they do not impose an undue burden or an undue hardship, ADA Jlandbook I1I.S7 - 1 V"" : -' .),> -, . o I'"~ " "'. . I ~ ~b'. r , r .\ -.. \ \ \ \, ii.' ! I 'f,' I". ^ ~, y ... t>- . '. \~. '\,\1" '., :: ' IhTilIeml REGULATION widening of toilet stalls, and installation of grab bars. (4) Fourth, a public accommodation should take any other measures neces- sary to provide access to the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of a place of public accommodation, (d) lkliui.~ .lllterations requirements o( ~.(l) Except as provided in para- graph (d)(2) of this section, measures taken to comply with the barrier removal requirements of this section shall comply with the appli- cable requirements for alterations in ~36.402 and ~~36.404-36.406 of this part for the element being altered. The path of travel require- ments of ~36,403 shall not apply to measures taken solely to comply with tlle barrier removal requirements of this section. (2) If, as a result of compliance with the alter- ations requirements specified in paragraph (d)(1) of this section, the measures re- quired to remove a barrier would not be readily achiev- able, a public accommoda- tion may take otller readily achievable measures to remove tile barrier that do not fully comply with the specified requirements. Such measures include, for 1II.SS ," I'" '. . .I (' 1 . ., , . . 1 ANALYSIS Section 36.304(f)(1) of the proposed rule, which stated that "barrier removal is not readily achievable if it would result in significant loss of profit or significant loss of effi- ciency of operation," has been deleted from the final rule. Many commenters objected to this provision because it impennissibly introduced the notion of profit into a statutory standard that did not include it. Concern was expressed that, in order for an action not to be considered readily achievable, a public accommodation would inappropriately have to show, for example, not only that the action could not be done without "much difficulty or expense", but that a significant loss of profit would result as well. In addition, some commenters asserted use of the word "significant," which is used in the definition of undue hardship under title I (the standard for interpreting the meaning of undue burden as a defense to title Ill's auxiliary aids requirements) ~ ~~36.l04, 36.303(f)), blurs the fact that the readily achiev- able standard requires a lower level of effort on the part of a public accommodation than does the undue burden standard. The obligation to engage in readily achievable barrier removal is a continuing one, Over time, barrier removal that initially was not readily achievable may later be required because of changed circumstances, Many commenters expressed support for the Department's position that the obligation to comply with ~36.304 is continuing in nature. Some urged that the rule require public accommodations to assess their compliance on at least an annual basis in light of changes in resources and other factors that would be relevant to detennining what barrier removal measures would be readily achievable. Although the obligation to engage in readily achievable barrier removal is clearly a continuing duty, the Department has declined to establish any independent requirement for an annual assessment or self.evaluation, It is best left to tile public accommodations subject to ~36.304 to establish policies to assess compliance that are appropriate to the particular circumstances faced by the wide range of public accommodations covered by the ADA. However, even in the absence of an explicit regulatory requirement for periodic self-evaluations, the Department still urges public accommo- dations to establish procedures for an ongoing assessment of their compliance with the ADA's barrier removal require- ments, The Department recommends that this process in- clude appropriate consultation with individuals with disabili. ADA llandbook PO' . - t7 '30 j' " l'.. l.) ''''1.'. ~1~: ,.{. i"'I' ~-i . ~!,\ ! W" ~'l' ,,~, 1"',0 R;'[", I'.y: ,:;~., ~.,.\ '.. I'i" [~ W~ i:ll b~ f,.?i [~" '-. 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In order to avoid any signifi- cant risk to the health or safety of individuals with disabilities or others in using portable ramps, due consid- eration shall be given to safety features such as nonslip surfaces, railings, anchoring, and strength of materials. (f) ~ing or serving ~. The rearrangement of temporary or movable structures, such as furniture, equipment, and display racks is not readily achievable to the extent that it results in a significant loss of selling or serving space, (g) Limitation on l2luIi.c1: removal..Q\2ligations. (1) The requirements for barrier removal under ~36,304 shall not be interpreted to exceed the standards for alterations in subpart D of this part. .''11 r'lf lit, , \"'1 '\ "j ',.{,'\. _.' J If"''''" \.._--~ -- 1II-89 ?30 I /5 ' , . '..010.,."... '"...",.".'."" ITitl~ItiI ANALYSIS ties or organizations representing them. A serious effort at self-assessment and consultation can diminish the threat of litigation and save resources by identifying the most efficient means of providing required access. The Department has been asked for guidance on the best means for public accommodations to comply voluntarily with this section, Such infonnation is more appropriately part of the Department's technical assistance effort and will be forth- coming over the next several months. The Department recom- mends, however, the development of an implementation plan designed to achieve compliance with the ADA's barrier removal requirements before they become effective on January 26, 1992. Such a plan, if appropriately designed and dili- gently executed, could serve as evidence of a good faith effort to comply with the requirements of ~36.104. In developing an implementation plan for readily achievable barrier removal, a public accommodation should consult with local organizations representing persons with disabilities and solicit their sugges- tions for cost-effective means of making individual places of public accommodation accessible. Such organizations may also be helpful in allocating scarce resources and establishing priorities, Local associations of businesses may want to encourage this process and serve as the forum for discussions on the local level between disability rights organizations and local businesses. Section 36.304(c) recommends priorities for public accom. modations in removing ban-iers in existing facilities. Because the resources available for ban-ier removal may not be ad- equate to remove all existing barriers at any given time, ~36.304(c) suggests priorities for detennining which types of barriers should be mitigated or eliminated first. The purpose . of tllese priori tics is to facilitatc long-tcrm busincss planning and to maximize, in light of limited resources, tlle degree of effective access that will result from any given level of expenditure, Although many commenters expressed support for the concept of establishing priorities, a significant number ob- jected to their mandatory nature in the proposed rule, The Department shares the concern of these commenters that . mandatory priorities would increase the likelihood of litigation and inappropriately reduce the discretion of public accomlllo- dations to detennine the most effective mix of barrier removal measures to undertake in particular circlllllstances, Therefore, . . in the final rule the priorities are no longer mandatory, ADA Ilandbook -- ) 0, :. ,"., ,.. . , ' ,. 1ft '. ~., .'...,1. j,....-;.....- (..' .\ ,__.;1 \ \ \ \ . \ I, :, 'r{\ ,'1.:1h ~'~'~'- . :~~ I ' ''(. .1,'. ~ 1:1 I i II I ~~ I. . I II 'Ill ,II ), C \ ",.' t"\.'~ . 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ANALYSIS In response to comments that the priorities failed to address communications issues, the Department wishes to emphasize that the priorities encompass the remOVEd of communications barriers that are structural in nature. It would be counter to the ADA's carefully wrought statutory scheme to include in this provision the wide range of commu- nication devices that are required by the ADA's provisions on auxiliary aids and services. The final rule explicitly includes brailled and raised letter signage and visual alarms among the examples of steps to remove barriers provided in ~36.304(c)(2). Section 36.304(c)(1) places the highest priority on mea- sures that will enable individuals with disabilities to physi- cally enter a place of public accommodation, This priority on "getting through the door" recognizes that providing actual physical access to a facility from public sidewalks, public transportation, or parking is generally preferable to any alternative arrangements in tenns of both business efficiency and the dignity of individuals with disabilities. The next priority, which is established in ~36.304(c)(2), is for measures that provide access to those areas of a place of public accommodation where goods and sel'\;'ices are made available to the public. For example, in a hardware store, to the extent that it is readily achievable to do so, individuals with disabilities should be given access not only to assistance at the front desk, but also access, like that available to other customers, to tile retail display areas of the ,store. TIle Department agrees Witll those commenters who argued that access to the areas where goods and scrvices are provided is generally more important than the provision of restrooms. Therefore, the final rule reverses priorities two and three of tlle proposed rule in order to givc lower priority to accessible restrooms. Consequently, the third priority in the final rule (~36.304(c)(3)) is for measures to provide access to restroom facilities and tile last priority is placed on any remaining measures required to remove barriers. Section 36.304(d) requires that measures taken to remove barriers under ~36.304 be subject to subpart D's requirements for alterations (except for the path of travel requirements in ~36.403), It only pcnnits deviations from the subpart D requirements when compliance with those requiremcnts is not readily achievable, In such cases, ~36.304(d) permits mca- ADA Ilandbook ,'-< -- .-, -, " ' ".'~l '.'"::.. ....,.,. t'.. '^ ,.0, v' ,'.. 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I This approach represents a change from the proposed rule which stated that "readily achievable" measures taken solely to remove barriers under ~36.304 are exempt from the alterations requirements of subpart D. The intent of the proposed rule was to maximize the flexibility of public accommodations in undertaking barrier removal by allowing deviations from the technical standards of subpart D. It was thought that allowing slight deviations would provide access and release additional resources for expanding the amount of barrier removal that could be obtained under the readily achievable standard. ,':.. " Many commenters, however, representing both businesses and individuals with disabilities, questioned this approach because of the likelihood tlmt unsafe or ineffective measures would be taken in the absence of the subpart D standards for alterations as a reference point. Some advocated a rule requir- ing strict compliance with the subpart D standard. ID The Department in the final rule has adopted the view of many commenters that (I) public accommodations should in the first instance be required to comply with the subpart D standards for alterations where it is readily achievable to do so and (2) safe, readily achievable measures must be taken when compliance with the subpart D stundards is not readily achiev- able. Reference to the subpart D standards inlhis manner will promote certainty and good design at the same time that permitting slight deviations will expand the amount of barrier removal that may be achieved under ~36.304. Because of the inconvenience to individuals with disabili- ties and the safety problems involved in the use of portable ramps, ~36.304(e) pennits the use of a portable ramp to comply with ~36.304(a) only when installation of a pennanent ramp is not readily achievable. In order to promote safety, g36.304(e) requires tlmt due consideration be given to Ole incorporation of features such as nonslip surfuces, railings, anchoring, and strength of materials in any portable ramp Omt is used. Temporary facilities brought in for use at the site of a natural disaster are subject to the barri~r removal requirements of 936.304. ADA Ilandbook , l):'::;'~':""':" ::':"',:.9,,', j::" 1II.91 ?JO .\" ,.. '''_,._n :',..........T......-.... '1"0"1, \ "''J Co ';', '".. , , '.' . '~J " ?~':. """'\ "",\":'i:l"",1 . ' " ._....'~ .. '.,,'":<,,;'. ~ ',,';;;.",,;:-", 'j," - .'--.:.. ,. , .........,.~ ,,~',.,. ,.--. '. \ \' , ,," .' J.~'~,' ;.t, I, I, 1':1: j( :!~ I' ~ I;,' 1,1 ., '.. '1;" :'::~t~:\I; '. . " ':'. !"::T"'l":' "'1 :,.:,Ite:ill,:: REGULATION 1Il.92 . ( (1 , ,,~,. \ ' ) \, I ("-"~ ._,..~~." ,.... .-., , L_......._~. ~.~~~......I...: '1 , ~'.; ...~. " " . , " '. .... . .;..,... ,.....'.' '-' ,'. .' .-:. ------;._~_.__.......'-'--"...""..'""--..~"--~,..__.~- ... ANALYSIS A number of commenters requested clarification regard- ing how to detennine when a public accommodation has discharged its obligation to remove barriers in existing facili- ties. For example, is a hotel required by ~36.304 to remove barriers in all of jts guest rooms? Or is some lesser percent- age adequate? A new paragraph (g) has been added to ~36.304 to address this issue. The Department believes that the degree of barrier removal required under 936.304 may be , less, but certainly would not be required to exceed, the standards for alterations under the ADA Accessibility Guide- lines incorporated by subpart D of this part (ADAAG). The ADA's requirements for readily achievable barrierremoval in existing facilities are intended to be substantially less rigorous than those for new construction and alterations. It, therefore" would be obviously inappropriate to require actions under 936.304 that would exceed the ADAAG requirements. Ho- tels, then, in order to satisfy the requirements of 936.304, would not be required to remove barriers in a higher percent- age of rooms than required by ADAAG. If relevant standards for alterations are not provided in ADAAG, then reference should be made to the standards for new construction. ~30 ADA llalldbook - ','.":':'.;",0, },,);;',"i'" .' ''',,' ",' ',' .', .',,-.' .' ", ';,1, ,",:' <~.' ,.; ~,,\:,;,,, ,'l' .-,~' ~..~ .. \'.. 1" " :..,~'~~ _..~;'''--' ;~~.:;,i; .. .-..r............ , 'it.. I ....) . I I I "Jj' ' ~~' i ?lfI I i,.. I f i ("; 1 ''', I 'I fu, ~ ' f' " . . !' " ,", .) , : .A,I' D, ". _.' I..... .' I~. " Y .1 ' )~~'r(~\J '" . ". ." \\I..~ .~, , .~., 1" . . :.,', _.. .- I'" '~ tk~i'" March 27, 1994 J Letter to the Editor: The Iowa City Councll and the Airport commission owe an apology to the merchants of the Iowa City, Coralville area, the Iowa City-Coralville Convention and Tourism Bureau and the Iowa City Women's Bowlin~ociation; for undermining a years work to secure for the Iowa City Coralville area a major sporting event The Iowa City Women's Bowling Association began work a year ago to bid for the 1996 Iowa Women's Bowling Tournament. We worked closely with Wendy Ford, ofthe Convention and Tourism Buerua securing the information needed, letters of support from the mayors of both Iowa City and Coralville, along with letters from the Chiefs of Police, the fire departments, hotels & motels and merchants ofthe area. The bid also included the names of the two centers in Iowa City that would hold the events, Colonial Lanes and Plarnor Lanes. Two weeks before the delegates were to meet for IWBA Convention (this past week-end) to vote on the location of the 1996 tournament we were blindsided by the Council and Airport Commission with the news that the airport "might" be expanding and Colonial Lanes would have to go! How did the Mayor not Imow of our intentions? I Imow she was not the Mayor last summer when our bid was submitted, but wasn't she W$s a member of the Council? Is there a lack of Interest on the City Councils part, as to what events the Convention and Tourism Bureau are trying to acquire for Iowa City? o \ \ We contacted the Mayor expressing our alarm about the news reports that were being written and aired across the state. The Mayor assured us that the bowlers need not worry, Colonial Lanes would be there in 1996. We were told we need not attend the Airport Commission meeting of last week, as they would be sure that reporters were there and they would make that fact clear to them. When the paper came out last Friday, there was no statement of reassurance mentioned. There was no TV report of the fact that Colonial Lanes would stili be here In 1996. As a result, everyone's efforts of the past year were in valn. The Iowa City Women's Association was unable to overcome the negative publicity and as a result did not receive the necessary votes to secure the bid. The Cedar Rapids Association receive the bid in a very close vote and will be hosting the tournament Yo The City Council and Airport Commissions actions, of the last 2 weeks, probably cost Iowa City, Coralville area in excess of$2 millions dollars in needed revenue. We will never know for sure, but Iowa City hosted the tournament in 1976, 1986 and could have and should have hosted the tournament in 1996. , , ,I ," " Kay Preston, President Iowa City Women's Bowling Association PO Box 402 Kalona, IA ~. ~'; ~' ~ " !' , , 7j~ , o ,Q It'S ~O ~ '.' :7Ti~"~ . ' ~L\ ~, , '" . . ..... . .,'..: .'>::~~?:: .. 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Letter to the Editor: The Iowa City Council and the Airport commission owe an apology to the merchants of the Iowa City, Coralville area, the Iowa City-Coralville Convention and Tourism Bureau and the Iowa City Women's BowlingtAssociationj for undermining a years work to secure for the Iowa City Coralville area a major sporting event The Iowa City Women's Bowling Association began work a year ago to bid for the 1996 Iowa Women's Bowling Tournament We worked closely with Wendy Ford, of the Convention and Tourism Buerua securing the information needed, letters of support from the mayors of both Iowa City and Coralville, along with letters from the Chiefs of Police, the fire departments, hotels & motels and merchants of the area. The bid also included the names of the two centers in Iowa City that would hold the events, Colonial Lanes and Plamor Lanes. Two weeks before the delegates were to meet for IWBA Convention (this past week-end) to vote on the location of the 1996 tournament we were blindsided by the Council and Airport Commission with the news that the airport "might" be expanding and Colonial Lanes would have to go! How did the Mayor not Imow of our intentions? I Imow she was not the Mayor last summer when our bid was submitted, but wasn't she WQs a member of the Council? Is there a lack of interest on the City Councils part, as to what events the Convention and Tourism Bureau are trying to acquire for Iowa City? We contacted the Mayor expressing our alarm about the news reports that were being written and aired across the state. The Mayor assured us that the bowlers need not worry, Colonial Lanes would be there in 1996. We were told we need not attend the Airport Commission meeting of last week, as they would be sure that reporters were there and they would make that fact clear to them. When the paper came out last Friday, there was no statement of reassurance mentioned. There was no TV report of the fact that Colonial Lanes would still be here In 1996. As a result, everyone's efforts of the past year were in vain. The Iowa City Women's Association was unable to overcome the negative publicity and as a result did not receive the necessary votes to secure the bid. The Cedar Rapids Association receive the bid in a very close vote and will be hosting the tournament The City Council and Airport Commissions actions, of the last 2 weeks, probably cost Iowa City, Coralville area in excess of$2 millions dollars in needed revenue. We will never Imow for sure, but Iowa City hosted the tournament in 1976, 1986 and could have and should have hosted the tournament in 1996. Kay Preston, President Iowa City Women's Bowling Association PO Box 402 Kalona, IA ......: 7j~ , ~~ 10 , 0 .. . ,; .::i:i'.;Ia,d ,'t' r\ 'of'\)\.' ,:J .' " ,~ .i ... . '. ".~(: 'I 'b! , ,- , ", ~ '.... 1" . . :,' , :..-.- City of ,Iowa City MEMORANDUM I'~---- ,.l, ':'\ \1 \~ ~( . '".~ '1 : r '1 :/ 1" I, I Iii:, I 1'1 d I, , I I I I I I . ~:.l \ ;: i :, I, ',---L.-; ,~-:.- - t(~,~~' ~",J i'i' ~ ! i'ii,';' " ./h... I L,_,,,-~ 'c. 0 Date: March 25, 1994 {1ALY-- To: City Council From: Karin Franklin, Direc . of Planning & Community Development Re: Near Southside Redevelopment - Parking/Impact Fees At the March 8 City Council meeting, consideration of the ordinance to designate an urban revitalization area south of Burlington Street ended in a 4-3 vote in favor of the ordinance, with a proviso from Councilor Baker that he would not vote for further consideration of this ordinance without changes in the parking requirements in the CB-5 zone and changes in the parking facility impact fee ordinance. Although there was considerable discussion of an amended urban revitalization area to include residential properties south of Court Street and to address public amenities other than parking, the majority voted for the original plan and indicated a desire to consider a separate revitalization plan for the southerly area later. As a consequence, the staff has prepared options for the parking requirements for commercial and office uses in the CB.5 zone, and options for amendments to the parking facility impact fee ordinance to reflect what we believe to be the desires of the majority of the Council. The options presented are guided by the principles adopted by the City Council in the Near Souths ide Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan (Jan. 1992) and the direction of the current Council to require commercial and office projects in the Near Southside to contribute to meeting parking demand. The principles of the Plan and the current direction are not necessarily inconsistent. The Plan states: "A system whereby some parking is provided off-site in a public facility and some on-site may strike the proper balance to achieve the goal of the plan." (p.16). The goal of the Plan is to encourage revitalization of this area for high-intensity commercial and office uses. The question to be answered in considering the options put forth is what the proper balance is between what is required of commercial and office development and what requirements may discourage development of the area. PARKING. As this area has been discussed in the past few years, a distinction has been drawn between residential and non-residential uses in terms of the need or desirability of the public sector to be involved in stimulating development of these respective uses. Market forces provide a healthy environment for residential uses near campus while new commercial and office develop- ment seems to require some stimulus to locate downtown. Our current discussion will continue to draw this distinction and focus only on non-residential uses in discussing parking changes in the CB-5 zone. Prior to adoption of the CB.5 zone, parking for retail and office uses was required at a rate of 1 space/300 sq.ft. of use. Other non-residential uses had a variety of parking requirements. With adoption of the Near Southside Plan and the CB-5 ordinance, all non-residential uses, except hotels, were exempt from required parking. If any parking were provided at the owner's choice, ' no more than 1 space/500 sq.fl. of use could be on-site. No impact fee was required. Non- residential uses in this area, as in the downtown, were not obligated to meet parking demand since that responsibility was shifted to the public sector, as in the remainder of the downtown. The options presented to the Council obliqate developers of non-residential projects to contribute toward meeting parking demand, to varying degrees. Your decision is whether to change the '133 ~=~~~ ,--,- "-~ ,Q):' liS ~d ,\ , ,~Z~ " ' " y,i '" . , "\t' ."\\1" , , ',' , '.1', , ", 1" . , .... 'p-- ~~ ....'- .---.-..;- .~.-,., - "...' ",.,' ' '., - - 2- requirements from what they are currently; and if the parking requirements are changed, to what degree. Each variation starts from a base of 1 space/300 sq.ft. This was the requirement prior to the CB- S zoning and is based on the Institute of Traffic Engineers, Parkina Generation, 2nd Edition, study of general office buildings. Since the Institute's study focused on suburban developments, we factored in the mode split for downtown (30% use alternative modes) and the fact that many people make multi-purpose trips downtown. With these factors considered, we reached a requirement of 1 space/900 sq.ft. for downtown development. Option 1 is to require parking at a rate of 1space/900 sq.ft. For a hypothetical building of 90,000 square feet, up to 100 spaces could be required on-site, depending upon what amendments are made to the parking impact fee ordinance, One hundred spaces is approximately one-quarter the size of the new Chauncey Swan ramp (450 spaces), Because as a matter of public policy the Council has stated its desire to see the area south of Burlington Street redevelop, it is reasonable to consider an incentive factor in the calculation of the parking requirements for commercial use in light of the concomitant burden the parking requirement will place on the developers of the area, An incentive factor of 2 would result in Option 2, 1 space/1800 sq.ft. and an incentive factor of 3 would result in Option 3, or 1 space/2700 sq.ft. For the same 90,000 sq.ft. building, 50 spaces and 33 spaces would be required under Option 2 and 3 respectively, Whether these spaces would be required on-site or the obligation could be met through a parking impact fee will be determined by amendments made to the parking impact fee ordinance. Table I presents the parking options. Table I ."-'~' e.g. Parking Required - 90,000 Options Requirement sq.ft. building 1. No Incentive 1 sp.l900 sq. ft. 100 spaces 2. Incentive Factor. 2 1 sp.l1800 sq. ft. 50 spaces 3. Incentive Factor - 3 1 sp.l2700 sq. ft. 33 spaces I" , ' I : I i i : I , , I il II I II, I' i I I , , r' ,'. : I I , i ! '0t.:.:, , Y!'f '::~":~~' l; :'\'8 i.r~,i~::,il" ",..".., I' r~ ~l.~l{)f. IMPACT FEE. When the Near Southside Plan was adopted and implemented, a parking facility impact fee was established, This fee has three purposes: to require the targeted residential development to pay a proportionate share of the cost of a public parking facility; to allow high- density development of the land for the intended uses without consuming large amounts of land for parking; and to enable the centralization of parking in a public facility. Residential development was targeted since the previous Council agreed that apartments would likely place a significant burden on downtown parking. The Council also agreed that commercial and office development should be encouraged and treated as similar developments are treated in the downtown: no parking was required and no impact fee charged. Please remember that the Parking Facility Impact Fee Ordinance applies to the entire Near Southside Neighborhood (a map with the zones is attached). The fee is not, and legally cannot be, zone specific within the district. All uses within the designated district (the Near Southslde) must be treated uniformly. In determining the effect of the fee on a particular properly, one must starl with the parking requirement in the zone. There are four commercial zones and two residential zones in this area. Since the Council is contemplating changing the parking C;::;r--,-.,- " 0 \.' -..-- --.- ----~_.- 733 .., : ~..: -- -~-' j , ' , ~[l I 0 -.~ \ .' ",' l ... Io...~ """. n,......_, " ;',. ,'.... .,' ~' I' " ...' .'~. -" i:. L ~.,;,j, \ , ' :T II I I I I I I i . 11: I . , I 1 0-,::J '~ , , '~ .1 ,', I, l~' ~ :(.0 , " ".' .i / , '" ,"'~t:~'I" , ", '. '~. ,'.. ,', , f' " , '.', , ", . ~'.. , 1" , , , . . :~ ',' -_.- -. ,..------ .. , . "", ....,'....;__.......~_......,,._,,,...._'..4..__..~.._,. . .---.----...:...--. - . - 3- requirement in the CB.5 zone, it is in that zone where the proposed changes will have the greatest consequence. However, commercial properties in the other commercial zones in the Near Southside will also experience some change, depending upon the decision regarding the impact fee. Impact Fee Ordinance variables. The variables requiring some decision on the part of the Council pertain to the following: the percent of spaces required that are provided on-site as part of the development project; the percent of spaces covered by an impact fee in lieu of provision on-site; the flexibility given to the developer to decide the proportion of payment to on-site provision; the maximum percent of spaces permitted on-site; and the proportion of the parking facility cost attributable to each use, or the impact fee per space by use. Table II presented below addresses four options for parking spaces on-site and payment of fees in lieu of construction of spaces on-site, These variables are critical in determining how a developer will meet his/her obligation to contribute to the parking system; the extent of the contribution will be determined by your decision regarding the number of spaces required of a use. These variables will determine how the land is to be used. As more spaces are required or provided on-site, less of the land (both horizontally and vertically) can be used for the intensity of use sought in this area. In addition, the financial burden that will be placed on the development through construction costs or through the impact fee will have an effect on the ,feasibility of any project. In some instances construction costs may be easier to bear than the , impact fee and vice-versa. As we have determined the cost per space for the current residential parking impact fee, payment of a fee should be financially less onerous than construction of parking spaces. Table II Parking Facility Impact Fee Options for Commercial Uses in the Near Southside Neighborhood Options % of Parking Spaces % of Parking Impact % of Parking Spaces Required On-Site Fee Paid In Lieu of Permitted On-Site In Required Parking Addition to Parking Spaces Spaces Required On-Site 1. 25% On-Sltel 25% 75% up to 50% 75% Impact Fee 2. 50% On-Sltel 50% 50% 0% 50% Impact Fee 3. 100% On-Site 100% 0% 0% 4. 100% Parking Impact none 100% 0% Fee 5. 100% Flexible none 0.100% up to 50% 183 - --w-- "== ,',,)',',':,, ..Q, - r )r.. '" ~) - ,,:,,; ." " , , , ' "" \:;I " 10', " m~ I \. o I , r :, I ': i ~i \~1 '\1 ~\,' , !? . l. .' ,~ .. '.'~~;,,'!,. '" . , , ,'"'.., ~ ", 1" , , :.' , ..... .-.. - - 4. Using the model of our existing Parking Facility Impact Fee Ordinance, the cost per space is determined based upon a calculation of the cost of construction of one space and then apportioned by use. The apportionment of the cost of the facility is directly related to the concept of the need created for the facility, How much a development pays is directly related to the need for the facility created by the development. The original ordinance computed the cost based on an estimate that new residential development in the impact fee district would need up to 1/3 of the spaces in any new parking facility and that users from the remainder of the district and the community as a whole would require the remaining 2/3 of the facility. This computation also recognized a policy decision that the public would cover the cost of any commercial or office development in the area as a community responsibility to encourage developments of this type. Given the Council's shift in direction and the placement of some of this responsibility on office and commercial developments, the staff has recalculated the estimated need by use, We used the zoning, the potential for redevelopment in the Near Southside, and historic patterns of parking usage to make our determination. We believe a reasonable new apportionment by use is 33% residential, 17% commercial/office, and 50% from the community at large. Using the $12,000 estimated cost per space of the 1992 ordinance, residential use parking impact fees will equal $4,OOO/space and commercial use parking impact fees will be $2,000/space. Using the 90,000 square foot building example used earlier, Table III illustrates how such a project would be affected by Options 1, 2 and 4 presented in Table II, In Option 3, all spaces would be provided on-site and in Option 5 each project would be different. Table III o Parking Spaces Option 1 Option 2 Option 4 Requirement Required 25% on-siten5% Fee 50% on-site/5Q% Fee 100% Fee 1 sp/900 sq. It. 100 25/75 - $150,000 SO/50 - $100,000 $200,000 1 sp/1 BOO sq, It. 50 13/37 - $74,000 25/25 - $50,000 $100,000 1 sp/2700 sq. ft. 33 B/25 - $50,000 16/17 - $34,000 $66,000 i 1 I I, CONCLUSION. In an attempt to stay as close to the original concept of the Near Southside Plan and continue to provide some stimulus to non-residential development, the staff would suggest that you choose the least restrictive parking requirement for the CB-5 zone, Option 3. We believe this option is based on a reasonable evaluation of downtown commuting and parking patterns and provides an incentive in keeping with the spirit of the Near Southside Plan. This option will provide an obligation on any new commercial/office development in the CB-5 zone to contribute to meeting parking demand in the area and is in keeping with what the staff understands to be Council's present direction. The parking impact fee option closest to the intent of the original plan is the 100% parking impact fee, with no spaces permitted or provided on-site (Option 4). This option allows for the most intensive use of the land for the activities we are trying to encourage. However, this option ignores the fact that most commercial and office establishments want to have some parking on- site, for convenience. The current residential fee requires 50% on-site spaces and 50% paid in fees with the option of putting more spaces on-site; the impact fee for 50% of the spaces is still required, however. Option 4 is a variation of the current residential fee, but does not permit more than 50% of required spaces to be placed on-site. This option may be appropriate for commercial/office uses. To accommodate differences in commercial and office needs, Option 5 733 .~~_....... - ,q ): 1;5 ' ~O. :(~._a~ -.- -";':;Y:":~(;,:.. . Em1il"" .:-~~..;,~ :',':.~ I , ',' ,'\ ,) , " . , ''f', , ," -, -" ',' , ,';:~'::::,':_-~~~..:...-;..;.~""::_._,----~._-..- --... ..--.<---. -----'---~,--<--'-.- - 5. ','I , I I which allows maximum flexibility for the developer to determine the ratio of on-site to fee paid spaces may be best. The only feature of this issue the Council raised which we have not brought to you is that of a phased schedule of payment. There are a number of ways this could be set up, all of which require considerable administrative expense of time and money, Phasing payment, depending on the timing, may also raise questions about the directness of the relationship between the need generated and the fee paid. For these reasons, we do not recommend a phased schedule of payment. ".. The staff will be at your work session on Monday, March 28. This is a complicated issue, If you have questions or wish to discuss it before Monday, please feel free to call me at 356-5232. Due to the other items that hinge on your decisions regarding parking, the ordinance amendments have been put on a fast track. There will be items on your agenda Tuesday to set public hearings on April 12 on amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and the Parking Facility Impact Fee Ordinance; the Zoning Ordinance amendments are scheduled for the Planning and Zoning Commission for April 7. If a decision cannot be reached Monday on the various options, the Council agenda items and the Planning & Zoning Commission consideration will be deferred. ", ,",'" " , . 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" , . . . , .', ' " ...~,--';"._---_._-_....--._-,. . ~ 1" NEAR SOUTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD/ PARKING FACILITY IMP ACT FEE AREA rNf1t(:~p~ ~i(;l(:'kA-j ',{i;;t;,A;~l~ JJ::.;{iYh;i.~ II) Commercially Zoned Property - Near Southside Neighborhood/ Parking Facility Impact Fee Area Boundal'y -:--, .- , -, I "',, , , ", I , , I t North I " ,13..3 j '....'". """""""\' ,....,..,.."....., ,..' . ,......,1""'"..,''''..'''1'.. ""'; ':, -," r,\, , . \ ' \,," \'," , "',' "'JS" [J' ,:' ...'-'::'., ' ,.[' '. : < .' '.,: :.' ' ' " , ",' ,'" ': ,-,,'. ;'.",,' ',' .~:'!, - ,",', ':':0 "/'." " , , '. '0"" ",~. " ~' p" .--"..~,~'.,. fC ' "- , ,~, ,\"-',.1 ", ' " I j '" . :'.:':k\"l' " ,'~ ,~, " '"' .," '-., ""'.~ " , " '" 1" . . .- ~ . , .. . " .~_._._......:-'-'....__._....._-----_':"'_--. ' .-'.;... --.._-,------- -'1,:&" --, CITY OF IOWA CITY March 25, 1994 To Property Owners of Commercially Zoned Property in the Near Southside Neighborhood At its March 28, 1994, work session, the Iowa City City Council will discuss amendments to the parking requirements for commercial uses in the Central Business Support, eB-5, Zone and amendments to the parking facility impact fee ordinance. The amendments to the zoning ordinance would establish parking requirements for commercial uses in the CB-5 Zone; presently, parking is not required for commercial uses. The amendments to the parking facility impact fee ordinance would require that any new commercial development in the Near Southside Neighborhood pay a parking impact fee in lieu of providing parking on-site, The parking facility impact ,fee would apply to Ell commercial uses in the Near Southside Neighborhood, not just those properties zoned CB-5. Enclosed you will find a memo from the Director of Planning and Community Development outlining the issues surrounding these items. '1":\ V If the City Council decides to pursue these amendments, this schedule would be followed: March 29. 1994 The Council would set a public hearing for April 12, 1994 on both the zoning ordinance parking requirement amendments and the parking facility impact fee ordinance amendments. ,I April 7, 1994 The Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission would consider the zoning ordinance parking requirement amendments. (This meeting would be held at 7:30 p,m. in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 410 E. Washington Street.l April 12, 1994 The City Council would hold a public hearing on both the zoning ordinance parking requirement amendments and the parking facility impact fee ordinance amendments. (This meeting would be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 410 E. Washington Street.l " , " CIVIC CENTER' 410 E, WHHINOTON ST, IOWA CITY IOWA l1l40.11l6 133 PIlONE il19) 116.l000 FAX 11191 356.l009 ~ - ~,.'"" )..,"'" '" . . ' 'L. ,.,., " ',', 'I ". D., "," . ..~- , '\ ....I /5 o '",0, "',"','," '::::':',;,',:/:x~:,::;": ~'.'-",...)'.., ~_.,~ \~;: ",., " ,'- \ \ ~ I I , I , , I :\.,', '. .oj l' ~l rl \::/> ;: ~ , lC ~, ..~ ", :")t;\IY',' , "! i\..; ,', ';'" ,"' L ~.. . " I' . .,.. , ' , ,. " . , . .-.._-,-,...._~,--_._....-_._...- '.,. .2. If you have comments on either of these items, you are strongly encouraged to provide them. Verbal comments may be made at both the April 7th Planning and Zoning Commission meeting and the April 12th City Council meeting. Your comments may also be submitted in writing to the City Clerk at any time prior to these meetings. If you have questions or require more information, please contact myself at 356.5236 or Karin Franklin at 356.5232. Sincerely, , " ;tv<~ -/ David Schoon Economic Development Coordinator cc: City Manager & City Council Director, Planning & Community Development b~propownr 133 :~ " , ,1' " C) ,'"..' / '. ,I"~. " o ,,2.'~,.Q, ,,']< "'. , '\ '.o.. .,"'f" ',"' " "'1"""'< "..Jc:.,,'," :0',1, tl. =.1' ,Y.,:' . . .'.' , , ~ ,;';"",.:,:',:,'-1/)' , I .,:.~~\.<f' , ,,;..c...,':.," NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING i i I I 1 , ! Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, at 7:30 p.m. on the 29th day of March, 1994, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, Iowa; at (jiCh hearing the Council will consider: 1. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by establishing the Brown Street Historic District. 2. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by amending the Conditional Zoning Agreement for Wild Prairie Estates, a 71.05 acre property located north of Rohret Road. 3. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by changing the use reguiations tor an approximate 7,500 square foot 'parcel of land located in the 1300 block south of Sheridan Avenue from i-1 to RS-B. Copies of the proposed ordinance amend- ments are on file for public examination in the office of the City Clerk, Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa. Persons wishing to make their views known for Council consideration are encouraged to appear at the above-mentioned time and place. MARIAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK i 'I i ".'.-.....J ~"1 , i 1 ,.'( i "' I ppdadmlnlJ,29cc,nph ,....... I,;.. (.~ C"':~,: \~ ~ I', ! (:, " ~, :l . , :. I ~~l-';' ~:'-Y-: " ,,!Ii ~_',:'i '.' t' ~'j, . v' ,'"..1 l.':'> ;,:( o ._~ _...,,..': I' ,:".. ,1'1 13~ "'I'i ].-.."-..' "'."..'.,.'.. ,..,.,......,.....,...,.,...,'"", '1"""'-'"'' :" '''I'' '..'...; i '.-'" :"'::;0".""/;""'\ ',..,.,"",' "}e.. ' .0'," .,'..,',,-<,";"<:<::,:'...~',,;',/\!;j,~.>.'~..'. ,..r;/::, . " ' :. ,,':'f"~ ,:..,;,~:/":",,y';: " ~.. ~re~",,'" ,; i i ;'i , ...'1 '! I ; 1 " \ I I , " I '~I ,. I " ."i ~'~i I ) I i i I , I I I I , I I , I ! ,i ! ; ,....--. ,;l'l C-', ~, \\' , 1\ , ~., ' ;.-:..- I 1 I ~ Co ~-~ I . '" NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ',< " , Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, at 7:30 p.m. on the 29th day of March, 1994, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, Iowa; at @iCh hearing the Council will consider: 1. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by establishing the Brown Street Historic District. 2. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by amending the Conditional Zoning Agreement for Wild Prairie Estates, a 71.05 acre property located north of Rohret Road. 3. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by changing the use regulations for an approximate 7,500 square foot 'parcel of land located in the 1300 block south of Sheridan Avenue from 1-1 to RS-B. Copies of the proposed ordinance amend- ments are on file for public examination in the office of the City Clerk, Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa. Persons wishing to make their views known for Council consideration are encouraged to appear at the above-mentioned time and place. MARIAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK ,," ,I , , I ppd'dmln\3,29cc,/lPh Jl1 "I( 1,--, F ,:-:... :.,,::',P;'o;,,::,TiY""';""Y. ..1 ~~::5'?' 'I;;.it ,:~~:~",:"":Y::..":\','.i":.:i\.\~'",,,,,,<:.I'~.~:,:;" . .':.. ::....',' :,'.. , . ,~. ~ :,;:::,:..':~';~~~'/': ;\.' , ., J ,,;~,:/',' _,"'1'" ., t>- . '\~ ., ,.-1\\/1' '.'f "., " ,', . ..' "~.". . , , '''', .....,. " . . . .... ,'.I.... , ,- " . ,..,.... .~ .._.._ ".'.,-'",~..~',. ._k_. ,.~..'.l..'_'-'^..':'t,',^~~__._"_._...^~.....,,,"___._._.~. ._, , , .. .. ~..__;.. .....~__'..~_.~A...... ...._.._....-..,.,~." . 0, . j 1" , , I ,-.',.,.,J...,.'."-", ,,'."" ""',"~. '....,...,..~.,~--_.-- -.-, , ..' City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM " ,~ I, I i .\! c~'~ \; .~~ ~:~~~'i I, M , I I 1 i I ~, : ! '~ ' , I 1 : , 1 ~ ~'~;~: i '}, 'i:: I.', L..; c- , 0 '..- --~---_.._-~ Date: February 11, 1994 To: Planning & Zoning Commission From: Douglas Russell, Chair, Iowa City Historic Preservation commissio~ Proposed Brown Street Historic District Re: With this memorandum the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission submits to you a proposed ordinance for the creation of a Brown Street Historic District. The Historic Preservation Commission recommended approval of the proposed historic district on January 25, 1994, This proposal has been prepared pursuant to the Iowa City Comprehensive Plan and to the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan, These plans encourage appropriate zoning and the use of historic districts to preserve the character and property values of older neighborhoods such as Brown Street. If approved, the Brown Street Historic District would be a zoning overlay district, requiring that demolition permits and building permits for exterior renovations be reviewed and approved by the Historic Preservation Commission. The historic district proposal is similar to those written for Woodlawn and South Summit Street in 1983 and would be the first city historic district created since then, The proposal contains a narrative outlining the historical and architectural significance of the Brown Street neighborhood. The narrative is excerpted from the nomination papers being prepared to place Brown Street on the National Register of Historic Places. The Historic Preservation Commission anticipates that the National Register nomination will be approved by the National ParI< Service later this year, During preparation of this proposal, the Historic Preservation Commission held a series of five meetings with Brown Street area residents and property owners. On January 25 the Historic Preservation Commission held a public hearing on this proposal. Minutes of that hearing are attached for your review. Although there are some property owners opposed, based on our meetings we believe there is strong and broad. based support for the designation within the proposed historic district. We urge the Planning and Zoning Commission to approve the proposal and forward it to the Iowa City City Council. Please contact me at 351.5610 or Robert Miklo at 356-5240 with questions or concerns. I and other Commissioners will be available at your February 17, 1994, meeting to deliver a brief presentation and to answer questions regarding the proposed Brown Street Historic District. bj'JJrownsl 7 ~C-f > )" '. ..., , ,.,;." "l ~~ r "."0, "-':, . ,,-,.,,,,,,.,,,,, . '.' .......do.L".' , I ,," ........ ( t;;. , /.) I ~, ,I. if, ~I (I" , {; : lei .'. ,'..., '~';"!.:l~':.:li 1 [. 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Prepared for the City of Iowa City, Iowa and the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission I; _'. ,b j ~ ' Ll \( ~, I.' : ' ~~ i ? , i .~ January, 1994 ID m i , ' I, II lit 11[ ,,; ,.j ~' ,~ f r~ f' :rn , "1, .:;t__~.. r Z. '':'- - , '13'1 )',"~'''''''''''''"''''''''''_.''''''''''''''''.' /,,"'ii':;1..8.? '.,.' .~;;:' ':", ',' .' "\' , ," ' - .... ., ,'. ~ '\",. , , , j, I'!i\ \J' I, i ': I , ' , , ','" , \,..,."'..'1' ',.,,:,',', 2~::,D': , '.,',,' ,..,.,',.",'.'.", 1,1..)., ..',;-:::'::,:;: ~': ..'....,~ ' , " ",' , , ,.,~ ;.- ',' ,',:, , :":";':~W,I. ,f" . ',,~,'.'-'" '. " ,\:. ' , . <" .... .' " _ '. ~ ,;.. t \ ,:.' , , "'. ' ',' " '" ..... , , .. . :\ .;' ~, , . h,.. ,,_-'--._ _._-..:-.:...-_~:':''''':,-:..,-- ,': ':,:" J ':':' i"'':''''- .,',,: " -, ,-"._.,-~~--,--'---_."., ',.- [" ':' ,'1" L' ~ ' " ; fi t E f"; -" City of Iowa City City Council Susan M. Horowitz, Mayor Larry Baker Karen Kubby Ernie Lehman Naomi Noviek Bruno Piggott Jim Throgmorton 1"1 Stephen J. 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R' ~ o ~ ~ ~ Q) Ul o '0-4 o ~ i ~ , , b I T 18:38l18 I , NNIl (f) o ..J ; , <( i Z -.r- i o ! 0:: : I i I -I 13~ I &0...,. ,'S' 5 " " i~dJ. ',,' .. .': ,~" I ... . . . ',~_r;. I, ':1"1, " , .-', " '., ~ ~ "- 1" . , " :: '. ... [ I: I I I The Brown Street Historie District provides a sampler of architeetural styles, house forms, decorative details, and materials used in Iowa City from e. 1850 through the 1920s. The District's record of architectural styles, the densely landscaped private lawns, and the intact brick street ereate a distinet sense of place. This visual quality as well as the historic importance of Brown Street as an early transportation route and its association with faeulty and staff of the State University ofIowal all serve to create a distinct neighborhood identity and historie signifieanee, I j i I, i I I I Introduction: It is the intent of the Brown Street Historic Distriet to recognize the importance of this area in the development of Iowa City, and to preserve the character and property values for the enjoyment of eurrent and future Iowa, Citians. Creation of the Historie District will not prevent alteration of individual properties, but does provide for a process allowing the Historie Preservation Commission to review the design of proposed alterations and additions j , to help assure that they are in keeping with the historie charaeter of the neighborhood, Description: 1. I The Brown Street Historic District is a linear neighborhood extending along nearly seven brick-paved blocks from just east of Dubuque Street on the west to Governor Street on the east. Brown Street lies just below a ridge that runs along the northern edge of Iowa City's original 1839 town plan, The original plat had a series offull-block outlots laid out along the north bloek faces opposite four 150' by 80' lots laid out on the south block faces, The terrain along the north side of the street was wooded and, irregular and except for a roadway eut through at Gilbert Street, the natural boundary created by these topographie features remains intact more than 150 years later, o [ I I The original delineation of out lots along the north side of Brown Street was being abandoned by the turn.of.the-century as demand for residential building sites saw the outlots subdivided into a patchwork of parcels with depths ranging from 150' to 320' and widths from 40' to 160'. Corner lots were further divided during the 1920s and 30s creating small lots (widths of 40' to 75' and depths of 60' to 80') facing the intersecting streets of Linn, Gilbert, Van Buren, Johnson, Dodge and Lucas. Van Buren and Johnson were dead end streets north of Brown; Lucas Street was platted but never built north of Brown due to the use of Outlot 13 as a brick yard. I' I I , (, I r. lli U IJ II U ~ . ,L 11 M I" At the western end of Brown Street, Linn Street was extended to the north terminating with a private, eircular drive through Bella Vista Place. This small residential subdivivision eventually saw eight houses built on relatively small flat lots. The land drops off sharply to the east and north and more gradually to the west. Large shade trees dot the private yards and natural areas ring the perimeter ofthe area. The narrow, one-way paved drive runs very near several of the houses and between the garage and house of one property. The diffieult 'The names "State University of Iowa" (SUI) and "University of Iowa" (Un are used in this nomination to refer to the same state. funded institution of higher education, The name used in the State Constitution, State University of Iowa, was used throughout the historical period of development of the Brown Street Historic District. Beginning in the 1930s and 1940s, the "State" gradually disappeared from references in written materials about the University, 1 (:-'0 ....,~~"',"'"'..,~-, I, , ' .".'.m:~-' ~_ ,,'~o .. , -' " ~ ),"'," , '," .." .. ',' 1~~ ) is " ro" ,.. 'I~'" '" .\ I.. : , .' , . ,';' '. ,.' i , '.\'. ,tw,'. , , 2:~~t.:i '" . 1 ..., ,", topography of the area in part accounts for its late development. The balance of the Brown Street Historic District retains the characteristics of a neighborhood developed over more than eight decades extending from before the Civil War through the 1920s. The area's irregular terrain required terracing or sloping front yards for most of the houses on the north side of Brown. Elevations above street level range from 2 to 10 feet. Houses on the south side have generally flat lots with little or no elevation above the public sidewalks. Mature oak and maple trees arch over Brown Street and a mixture of deciduous trees, including some ornamentals, and conifers dot the heavily landscaped lots. Hedges and foundation shrubs are abundant with most rear yards containing either small vegetable gardens, flower beds, rhubarb patches or grape vines. Side yard fences are uncommon and when they are present, are usually construeted of wood pickets or chain link covered with vines, A 20' alley is located at the rear of the lots along the south side of Brown Street. Dead end, half-bloek alleys are located west of Gilbert Street, north of Brown and east of Johnson Street, north of Brown, A majority of the lots feature garages with access generally from the alley, High stone curbs and original brick streets are retained along the length of the distriet. Beginning in 1990, the City ofIowa City began repairing asphalt utility patches in the briek streets with salvaged briek in an effort to retain the historic character of Brown Street, Two sources of construction material were readily available for building houses and terracing the sloping lots of Brown Street homebuilders, At the west end of Brown Street, a publie quarry was located below Bella Vista Place to the north and the erest of the hill overlooking the Iowa River, Additional quarry sites were.1ocated upstream. At the east end of the Brown Street on Outlot 13 between Lucas and Governor streets, a briekyard operated. Extraction of clay for briek making added to the natural depression on this site whieh is now used as Happy Hollow Park. Together these materials were used in construeting many of the early residences of Iowa City's north side. On Brown Street, locally quarried stone is evident in foundations for the district's earliest residences - the Reno House, 1851 (327-329 Brown Street) and Prospect Hill, c.1854 (834 N. Johnson Street). Rubble foundations, some now parged, were fabricated from the quarry by-products, ,~ Local brick and stone were employed in the Berryhill House, e.1850-65 (414-418 Brown Street, National Register); a pair of adjacent briek houses at 713 Brown Street, c.1910-12 and 717 Brown Street, c.1910-12; and the small side-gable residence at 722 North Lueas, e. 1865. Other briek houses in the neighborhood appeared at later dates and cannot be attributed to local briek sources, These ineluded the Vogt House, 1889 (800 N. Van Buren Street); and residenees at 8 Bella Vista Place, 1922 (briek lower and stucco upper); 328 Brown Street, 1892; 618 Brown Street, 1922; and 727 N, Lucas (moved to this site in the 1930s and brick veneered). \ \, Most residences in the neighborhood are frame construetion with exterior cladding consisting of a combination of 2" to 4" clapboards or decorative shingles (square-eut or fish scale designs), A handful of houses were constructed with stucco finishes over frame, poured concrete or building tile shells including the Arthur Hillyer Ford House, 1908 (228 Brown Street, National Register); 814 N. Linn Street, 1922; 815 N. Linn Street, 1915; 2 Bella Vista Place, 1923 (asbestos shingles over stucco in 1940s); 8 Bella Vista Plaee, 1922 (brick lower and stucco upper); 12 Bella Vista Place, 1912; 833 N. Johnson Street, c. 1923-25; and 727 N. 1 :1 2 " 13l.\ 'c. 0 ...---- .f , ~== ' Q ,,"_J, ~" - --- 1" . - n n n [I II u U ill " [i i& iL n l'\ ! ] 1\ fi , ' u ~" d I, 11 I ~,~; r-i"'~~ 1::7;' r;~ ,I::r' I" ;11': " ";~,, ~ '" ("J' I :,(~', P" 14", )jl~\ I is o ~ [J' t3,\ I l~ .' ,~.Ei' ,~, Y I '~t; I ' ,\ '~ t>. , , ~. ','. .' \ ,..,. . " , . .._~ ',_..,'.. ....--. IH r , I Dodge Street, 1923. Some residences retain their original scale and massing despite having their original cladding covered with synthetic sidings (vinyl, aluminum, asbestos shingle, or asphalt brick) in recent years. I I. Roofing materials are mostly asphalt replacement shingles with a few examples of original or early materials surviving. The house at 815 N. Linn Street and the Ford House retain the use of original clay'tiles and a handful of more modest houses continue the use of metal standing seam roofs - a practice originating before World War I as a result of a IO,cal ban on wood roofs due to the hazard they posed for fires. r' Brown Street residences range in size from small one and two-story gable eottages to medium L sized Gabled Ell Cottages and to large hipped-roofed, two-story Four-Squares, and sprawling asymmetrical organie cottages, both one and two-story forms, [ [ E p f I The condition of houses in the Brown Street District is good to excellent with only a few exceptions, A substantial number of residences continue as single family homes with subdivision into two and three family residences most common at the west end of the district nearest the University of Iowa campus. The larger residences are the most likely to be converted to apartment use. Conversion to multi-family use sometimes caused the addition of exterior stairs and new entrances on secondary facades. In one instance (414/418 Brown Street, National Register), the house and a series of additions were densely developed as apartments and sleeping rooms. Over time, similar uses were established in new outbuildings. Together, the well-kept, large and moderate sized residences along Brown Street and short sections of adjoining sti'eets combine with the densely landseaped private yards and boulevards and an intact briek street to give Brown Street a distinct sense of place, Significance: General: The Brown Street Historic District is significant for its association with Iowa City's neighborhood settlement patterns; the development of a major transportation eorridor and its related sub-themes; its affiliation with the growth of the State University of Iowa after the turn-of-the.century; and its collection of representative examples of arehiteetural forms and styles from the period extending from the 1850s through the 1920s. Eaeh of these aspects of significance is discussed separately below, r (l l~'\ . \' l ~ ~~ ,~~ I ' i" l. I L I, f I . ~I , 1:'1 ~~ l.., ~~ It should also be noted that the Brown Street Historic District already contains four buildings individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places including the Charles Vogt House (800 N. Van Buren, listed July, 1978); the Charles Berryhill House (414 Brown, listed May, 1979); and the Arthur Hillyer Ford House (228 Brown, listed April, 1986); and the Bohumil Shimek House (529 Brown Street, ,1992), Neighborhood Identity: The topography and original town plan of Iowa City provided opportunities for the development of distinct neighborhoods and districts. The presenee of two waterways, the Iowa River and Ralston Creek, created bluffs and gradual ascents. The town plan laid out by Territorial Commissioners included a typieal grid system of streets and alleys along with publie squares and parks. 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" ' .' , '~.,. . :~ " years, The result for Iowa City was a community with distinct neighborhood identities based on topography, planning features, ethnie traditions, residential building styles and forms, university growth, transportation connections, and commercial and industrial land use patterns, The Brown Street Historic District is one of several neighborhoods identified in the "Town and Country Neighborhoods Context (1850 - 1940)," one of five associated historic contexts developed in the "Historic Resourees oflowa City, Iowa" Multiple Property Listing completed in 1992, The Brown Street Historic district contains 90 contributing buildings (including four buildings already listed on the National Register), one contributing strueture (Brown Street itselfl, one contributing site (Happy Hollow Park), and nine non-contributing buildings.2 The Brown Street neighborhood aehieved its distinct neighborhood identity as a result of its physical relationship to the balance of the town. Lying on the north edge of the original 1839 town plan, lack of proximity to both the central business district and the university campus precluded the area from being a neighborhood of choice by Iowa City's first residents. Rugged topographic features which included steep, tree-covered hillsides and ravines slowed development of Brown Street. The area's development was further complicated by early plans for the route to serve as a railroad corridor (see below). Later, as the State University oflowa expanded after the turn-of-the-century, Brown Street's proximity to the growing east campus made it a favored residential distriet for individuals affiliated with the university. Together these physical and historical attributes of neighborhood identity set Brown Street apart from other Iowa City neighborhoods, Transportation: The Brown Street neighborhood's linear definition and settlement pattern derive not only from the topographie positioning of the street but also from a series of transportation plans and developments along the Brown Street corridor. The first development involved construetion of the Military or National Road, Building of this road between Dubuque and Iowa City was ordered as one of the first aets of the new Territorial Assembly. The road - at first nothing more than a plowed furrow - entered Iowa City from the northeast along the route of Iowa State Highway 1 and then south along Dodge Street and then west on Brown Street. The route followed Brown Street for three blocks before turning south on Gilbert and turning west again on Iowa Avenue. By following Brown Street, the in-town route taken by the Military Road successfully avoided the low lands along Ralston Creek and the need to bridge its course. As a result of this route, Iowa City's first hotel was established at the intersection of Gilbert and Brown streets (Reno House, 327-329 Brown Street), Several early acreages were established on the north slopes of Brown Street with the presence of the Military Road assuring a maintained roadway into the city's center, In 1850, a second ehapter in Brown Street's transportation history began. Promoters of a new railroad, the Lyons Iowa Central R.R., suceessfully petitioned the State Assembly for a grant of right-of-way across the state from Lyons (now a part of Clinton) to the Missouri River via Iowa City and Fort Des Moines. In 1853, voters in Johnson County overwhelmingly approved the issuance of $50,000 in bonds to support construetion of the route through the eounty. Work began a short time later and grading was completed as far as the Iowa River IFor purposes of this report the terms "contributing" and "non-contributing resources" are based on classification criteria utilized in the National Register of Historic Places, Contributing resources are buildings. structures, sites or objects which add to the historic significanco of a property, Non.contributing resources do not add to the historic significance of a property, 4 ,..;' ." 13,\ ., ,I ,-,-',Q ,", ,)',,"" -" . ~.', . "! - ',t~~uO - ,~ ... 1" . ,....--.-- ~ ,", , ~ I f ~ m~ lL;i " ~, ~ n t n n u u 0 II ~ - n l' n I U y I"~ ;,"0 I ~~~ G~ r:;~~J: m 'ii~: ~j "Ii~ " l"'~;\; :;:'l~ ,~ tP,' I" ,,} c.. ., J ~b ,~:!\l r: I ! I t " [ IT [ [ [ , i r. h 4 Ii Ir I lu '~ II , i i \ \. ~, \"~ )~t' I.: f, I LI r:'li, ~ ". L ., .' " . .. r.' , ',,'" , .,r",t,': t>- . " , '. ..' . . :.1:', ..."'-',.......-__.". .6 before the company's capital ran out, A high bridge planned over the Iowa River was never completed. The route of the Lyons Iowa Central entered Iowa City from the northeast and traversed the lots which paralleled the south side of Brown Street from Johnson Street to the river. The company failed before track was aetually laid leaving behind its crew of unpaid Irish workers, The legal struggle that ensued over payments by the county to bondholders was not resolved for several decades and probably contributed to the minimal development which took place along Brown Street until that time. The positive dimension of the Lyons Iowa Central projeet, however, was that the grading whieh was completed assisted in the creation of future house sites. The third transportation development in this corridor involved the installation of brick paving bricks on Brown Street in 1907 from Linn Street east to Oakland Cemetery, The practice of using these streets for funeral processions between churches located along Market, Clinton, Iowa and Jefferson streets and the cemetery was already well established when paving occurred, This existing use served as a catalyst for paving at that time, a relatively early date for Iowa City paving projeets. In the latter half of the twentieth century, east-west routes along Market and Jefferson streets became arterial streets leaving the brick pavement of Brown Street without overlayment of asphalt or eoncrete, Utility cuts and random repairs were made with these materials until 1990 when the City of Iowa City established a policy of making repairs with brick pavers on Brown Street and other intact brick streets. Inappropriate concrete and asphalt patches have since been removed and replaced with brick on Brown Street, Several sections of original high stone curb exist along Brown Street. As was already noted, Brown Street was used as a route between Iowa City's ehurehes and the cemeteries. City Cemetery appeared on the 1854 map of the city at the eastern terminus of Brown Street and before 1870 was renamed Oakland Cemetery. St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery was loeated north of Oakland Cemetery with the paved brick ending at its entrance. The loeation of these facilities brought cemetery visitors as well as mourners regularly along Brown Street, Neither of these cemeteries are ineluded in the District. o Concurrent with the Brown Street paving project in 1907 came the installation of a new municipal sewer extension in the west end of the neighborhood. This projeet was a major incentive for the construetion of new homes before 1920 in the 300 and 400 bloeks of Brown Street. University: The State University of Iowa (SUI) was located in Iowa City in 1855, shortly before the state capital was removed to Des Moines. In the decades that followed, much of the community's growth rested on the prosperity of SUI and its affiliated research facilities, University expansion was slow and steady in the early years, The tripling of enrollment between 1876 and 1896 prompted the first step towards long-range campus planning in 1898. The Olmsted brothers, sons of Frederick Law Olmsted and important American landscape architects in their own right, were retained to develop a comprehensive plan for the growing university. Plans for the east campus (east of the Iowa River) included the concept of constructing four substantial Beaux Arts style buildings surrounding the former Territorial Capitol. The collection of five buildings beeame known as the "Pentacrest" (National Register), Attendanee quadrupled again by the 1920s, and 40 new buildings were ereeted between 1899 and 1934. '. The growth ofIowa City's population paralleled SUI's growth with population increasing from 7,987 in 1900 to 15,340 in 1930. The east campus was extended north with its size growing 5 ) t ,,"t" I ,,;, J (~~ } , '73l.\ js ;0 ,C"~,-'- ..'. ~ ,----' Q ),; t~ ,\ i- '. " ,} \ A (,.'~ , , ' I, i I" I' I : i , 0~' '~ ',) . ~i: I I' :..~ !.q \ to, ,.,w1 4.".I.A,".' . ~ :..., \ G" m [' . j~ 1~U I' . \ j:, , 2)' ~D, ., ~.- ,y" I " ", . . ~: ,~r:.\ \. ~ .' '.. '.' " ..'.', , '",,,," ,;~ . .~,.-,_"',''';.__..,......,\,-',.>,.,',','.....,.__.,..~h,. from 13 to 40 acres between 1900 and 1911. University related growth was also evidenced by the considerable increase of infill construction along established streets such as Brown Street itself. More than 60 residenees were built on Brown Street and its adjoining streets between 1900 and 1930. Fully one third of the new houses built during these years were built by university-affiliated individuals. Dozens of existing houses were purehased or rented by university staff as well. One example in partieular proves the popularity of the Brown Street area for SUI staff, Ralph Otto built and occupied three separate residences in the neighborhood during his career - 415 Brown Street (1909), 404 Brown Street (1916), and 824 Gilbert Street (1924). His life-long eareer as a professor of law at SUI saw him connected to the work of the community as well, first as mayor in 1911 and later as a judge. Another example was the development of Bella Vista Place by Milton Remley, an SUI staff member. The 12 lots making up this subdivision were eventually developed to include eight houses between 1910 and 1924, Three houses were built by SUI professors and others were occupied by SUI faculty shortly after construction. Development of Bella Vista Place encouraged the development of ten additional parcels along Linn Street north of Brown during this same period, five of whieh were built by SUI faculty members. A more recent example of a property gaining renown through association with the university is the former Berryhill residence (414 Brown, National Register). Locally known as "Blaek's Gas Light Village," this rental property obtained notoriety during the 1960s and 1970s as a haven for talented writers assoeiated with the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop and their bohemian lifestyle, A list of residences oceupied by U niversity"affiliated individuals both before and after 1900 follows:3 Address Yr. Occupant(s) SUI Mfiliation Built 215 Brown 1916 William Bates SUI Secretary 228 Brown 1908 Arthur H. Ford Prof" Elect. Eng, 721 Linn 1924 Chester Phillips 1st Dean. College of Business Admin, 814 Linn 1922 Lemuel Raiford, Alice Prof" Chemistry; daughter, Librarian at Raiford University High 815 Linn 1915 Carl Seashore Prof" Psychology; Dean, Graduate Sch, 819 Linn 1922 James Pearce Prof" Chemistry 6 Bella Vista 1912 George Kay Dean, College of Liberal Arts lOBelia Vista 1910 Forest Ensign Prof" Education 12 Bella Vista 1911 Milton Remley Professor lThis list shouid not be considered exhaustive due to the fact that city directories are unavailable for many years included in the period of significance. In addition, many SUI affiliated occupants who moved to the neighborhood during the past 50 years and became well-known to modem day residents are not included, 6 ,,"~ ,. ", < ,,," ,,",": ."", ')"" . , ' , . , ' ," , ..; ',1 ' .;,~.' >,:,~.Q ';:"""., ";)':', " '.:;.1':' : ..' . -"-'-'" n fl n U U m I , A m D CD 0 f\ 1'/ II U U l~ H 1,; .. .' ,,' ~.Jiwi\ - ' I' C [ r l [ r,: I , ! Ii L , I. I" I ,~} \ ~[ If ~ f ~ I : [ , 'I' !'(' ,i ~ ' I , , \, L ,.' ',~ f:~" U,: [I ' ::'C, M '. I-J '(=-0 "---- . , . .' ... ,~.., .. ,< 0>- . "!\t" . "\\1:. '. , ;~. .'...'.. , " ,,' , . .' . ~I___..... _,. _u __A.._...............__"~_~,~,_., - ...~-+_."- "-"-'-"."~-""'---"-"-_.". .-- Address Yr. Occupant(s) sm Affiliation Built 304 Brown 1909 Fronk Titzell M,D.. Prof" Surgery, Homeopathic Medical Dep!. 318 Brown 1905 Wm. Bywater M,D" Prof,. Bye, Bar, Nose & Throat; Vice-Dean, College of Homeopathic Med. 824 Gilbert 1924 Ralph Otto Prof.. Law School; Judge 828 Gilbert 1885 Claude Horak Prof" Law School 401 Brown 1916 Jacob Seitsinger Watchman, SUI 404 Brown 1916 Ralph Otto Prof" Law School 415 Brown 1909 Ralph Otto Prof., Law School; Mayor in 1911 430 Brown 1913 Wm, Raymond Prof" Civil Bng" Dean, College of Applied Science 720 Van Buren 1913 Ruth Gallaher Librarian, State Historical Society 520 Brown 1905 John Semrad Janitor, SUI Armory 529 Brown 1893 Bohumil Shimek Prof.. Botany 825 Johnson 1925 Roland Williams Ass!. Prof, & Head Basketball Coach 833 Johnson 1923 Ann Sook Supervisor. General Hospital, SUI 834 Johnson 1854 Hugh Downey Trustee, SUI Board 621 Brown 1922 George Boss Janitor, SUI Brown Street's connection to SUI was further evidenced by the role it played in providing renlal housing for students and junior faculty in boarding houses, City directories often denote the operators of such establishments as widows, Examples of residences which served as boarding houses included: 730 Linn. 819 Linn, 328 Brown, 409 Brown, 508 Brown. and 603 Brown, Proximity to the universily is one reason that explains the differences in building stock found in the Brown Street neighborhood, East of Dodge Slreet. the size and scale of residences are more modest than on the five blocks to the west. Houses are more likely to be 1 to 1 Vz-stories in height with small building foot- prints, No examples of rambling Gabled-Ells or Four Squares are present. Proximity to the former brick yard operation along .the north side of the 800 block of Brown may have also contributed to the development of the more modest residences east of Dodge Street. A dramatic increase in housing demand since the late 1960s and I 970s. saw intrusive apartment buildings erected on a number of parcels in the north side neighborhood. Both mid-block and corner properties saw single family residences razed and four 10 lwelve-family apartmenl buildings with off-street parking lots constructed in Iheir place, The facI that Brown Street has been spared this less favorable aspect of modern university-related growlh enhances its significance, 7 r' '1:1'-\ ~.. . ...' -,' .. ) ~ ' .,. ,. , \ , I... II ,~- o " ': ....:'"..', 1" . I 'It. ... ~) I (j) ! ~o. , , I I I, I ~ n 1\ U U m i ~: .1. d ~f~;A ;M,I ,I ,.; """'":..Iyb..' rtJ: ..'.,,.;' ;" ,'.. ~'",I\i ',~J',;-'-'i ",':....., '.'~r.:' . .: ~ \\ 1:. ..." .. t>- " .,~. , " , "". "', ;".';~' , , 'c. "," '.-, '" . . ':.'.,.., , ,- " " " _ '... ....__,____h.~.~W_"_".~",."., ........ , L " , , , Architecture: The Brown Street Historic District provides a sampler of architectural styles, house forms, decorative details, and materials used in Iowa City from c, 1850 through 1935. During this time period, residential buildings evolved from basic, symmetrical plans with simple decorative trim to more complicated plans, both symmetrical and asymmetrical in design, with complicated roof and porch patterns and decorative millwork, Design elements from the Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne. Craftsman. Georgian or Colonial Revival, Prairie School, Bungalow, Mediterranean, and Mission styles are applied to a range of vernacular house forms and sizes, The discussion of architecture which follows is based on building form categories identified by Gottfried and Jennings in American Vernacular Design. 1870 - 1940. (New York: Van Nostrand Renhold Company, 1985), They include: Hipped Cottage or Four-Square; Gabeled-Ell; Open Gable; Organic Cottage; Bungalow or Bungalow Collage; Closed Gable Cottage; Gambrel Cottage; One-Story Gable; and Shot-Gun Collage, Illustrations of these forms taken from Gollfried and Jennings' book appear as part of the discussion which follows,4 The most common house form in the Brown Street Historic District is the Hipped Cottage or Four-Square, A total of 22 houses were built in the district between 1899 and 1925 in variations of this form, Common characteristics of the form evidenced in the examples found on Brown Street include a 2-story, 3-bay configuration; hipped roof of various pitches; cenlrally placed, hipped roof dormer(s); porches across entire front facade; asymmetrically placed entrance door (common); cottage window on first floor (common); double hung windows or groups of windows on upper floor and secondary facades; and horizontal members separating I st and 2nd stories (common). The Hipped Collage appeared either unadorned with clean lines and decoration confined to material changes between stories and divided window lights (407, 530, 617 and 632 Brown Street; 810 and 821 Linn Street; 821 Gilbert Street and 825 Johnson Street) or with streamlined embellishments of the Prairie School (814 and 818 Linn Slreet), the Georgian or Colonial Revival (404 Brown Slreet and 720 Van Buren Street) or the Mediterranean Revival (815 Linn Street). Hipped Cottages are found throughout the west end of the Brown Slreet Historic Dislrict but the lesser val~ed lots east of Dodge Slreet saw no Four- Squares built in the easl end of the District. ....-: I, ' J~'; .,.....'. [ '\ ~ ] I : I i , I Two other common vernacular house forms found in the Brown Street Historic District are the Gabled-Ell Collage and the Open Gable Collage, Twelve examples of the former built between 1875 and 1903 survive with most of lhe examples constructed during the 1880s and 90s, The Gabled-Ell form consisted of an ell shape with the inner comer used for placement of a porch and the entrance. A variation saw aT-shape plan with two inner corners used for porches, The roof plan for lhe main house used intersecting gables with a half gable or hipped roof for the porch, As with the Four-Squares, lhe Gabled Ells readily accepted ornament. Good examples of Gabled-Ells in the District include 325, 409 and 417 Brown Street - each with Queen Anne decoralion, and 529 Brown Street which features a less common wrap-around porch with neo-classical detail. Other examples of the Gabled-Ell fonn have been altered to a greater or lesser extent. i , ~, I I'('~ I' ~~"'"", \ -... ~ v' " ,,) _f'_:' IGottfried, Herbert and Jan Jennings, American Vernacular Desil(ll, 1870.1940, (New York: Van Nostrand Renhold Company, 1985), All subsequent illustrations are from the same source, 8 ! ~ ' -I, , , j I, . ,~. t ~,,-, . 13~ Co ""'_~ , ...n_'~ -~ ,Q.,: ):,.'" '....,...--..,..."'..,, .' 'n"','.' 0, , , P' . - n !J 1:.1 II: I Ul n ~ ,--',,1. " ~\>": ' .', ' '., .-': .. "\~' ", , -' ; :~l \,\ t i, .. '" , . ,',> , '.','. , l:,.",.,",',' ... .- ,,', ~', , , : '~... , " ':", .L,," ;~, '. ,"t " .., , . . ,." . , .'.::, _~.. ,~~~__,'_ ~__"",,,,_~"':";Mlo"""'.,~~,,""~:,,,~~.~...~.....~~...,.,...-.-..:,.:;_...,....;._.:.:,~';":;";;_._'._:.;..._ , _ , I:': ,I: : ! I: .; D [ E 11 f~ . .;,. :, !-i t '/ ! .J i I : I, rJ l' \, . \ b i'J [~ III fll ii I . I "l ~'l 1 \,' I;; if ~ ~! ' til. iI, n '.,:' f_l,,:: " __.; I ,.,..' 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"::" ''\'' , , " ( .1.: fj~~"I" ::~ :~! ;'-i,it; , f" !1,~ \ : 1, r-~' . L_,~ '. ~J ..... \ ' : .- I i(=- -~ , , 0 :' Suburban Cottage .~, ~ m8 Gambrel Cottage Shot.Gun Cottage 12 '.Ii ~~~ " ,.... .' ) , ,..',Q,.;, ," u ," , ,'" . .. l , j 1" . Q.. .,...-.-. 11 n fJ, [J' U if; ill 1': 1:' ~' m1 U n n Ii II ill n ~ 1Jj I,r M" l( i f;~ !i!(~" f'", 'j,"f";" ' Jll', , 12f\ f'J,::1i .:,11'" .~ !i;~( ': ~~ I I" .- ,., \ --"~;J ,lo, - ,\ f' ( r [ [ [ [ [ r-; .~-... ,,~~. 1 \ \, ' \l\ I I, , , ' "~-~ 'I " /., : L i I ! I I ' , I i , I ' I I ,J l I. : ;,1 I "-I, ,: . 'r. u i~'_'~ m ~~' " r1~, ~ L_..',. (J to' 13lt I ',I:. ,: -~) '" ,~. I, . ";~' , ,~, \\t,,~ ' ''..: ,,,. . ~., : ~ '...,.. . :.' , ._,...,..., ~_".._-,,,., .._....M V..,_,..,.,~_,_._,_. __..:,..__ .. ,......_......__,...,_....,.,...:....A Thirteen examples of the Open Gable Cottage were built between the Civil War and the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929. As its name suggests. this house form lakes its name from a single dominating feature - the open gable, The front facade has the entrance off-set of center, symmetrical fenestration, and a porch extending across the facade, Along Brown Street, it is found in either 1112 and 2-story sizes and is constructed of frame or brick, As with the other cottage forms found in the District, the Open Gable Cottage can be left relatively simple or embellished, Two early examples in the District, both constructed of local brick, are 414 Brown Street which features Italianate detailing and 722 Lucas Street, a side-gabled form with minimal decoration. An example built in 1893 at 311 Brown features Queen Anne detailing, Ferdinand Goss, a local brick manufacturer, built three Open Gable Cottages between 1910 and 1912 in the 700 block of Brown Street. All three were solidly built. simple designs without obvious decoration, He used the two brick houses at 713 and 717 Brown Street as rental housing for students and blue-collar workers and sold the frame cottage at 721 Brown a few years later, Craftsman detailing was the most common decoration applied to the Open Gable Cottages in the Brown Street Historic District. Examples include 304. 603, and 619 Brown Street and 724 Dodge Street. The house at 811 Brown Street features the only example of a clipped gable or pent gable roof and dormer in the District. The two architectural forms with the briefest lives in the Brown Slreet District were the Organic Cottage with examples dating from the 15 years between 1889 and 1904 and the Bungalow and Bungalow Cottage from 1915 to 1930, The Organic Cottage appeared in either 1 Vz or 2V2-Story form in the District in both brick and frame (clapboard and shingle) construction, It is characterized by asymmetrical massing and the use of a central hipped roof with gable roofed wings and dormers, Like the Gabled-Ell Cottage, verandas and porches fill the inset comers and in some examples wrap two sides. Decorative treatments generally use the vocabulary of the Queen Anne for porch posts or columns, spindled balustrades, bargeboards, window trealments, and shingled gable ends, All of the Organic Cottage examples appear in the west half of the Districl with six of the ten located at highly visible intersection or comer lots, The two brick houses designed by local architect O,H. Carpenter were built at such prominent intersections - 328 Brown Slreet (1892) and 800 Van Buren Street (1889), Both use the basic Organic Cottage form with Queen Anne detailing - arched window and door openings, bargeboard (328 Brown Street). elaborately detailed wall and roof dormers. classical porch columns and com ice frieze designs (328 Brown Street). lattice work porch details (800 Van Buren), corner towers and bay windows, and conical roofed porch seclion (800 Van Buren), The Organic Cottage design was used for three houses localed at a key intersection in the District at Linn and Brown streets, All three houses (725. 729 and 730 Linn Street) have a central hipped section with gable roof wings, The latter two are situated on comer lots, Decoralive fish scale shingles were used for all three with bargeboards and scroll work embellishing the gables at 725 Linn. An intact set of turned posts, turned balusters, and spindle frieze adorn the house at 730 Linn Street. Two of the smaller scale Organic Cottage examples include the houses at 730 Van Buren Street (1904) and 502 Brown Street (1899), Built on opposite comer lots, both have steeply pitched hipped roofs with similarly pitched wall dormers and wrap around porches, The Bungalow and Bungalow Cottage began appearing before World War I and conlinued through the decade of the 1920s, Bungalows were generally modest I or I Vz-story residences with broad gable roofs for the main building and inset gable roofs for the porches, In the Bungalow Cottage, the gable faced the side and a shed dormer faced the street. Craftsman detailing was frequently used for porch trim. eaves. brackets and interior finishes, The Bungalow (and its variations) was the last house style to be introduced into the Brown Street Historic District and, as a result, the few small lots slill available for 13 /: 'j ;It~ _J. ,: --.. ..:~ ~ ~~ ),," o ".,. "" 1" . I '>, 10: "<-,.~,:.' 'F" .' ,"'! ", ~j:.. I ,';. "t' "'. -,~: \,~l~ " .. ... , ,~, ',I.' '~ I , ,~' , . . ...., ~ , , ", '~'.. .-.' . ,~......,___,.,..~..'_." ..,..~._..._...n.... '" ~. _"___,,_, infill construction were well suited to this compact house form, One can generally assume that the Bungalow was the last house built on a particular block except for the Bungalows built in the 800 block of Brown Street. Only the Bungalow Cottage built at the end of Johnson Street (900 Johnson Street, (915) with its broad gable roof extending over its porch and its large shed dormer across the front facade had a site of any consequence, The best examples of the classic Bungalow form are at 718 Johnson, 609 Brown, and 833 Johnson streets. The latter employs stucco and shingles for exterior cladding and Craftsman style detailing, The other house forms found in the District but which appear infrequently include the Suburban Cottag~. the Gambrel Cottage, and lhe One-Story Gable or Shot-Gun Cottage, For example, only four examples of the Gambrel Cottage (318, 415, and 430 Brown Street and 810 Johnson Street) were built between the tum-of-the-century and World War I. The District's sole Suburban Cottage is located at 315 Brown Street with a pair of Shot-Gun type houses located nearby at 323 Brown Street and 811 Linn Street. Design elements present in high styles such as the Greek Revival, Italianate, Mission, and Colonial Revival styles are found in isolated examples, Only two examples of the Greek Revival (327-29 Brown Street and 834 Johnson Slreet) were constructed, both in the mid-1850s, Five Colonial Revival style residences were built during the 1920s at 4 Bella Vista Place. 721 and 819 Linn Street, and at 427 and 508 Brown Street The district's only example of the Italianate style is at 414 Brown Street, and the singular example of the Mission Style is found at 228 Brown Street. The listing which follows groups the Brown Street properties by basic design form, Properties are listed as they appear along Brown Street from west to east and its north/south side streets; dates of construction and any stylistic attributes or important features are also noted. List of properties hv desil!ll form: Four Squares or Hipped Cottages/2-story 215 Brown (1916) 810 Linn (1899) 814 Linn (1922) - Prairie School 815 Linn (1915) . Mediterranean/Mission 818 Linn (1916) . Prairie School/Craftsman 821 Linn (1912) 6 Bella Vista Place (1912) . Colonial Revival 8 Bella Vista Place (1922) - Prairie School 12 Bella Vista Place (1911) - Colonial Revival 821 Gilbert (1901) 404 Brown (1916) - Georgian detail 407 Brown (1917) 422 Brown (1916) 431 Brown (1920) 720 Van Buren (1913) - Georgian detail 721 Van Buren (1922) 514 Brown (1920) 520 Brown (c,1905) 530 Brown (1901) 815 Johnson (1918) 825 Johnson (1925) u U I ~ I 13q I 14 ,I ,I'I~' . ~ " I ,,!,,,.,,,;Ol " , ~ I' "..' I IT-='" {,~._-,~ .0..:... ,'W ~~;i:' 0 ,d), ' . ";', ~'-" :,' ,'\.~,' ;,,' ,:,),~' : \' "..\:'.: ,': "'. . ,",\ .-' 1.1 n I] . 11 i Ii [j n ~ I 11) IJj o ft' " . f] U fl' '1 d' '~ ,. ~: s ,: 10', '." ".: JZiJsf.r{' , , -., I' I: is'1 I " \ I' j ~.:' t" ..' T'\ l ' ! ~ I . I I L I l'" i I . 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'.' ,.'"""r,~>'.'~,'''',-~",~,,,,, __._,._~;... 617 Brown (1915) 618 Brown (1922) - Villa Form wIPrairie School and Mediterranean 629 Brown (1922) 632 Brown (1912) Gabled.EII Cottages/Z.story 222 Brown (1900) 817 Linn (1882) 325 Brown (1896) 718 Gilbert (1891) 409 Brown (1903) 417 Brown (c,1896) 509 Brown (c.1895) 528 Brown (c.I887) 529 Brown (1893) 802 Dodge (1875) - one-story 727 Brown (1900) 727 Lucas (1875) Open.Gable Cottages/2 and Wl.story 304 Brown (1909) - Craftsman 311 Brown (1893) - Queen Anne 414 Brown (1866) - Italianale 603 Brown (1910) - Craftsman 619 Brown (1914) - Craftsman 726 Van Buren (1904) 713 Brown (1910-12) 717 Brown (1910-12) 721 Brown (1910) . 722 Lucas (1865) - side-gabled 811 Brown (1922) - clipped gable roof/clipped gable dormers 815 Brown (c,I925) Organic Cottages/2lh and Wl.story 725 Linn (1891) 729 Linn (1896) 730 Linn (1891) 314 Brown (1892) 328 Brown (1892) . Queen Anne 715 Gilbert (c,1900) 730 Van Buren (1904) 800 Van Buren (1889) - Queen Anne 502 Brown (1899) . Queen Anne 523 Brown (1902) 15 .; .,'" ('~ " ;...J .~11 \ , ' " '''''' ~-l ~ '~'-. ," t.n'lP"'W 17 ~ ' ,', .-.', ,; 0 , ,.','..,' ,';'.,':',". '\ .J:",, - ",' I I I i . I ~ -7~5,\l6 , ,'.: f,. t::.t}l:~~' ,,; ., ,\,-, .~: ,I ",)t:\"j. ' ',' '~ '" '. " " ," , ., '..., ,., .--, ,-~~.,.,. ,. "-. ,.".; '..:....:....',. ,',.,.~....,_c..>>'__,._;::.:.__: , (, l ~ , \ ~ ! : I I i I ; I I .~ I ,i ~ P t\l.' " i,i' ,. F Bungalow and Bungalow Cottage/Wl and 2.story 5 Bella Vista Place (1927) 10 Bella Vista Place (1910) - Craftsman 824 Gilbert (1924) 401 Brown (1916) - Craftsman 718 Johnson (1920) 833 Johnson (1923) 900 Johnson (1915) 609 Brown (1921) - Craftsman 621 Brown (1922) 720 Dodge (1930) 724 Dodge (1929) - Craftsman 727 Dodge (1923) 714 Brown (1922) - Craftsman 827 Brown (c.l916) 831 Brown (1916) Suburban Cottage 315 Brown (1896) Gambrel CottagesJZ.story 318 Brown (1905) 415 Brown (1899) 430 Brown (1913) 810 Johnson (1918) Gable Cottages or Shot.GunsJl.story 811 Linn (1900) 323 Brown (1890) Mission Style/Z.story 228 Brown (1908) Greek RevivaVl.story 327-29 Brown (1851) 834 Johnson (1854) Colonial RevivaVl.story 4 Bella Visla Place (1921) - side-gabled 721 Linn (1924) 819 Linn (1922) 427 Brown (1921) 508 Brown (1882) - gabled COllage 16 ',1 'I. ~' t....',I. _.--,.;,,... ~ ' ,\ ,~ , ""-..I. \ .....~ ... . ,_. . '- ..--... o , ,,0' ,'. ,r,:,,:,.':',,'.,..:..,,\.,.. . . .~, I , , 1" . Q n [I [I, II U 0 I f I I .\ " n 0 n III [( 'I U U U I , ~ ti ( t~: ';' ~ ,I'. 7~~ I T .,!~' ';1,\'((1 ii~f; iA~i, ' "" q l ,~, I'" 0" " , , ; i' ~~&il ' 1". I !' [ [ [ [ [ [ r I ,.(1 \\1 [' ;(;'~ ' T' I,' ,l I : L I I, L .~,' , . , I I ~~ 1;~,:.,~;1 IJI, ;''i:\(. !,.. .~ .. ? 1",\." n " ".-"" .~ ('=- . , 0 ., ~I ,t: I . ":~t ~,.\'!. ~ " ,",: '" . " ,.' " , " ,'., ~ \ :,.'. .' . . . . >~' ,.,.,.-.,.~,~,.... ..._'.-.,.,.,.,._'N'..'...... ~.._~,'_,~._.__,__ . ___~,.._.c. Other I Bella Vista Place (date unknown) - hipped cottage 2 Bella Vista Place (1923) - Unidentified Contributing and Non-Contributing Properties: The Brown Street Historic District contains 90 contributing buildings (including 4 buildings already listed on the National Register). 1 contributing structure (Brown Slreet itself). I contributing site (Happy Hollow Park), and 9 non-contributing buildings, Integrity requirements used to determine contributing and non-contributing designation were drawn from discussion included under "Section F, Associated Property Types" of the "Historic Resources of Iowa City" multiple property nomination submitted to the National Park Service in 1994, Registration requirements for properties associated with two historic contexts, "The Development of the University of Iowa (1855- 1940)" and "Iowa City Neighborhoods" Town and Country (1840-1940)," recognize and accept organic changes to residences in Iowa City's historic neighborhoods, Nevertheless, in these areas, houses are expected to be minimally altered with the most change expected in the earliest buildings. For a building to be designated as "contributing," its integrity will be considered sufficient if principal facades remain relatively intact. window and door openings appear intact, decorative trim survives. and roof lines are unaltered, Synthetic siding will not automatically preclude designation of a building as contributing if its scale and massing remain. its placement is critical to maintain a sense of streetscape, it is felt the installation of the siding is reversible. and the balance of the building meets the other integrity tests, In a similar fashion, the addition of later porches, unobtrusive additions on non-principal facades, and modern roofing materials will not automatically disallow a building from consideration, All buildings included in the List of Properties by Design Form above are classified as "contributing," Non-contributing buildings are listed below and are so designated because their construction falls outside of the period of significance for the Brown Street Historic District, alterations are of a substanlial nature, or the building has been moved to the present site, ' Non-contributing buildings: 510 Brown Street (1938) 519 Brown Slreet (1890; major alternations) 707 Brown Street (1949) 728-30 Brown Slreet (two-family; 1979) 80 I Brown Slreet (1963) 817 Gilbert Street (1934) 828 Gilbert Street (1885; moved to site in 1922) 719 Johnson Street (1962) 821 Johnson Street (1956) Contributing Structure: Due to the significance of Brown Street's association with the theme of lransportation (Military Road. railroad corridor. church-cemetery route and brick slreet) and the brick street's high level of integrity, it is considered a separate contributing structure to the Brown Streel Historic District, Portions of the designated street extend between lite east and west boundaries of the Brown Street Historic District. 17 , f"'~' '') (,.. , " j....,,''''..r''' I , '1".,_" '13'-1 ..d ._ ,<L ).,' - --~- : 1" . r Ie. .t ~) r 10. ~\".,;~:,}~;'..)i.~" ',', , . " ~ ' , ~ 1 , 'i i " J r'" \ \ ,~ r:;~ ! I I ~ 1 i I ~ ~\ ~ 1* " " ~\ I" .'! .~~, ' " ,:' ~ . : . _ ,~,.;.;..._____._,,~,~_"n'_~'~__""'__""';_ Contributing Site: Happy Hollow Park is designated as a contributing site as a result of the property's former use as a brickworks in the late 19th Century, The site may contain historic artifacts relating to this manufacturing process and its current use as a city park also retains the open space appearance associated wilh this process. Summary: In summary. the Brown Street neighborhood is a reflection of its topography, the taste of its homebuilders. the story of transportation developments along its corridor, and the account of growth of the nearby State University of Iowa, The house fonns and architectural styles selected by its resident builders reflected the trends in both vernacular and high style domestic architecture from before the Civil War to the Great Depression, The combination of visual qualities and historical associations gives the Brown Slreet Historic District its distinct neighborhood identity and significance. 18 ;;,', ~ .-"" ., 1" ~ , ' , ~ ::._'___"';_~l","" o o [J o u m" :1 " , : ! ,I ",1 1 I , I " ',r' ~ I I n [11 fl [] lJ U o i I!':I ' 0':'':"'" :', '. I '. ':I. ,,,.... ,~'I.. ?,.\~, 1 . ~ .~,,: , '(.:::lI.,....,. "I 0 '. ,,~, - - 13tt I , " ", ".1..,',..''',.,'';' , ~"':'~~ ""'i"i t,";::' ,_,\' , , '1 " IS ',[} ".' ",,, '1 "';""""'" 11'.-'1 i,:: , ..r .~/~'-0"'''--','~~.. ~l""TC'"~';'''''''-:''' ' .,' ,', " ',' . ,):,1.. ' ',_' ~:, . \ I,{~~Q,\<';' "Y' " -~" '.,.'.." ":"_' ,',," ,< \' ""I ",'. .- "i'~:\':'; ,...,-.'." < ';~' .1>~:" ;"," n r ;'-' '. '0 [ I: [ [ IT [\ " .., I'] I'; ! , I' " I I [ ~.~:"'~ I r I [',' , I~ I I L , I I i l { ~i m 1~': ~ ,--,~,\j I.J {{ 0 ,.,.' ,', ,..'. '" " ,,". , :,..:..,:' , ' .~ H..'...._' ..,~~'U ,._.,___._'".'-.. " ,.","" .." ,.',~k-'I: :. ,~'. ' , , ;'/ .,,, .,.1. , ',.' ',I. . ~ .,:' , ...'1 . , ' .. -,' .-....._.._-,._..._.,.~,_.,---~..._..,.-_......:.._~...-. '," ,. ...- ,~-,-"--,---,--_.,--,, Brown Street Historic District. Occupants 215 Brown' 222 Brown 228 Brown 721 Linn 725 Linn 729 Linn 730 Linn 810 Linn 811 Linn 814 Linn 815 Linn 817 Linn 818 Linn 819 Linn 821 Linn 1 Bella Vista 2 Bella Vista 4 Bella Vista 5 Bella Vista ! \ C' r'" ",......,,- f i """ 'j . 1916 1900 1909 William Bates - Secretary, SUI William Rittenmeyer - dairy, milk dealer J. Otto Schulze (Agnes)-Pres, IC Electric Ry 1908 Arthur H, Ford - Prof., electrical engineering, SUI; nationally known researcher 1924 Chester Phillips (Mary), 1st dean of college of business administration; Phillips Hall namesake 1891 John Dietz, insurance agent; 1902 to Congregational Society -parsonage; Rev. Ira Houston during pre-WWI yrs, ' 1896 Paul Korab, cashier, Iowa State Bank; president, IC Savings Bank: later, lawyer in practice with son; 1948 - Edward Korab, lawyer 1891 Martin E, Freeman (Frances); by 1898, Frances is widow with boarders; children worked in county auditor's office in various capacities 1899 Frank K. Stebbins, mayor: mgr. Hawthorne Glove Co,; retired by 1912; daughters Kate and Lida continued business after father c1900 rental housing until David Thomas, 1922 1922 Lemuel Charles Raiford (Sarah)-prof.of chemistry, SUI; daughter Alice, librarian at University H.S" SUI 1915 1882 1916 1922 1912 unk 1923 c1921 1924 13~ ']" )5- , Carl E. Seashore (Roberta), prof, of psychology, SUI; dean of graduate school, 1908-1937; internationally known scholar of psychology of music, acoustics, speech correction, scientific approaches to various subjects, etc,; first recipient of SUI's "Distinguished Service Professor" in 1948 Barbara Rittenmeyer (widow Wm,L,) Fred Seemann (Mae), Ruppert & Seemann Furniture James N, Pearce (Martha), prof, chemistry, SUI with English prof. as a boarder Emma Taylor (widow James A. Taylor); 1930-M, Willard Lampe, dir, school of religion, SUI Unknown builder; moved to site Unknown builder; later occupant - Maude McBroom, prin, of SUI's Experimental School Hornell Hart, occupation unlmown Unknown builder; later occupant Wm. Malamud, prof, of psychiatry, SUI 19 - "T : , ..,.,.".. ,"" ' '\ ,);.;., , - :0. ",/,..:~ I,'.,. . ' :''f 1" i I j 1 I I I ,1"0; '.'<, '1,'\ , ;'",',"'. >'1~!f2L ~ " --'." ,- .,. " , . ~ ' :~:,'::~~~,,\'t. "~'I '. "t " ., 't, ~;,. .".. , .l~' , \~ ' ,t';, . ., " :.,1". . ~,' . , ,'" , ' ' ,,',,', '. .'. . _' ___.._.._,.....,"......;.-.,......,',..--.-:.u.o'..'"...\;,~>~W~~O;'-'-~--',..;~~'.c,,,.,.';:;.::~':.;,:;;.~,.:';;:..:,1,":-'."-'.\".'-',1"" '"I. ,~...,.. .__, ,~_:.._ 6 Bella Vista 1912 George Kay, Dean, Liberal Arts ColI., sm 8 Bella Vista 1922 Fred Seemann; owner, Rupert & Seemann Furniture Store 10 Bella Vista c.1910 Forest Ensign, prof, of education, SUI 12 Bella Vista 1911 Milton Remley; developer of Bella Vista Place subdivision and SUI employee 304 Brown 1909 1920 311 Brown 1893 314 Brown 1892 315 Brown 1896 318 Brown 1905 323 Brown 1890 325 Brown 1896 328 Brown 1892 327-29 Brown 1851 715 Gilbert c1900 718 Gilbert 1891 817 Gilbert 1934 821 Gilbert 1901 824 Gilbert 1924 825 Gilbert 1910 401 Brown 1916 ; ':, ,- '.....11 'i. ,. !.....' ..I"- l I, .. t, 'I 'W"" lr"" ",,-- 0 " ~:f I~ m ~:!" ": '~ 1 ,~'4 ~ . , :.' , ,,'~ '" ,0-:, Frank Titzell, MD, Prof, of surgery, Homeopathic Medical Dept" SUI; builder and owner of Summit and Burlington Apartments John Dunlap (Anna), assoc, prof hydraulics, SUI William Rummelhart, driver Union Bakery, later, grocer Joseph Holub, clerk, Gramling Bros. and later Denecke & Yetter, both drygoods; Holub married Anna Slezak and managed of former Slezak Grocery from 1901 to 1934. J, William Rummelhart (Mary A,), grocer, very similar to 311 Brown Rental property, tenant - Dr, Wm. Bywater, prof,ofeye, ear, nose & throat, vice-dean of college of homeopathic medicine; later Dr, John Cogswell, prof, gynecology & obstetrics, Howard H, Jones, director of athletics, SUI Catherine Fitzsimmons, widow Michael, remarried Robert Freeman in 1915, trav, salesman Winfield S. Grim (Katie), barber, Grim and Lindeman Joseph Slezak (Eva)-proprietor of Slezak Hall, Hotel and Grocery; leader in local Bohemian community; 915-1919 house was a fraternity house; later boarding house by Mrs, Amy Littig (widow, Dr, Lawrence Littig) two cabins hooked together to form hotel, now form basement of house; Lewis T. Reno (1868-77) Rev, AB, Leamer (Agnes); pastor English Lutheran Church John Cerney (Mary); clothing store clerk residence rental residence owned by Joseph & Eva Slezak Ralph Otto (Alma) Jacob Seitsinger (Lucy) - watchman, SUI; earlier frame dwelling on this site 20 - ,-~ - '" ',' \ :'\',::i:."<'v,,'i..Q,...:'::, ", ' ; I ,.1" , ""-. -,..:::..-....-,.,' " n n rJ I I I j I I "'1 II o o ~ I f; tt n [1 II rJ o U 1/ I " ~ @ ," ,I ....J '.~--, , t. i:~a , ' .,," P Ii Ii I~ IT f E [ [ I) I J [' c ' .. \ '\ l' fr ~ ~ n , I , ! i [ , ~, , I', I, ,I t,' Ii ;-.,t \,~ ~ ~~ ,.~ ~'" '" i'-, " ; ~ I. ,~' \" ' 't>- . " ," " ..,.. ".. -,,~'",' ~.. ,."..... ,-~,.. 404 Brown 407 Brown 409 Brown 414 Brown 415 Brown 417 Brown 422 Brown 427 Brown 430 Brown 431 Brown 720 Van Buren , , t, , '.;" ,,:..t'.\'l,:, -. ".. ;-1 :" , :.' , 1916 1917 1903 1866 ,/ "i,' , 1" ,.' . . , '" ' . .-' . ,.,_._.._~~.,,\.....u.'.,:..~,..:,.~';;"; .'..~... '.........."'""'..,,_....~ ".,_,.'_~,. ,_ __. .. ~._ n' ,.__,_..~_.'~~..._,__.. u_A Ralph Otto, prof, of law, SUI & attorney for Jefferson Hotelj later judge, dist, court George Katzenmeyer (Ella) - Katzenmeyer Bros, flour and feed store, moved from next door @ 409 George Katzenmeyer (Ella) - Katzenmeyer Bros, flour and feed store; later, Bertha Shellady, boarding house Charles Berryhill House, merchant, farmer & speculator 1899 Joseph Koza, Koza and Co, Meats; real estate 1909-14 Ralph Otto, prof. oflaw, SUlj lawyer, mayor in 1911 c.1896 1916 1921 1913 1920 721 Van Buren 1922 726 Van Buren 1904 730 Van Buren 1904 800 Van Buren 1889 502 Brown 508 Brown 509 Brown 510 Brown 514 Brown 519 Brown 520 Brown ~'t ("... ,~'~. '(" 1!I", , ,\, r " " L 1899 1882 c1895 1938-40 1920 1906 c.1905 -', ", -~: ' . Frank Konvalinka, Hemmer & Kovalinka drygoodsj later, dept, mgr, @ Yetters; later, SUI hospital maintenance worker Jacob Axmear (Rosa), retired J, Elzear Ries (Bertha), clk, Ries Iowa Book Store William G, Raymond (Helen ), prof., civil engineering, SUlj pres" IC School Boardj later, dean of college of applied science Cloyde Shellady (Louise) 1913 Daniel Gallaher (Sarah)j later, Ruth Gallaher, daughter, librarian at State Historical Soc., SUI, 1930 Raymond PohleI' (Edna), groceries & meats Fran Vesely (Clara), clerk Joseph Holubar (Arnostina), clerk Maresh Bros. Charles Voghtj Jacob Hotz-builderj O,H, Carpenter-architect, National Register William Adams, carpenter (tenant) 1909 - Charles Unash, cigar mkr., band director Carrie Lewis, widow Johnj teacher; remarries Frank Chapman, dentist; widowed again in 1920 & takes in SUI boarders James Dvorsky (Anna), insurance and secy. of Commercial Clubj Anna teaches school George Hornung (Josephine), carpenter, Hunzinger-Wagner Co, Albert Drews, Jr, (Emma), drugstore clerk John Semrad (Barbara), janitor, SUI Armory 21 13,\ - - : " . L ~ j,,; " :' /, ..,d , 'I'" 25 .. " ",;Q '. ., ;' o " " ,Ief ., 1.,1", . - . ~,::,\ ;, .. ;" .,\',:' . .Bt1!'. ...~ ",' '., , ...;' ,~-:. j' ,;'-. , ':',~'..\..," ;p~h'~~,: ~ . .. ,~. ' ." . '" ,'..' " . -:.'(, , " . ;1', i::, ~: , ' ,.,. .' "..... .",. ., ,~..~ ..._~_ ,---..-..."..,",CU....".'...'.7;.;.:.~' .i:~~';"".',l~ "'..'..,_t:,:.;~... -'.: '......~:_'..:,:."_" , ,...'."~,. ~,... .....__' . 523 Brown 1902 Michael Jirava (Mary) 1907 Joseph Dvorsky (Ella), retired 528 Brown c.1887 Barbara Kosderka (later Semrad) 529 Brown 1893 Bohumil Shimek (Anna), prof, of botany, SUI beginning 1899, N.R,listed 530 Brown 1901 Frank Sook (Anna), nightwatchman 718 Johnson 1920 Unknown owner-builder 719 Johnson 1962 Residence 810 Johnson 1918 Dr. Theodore L, Hazard 815 Johnson 1918 rental residential owned by Frank Sook, adjacent property owner 821 Johnson 1956 residence 825 Johnson 1925 rental residential owned by Henry Souchek (Gertrude); Roland Williams, asst, prof & head basketball coach in 1930 833 Johnson 1923 Robert S, Sook (Ann), carpenter; Ann - supervisor of urology at General Hospital, SUI 834 Johnson 1854 "Prospect Hill," residence of Hugh Downey, attorney, banker, real estate dealer & member of first board of trustees of SUI; later John A. Pickering (Barbara), china & glass store, 900 Johnson 1915 Sylvester Critz (Louisa), tailor at The Rex Tailors; duplex by 1930, 603 Brown 1910 Julia McElroy, widow with boarders, 1st listing beg, 1917 609 Brown 1921 William Reha (Mary), laborer, Smith and Burger, general contractors t ,,,. .'~ \ 617 Brown 1915 Albert Drews (Emma), contractor , \ Fred Racine (Ethel), Racine's Cigar Stores 618 Brown 1922 dj I 1914 rental house initially; 1930 - Ralph and Clara House, prof', romance language 619 Brown 621 Brown 1922 George L, Boss (Rosa).janitor, SUI; and after 1930, also Virgil H, Boss (Helen).wholesale news dealer , I I ! :~ ! I ,i\ :J Frank Burger (Lula) - Smith & Burger, general contractors 629 Brown 1922 632 Brown 1912 J,A, Pickering 1918 Marcus Deaton (Claire).dist. mgr, NWMutual Life Insurance Co, 707 Brown 1949 1\' .'.. ~'l :a i:,(' 11 22 13~ r"'" (""'1 .. ".~ ,,;It. 'C 0 , ,., " -..---. .~ r~ 'J ,.",.:;',..,, " .." '. >":,'" ~>;.- , ,I'" "'" _.~,:i:. , ,,',' :"0 ' " " -," ." ~."' " ,., "-,.: .;" 1" . ," :' 1IIlD.._._....,'. n I I n j n [] [] [j ~ II , i I Q ~ [] IJ U [J U u m , " ~ " ! , , I ,-. '~-'r" , li5, 'r' is ,,'... . -. '.~'.:'~,~' ',:;C :',., lJ!}~p~t~~:~ .'."-', I ' [" (;2 [ [ C [hi , ' _.j [! " Ii [ : ,I -'1 11 I! I' I: . - , . ! IJ ...."'":' ,~I r" r~:\! L:, ",i [ " r L ~" l ! I'. il, L ~l,~ 17\ " U -~ n 'G '.',', . ,..,' Y",i ." , , . .;', ,"'. . :'~t\\'. i ' ,'...":'..'.; ./ '.' ;~, 713 Brown 714 Brown 717 Brown 721 Brown 726 Brown 727 Brown 728 Brown 722 Lucas 727 Lucas 801 Brown 811 Brown 815 Brown 827 Brown 831 Brown I ~ ,- ,L.o(' I , ,,: , '~I " , ! .,' .__ ____.~"''',.,__....._''............,,''',.,_W.~~,_._ .:._'_.-..._. .,~ '~;5':",rfJ: ," ',,; ,', ,', " ....I, ~<: J _ ~...:C_"'".. 1910-12 Ferdinand Goss, brickmaker - rental housing for students and SUI teachers; Goss was brickmaker nearby 1922 Will Hayek (Heleil), City solicitor, lawyer 1910-12 Ferdinand Goss, brickmaker - rental housing - blue collar workers 1910 built by Ferdinand Goss; sold to Frank & Anna Neider, 1914; to Fred and Rose Neider, 1915; clerk at Slavata & Eppel 1890 Building razed; original residence of Michael Goss (Eve), brick manufacturer 1900 Matthias Plevka; beginning 1904 . Albert Soucek (Barbara), bricklayer 1979 Rental duplex c,1865 or Owned by Christian Gaulocher 1886-1922~ Brickmaker, Third Ward c.1880 Councilman, At one time the building was the office for Gaulocher & Son Brick Manufacturers, which operated the brickyard to the north, 1875 Albert Soucek (Barbara), mason; at this site in 1930; house moved from Horace Maim School site and covered with brick at that time 1963 Residence 1922 Fred J: Zinkula, laborer c.1925 rental house by Ralph Shalla; then Joseph Shalla, laborer-painter c.1916 rental house owned by Mary Shimon 1916 Charles Picha; 1930.John Lemons, SUI instructor, military 23 I - ,.,)"""',:"" , -1.','1', I. ;Y" . '. '\ , '" ,'i:"'.';,:,,'''_\',,::,~,,;:-,,- I , I I ,." , 1" ' . ',..' ') '0 ( ,:', ,',.., "",,' ~~~~:, , , .,~I,;- C~' \ ~ ~ 111 i< I I I , I , , ~:' I j. , I, I i I j II ~~ ',' " -"~ ,( '\" ',' 'C., " ,,: ,',,~.', 'I .' ", " , ",;- 'It' ,:~ w,~ . '-',"" , '" ~d , . ~.... . , . .::' ,,.', , ' "," ' u ,:,....._..c,._,.."_'...A'~."',........:...,',::,:"";: '......', '-'-''';',,':'';'"'';'''i~''~'.-_; ~:. .'_" ,_ .... _.~."..~_...~,____ u, Major Bibliographical References Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, [Publisher Unknown] 1917, Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, Davenport, Iowa: The Huebinger Survey & Map Publishing Co" 1900. Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa: J, J. Novak, 1889, Aurner, Charles Ray. Leading Events in Johnson County, Iowa History, Vol 1 & 2, Cedar Rapids: Western Historical Press, 1912. Baxter, Elaine, Historic Structure Inventory, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study, Iowa City, Iowa: University ofIowa, Institute of Urban and Regional Research, 1977. The Census of Iowa for the years 1856, 1873, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1895, 1905, 1915, and 1925 as printed by various State Printers, Combination Atlas and Map of Johnson County, Iowa, Geneva, Illinois: Thompson & Everts, 1870, Directories of Iowa City, Iowa, Gerber, John C, A Pictorial History of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1988, Gottfried, Herbert and Jennings, Jan, American Vernacular Design, 1870. 1940, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1985, History of Johnson County, Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1883, Iowa City and Her Business Men; Iowa's Most Enterprising City, Iowa City, Iowa: Moler's Printery, [Date Unknown], Iowa City, Iowa, a City of Homes, Iowa City, Iowa: Iowa City Commercial Club, 1914, Insurance Maps of Iowa City, Iowa, (New York: The Sanborn Map Company; 1874, 1879, 1883, 1888, 1892, 1899, 1906, 1912, 1920, 1926, 1933, 1933-1970) Johnson County History, Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa Writers Project, Works Progress Administration, 1941. Keyes, Margaret N. Nineteenth Century Home Architecture in Iowa City, Iowa City, Iowa: University ofIowa Press, 1966, Lafore, Laurence Davis, American Classic, Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society ofIowa, 1975, Mansheim, Gerald, Iowa City: An Illustrated History. Norfolk, Virginia: The Downing Company, 1989. Perl, Larry, Calm and Secure on the Hill: A Retrospective of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Alumni Association, 1978, Persons, Stow, The University of Iowa in the Twentieth Century: An Institutional History, Iowa City, Iowa: University ofIowa Press, 1990, 24 !' I; .... 1'<". I '% ,I ,~ "'."t" I, /".,,1 , , 13~ )',..,:;:".,.<i""',.',.. ,;' "."', ., ',;: ,-,' , ~.. ,~':~ ,0 , ',' ':', ~ .' o I 1" i , , i . A__,..~.,'_.'.>' n ~ I, n1 n U D o IJ II [\ 11 ~ ~ I m ~1 Ii ~ Il ' ~ ' , !. ~ ~ ~1 E . , (l! ~ < \ ,r.( ~ J:' ' l" . ,,'or'! ~t;j ,\ r- r ,- e [ [ II [ I I ,: I \ , ,,'~'\ I \ \ I \. \ ~~ L r ') i" L j L I I [ ~' , , . 'r i I : J ~~ i~:\~' ~ 'i w.;l ~:#it, I~ l....,~ ..: 'c--~ 13~ \ 'J r:. " ~.l ., . .~' i '" , , "It' ",\i,: ,~' ....,', , " .' . :,", ",,", ,...-'....--, - Portrait and Biographical Record of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa Counties, Iowa. Chicago: Chapman Bros" 1893. The Report of Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects of Brookline, Massachusetts. (lowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa, 1905,) Richardson, Jim, The University of Iowa. Louisville, Kentucky: Harmony House Publishers, 1989, Shambaugh, Benjamin F. Iowa City: A Contribution to the Early History of Iowa. State Historical Society of Iowa, 1893. Shambaugh, Benjamin F, The Old Stone Capitol Remembers, Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society ofIowa, 1939. Sisson, John R. Johnson County, Iowa Map, [Publisher Unknown] 1859, Weber, Irving, Irving Weber's Iowa City - Vol, I, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Iowa City, Iowa: Iowa City Lions Club, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989 and 1990. Newspaper Articles Iowa City Press - Citizen Articles: "City's First Apartment Building Built in 1914," July 2, 1983, "Clinton Street Famous for Many Clothing Stores." July 26, 1980, "College Street Downtown: Much as it Was in 1894," July 3, 1982, "The Early History of Iowa City," February 10, 1916. "Early Newspapers," March 9, 1939, "Feed Mills Gave Way to More Modern Business," August 16, 1980, "Iowa City Chronology," February 17, 1984, "Iowa City's Puzzling Growth Rate," March 21, 1981. "Iowa City was Attractive to Railroads in 1854," May 5, 1984. "No College on College Street" October 11, 1980. "Obtaining the University," March 28, 1939, "Old Post Road," April 5, 1945, "Pioneer Grocers," December 4, 1940, "UI Inspired Building Boom of 1927-29," July 16, 1983, "War and Enrollment," May 25, 1939, "Where did Students Live Before Dormitories?" November 2, 1985, Newspaper Obituaries: Thomas Caywood, 8/23/1947 Carrie (Mrs, Frank) Chapman, 7/13/1942 Forest Ensign, 4/11/1961 Arthur H. Ford, 2/16/1930 Robert Freeman, 9/25/1927 Winfield Grim,1/18/1902 Joseph Holub, 11/11/1934 Anna Slezak Holub, 3/26/1963 George Hornung, 3/15/1955 Josephine Hornung, 10/29/1956 Mary Jirava, 4/14/1961 Ellen (Mrs, George) Katzenmeyer, 1/22/1947 George Kay, 7/20/1943 25 I P, ~.,u" '.....,. .'''' 'I. -''''. IJ "'- .~I' ~ , ",,-r -- T ~-' J'" .0 . 1" . ~[]'~ . ',.u, ,~, ~~ii: '),' ,~, I' . : "'~t: \'1 , '.': " '" . ',,l .., " ,-,,';1. ~ , '~... . " , '.'.-"""; ,..-...;",~,;"-~,..._.,,,.-. "'''---''-'"--.. ,.,": .. '... ....".. m_.'.'~ C''-''_ ''''--''','- " \~ " \\ '. ,.',' . ".'('\{ , I' \ 'i~ .r I , , I: I i II . 11 '.. II : j<:'~ I ] I J' l : I, l'. ~;\,:~f :~'i -,........- ((- 0 Frank Konvalinka, 3/19/1957 Paul Korab, 2/25/1945 George Koser, 11/11/1942 Tessie Leinbaugh Kozer, 317/1974 Joseph Koza, 7/12/1919 Ralph Otto, 2/22/1928 Mathias Plevka, 1/12/1904 Ida Sanders, 3/5/1900 Carl Seashore, 10/26/1949 John Semrad, 2/10/1938 Joseph Shalla, 9/17/1948 Cloyde Shellady, 6/9/1969 Joseph Slezak, 1/9/1912 Frank Titzell, 10/20/1936 Waid Tuttle, 1/3/1969 "Iowa City, Founded 90 Years Ago, Shows Progressive Spirit in the Pioneer Days," September 30, 1929, "Let There Be a Town, Legislators Said and Presto, Iowa City Sprang Up Around 'Old Capitol' Like Magic," Davenport Times, December 22, 1927, "Semi-Centennial Edition," Iowa City Republican, October 20, 1890, Articles, Pamphlets and Reports Brandt, Isaac, "When Iowa's Capital was Moved," Annals of Iowa, Vol. 33, No.6 (October, 1956),454- 459, Ellis, Edwin Charles, "Certain Stylistic Trends in Architecture in Iowa City," Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University ofIowa, 1947, Jacobsen, James 1. "North Side Neighborhood, Iowa City, Iowa," Iowa City, Iowa: Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historic Preservation, 1981. Magnuson, Linda W, "Sheets and Company: An Iowa City Builder/Architect Firm, 1870-1906," Unpublished M,A, Thesis, University of Iowa, 1980, Petersen, William John, "Iowa City - Then and Now." The Palimpsest, Vol. 48, No, 2 (February, 1967), 81. Rogers, Earl M" "A Bibliography of the History of the University ofIowa, 1847 . 1978," Preliminary Edition, University of Iowa Libraries, 1979, Schroder, Alan M, "Former Homes of the State Historical Society, 1857.1960," The Palimpsest, Vol. 63, No, 3 (May/June, 1982), 83-85, "State University of Iowa Building Situation. (Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa, 1923.) ~ I ~! I ~~~',,';, j , \f' M-'y, ~[ni I i:~!: 1;:K , ; ('~" f~f?~ ,:~~;. , m "~' ~3't : ,~\,"'~",' , ',' ',1',,' 1,,;(1: j',;,m' ' ~\1~;- ".:' , d"I~'s ,.10)) ^ Thornton, Harrison John. "Locating the State University ofIowa." Iowa Journal of History, Vol. 47, No, 1 (January, 1949), 60-62, The University of Iowa Fact Boo/l, (Iowa City, Iowa: Office of University Relations, 1979; updated November, 1987,) 26 f' ~. ~ -l , ~ ,j ~' ,.. ~.. \ , , '" . -~~ ~=_:_, ) ',', , >, '"".', , ::., ',',',..,' ,', ","",Q;:, . \, "',.-' . < ", r~1 ~ ,::':' ~:" . ' ,:_,."t; " , ~~! '" .',....' . ',~';';' ,." '. ,0, '/"" . ';:":"~~-~'_\'I.~,' :.':.. '" '" .' ,.'._., ",',_''''._, .._..,__... ~'"H_'''_~~''' ,r !-" .:\, (~.\ \ \ ~ I ' ~, : I ,Ir" 1<" I, ii' U.i \'~ " , ...~ \ , ,C-' -~ -.- '. " :"{~; , "( " ',' . " c,._..',--~~..:...:.__.............,,,,,,,~.......,,~,,,,.,......,......":,,--,,,",,.....""':':..._......:...;.....:~:~ ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING THE BROWN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT AS AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY ZONE. WHEREAS, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan, contained in the Comprehansive Plan of Iowa City, recommends consideration of a Brown Street Historic District; and WHEREAS, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission has completed a study of the proposed Brown Street Historic District and has found that the area is visually and historically significant in the history of Iowa City; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has reviewed the proposed Brown Street Historic District and has found that it complies with the Comprehensive Plan, the Zoning Ordinance and proposed public improvements in the area; and WHEREAS, the creation of the Brown Street Historic District will help to preserve property values and to preserve the historic and visual character of the district for the enjoyment of currimt and future residents of Iowa City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, THAT: SECTION I. APPROVAL. The Brown Street Historic District, legally described below and Illustrated on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by this reference, be established as a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone. An area containing the northern half of Blocks 11, 12, 32, 33, 52 and 53, Original Town, Iowa City, Iowa, as shown on a plat recorded in the Johnson Coun~ Recorder's Office In Book 1, Page 116 (hereinafter said plat is referred to as "Original Town"l. Block Outlots 13, O.L. 16, O.L. 17 and O.L. 1 B, all lots fronting Brown Street and Linn Street on O.L. 19 of said Original Town. Said area also containing all lots except Lot 4 of the north half of Block 73, Original Town. Seld area also containing Lots 1 through 14 Bella Vista Place. Said area also to contain the east half of Outlot 14 and the east 10 feet of the south ,170 feet of the west half of Outlot 14, -"'10 I J'''':' ' ',"'!"'/'-j 0- , "'...:..- :- ....",. ,,:',<,,\. l~' 'I , - --~._._~._--_.;-'-Q..,,- 1~ "...~'.._u......_. ..."..". " I ,',.',. \ .'.', . ' " " I" '. ;,' , , ! i I I j 1 .J P. ' Ii> , I I, ,10"oi, ,I; .-'1 ,.."",'\'".,;,',1 ",....'1""',..,,- , is ',. -'~' . t~~h~~:..;. :~. ,r~:', ,;:: 1__, ;",.,1-",',' . ,~, '. f , '," ""','l " ,""," . .-\ .';'~"T';,:" .'. '" .t r~ \ \ \ \ .~~ ij::;' ~ ! I ~ r. i I II' I ' l ,,~;l '1' ,7' , .'! ~~t . " U c.' f' I -' 'C", -~...~ ' . 0 , , ~---.::_- . . ~ .', . " ',', >'-:.It' :..;~ \"\!,~ '.' .'w , ':'''.01 '1,) ""'-'''',; " " " "'~.7M" Ordinanca No. Page 2 .::1 ',,-,, \ ,., . Original Town. Also including the south 100 feet by 160 feet of the west half of Outlot 14, Original Town. Said area also to contain the south half of Outlot 15, except: Commencing 100 feet north of the southeast corner of Outlot 15, in Iowa City, Iowa, according to the recorded plat thereof, on the west side of Dodge Street; thence west 60 feet; thence north 70 feet; thence east 60 feet to the west side of Dodge Street; thence south 70 feet to the place of beginning, Original Town, Iowa City, Iowa. Also including: The west 170 feet by 170 feet of Outlot 15 in Iowa City, Iowa, according to the recorded plat thereof; also commencing at a point on the south line of Section 3, Township 79 North, Range' 6 West of the 5th P.M., which point is 150 feet west of the northeast corner of said Outlot 15 in Iowa City, Iowa, thence west 181 feet to a point 11 feet west of the northwest corner of said Outlot 15, thence north 109 feet, thence northeasterly to a point 122.5 feet north of the point of beginning, thence south 122.5 feet to the point of beginning, being a part of Lot 25 in the subdivision of the southeast quarter of Section 3, Township 79 North, Range 6 West of the 5th P.M., according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 1, Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa. Also including: The following portion of Lot 25 of the subdivision of the SE 14 of Section 3, Township 79 North, Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. Commencing at a point 11 feet west of the east line of Johnson Street of the Originel Town of Iowa City, Iowa, thence north parallel with Johnson Street 109 feet, thence west 248 feet to a point on the west line of Lot 25, thence south 109 feet, thence east along the south line of said Lot 25, 248 feet to point of beginning. SECTION II. ZONING MAP. The Building Inspector is hereby authorized and directed to change the Zoning Map of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, to conform to this amendment upon final passage, approval and publication of this ordinance as provided by law. SECTION III. REPEALER. All ordlnancas and parts of ordinances in conflict with the , ' .'..'. ~ , , .,' .__ __~.,_,_.._.n'_,.--':'___':"'^':':':___ ,_~.: ,:8,. 'j "',' . 1" i I I I i I j I I , '. t;\ \d -, ~ ~ ,} '13~ ""'...T.. D 15.ucL ,I:,.' ",'.".," ~"::'..:""\ :v- ,,-j:~",':'~~'';:rrl:j, . .'",-,'..'.'"..,', ,. : ",:~~":";..~...:':"":'':''''~~''';~';';''-'-<V>-_.''-"J...._,,:',,..o.<.:''H,",,,'~''':'''-'''''''''-''.",,-,";',.,,,-.,~,,,,_:..::"":~a~_~": . . :,' ','" ,,'.. ',n._~..__~_'-"-,_, " Ordinance No. Page 3 provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY, If any section, provision or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication, as provided bylew. Passed and approved this MAYOR I I ATTEST: CITY CLERK Approved by YfJCt0k.. ~ City Attorney's Office 3m-- 3-J5-'N ~(l , , .. ~ ' c-. : \ ,XMi ~'~7~~ I ' 1 ppdedmln\browl\lt.ord ~ I f' ' , " , . 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"'~''''''-''' FRIENDS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION P.O. Box 2001, Iowa City, Iowa 52244 17 March 1994 City Council Civic Center Iowa City 52240 Dear Council Members: Friends of Historic Preservation would like to encourage you to support the Brown Street Historic District designation. This neighborhood has a rich history that is closely linked to the development of both the City and the University. It is also a neighborhood of diverse architecture, from large Victorian houses to cottages and bungalows. The City would not be going into this designation without past experience. The SummitiStreet and Woodlawn districts have proven that historic districts work well for the homeowners, the neighbors, and--most importantly--for the City itself. We would also like to commend the work of the Historic Preserva- tion Commission, which has worked hard to inform the residents about the District. Also, consultant Marlys Svendsen deserves applause for her excellent research and thoughtful recommenda- tions. We urge you to vote for the Brown Street Historic District, and for preserving another piece of Iowa City's proud heritage. Best wishes, r(l.u.. La, V)f(td-\: Paula Brandt President C\l .::! LJJ - .. ~::s: !:~ 9 -0 0::_ ...- LU. fJ"t - o<! ..J>-' r..:II- i co - 1I!f11~ - rU """" l-d'f' 62", cr. -'" .a: 0:3: :!: 0 .: - CT\ _.~-= -~- ' ,Q_Jq - I 1" . a ----':"~~\':,..,"):' .. ~.tl\lL. 1;:, " ; " ':"',: ":",...!. . .. ,::'~,t\~'I,t::," . ." " f' "':C., .': , , , , " , l.:i ,L ,....~~ I \ ~f" ! ' l ~ I k" : 1. ~ .. 'G""-' :, 0 '.', " " , l .,,~' ;::i~;.~"~'~~_._~~ h,. "':..... '~L_,: ,.~~~~,~:.,:,~2~,L::~::;:.~'-"~I~:;.',,~,::i:~'~~~~'2..~~,.~~~J,t ~~.. :~:.,~.\~:~;.:...j :~,,_,... ___ _. ...~. ,..:. ".._.....;,.___...._'-.._c,,'_,"......,;,..,1 ' January 23, 1994 Iowa City Council Civic Center 410 E, Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Council Members: I i'.; : ":-, . ..;~' I ': ;"J", ,. , '.'., , "I.,:"" . -.,. ',.. RECEIVED JAN 26 199ft I I I j I I , As home owners in the proposed Brown Street Historic District, we would like to express our full support for establishing such a district, We appreciate the efforts of those who are working to make this designation a reality, Sincerely, Charles R. Kremenak ~ (jJ fl(~ofL NeJJle W. Kremenak 815 N. Linn Iowa City, IA 52245 ;,'.,," -~:, --, , I I , $- j,~'"'''''''':''' . ... ,'--',',- "'- ':,.'.',;','.';"":,.-",' 'J'("'~'/~';",~,:~,:";}~; \: .)h:'," 13,\ :'\~...."".;..':""'r:.'N. , 80"':' , ,,:)5 \; I '". '" ,:,.t;,..", , ,;', J i ,', ",'_""",.." f,',' ',',.11;,:," ''":, -,' ,.,-,..,_.:.--:. ~~~~j~it,',~::' ....;." , ':~'. " .! " I , , I .. '" ." :-'-:,,;,;:",::::: ',', ,,:.,t\~P" ," " " '1 : . ,..-. , , f" . . ',-' " " '; ,'. -,' ' , , .'" """'" " " .' ;" . '. " ._,",_._':;~_....;....:.,..,.~.:.',~::';U'i.'"'"'~':s;:;:,.:,;,:'.'_ ::'-1 "'".:"",~.-':'~".~,...<",~_~~ '. ~.~,~.~...:...._. '. , A January 21, 1994 I , I " j Mr. Doug Russell Chair Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission 410 East Washington Iowa City, Iowa 52240 '" Dear Mr. Russell: 'Since I will not be able to attend the January 25 public hearing regarding the Brown Street Historic District zoning proposal, I am writing to indicate that as a homeowner in the proposed district, I am strongly in favor of this proposal. I believe it will benefit our neighborhood and the city, as well as individual homeowners and other residents. Please add my voice to those working for the proposal's swift passage. Thank you. .'! Sincerely, ~ ?~ Jz. Susan M. Shullaw 718 N. Johnson Iowa City, Iowa 52245 351-2606 ~ }' "1"\ 11 r, I.' ~ l~, .'. r' ,>\ {C~o i r-'" ""-, ,"~.._-:,: , ': ":" 0, ,:):;:?,~;, """""" ",' ,.:' '. ., .' ,. ",,- ,"" '/- '7~l-f " ',lj~ 'I'D 0" ';, '.. ~ , .' . -~ ~HI199~ p~ ~~~' T.owo-- d~ ' J:A DeP..JI- '(p~ ~: 11Ul- ~ ~ (~ 0... c..o~~ of iia- 6-;.,..c<- ..be.rd: io ~ i~ ?~€J't)~~ ~ iA..- S~~~ of l~q5 A.o.~c..A~f\.j i::\..a- ~fOp"S.o..l -10 e;~"- ~ !SAoI>>i'- st<-<utt I.w.~ D"u.-l~. L0<L a..'-'L -,1",-,,"':-, u:;.." b::t:rL\. w':.:li.- l)ClLL (\o1JY Urv O~ ~ -to ~IJ-..,'&. L)""- of O,,-,,'~ ~""'J ~U_~po,.ct of -d~ 0^'-'~SC~ CYML to c eA--CS;J\).Ao...~~-, ~u- -to ofp.ACIJ<2.... ct. CC). ~6-\1>,.~ of -d~ .bc~+~-+ ~ c.P1\-- ~-\.....,;t. ~ -~ J-JN.A's "f~ of f'^'-,eSll~\~ OL\.A. ~'),,-~kcc)j," I",";~e.. a.-~ of ~\.!).Jl\..<:.V~ c't. u>>J...'~u...o- ('~~c.-v.:>-.c0:9-'\.... LU@- ~~ jC\J.-. to O"~flrc.OQ.. ~~ ~p~o....l. .-b~~IL~, II [Y\:L~ ,s . . 1:W. '. 0 ---<.: 0 .""7'..'......,........'.,.,... T.... . f'" "';.~"..'\.,,':::',JI:/;:;; " ' " it ~', 8 D) ,,"", j, ":",,;:,~.,'.,,, ,.,' ., , "... ..", ,:,' ':~"',. '. . , ,...r.\I' 't" ",':,..., ,', . , /. . .{ '.~''-. .. . , , " . '~.,., '." , ',,' ' ".0'," ,.' " ' ~. ,.___._,_.>"'""~="':""'=''''''""'''''',cw..:'''''n','.,'',c,,"'<.~~,,~""~~"<=...,.~_~'_ . : ',\', " " ~' " .1,'1 :' Presiden t: Liz Miller 714 Ronalds Street Iowa City, Iowa 52245 Vice President: Susan Feeney 719 Ronalds Street Iowa City, Iowa 52245 Secretary/Treasurer: Dawn Neppel 727 N. Lucas Street Iowa City, Iowa 52245 " Board of Directors' Beth Gauger, Kay Irela~ Sue Kratz, Marti Milani: Nancy Parker NORTII~IDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION i '.f >~ ,.'-1 .~':~,!" ........,. ; \ '\j ~..'" '/:::;.... , , Ii J , , ~ ' ,(~ ~. ...."."."".'.. : ,,~,'.. I J',," ':, ,", . ' , .'" l' " ,i ~ ..:,-;,~," ','; ,':;)',,:- " .; . -':~'~;'.~i\:\'!';i ,,' " 'I' . . ' - ~ ~',/.... .;~. -: ~~':j::, ~~ ',' ,.'" {\',:> : ' , ~ I ~: . '...", ' , "'" ' t " '-. ~.. '. ._".,:_:_2{'.z~~';';';~u..tl~~~~~~'''''''~~l~;''''~~;____."" " ' ". ,," .. ,.,._._,.:..,...;.._--,-_.~~~i.-:..._.,,_~~_ 5b, :1 " Presiden t: Liz Miller 714 Ronalds Street Iowa City, Iowa 52245 Secretary/Treasu rer: DaI\11 Neppel 727 N, Lucas Street Iowa City, Iowa 52245 Vice President: Susan Feeney 719 Ronalds Street Iowa City, Iowa 52245 NOQTtlc%IDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIA liON Board of Directors:' Beth Gauger. Kay Irelan, Sue Kratz, Marti Milani, Nancy Parker I I ;: March 28, 1994 Dear Council Member, i I , I One of the Northside Neighborhood Association's pUlposes is to provide accurate information to our neighbors when an issue comes to our attention such as establishment of the Brown Street Historic District, During the past year-and-a.half, we have dedicated ourselves to the task of providing information about the District to all those who own property within its bounds, first, in reference to the Historic PreselVation Plan, and then, the proposed District itself, This effort has included door-to- door distribution of written materials; numerous block meetings, open to anyone, and to which everyone received a written invitation; presentations at all of our meetings by Doug Russell or Kay Irelan, Historic PreselVation Commission members; reports in our quarterly newsletters, one of which was distributed to all Northside residents, not just those on our malIing list; and most recently a sUlVey and petition intended to ascertain the degree of support among District property owners for this ordinance, Non-resident property owners were included in these projects, We have encouraged evetyone to ask questions and state their opinions, and to that end, we provided phone numbers of commission members and city staff, Noone affected by establishment of this district can claim to be uninfonned, All have had ample oppOliunity to consider the information, form an opinion and let it be known, We believe that a sizable majority of property owners favor this ordinance, Our Association's board voted unanimously to support creation of the Brown Street Historic District, We believe that it is in the best interest of residents and property owners and also of our entire neighborhood. We urge you to vote in favor of the ordinance establishing this district, ,',' '.:' " , , , I ,...-~.. , .. ~' " , !<I "', ,.1 f"'"..-o. , \\! r['" ' , ' ~ I I : I I f: , I ,'l'j! ~\ .._y. ... . , sincerely, U 3> !Il:-UJi.-,,-, Liz Millet' . if'" , 0- _ 'f_. ;'. MT-,; 73'1 i J'~""'T""" """,,,,, ',..,','0'''',......,,'',...,''''''\,..'...._,.. "'"',",,''' :,.; :":j',~:":"::;~,',. ,.':'.:,.:::~,'i'.."...!:..".':\'....,.'.,>".<"."~,."- , ",', :""'" '01l:, ,,"',i "I'" ,0", 'i'''. '}, t." " "' ,,,::',',.' ',' ",/:-,;,.,;-"',","~':/ "I.,',!',':',.' " ~, ~? ','"::,,,. ,.-""" ,,<:', ., :' ' I . '.' , ' ;;k./:o';., ' ,....',:,....', " ". .. .'. " , ':'.: " '.' ' .' ~~ " "" '4. ~~~ JY JfrJJlL ~ : Q~-CUw &,~)JJVJJ-t &0-u , ~3) ) 9q 3} o.f- ~ -1\fJ1JJ~ i1.om~~ i30iJ.JL& 6IJ ~~~ )~lVL& ~ ~~ ~ '-fJcw-tru ~ dch~ , ,~ury,--)t;u.ct Lfko~ ~~. ~ ~ Ma:J: diu.- r ~fJ1lt1 i F tenn'~u om~ ~ GuA CfWuf Jvo.m Jm~ d ~ vUY ~ ~~ vVn-tpvrnOJ~ vW cfd~ ~ vVn JJu. Q~ DAta. 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An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by establishing the Brown Street Historic District. 2. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by amending the Conditional Zoning Agreement for Wild Prairie Estates, a 71.05 acre property located north of (!)ROhret Road. , 3. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by changing the use regulations tor an approximate 7,500 square foot 'parcel of land located in the 1300 block south of Sheridan Avenue from 1-1 to RS-B., Copies of the proposed ordinance amend- ments are on file for public examination in the office of the City Clerk, Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa. Persons wishing to make their views known for Council consideration are encouraged to appear at the above-mentioned time and place. MARIAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK " -'-i ppdadmin\3.29cc,nph I " , ,t ~. I \ ~ -:{1 I: ! , , I : I ,l. II':j II I ~.\. \,~ , . l~:'~ ~i fJ. :(-0 .\, -- ~a... ~:-.'- ,1 ,- - ! ",' ~.' ~ 't';'.,'..- ,i:""" ,'" . .,. " 13S ... ,j I , ',I I ,I" I , , " .1.: 0, ",J .., 'i'." , "5 }.. "", I lJ..'! ,,:.0; , ' ", ,...,... " '.-,,;', ) .-' '~,-, ,. " , , ,~< ,-' - . -:,' :::.:\",.. l\':,:;-'" ~\_,; '.. .,.l.' ,', ",' ~ , ":~': t~'-_'- '~, ' '. ..----,- ~-~ , ".",:'::,i,:o'8S):?;;r":"" ,; I ',:1, , ' ".. "..' "j L;: ",. ,,: 1~S' G'~'"~~ .In:', .4~' ~ ~,~, ",..,::;,,,,',,./ -".";'-, -,\~ ,'.: IV-; ;1, ~ , ",,~' 1 "I ',W.. ~ 'oI, . '.' '.': ~ .~ . :,',:.--";'...':':', :- ''-~', '-.,'- ~ ;,". .;: .. 2 SPECIAL INFORMATION: Public utilities: Municipal water service is available to the site. Sanitary sewer service must be extended to connect with existing sanitary sewer located on Rundell Street. Public services: Police and fire protection and solid waste disposal services will be provided by the City. Transportation: The site is accessible to vehicular traf- fic via Sheridan Avenue. Transit ser- vice is available on an hourly basis during the day on the Seventh Avenue route. Physical characteristics: Ralston Creek runs from south to north along the east portion of the property. West of the waterway, the remainder of the property slopes gently down to the north and the east. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The 7.64 acre property, located south of Sheridan Avenue and north of the Iowa Interstate Railway, is now owned by James O'Brien. The property has been used primarily as a manufacturing site since the early 1900s. In recent years, the site was occupied by a drainage pipe manufacturing firm, Advanced Drainage Systems, and by an electric power substation owned by Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company. On November 10, 1992, at the request of the Longfellow Neighborhood Association, the City Council approved a rezoning of the ADS site from 1-1, General Industrial, to RS-8, Medium Density Single-Family Residen- tial. On March 3, 1994, the Commission recommended approval of a request to rezone the 50' x 150' former electric power substation site from 1-1 to RS-8. The preliminary plat for Longfellow Manor, as proposed, is a 21 lot residential subdivision with Lots 1-20 located along an interior cul-de-sac street, Longfellow Place, and Lots 20 and 21 having access to Sheridan Street. Single-family residences and duplex development would be permitted within the proposed subdivision. ANALYSIS: Subdivision Design. In 1992, when the ADS tract was being considered for rezoning to RS-8, staff viewed the characteristics of the relatively large tract located within a developed residen- tial neighborhood, as suitable for clustered [PDH] development. Through a planned residential development, the presence of Ralston Creek along the east boundary of the property with its associated floodplain could become a public neighborhood amenity. Reasonable density could be permitted clustered away from the floodplain area. 1" . , ',n I i' I I , ' o 135 _,r , ~:~~ ",'0, )'" " ,", .,', ' , .".' , ~\, 'r o ~~i ~ ' ~ o'~ '0 " Z'i.t~" ,;.. ',i' ....--..,..- I, ,,\ [' \ \ it:..~~" ' ( ~ " : ' ,) t' , r~I," , I, 1'/ I' I 11 I 1'1 " I i ' I I, i b Ii' ,! 'I' " J ' , 'Ill ,\,!:...-;/ {( 0 . . ",'Y I . ." . "'-~t'~ \'j I ' , " "": .. , '.' " . ~". "''".;\ , -," . ... " ,''', ,.....:. ':;~" ,';-,,-,,'~:',: ~,'!:',..,'-'.. ".' .",,,"-. ,'-' ,,-,,,,.-' 3 The Longfellow Manor preliminary plat is essentially a standard residential subdivision. Outlot 1, which is to be dedicated to the City for stormwater management control, includes over an acre of land located along the east edge of the tract. Outlot 1 contains Ralston Creek and its associated banks, and is located largely within the Ralston Creek flood way limits. In terms of subdivision design, Lot 21 has considerable development constraints. Due to access difficulties, the limited buildable area, the long term maintenance problems related to the proposed retaining wall, and the heightened potential for flooding in the vicinity of the bridge abutment, staff recommends that Lot 21 be eliminated from the proposed subdivision. Staff cautions that the subdivision design with the limited frontage of cul-de-sac Lots 8 through 12 restricts the amount of paving permitted within the required 20 foot front yard setback. Zoning Ordinance Section 36-58(c)(3)b.2 requires that not less than 50% of the required front yard shall remain in open space free of impervious surface. For Lots 8 through 12 as presently configured, this means that approximately no more than 400 square feet of impervious surface would be permitted in the front yard, which would allow one 20 foot by 20 foot driveway per lot. A duplex located on one of these lots would be limited, in all practicality, to a total of two single-stall garages. Additionally, the narrow widths of Lot 7, and Lots 15 through 19 limit duplex development in compliance with side yard setback requirements and minimum residence width requirements that provides sufficient parking, Lots 1 and 20 may be similarly constrained due to the required front yard setback along Sheridan Avenue. It is unlikely that the proposed preliminary plat will accommodate duplex development on a majority of the lots. Stormwater Management. The initial Longfellow Manor plat submittal showed a sizable wet bottom storm water detention basin immediately west of Ralston Creek in the southeast area of the site. Staff questioned the desirability of such a basin, because it could prove to be both a liability to the property owner and the City; it is likely to be an attractive nuisance and could exacerbate flood levels rather than relieve them. The City Public Works Department is inclined to concur with the February 24, 1994, letter from Christopher M. Stephan indic~ting that it may be preferable for storm water to be discharged directly from the site into Ralston Creek. The storm water detention basin has been removed from the revised plat. Public Works is evaluating whether to reduce or to waive the storm water management requirements for Longfellow Manor Subdivision. If required, preliminary storm water calculations should be approved by the Public Works Department prior to preliminary plat approval. Floodway Protection. The flood way limits lines are shown on the preliminary plat. The floodway lies within the floodplain, and serves as the carrying channel for Ralston Creek. Publics Works indicated a flood way maintenance easement should be designated on the plat along Ralston Creek. This type of easement allows the City to enter the floodway to keep the creek channel clear of obstructions, and to alleviate conditions that increase the potential for flooding. The revised plat notes that Outlot 1 is "TO BE DEDICATED FOR A PARKWAY." Outlot 1 will be required to be in acceptable condition prior to dedication of the land to the City. Outlot 1 encompasses most of the floodway, but small portions of Lots 11 through 21 encroach into the floodway. Public Works requests that the plat clearly note that Outlot 1 is to be dedicated "to the City." Additionally, either the west boundary of Outlot 1 should coincide with the floodway limits line on the west side of the creek, or floodway maintenance easements should be shown on any subdivision property located within the floodway, but 1" '. ~ . " I I I 73$ -- ': - - )'<' , .",','-, ,'/ : . '..' ",'1'.', , ,',0 '. :'.' ' ~ " :, r ,,' )~ ., ~ o ,~' 1,"-,- , , ,.,\ \ -', \\ " \ ~ &1 "f'l ! ' I" I , I I , ! i I , ~, : I{'~ ~ , j(-r,' , ,( . -, - ,\ m'" 'f" 13~ [, /' , ~O ., " ~ " ... , "t ",\1" '.' , " . -'..,..::":".. 4 outside of the area to be dedicated. Access for floodway maintenance is available from the alley on the east side of the creek, and via an access easement between Lots 17 and 18 on the west side of the creek. Wetlands. The Iowa City Sensitive Areas Map - Phase I indicates that potential wetlands exist on the site, As noted on the plat, further grading on the site will be suspended until the U,S. Army Corps of Engineers makes a determination concerning whether jurisdictional wetlands exist on the property, In a March 2, 1994, letter to the Corps of Engineers, Larry Schnittjer requested wetlands verification for the O'Brien property, According to the applicant, Mike Hayes, Corps of Engineers, will be visiting the Longfellow Manor site on March 30, 1994. If protected wetlands exist within the proposed development, the applicant will need to document that the subdivision design will accommodate wetland protection, mitigation and/or compensation. Staff, therefore, recommends that the wetlands verification by the Corps of Engineers of the subject property be made prior to preliminary plat approval, Streets and Sidewalks. The mid-block intersection of Longfellow Place with Sheridan Avenue is well located with adequate sight distance and sufficient setbacks from the Oakland Avenue and Grant Street intersections with Sheridan Avenue. Staff, however, recommends that there be no direct access to Sheridan Avenue from Lot 20. Sufficient access is available via Longfellow Place. The common access (driveway) easement located on Lot 20 should be eliminated. The cul-de-sac street length of approximately 470 feet and the 60 foot turning radius shown for the cul-de-sac bulb are within acceptable limits according to the City Fire Department. The applicant has indicated the 18 foot wide drive located along the west boundary of the site is intended to provide access to the rear of Lots 1 through 8. The private drive allows for the commendable possibility of alleviating both parking congestion and an overemphasis of garages fronting on Longfellow Place. However, the 18 foot wide private drive should not be expected in the future to serve as required street frontage for vacant, RM-12 zoned property to the west. Retrofitting the private drive to create a public street would require more pavement width and right-of-way width, and would create double frontage lots [Lots 1-8] with less than the required lot area if duplexes are constructed on those lots. This would not be permitted and should not be anticipated as a possibility for future development. In addition to the four foot wide sidewalk shown along the Sheridan Avenue frontage, the plat shows a four foot wide sidewalk along Longfellow Place; on both sides of the street and on the outside curve of the cul-de-sac. Sanitary Sewer. The August 20, 1992, staff report on the rezoning request for the ADS site from 1-1 to RS-8 cautioned: "Sanitary sewer capacity is restricted to the north of the ADS site. Any development of the property that increased the volume of sewage discharge, whether the use was residential, commercial or industrial, would require the extension of a sanitary sewer line from the southeast corner of the site, under the creek to a manhole east of Ralston Creek." The sanitary sewer connection to Grant Street, as shown on the plat, is unacceptable due to surcharging within that sewer line. The City cannot permit development that will result in raw sewage in the basements of existing homes in the neighborhood. Public Works has suggested two alternatives for connecting the sanitary sewer from the O'Brien property to the Rundell Street line, which has sufficient depth and capacity. Either of the alternate connections will require engineering verification and significant public relations efforts on the part of the developer. o ',0. , . ) . , 1" . I , I \, , . , " I II ~ , ~ os..iri!, ~,' ,(.'" " .', " ~ ',', ,',' , "~,~ '\' , " '1,',. .;., A " " , . . """" ; " . . "J__'.l'::" .' ,,-,"' ".,. , .... .._~.,_..._. . .,'....'....'.,;'. . ~".;_: ',,:"'r';-c:. _',:~'-,',I."~.~. . 5 Neighborhood Open Space. The Longfellow Neighborhood Open Space District has an open space deficit of 2.9 acres. According to the approved Neighborhood Open Space Plan, the amount of open space need generated by the proposed subdivision would be .28 acres, or 12,197 square feet. Staff has recommended that public, linear open space with pedestrian pathways along Ralston Creek and adjacent to the railroad right-of-way be considered as a means of fulfilling this neighborhood open space need. The Longfellow Neighborhood Association has indicated its preference for a pathway with perhaps a few park benches along Ralston Creek; the active open space [playground] needs of the neighborhood are adequately met at the Longfellow elementary school grounds, and to a lesser extent at Creekside Park. Outlot 1 as presently configured will serve as passive open space, providing a natural buffer between Longfellow Manor Subdivision and the existing residences to the east. There is not sufficient land outside of the floodway to install pathways on either side of the creek or to provide access from Sheridan Avenue. The main purpose of dedicating Outlot 1 to the City is to facilitate flood control. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: ,~ Until the issues outlined above are resolved and the deficiencies and discrepancies listed below are remedied, staff recommends that SUB94-0002 be deferred. Upon resolution of the deficiencies and discrepancies, staff recommends approval of the Longfellow Manor subdivision. DEFICIENCIES AND DISCREPANCIES: 1. The rezoning of the former electric power substation site from 1-1 to RS-8 must be completed prior to preliminary plat approval. ( .t ".-: I \ r,~ 2. If preliminary stormwater calculations are required by Public Works, they should be submitted and approved prior to preliminary plat approval. 3. Discrepancies concerning floodway maintenance easements or dedication of land within the f100dway should be resolved prior to preliminary plat approval. 4. Verification by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers should be submitted prior to preliminary plat approval documenting whether jurisdictional wetlands exist on the site. " 5. The location of the sanitary sewer connection must be approved by the City Public Works Department, and correctly illustrated on the plat prior to preliminary plat approval. i i I , I I ~~ I' , ' i I :( ~ ,~ ATTACHMENT: 1. Location Map. 2. Preliminary Plat Reduction. 3. February 24, 1994, Letter from Christopher M. Stephan. 4. March 2, 1994, Letter from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from Larry Schnittjer. ?~ ~''''- ~,--_.~--,' '. ... ..'":~: --~--- ),..,.....' .,1,' ...' . ;'-' , ,"0 , '..; i " ,', ~ ,;, .,', 1" I " r:. jJ I '~ " I I 1 I, I i i , D '. BO:, , ,'" ,--I ,. :. .""::'; ^'. , :; " , ';~";:: -' , ,'1 ~" lmlllI" ' "',;, ;,/,'...:' i ,'.'.,;,C".... ACCOMPANIMENT: 1. Preliminary Plat. Approved by: I "I sub0003.mr ," :i li, ~ Ii , , ;,i " , " . I i I : I I ' I [I ,\ ,I. I . '[' , J' , ' , , ' \ " ~ ~.." ' :1' ..it',oq \i . 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Director of Public Works City of Iowa city 410 East Washington Iowa city, Iowa 52240 Re: Longfellow Manor Iowa City, Iowa Dear Mr. Schmadeke: Several questions have been raised regarding the following design aspects for the above referenced project: 1. Location for connection to existing sanitary sewer system. 2. Stormwater storage requirements. We have been asked why we show the proposed sanitary sewer connection for this development' being made at the existing sanitary sewer manhole in Grant Street, approximately 50 feet north of Sheridan Avenue instead of using the existing sanitary sewer located on the east side of Ralston Creek along the entire east side of this project. We have measured the inverts of the sanitary sewer east of the project and have found that the existing sanitary sewer is 3.5 feet to 5.0 feet higher than the present flowline of Ralston Creek. For this reason, we opted to make our sani tary sewer connection in Grant Street. (We have enclosed photo copies of our field book notes verifying this for your reference and use. ) The Preliminary Plat (Revised 2/08/94) shows a stormwater detention basin located adjacent to Ralston Creek in the southeast corner of the subject site. This site for the proposed stormwater basin was selected for its ability to intercept as much of the site runoff as possible as well as intercept runoff from previously developed areas to the west of LongfellOW Manor. The basin shown is proposed to be a wet-bottom facility. As shown, the proposed basin achieves the required stormwater storage volume at elevation 673.3. The flood profiles for "South Branch Ralston Creek" show the 100-year flood elevation in the vicinity of the proposed stormwater basin to be 679.1. We believe that flow depths on Ralston Creek will inundate the proposed basin before runoff from the site is able to fill the proposed basin, thus denying storage of site runoff and negating any benefit that the stormwater storage may have provided. We have not performed as detailed, but we believe that it would be better to allow the site runoff to discharge into Ralston Creek unimpeded so that it can be out of the channel and not impede or compound upstream stormwater flows as they reach this location. Page 1 of 2 735 - -. :-- ~ - '),," .\ I , .r.. l..) .,,0 '.",. ~ ~" o :.I,~;,,;:,-., ' ',' " .~,.,.~;c\,'-:: " ':'.:..1,;' .~~t;::.~.;:.:, I ,1 ,,/: We therefore believe it would better serve the city of Iowa City to allow this development to discharge its storm runoff directly into Ralston Creek without benefit of stormwater storage. For this reason, we request that the subject subdivision be exempted from having to comply with Iowa City's stormwater ordinance. , ! If you have any questions or require any additional information, please contact us accordingly. " .1 cc: James O'Brien " 2808003.02m \ ",,'" '[" J, , ,....~o.J \ :' \ r( , I~ I Page 2 of 2 , :Ii" II"~ lL 1 III \"J -, J " .\ 735 · "E. ~ ,- -ArC .i' ""Ii" " ,'" ,...' "~' -.:... ~.._,.."""."....''''..".......:,..,..,...,.. ":::':'~:::;>iR"':':i. ,)/"("\ '. ' ',., ,( , ')5,,~rf.i, .' ,;;,:.,._.."";,..,,,,::":,1, ,.:..:, ,,' " s,.. ,~m'~' . "I, ' ~ (":~'."'" .\ (~' \ 'II ,,\ .. i , tt_~ ., ~, y i ',' ";~ ' , ."\'.\1 '. , . " ." . ,\., , , I," , , "', "'.., .. .' ". . '.,.',.,..'"',,..,. ..~;,,',~._,'---._,---.,..... . ". ....."';::;';- M MMS CONSULTANTS, INC. M 1917 S. GILBERT ST. · IOWA CITY · IOWA 52240-4363 OFFICE: 319-351-8282 FAX: (319) 351-8476 ~ w << J I- U W l- I U << 4 w ~ 4 U III o Z 4 .J II Z Z Z 4 .J ~ II Z >- w > << J III o Z 4 .J I' Z << w w Z II Z w Robert 0, Mickelson larrY R. Schnl"Je, Chrl.toph.r M. St.phan Glenn O. Meisner Dennl. J. Keitel Paul V. Andmon Dun E. Beranek March 2, 1994 Mike Hayes Corps of Engineers Rock Island District Clock Tower Bldg. PO Box 2004 Rock Island, IL 61204-2004 Re: Request for Wetland Determination and Guidelines for possible mitigatation if necessary, prior to preparation ~f the 404 permit, for the Paul &: Mary Kennedv O.t.Q.P.al:.ty 10cat.e.cLQXLgi side .9~th ~_tlb..er.:t_.st, ranc;)1ameS O'Brien's property located \-oiitIie south slde of Shendan Avenue, six blocks east of Dodge \ Street which includes a segment of Ralston Creek along the \ easterly boundary. Both projects are in Iowa City. '- "-- - Dear Mr. Hayes: KENNEDY TRACT: The enclosed print of Kennedy's Waterfront Addition illustrates the proposed development of the Kennedy Property. We have recently been advised that portions of the tract are probably wetlands. The following dialog is my understanding of the historical background of the tract: Mr. Kennedy operated on auto salvage business on the property until about 1979 when the City of Iowa City acquired the Right-of-Way and constructed South Gilbert Street through the area. The street grade was elevated as it passed the tract, however, it appears that there was not adequate consideration given to drainage of the property on either side. The drainage problem has been compounded by siltation from development east of the site. Mr. Kennedy relates that there was not a serious problem with surface drainage prior to the construction of Gilbert Street, and since that time he has removed remanents of the former salvage operation from as much as 3 feet of silt. Mr. Kennedy has been gradually improving and developing lots on the property since 1981. The current proposal is for 11 lots west of South Gilbert Street. The drawing also conceptually illustrates the development of the balance of his property. The current proposal is the maximum that the City will allow until adequate sanitary sewer service is available. The City of Iowa City is currently planning a major trunk sewer which will provide the capacity necessary for the development of this and other properties in this vicinity and it will also transport flows from the "old" treatment plant to the "new" treatment plant for additional nitrate removal. As illustrated on the drawing this trunk sewer is to be constructed along the west side of the Crandic Railroad. Page 1 of 2 735 ..~-" -" .. ., . .. ,~, -~ - ,'.,n' - ",' , ',,' ')''i' n , ",0 "",.';'" - 1" L.S. LA. P,E. L.S.& P.E. P.E. P,E. L.S. ,," 'I :~ ~(' 5 .lo, "',,--.' .......' ~', ~",," . ., y'j' "', "t' -:'~ _ \ \ t ; "I, . ..' ... . '.' , ,',"' . . , ,.', .,...1' , ", 1" . '. :jO .' 0, ~_...:.:"" . ",~.:;;," ;!",,~,; ...,~";",,~,..~.,, ..:,') ~'.~~....-w:.!L~:'~_~~..'~"~n.._.._.. ' . " I t: ~ '\' ~; " ~} 'C (I~ , " . ' ' ' . .,....;....,___..._....,..,"'.,.~<'"'~....'"""'.,.,..."'I',:.;.,,;...:;I:J~',:..~',:.-.'.,.,,~!, :..'.."' ',' 0 '_.'. . .:..,". " . , ., ^ ,,- ~,~, <<---:.-.- I have discussed the trunk sewer project with the Iowa City pubic Works Director and he said that the current plans are to construct the trunk sewer in the 1995 construction season. He also said that the project may include a storm sewer that would transport flows from the existing culvert under the railroad to the Iowa River. . .f' , The area on the east side of Gilbert Street will be severely impacted by the proposed trunk sewer and storm sewer construction, in that the trunk sewer is proposed to be at least 60" diameter and installed at a depth of approximately 20 feet. The city is also currently in 'the process of acquiring Right-of-Way on the east side of the Railroad for the extension of Southgate Avenue to Gilbert Street. (Mr. Kennedy will provide the right-of-way through his property.) The extension through the Kennedy property will require a si~nificant amount of grading and filling adjacent to thE!, existing rallroad embankment. ' Obviously, Mr. Kennedy desires to be able to continue to improve and develop the property. The first question will be to determine the extent of the presumed wetlands, then whether or not preservation and/or ,mitigatation will be necessary, and if so, would it be alternatively possible to construction a new wetlands off-site. O'BRIEN TRACT: The enclosed copy of the Preliminary Plat of Longfellow Manor illustrates the development proposed by Mr. O'Brien. The tract is the site of a former manufacturing facility that was initially developed, nearly 100 years ago. During the past year Mr. O'Brien has removed the original manufacturing building and generally cleaned up a major portion of the site. A large amount of fill material has been imported to the site and placed on the upper portion of the tract. The City of Iowa City has recently developed a map of "Sensitive Areas" which illustrates possible wetlands on the O'Brien project, and they have requested verification prior to any further grading operations. Little, if any, filling to date has occurred beyond the limits of the original crushed rock storage yard of the manufacturing facility. However, the clean-up work, junk, brush, and small tree removal may have disturbed possible wetland areas. In my estimation it is doubtful that wetlands, if any, exist beyond the limits of the Ralston Creek floodway boundaries, which ,has been the limit of any proposed grading activities. We would appreciate your assistance in these determinations at your earliest convenience. If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact me accordingly. 'I Respectfully submitted: . ENCL. (3) cc : Tom Kennedy James O'Brien Page 2 of 2 0867009m.04 ?3S ,... ..."'..r,,:::-n~~ . ~ ,I;';,', ~Ol"'~ ....; . I ~r - - '., "I", , ", ,,<t )"-......"" ;..,,-'.' :.,:., " ",. ,'.' ' I"" IS {C~ 0 I , I , ' I " , o '. : , ie1 ," "",., .-...Jr."':"', ',' ~i/ . ;:~~;.." , :~; , ~. " j , ','1 " ....; ,- 1" .,'..., ' , .~._,--_._~"~-.,....,.~."'-~,""..:.."~:.:;,,."'-,-,;;....~~...--.:. ! , I , i ":j " February 2S, 1994 : , ' , \ Mayor Susan Horowitz City of Iowa City Civic Center 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Re: RE294-0002 , ' ~ '-...,...', , 'I . ' ~ ,'.l ';\ ~ Honorable Mayor Horowitz: ~ I, Jim O'Brien, request expedited consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City of Council of RE294-0002. a rezoning of a former electric power substation site from 1-1 to RS-S, This rezoning is needed prior to plat approval for the larger ADS site. I would like to proceed with residential development of this property this Spring and therefore request your expedited consideration of the proposed rezoning. Respectfully submitted: ' , rJ~~ James J. O'Brien """,'- -'-. " , '.- .__., co: cc: Iowa City Planning & Zoning Commission \, ' 2S0S003m.07 JJO/emh 2/2S/94 ;~ :1 I : ~ " 135 (( ; :i ~ _: '.- '- o ", "..,'.,..:,,-~ ~ ~"."."".w,..."'v"...,."."""'"......,..,.. "', . ,', ,.; ;:';>,R;:.'>;',~!':""'\ ,'" 'I, " '".'..'"1""',""..:,,..,, ' "I : " ,[]" :15 ,': ,";: ',,', '. "'."""\,"',,'''-1..'1, ':~;~:;;:.': :~, ':.'~:;Z~:' ~:.' . ,.;..01 , , . , " .' " " 1\', ")J~~"'f"i ..Y" ' ,'h ,'. ' ',':1, '1,' , , ,.'. .' . \..';' , . " .. __..,-'._'~,_,,,,,,,''-,''-''',,''''''''''A<''''''-='''''''''''')''"'''--'.'''~':''_'~:'''i,!.-.","r""""".~...,t.l<,,,,,,,,,",,..........:......~,~,,....,:A~._~__;..... : ,,:1 '''\ i~ 0: <:. 7Jsf 341/rl I' , i I STAFF REPORT To: Planning and Zoning Commission Prepared by: Melody Rockwell Item: REZ94-0002, 1300 block south of Sheridan Avenue, north of Iowa Interstate Railway. Date: March 3, 1994 " .\ ;1 GENERAL INFORMATION: , ",' Applicant: The Breese Co., Inc. P. O. Box 2267 Iowa City, IA 52244 Phone: 337-2130 Contact person: David P. Poula, Attorney 4570 Rapid Creek Rd NE Iowa City, IA 52240-7727 Phone: 354-4540 Requested action: To rezone a former electric power sub- station property from 1-1, General In- dustrial, to RS-a, Medium Density Sin- gle-Family Residential. I I I ":,': i '; "'<.l ,.~..... 'I " " , .'\ Purpose: To permit incorporation of a 50' x 150' parcel into a proposed 7.64 acre resi- dential subdivision. i .., ,~-..... ( C~.\, I ~' '.I .' ~ . ;,0......... ~-l l .- '\ y.! , 1,~ 'li , :-'1 U ft Location: 1300 block south of Sheridan Avenue, north of Iowa Interstate Railway. Size: 7,500 square feet; .17 acre. Existing land use and zoning: Vacant [former electric power substa- tion site]; 1-1. Surrounding land use and zoning: North - Single-Family Residential; RS-8. East - Vacanti Ralston Creek, Single- Family Residential; RS-8. South - Vacant, Iowa Interstate Rail- way, Single-Family Residential; RS-8, RS-5. West - Vacant, Single-Family Residen- tial, Multi-Family Residential; RS-8, RM-12. '. ," , " i'," L )....'.' , ' , ' ,.' - '....,~I..,.."..':'i""; J;:""'-,';~",\,"" "":':'-.;":L:,l,::...I~~,:..'. "'f~;"'> <:>:""'i,~,..,:-, ',\' '. "", ",0,,[, ," ' \',: '_~I.,;'l;" ":'..;r", 'r\" '.: :," .:;:,:,.': : ,'.'. 13S ,\""""'"'....:~:5:.~" .,'I"o~" ',:- ,,; ,:'",' ...,~:";'.'., '."j .'.:"":", \ _...~_i ....'..... I -, .,.... ... ' 1_, ~. ~ ...fLo" ~',: - - , ' .' " .", ,~. " ;m:lOa '" . "'I' "Ii" , .~, " '.' " ". 1" . . :: .. ... ,-,....','.~... '.',-,.,,',,",-,.' "~"'-""'. ,.., .-,'..'-<'~l'.''''''''" ...-'----- 2 Comprehensive Plan: Low-Density Residential; 2-8 dwelling units per acre, I f. Applicable Code requirements: Zoning Ordinance. File date: February 9, 1994. 45-day limitation period: March 28, 1994, BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Breese Co., on behalf of property owner James O'Brien, has submitted an application to rezone a 7,500 square foot property from 1-1, General Industrial, to RS-8, Medium Density Single-Family Residential. Sheridan Avenue is immediately north of the 50' x 150' parcel, where an electric power substation was formerly located. Immediately to the east, south and west of the parcel is the recently cleared and graded, former industrial property, known as the ADS site. At the request of the Longfellow Neighborhood Association, an approximate five acre portion of the ADS site was rezoned by City Council from 1-1 to RS-8 on November 10, 1992, If the applicant's requested rezoning of the 7,500 square foot parcel is approved, he intends to incorporate the residentially rezoned parcel as a part of a 7,64 acre residential subdivision of the ADS site. ANALYSIS: (:) Comprehensive Plan and Zonino Considerations The Comprehensive Plan designation for this area of the community is for low density residential development, that is, 2-8 dwelling units per acre. The requested RS-8 rezoning, which would permit single-family or duplex development is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan designation for the area. The request property is no longer used as an electric power substation. Further, the property is not of sufficient size, nor would it be appropriate in the midst of a low density residential neighborhood, for industrial redevelopment of the property to occur. i: Single-family homes exist north, east, south across the railroad line, and west of the site. As previously indicated, the vacant property surrounding the request parcel is zoned RS-8, which permits single-family or duplex residential development of the property. Although an apartment building is located west of the site, the predominant use of property in the area is single-family residential. An RS.8 zoning designation for the request site would be in harmony with a majority of the surrounding existing residential development. , I Duplex development could not occur in isolation on the 7,500 square foot property due to insufficient lot area. However, because the request property and the ADS site are under one ownership, the two abutting lots are considered one property under the terms of Section 36- 82(c) of the Zoning Ordinance. It makes eminent sense to rezone this industrially zoned remnant of property consistent with the surrounding larger tract with which it will be redevel- oped. .. :;. ." ~(, ~~~ ;;~ ,,' ,..",. I'......., " ,.,., ,tP\. ',,' '...' 13S- , ' " :1:1 I,i.' , ~! ' ~(~ 0 ",,_"'11' - -~ -rI ~'" ~.-l ' I,: s ' to, '.. , .' " "To, " : _ ': :;.' j~".., .-",'i',:> l!' , ~~r-'~.',r/.i'-', ".i , '., .:,,' "f"" :,;-,\,-\1:. ' . .. ~ " .. , ' " "I ,(i;',~~=c""",,,,,,,,",,,,,2....L___..L'''--':''' ," :" ",f ,,! , i ,> , ," " (7 ..\, c-') \ T , I~ .- STAFF RECOMMENDATION: ,....' ' " J '\ Staff recommends that REZ94-0002, the request to rezone a 7,500 square foot property located in the 1300 block south of Sheridan Avenue and north of the Iowa Interstate Railway be approved. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Location Map. 2. Application. Approved by: rez0002,mr .'''''';~ !o..~ ~_"., C,(,l ,i~ ' I' -''C~~ "~~C '., ' ' . 3 Kari Franklin, Director Dep rtment of Planning and Community Development '73S >>-'.;' ~'" : ' ," ,:,'" " L.' .... , I . "0--.)>.':,',"',:;:-....;\,.....,..,.,.'"" ',1,) I",)"' ,I .,' '\ '..:", .;1' :,.:, ,'" ,~,;:i:':':, ' .' . " ('. '. ' ". ." ~:'-',,' I ! i , , i I 1 I 1 I ,I " ")' , , ,I:', "'r ,25 , "'1 '..Ii 0, , , ' , , ' "'<""",,-:"'1". lit- L..1W1~lllll~ '\-J" !- COURT ST I rY I ~:" ~ I-- H .PL W , I-- ~ 1- I- t::- IJD.I:;= ~ :: ~icr,,:' ~ ~I' ,,'-f- HENRY ~ f-IP\.~ . ~ III LONGFaJ.Dwt::= ~. I I ~ ..= SCHOOL I- '= LOCA liON MAP Il' -'- - ~~i= ~~j REZ94-0002 Y ,,. _ _ f-I--.~- , B p;::::. CENTER 1-1 to RS-8 r<11 , _.',' I t I '- ,...- SEYMO VE I- \.- h J--- .J ~ ~ ~/) " . 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PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT NAME OF APPLICANT: AODRESS: PHONE: Tho O~M'O rn In. "n Onv 00r,7 In"" rH.. r, <;~~nn I 117_011n NAME OF DEVELOPMENT I NO. OF LOTS: I SITE SIZE: PRESENT tlone One 50' x 150' ZONING 1-1 STR~tg9rS~ OR PR~ERTY LOCATlq~~(( ;t\SSESSOR'S PARCEL NO,: PROPOSEO () 'f\v'f~J - 5 fe /1 ' ,[ lIone--fnnnerly uhilit,y ZONING RH PLEASE INDICATE PERSON TO CONTACT FOB FURTHaUNFORMATION OR REFERENCE PROPERTY OWNER: AODRESS: PHONE: ATTORNEY: ADDRESS: PHONE: David r. Poula 4570 Ranid Creek Rd ME Ia Citv 354.,1540 ENGINEER: ADDRESS: 52240-7W PHONE: OTHER: ADDRESS: .. , PHONE: TYPE OF APPLICATION INITIAL SUBMITTALS: 1. 9 caples of preliminary plaVplan REZONING FROM: ,-, 3 · 4 · 10 2. 9 copies of final plaUplan TO: 0<;_0 SUBDIVISION 3, Location Map PRELIMINARY PLAT 1 4, Legal Description I SUBDIVISION 2 · 51 5, 3 copies of legal papers consisting of: a. Titie opinion FINAL PLAT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT b. Statement of County Treasurer PRELIMINARY PLAN 1 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 9 · 10 c, Statement of Clerk of Court , d, Statement of County Recorder PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FINAL PLAN 2 . 3 · 4 · 6 · 7 · 8 e, Consent to platting by Owner & Spouse I VACATINGS , 3041 f, Subdivider's Agreement g, Dedication Documents' I ANNEXATION 3041 h. Easement Agreements' I Encumbrance Bond Certificate' I, Petition to pave abutting streets' l.O 6, Building design sketchemlevat19Ps ""'c") 7, Landscaping plan ~ =i g '1l 8, C'?-~ I ,- Addtlonailnformation -: . \D ,,..,.. ~C"".' I a, Statement of Intene;:;; ~ in b. Evidence of own~ ';;" ';:1 .... c. Description of Dev6l0pmri.rli d, Intended time schedule for completion FOR OFFICE USEONL V 9, Additional Reports (as required): ' CASE NUMBER: R6Z 1'1- ODOe.. a, Economic feasibility FEE PAID:$ ~~ <etMOU~",~ DATE e. '1_ 9-'1 b, Effect of development on surrounding APPLICATION ACCEPT BY: property NAME S: ro..r c, Impact of traffic generated by development DATE Z-9.Q<! on surrounding streets 10, Names and mailing addresses of property This Is an application form only, Additional owners within 200 feet (may be obtained at City materials may be required during. Assessor's Olflce) the review process. " 'varies with each development ATTACH ADDITIONAL SHEETS IF NECESSARY .. ~ D D D D D D 1 WHITE SHEET: CITY CLERK YELLOW: PLNG, COMM, DEV PINK: APPLICANT '73S .' -~ ': ~- -_.":" ) ".",,,-,,,,,,",,' I' ~O q " f') --~----~- . .. , ',' ,,",' ,,:,.' , '.., ,: "',, ,,' .. ,.' "..8 ' ',' ',',",','~"""""v.,,"'".___.,_..,.;'" '592 ,.._':'~"_.~:""'....'''.., .. ATract. ot Lan4 In ,,' EA~IALF NORTIllfF.sT QUARTER JOHNSO" (""UNTY. IOWA ", 9EcTIOll 14 - mil'. RG' fiLED JJlIl./lEOORD ,',., , Iowa Cit.y, Iowa ) 'T,~... (Forme~ 0.5. Kolley Co. 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Beginning at a point on the south line of Sheridan Avenue, Iowa City, 102 feet (sometimes referred to as 102.70 feet in the record title) east of the east line of the West Half (W~) of the Northwest Quarter (NW~) of Section 14, Township 79 North, Range 6 West of the 5th P.M.; thence south parallel with the east line of said West Half (W~) of the Northwest Quartet (NW~) of Section 14, 150 feet; thence east parallel with the south line of said Sheridan Avenue 50 feet; thence north parallel with the said east line of the West Half (W~) of the Northwest Quarter (NW~) of Section 14, ~50 feet to the south line of Sheridan Avenue; thence west along the south line of said Sheridan Avenue 50 feet to the place of beginning. 'I I , .' "P- - ..., -n 0 ~ <C"'l -- - ;:>-\ I """'" ('")-:: \.0 i - L~ -Ie; ~ ij4i -<.1' S -'! .m ",J -;:0 - 0_ oO .j .o!:.... U1 .<:: /' U1 1 . t' ,: / , 1 .,\ I" '".' ,)~ ' , "., "', .... ,." ,~".. ;r.... ~ f..,.,,~, "I .. , 73S . 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We look forward to providing comments on the subdivision plan at appropriate planning and zoning commission meetings. Sincerely, ~~ Cecile Kuenzli Longfellow Neighborhood Association ft~tEIVI-D FEB 24 1994 ' ...' .~'~ ""'o('t. f'" '; , 'I' 1 (' I } ',.I ,,:'" '( o " I \' , \"W ,". '.,'. ..:",.i",;,.::,,3:~,,':'1:::[:'~::;:';""":\:' I ',.,; ~".' .' '.' . :'-, '.. .,." ',' " ,::....a:.;.:.~;,".., . .. ~ .... 0',. , , , ,) ,,:,'. " '1~ ..,"'..".....1.... "..I';"".:il" \ ':..",' '0' , , " , t 5", ;:. ,.. , '''~', ',." .';' I,' (, ,;':, , ~;::;/~X'..::'; .','..::,:..,..,..:' , '., :"':'>\j"l" i',: , , , ,!.'" '.1.'; ,", ~'.- " , ,./; ".. . fl' ,.1 , ' . ' ,', " ' , _:L:~_:""-',_~'__'~~""""",",'''''==''''4''::''L'~'''''''~.l''-',,"'''''''-''''''''''...w.....'.'""':_'....:....._~._,'. . "", ,,',' (v' , Y) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING I Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, at 7:30 p.m. on the 29th day of March, 1994, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, Iowa; at which hearing the Council will consider: 1. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by establishing the Brown Street G Historic District. 2. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by amending the Conditional Zoning Agreement for Wild prairie Estates, a 71.05 acre property located north of Rohret Road. 3. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by changing the use regulations for an approximate 7,500 square foot parcel of land located in the 1300 block south of Sheridan Avenue from 1-1 to RS-B. Copies of the proposed ordinance amend- ments are on file for public examination in the office of the City Clerk, Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa. Persons wishing to make their views known for Council consideration are encouraged to appear at the above-mentioned time and place. MARIAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK j 'I ">:"~f '\ ..~ ppdadmlnl3-29cc,nph ",:': ~I;-V_ ",', ,....-.. -.- \ \ " \{\' , , I j, I \ ~ " tp' L 0 -' '. '-,~_.", :' ,',,' ',,' .", , :,:)., :,~:"""'",,'-\ ,; '"',,"-:''''',, ," "lj , ,'.' " ,',.....', !':.':I' ,"'~:":i'"" ":,:,, " . .,.":,,,..~':\'" -"''':~ ."''':'~.'':''-';:,'.' . , , 'i I j I I . r,' 131 "" , ' " ; , ,~ . " ,;.....,0,> "', ""... ,. r~" ,,)5 ,,0'\, .",'.-, ,:".,,,,,..,.'.,";,1'::','1,,, !~r.1 .. - ~ , . . . .' '".~; , :::;:. :.:;~:: . " \"r"~II~7'~:" . ":.':"..::-'.. ( .~ f" o , tOo . ., . ~ t~, I \" -... 8 '~, - 4 ~ :: . 1" . t:> ili> :1 , i'l i"l Ml !,~ '~1 I::~ .'1 ii~l' ['1 " ,!;~ "f'" '.:tr fi,. ' i~:~'\: {'tu. 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' NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a publiC hearing will be held by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, at 7:30 p.m, on the 29th day of March, 1994, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, Iowa; at which hearing the Council will consider: 1. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by establishing the Brown Street G Historic District. 2. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by amending the Conditional Zoning Agreement for Wild Prairie Estates, a 71.05 acre property located north of Rohret Road. 3. An ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by changing the use regulations t.or an approximate 7,500 square foot 'parcel of land located in the 1300 block south of Sheridan Avenue from I- 1 to RS-a. Copies of the proposed ordinance amend- ments are on file for public examination in the office of the City Clerk, Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa. Persons wishing to make their views known for Council consideration are encouraged to appear at the above-mentioned time and place. MARIAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK ppdadmlni3,29cc,nph _ , , ' , " ..' ---"'l----<l. ,...,-", . " .': 1" -' " ~ ,,:", ': \ :" . " ..",:,.,::,...":,Q,,. ,:",,-', "," ~, ',,' . , ' , ~:, "'..\ . , ", ,',', ' " ' . ._.___.____.____..M_____".,C;_: ,,_ ,j;o ~\ \&1 131 ; (};[;,":;::;": ,,';''; '''-:..., ....'T.:.."':.. \ . ;', ,., 1" ... \ . ,,' I-i'" '/1\ " \J , ~'5 ):101:' .',' '. 'i,,'_"" \"',..",, ;";' ~):,~ ,j ,. ,,',",. ..\) ',' " :' - ," ~ \1 t ~ f '\,'., ,..... ',,/' ":/'-' ... .". I -';~.,~\ ..'-",:...., "i; i~. ..,- \~, ~"" ''''-' ,. "':"''"''''.'~~~'~-' "... ~,~:~~~,,'~,'~~,- ;.;,.. ~-~ -;.,,- -- . ,';.., . . " ' " ..' " ' ,,' ,; .' _L,_'_",___~""",,,~ ,~""",,,,,,,,,_''''''''..1,". ,I .,,,.- .,.-., ","','_,""I..'''...'.~--.;..,~.,..,'' "...._.n_,.,._._.M__A.__._ ~__. '. <",'" " ,,.; J: r-';;~ \ \ \ ~ I' ~. I I }~ : I 1\ ' 'l , ,L_~______~__' ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 93-3577 AND THE ACCOMPANYING CONDITIONAL ZONING AGREEMENT FOR A 71.05 ACRE TRACT KNOWN AS WILD PRAIRIE ESTATES, LOCATED NORTH OF ROHRET ROAD. WHEREAS, on June 8, 1993, the City Council epproved' Ordinance No. 93-3577 (hereinafter "Ordinance"). rezoning an approximately 71.05 acre tract, located north of Rohret Road between Hunters Run and Southwest Estates subdivisions, from ID-RS, Interim Development Single-Family Residential, to RS-5, Low Density Single-Family Residential; and WHEREAS, said Ordinance authorized execution of a Conditional Zoning Agreement between the City of Iowa City and Kennedy- Hilgenberg Enterprises ("Owner"l, which Agreement limited development of the subject property; and WHEREAS, Condition 4.c. set forth in the Conditional Zoning Agreement, recorded on June 11, 1993, in Book 1559, Page 103 of the Johnson County Recorder's Office provides: "No building permits for lots on the property described above will be issued until the upgrade of the Westside Trunk Sewer is completed"; and WHEREAS, conditions subsequently placed on adjacent subdivisions provided that the City would not issue building permits until the City awarded the contract for the construction of the upgrade rather than completion of the Westside Trunk Sewer; and WHEREAS, at its February 17, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the proposed amendment'to Section 4.c. of the Conditional Zoning Agreement between the City and the Developer; and WHEREAS, the City and Owner now wish to amend to original Ordinance and Conditional Zoning Agreement to make this agreement consistent with conditions placed on other developments. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA: SECTION I. Ordinance No. 93-3677 and the accompanying Conditional Zoning Agreement ". .:..- "/' ),........., ,,,,,,,,,,,._, .. ., "" _' ',,' - ' ',I, ,", ~ :,~,.',':', ',,' " . '.-0", "".,, :,: ';/;_ ~';'r' ".', , ' . ~'.':".' . ", i' ~:-,:' " . , 737 I .~. , , ", I 1" , I <D 'I , ' -~ T'..., 80 is' ,9' , -, , " ''''-''''''''1'." '~. ' ',. ," --: ~':~;'~"":'! ';'" ~,'~'-~',,!' .. ::,,-,.'" ~.;';',(.~' , ','" . .,': '" "..,-"..'>.',' ',~~\:, 'I':,' ,\.. ' , " . ~"i; .. ,'':".i'; ~ J; I: II ' ~\LJ. , 'i " , .',',1 ,IL~ /' .' ,. _~" '~:.A_:_:'~~::':"_____"':_--""_ , " .~ " Ordinance No. Page 2 are amended by deleting Section 4.c. of the Agreement in its entirety and adopting, in lieu thereof, the following: c. No building permits for lots on the property described above will be issued until the City of Iowa City awards the contract to construct the Wests ide Trunk Sewer upgrade. SECTION II. CERTIFICATION AND RECORDING, The Mayor is hareby authorized and directed to sign, and the City Clerk to attest the Amended Cond,itional Zoning Agreement between the City and the property owners and to certify a copy of this Ordinance and Amended Conditional Zoning Agreement for recordation in the Johnson County Recorder's Office, up~n final passage and publication as provided by law. The Ordinance and Amended Conditional Zoning Agreement shall be recorded in the Johnson County Recorder's Office at the City's expense. SECTION III. REPEALER. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY. If any section, provision or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shell be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication, as provided by law. Passed and approved this MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK Approved by ~CLv.J.o~ r:Ji$(J1 ~ City Attorney's Office ' ppd.dmlnlwlldp""ord 3-015, 7",/ ~~ -' " ~"'; - - ),",.."v,',:,q'" , ,:,:"",."\\,:..,j " , ' , , . ,::,;" \\J:\, ,~. . . - .' ":",::,':r;.>,~R:,~,::i; L l~' , . I ,:" , , , ..' ,I" ~'I' , , ~ :."';. I I I I j , 'I I I ,I -. ."', I",.. r ,) ", ~.. .' '\ 13'1 ..,.."..,..,':".. .....1'....... ''j r.. .(.) _..."..',\",'.,,',',;; '\l:t}:~ , " 2~.ill' ,-;' /' , ' r .\ <-'I II \ ~ ,...,.,.l r,~'~~ 1 ,. i~~ I':'. I , . , , , ;~ "~":"! r, ", it.,II,." fl, J, " l.....; .(n 0 .' , ,', Y I . ' ,\ ~ '. '1'.;\" , , ." . ',' " , "., . :,' , . '.. ,...' -'.._~~~... '~'~"',~.'.~ -,:'...'.. ;.:.. ,.".., ''-' ;,,, ,,;. ,-",' , , .....,Q AMENDED CONDITIONAL ZONING AGREEMENT ',?~ (~\ f ;-';'\\1 t: 'I ~ 1 " ,,I . ' " .' II 1'--. ..' ',I, " i ~ t' I ,_...... f ',..::-'. ", ',::<..' ; ~ : I " '.' This Agreement is made by and between the City of Iowa City, Iowa, a Municipal Corporation (hereinafter "the City") and Kennedy-Hilgenberg Enterprises (hereinafter "Owner"j. WHEREAS, Owner is legal title holder of property located north of Rohret Road between Hunters Run and Southwest Estates subdivisions, known as Wild Prairie Estates, and legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto; and WHEREAS, on June 8, 1993, the City Council of Iowa City approved Ordinance No. 93-3577 (hereinafter "Ordinance") rezoning the approximate 71.05 acre tract of property, known as Wild Prairie Estates, from ID-RS, Interim Development Single-Family Residential, to RS-5, low Density Single-Family Residential; and WHEREAS, said Ordinance authorized execution of a Conditional Zoning Agreement between the City and the Owner which limited development of the property; and WHEREAS, said Ordinance and Agreement were recorded on June 11, 1993, in Book 1559, Page 103 of the Johnson County Recorder's Office; and 1" . WHEREAS, Condition 4.c. set forth in the Agreement provides: "No building permits for lots on the property described above will be issued until the upgrade of the Wests ide Trunk Sewer is complete; and ~ WHEREAS, conditions subsequently placed on adjacent subdivisions provided that the City would not issue building permits until the City awarded the contract for the construction of the upgrade rather than completion of the Westside Trunk Sewer; and 737 I ')t.. \' "' ~) WHEREAS, the City and Owner now wish to amend the Conditional Zoning Agreement to make conditions relating to the issuance of building permits consistent for all developments in the area. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY AND DEVELOPER AGREE AS FOllOWS: 1. The City and Owner acknowledge that Condition 4.c. of the original Conditional Zoning Agreement is more restrictive than conditions placed on adjacent subdivisions, Hunters Run and Southwest Estates. 2. The City and Owner now wish to amend the original Conditional Zoning Agreement for Wild Prairie Estates so that it is consistent with conditions placed on those adjacent subdivisions. 3. The original Conditional Zoning Agreement dated June 8, 1993, and recorded in Book 1559, Page 103 of the Johnson County Recorder's Office shall be and is hereby amended by deleting Section 4.c. of said Agreement in its entirety and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following: c. No building permits for lots on the above described property will be issued until the City of Iowa City awards the contract for construction of the Westside Trunk Sewer Upgrade. .--- - --- j~ ,0" , ,I, ) ,'" . ' , ", , \' .' .', lb. -,.,,_.;. I"'.' ~:'" ., ... . '::."-~' '" .,,;.t,w,; . . ,'-'," ," , .' '" . , ~' ,., ." "\',d ~ '..,. . , ,,-,-,....' ,~ , ' ," ,-l~ ..,'-..--,..,.. ,~".,-.,_..,.;.,......;.._-.,"--.,: ...-'---u...,__H..._",.~",''-''-."..,.'.',,,.',.,'.,.''..'~..;',:'-''''-u'',C:', '''lJ , , " :1 " 1;1 ~ Ii 'II I III ! i ~, I : : I. I : i 'l i I) \ \t.", , ,:,~ 0 ,~,--- " I 1" . .' ~ ",' , ,'..".c,,'u :,',',,- K.,.;.~"".-";...".;,,.-,_..._.':',A ,__.,_;... 73/, ~:5','lo'" ~ " , "',, "".""""',,, - 2- 4. The City and Owner acknowledge that the conditions contained herein are reasonable conditions to impose on the land under Iowa Code ~414.5 (1993) and are appropriate conditions required to protect the public safety of both the residents in the area and the community. 5. Owner acknowledges that in the event the subject property is transferred, sold, redeveloped, or subdivided, all redevelopment will conform with the terms of this Agreement. 6. The City and Owner acknowledge that this Amended Conditional Zoning Agreement shall be deemed to be a covenant running with the land and with the title to the land and shall remain in full force and effect as a covenant running with the title to the land, unless or until released of record by the City. The City and Owner further acknowledge that this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and bind all ,successors, representatives and assigns of the City and Owner. 7. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Owner from complying with all applicable local, state and federal regulations. 8. Nothing in this Amended Conditional Zoning Agreement in any way alters, amends or modifies the original Conditional Zoning Agreement except as set forth above. 9. The City and Owner agree that the City shall record this Amended Conditional Zoning Agreement in the Johnson County Recorder's Office. Dated this _ day of , 1994. KENNEDY-HILGENBERG ENTERPRISES CITY OF IOWA CITY By By Susan M. Horowitz, Mayor Jerry Hilgenberg By Attest Marian K. Karr, City Clerk J.R. Kennedy Approved by: City Attorney's Office -... .>'" ,),..,",::'.,' ,,-,' '." ,', ,', ':':" " , " ',' , ' , , " "., :",/Q.,:,_" ',:i' , ,'..','. " ". .....:.;.', ',~'-;" - ' "', "\ ., ,- " I i , I 1 , " ~"(':~~\,',' :,r:r:: lJ'~Jn~~"::' .~ ,',.1 :' ,; ..~'.j;' ., ;', ."0, ';" "I ' , ,:-,: " I':,'.' , ,.~ '. H"~""_'''''~'' &I ' , I I I I j ,I , 1 .3- STATE OF IOWA I )ss: ) JOHNSON COUNTY On this day of , 19 , before me, , a Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeared Susan M. Horowitz and Marian K. Karr, to me personally known, and, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that they are the Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of Iowa City, Iowa; that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of the corporation, and that the instrument was signed and sealed on behalf of the corporation, by authority of its City Council, as contained in (Ordinance) (Resolution) No. passed (the Resolution adopted) by the City Council, under Roll Call No. of the City Council on the day of , 19 , and that Susan M. Horowitz and Marian K. Karr acknowledged the execution of the instrument to be their voluntary act and deed and the voluntary, act and deed of the corporation, by it voluntarily executed. " . ' /,' Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa STATE OF IOWA ) )ss: JOHNSON COUNTY ) ,;..:->i f,'" J\! '-'I 1\' \1 ~ , . " /..'(- ( :' 1 i I ; , ,,, , ' On this _ day of , 1993, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeared and , to me personally known, who being by me duly sworn did say that they are the and , respectively, of the corporation executing the within and foregoing instrument, that no seal has been procured by the corporation; that said instrument was signed on behalf of the corporation by authority of its Board of Directors; and that _____________________________ and as officers acknowledged the execution of the foregoing instrument to be the voluntary act and deed of the corporation, by it and by them voluntarily executed. .\: :J,I Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa konnodY,DCl I ;b i 1"; II [I I,l , ~'"'' i'- . ,!J,' 1_'::,:,"",' ,;1 !: I- L''': --" , , ":,.",, M' ",.,' ',I ___ ~ ~ j';..'...::."'......;"e-. ;""",',i,/,");~',;/;;, ,S!"': ;""., '737 " "', , ,,' ",....,....,",........"..,\..,",..,",.. ' 'I' "''''''':'',,' ,\ '5" '01, " , '1:. ,.~.' ': ',~,\' /,.,' .".,'.,',...;"",-,."..,.-1", ,_ "0 "(- 0 -."..,~ EXHIBIT A , I '.:-, , f, Commencing at the Southwest Corner of Section 18, Township 79 North, Range 6 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian; thence N 00053'42"E, 374,89 feet along the west line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 18 to a point on the centerline of Rohret Road and the point of beginning. Thence NOo053'42"E, 2265.59 feet along said west line, said line also being t~e easterly line of Southwest Estates, Parts 1 through 4, to the Northwest Corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 18; thence N01 006'12"E, 616.40 feet along the west line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 18; thence S890 23'40"E, 1541.02 feet; thence SOoo 19'07"W, 595.28 feet to a point on the north line of Hunter's Run Subdivision; thence S89 047'32 "W, 223.35 feet to the Northwesterly Corner of Hunter's Run Subdivision; thence S01 023'49"W, along the west line of Hunter's Run Subdivision 1961.15 feettoa point on the centerline of Rohret Road; thence S77002'16"W, along said centerline 1197.92 feet; thence southwesterly 152.43 feet along said centerline on a 1910.00 foot radius curve, concave southeasterly, whose 152.36 foot chord bears S74045'07"W to the point of beginning. Said tract of land contains 85,3 acres, more or less, and is subject to easements and restrictions of record, and excluding the following: I '~, Commencing at the Southwest Corner of Section 18, Township 79 North, Range 6 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, thence NOo053'42"E, along the west line of the Southwest Quarter 374.89 feet to a point on the centerline of Rohret Road; thence Northeasterly 152.43 feet, along said centerline on a 1910,00 foot radius curve, concave southeasterly, whose 152.36 foot chord bears N74045'07"E; thence N77002'16"E, 221.44 feet along said centerline to the point of beginning; thence N12057'44"W, 135.39 feet; thence N020 17'44"W, 160.43 feet; thence NOo053'42"E, 749.06 feet along a line parallel with the west line of the Southwest Quarter; thence S89031'OO"E, 675.85 feet; thence S01023'49"W, 412.19 feet; thence S24008'31"W, 147.59 feet; thence S13013'45"W, 1 09.04 feet; thence S01 042'03"E, 1 09.1 0 feet; thence S12037'44"E, 141.231 feet to a point on the centerline of Rohret Road; thence S77002'16"W, 606.75 feet along said centerline to the point of beginning. Said tract of land contains 14.25 acres, more or less, and is subject to easements and restrictions of record. .~ " ."" .. , ....-.t U (-, \ \ ,I) , ppdadminlexhibit,8 . , y':...... I I j ~ I I I I~:. \ I ; "U ~ fJj l,~i':Jl 'iI, 1I 111 I " '-'~ ',', , l,r-o .. (, , , ,,'.' .. ".;, ; j)"-"'"'''' "" ",:' :.,''::: ";"""'!'_' " ,'. ,.' ",,::/:,,~,h\'I!'; ',:,' '-',_.' ,: - ;I :\;": ~"'::;:':: ", ,';',~, 0 :":\~,- .',;; <, ~,,'.;~, ,,' ," '.",:\ ,',': ':,;';"'" "',i .:,7i:~,"'\' ". ":,:-' ",Y~":",: , 737 ,', """':-'>1 "",' ~,,' ';~"":',"" '~"" v.."..,.""~",,,... '\ ..".,' :':" "," "\", "t, " , ' .' .' ,'..', " " ',"rJl:'.. , ',' . ,:,' rl,' I,) " .:' :',1'."0"''':: ,I:' ",,',1: , '..~: t"'f''':'''('''''''':''-' . '.-- ",~' ,:', ~~i;~~,\': I , - , ,.,;,.> ' , .. " 1',) -I '" , ",~t~'''f ' , .':'. ,,'-, .. ,~. ..... '. ',~. ~ ~ , "', -.., ~. . . , " , '.1,'. '..''',',' .-: .',.';' _ ~_'.,~.;_.'c...., ..~'-, .....-..'~,',.--'.;u"...;...-.,"I'..:.,_".. ,''''''_'..L~''k__'_.._ ..;" , , , ! ", -'"1 1 ( ! (~~ \ ~ d ITl ~ I I i , I , I I~~ I I' ' ii' , I II j 'C~L'i, ~~..-- " .;,...." 'C" 1" ,',.'u,.' -",_, '''...:, _~" , ' .. "-"~," ..."._~.._~,- . , , ' ....:._.~__---....".....,~.'u."~""..._..","'.,,.,.-,,_,,>.:.'" , City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM '1~1 T' IJ Date: February 10, 1994 To: Planning and Zoning Commission From: Charles Denney, Associate Planner Re: Amendment of the Conditional Zoning Agreement for Wild Prairie Estates BACKGROUND INFORMATION: On June 9, 1993 the City Council approved the conditional rezoning of the subject tract. The Conditional Zoning Agreement (CZA) included a condition that no building permits for lots on the above described property will be issued until the upgrade of the Westside Trunk Sewer is completed. In May, 1993 the Council approved final plats for two subdivisions adjacent to the subject property which contained a condition stating that no building permits will be issued until the City awards the contract to construct the Westside Trunk Sewer upgrade. ANALYSIS: When considering the rezoning of the subject parcel the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the condition limiting building permits until the sewer upgrade was completed be included in the CZA. Subsequent to this recommendation the City Engineer recommended that a condition prohibiting the issuance of building permits until the contract for the sewer upgrade is awarded be placed on the previously mentioned subdivisions. This recommendation was based on the idea that construction of the sewer upgrade could occur simultaneously with construction of homes within the subdivisions so that sewer capacity would be available when construction the homes were completed, In the interest of treating similar properties in a similar fashion, staff recommends that the CZA for the subject property be amended so that it is consistent with the condition placed on the adjacent subdivisions. The CZA should be amended as follows: 4.C. No building permits for lots on the property described above will be issued until the City of Iowa City awards the contract to construct the Wests ide Trunk Sewer upgrade. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Conditional Zoning Agreement be amended. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Location Map. Approved by: MtttJL Mon' a Moen, Senior Planner Department of Planning and Community Development 'tflOplwldplOlr,cd -, _I )",-"i ",:" ;,0.. , .. " . .",' ,..-' ,'S:: > ~'" ,..,..' " ',", .,' o I j .' ," I, lD 'I '-:.. 10, '1:.i7 ~., 10, . .\ ;~~~.PJ~' Y I " ',~ ' , ..~h\" "\ , ./ '" , ,~, ... ..' .' ~.' ~ ') ~"r, . . ;,1', , .._.,., .~~.." ,"'-~ .c^ ..,.,.. 'ht' . --'- ,'~:_-' ;',-',"'-'-.., ,'....-......- " p LoeA liON MAP REZ94-003 P HUNTERS RUN PARK .,,""~ 1 ' ( '~) RS5 ~ @& '" ~ : I \ I I ' , , f I' , ' , I 'I ' ~ 'r,'I'" f ','I i~: L.> PD 5 c~ -~ ~ ,",Q,,) , c I" " 1 ,,1 ,I I I' I &~~,.':~,'iC, "-': . ~,' ':. '.", " . '.-'....,,'~- '.' 'c""l,' " , ',I, ~, , '..-1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR '.r IOWA CITY SENIOR CENTER EXTERIOR REPAIR IN THE CllY OF IOWA CllY, IOWA ' ' 1994 TO ALL TAXPAYERS OF THE CllY OF IOWA CllY, IOWA, AND TO OTHER PERSONS iN- TERESTED: , ,'. I Public notice is hereby given that the City I Council of the City of 19wa City, Iowa, will con- , duct a public hearing on plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the con- struction of the Iowa City Senior Center, Exterior Repair, in said City at 7:30 p,m, on the 29th day of March, 1994, said meeting' to be held in the Council Chambers in the Civic Center in said City. Said plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost are now on file in the office of the City Clerk in the Civic Center in Iowa City, '. Iowa, and may be inspected by any interested " ...' persons, €i) Any interested persons may appear at said " .. meeting of the City Council for the purpose of .,'i '.\, i , making objections to and comments concerning " , ---1 said plans, specifications, contract or the cost of I I making said improvement. This notice is given l by order of the City Council of the City of Iowa , i~ City, Iowa and as provided by law, .,\ MARIAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK " , ' \' '\ ! , ~ pwe'lllIlIlt<tnIOl,"'" I I ~ ~,' ~ . ,,, ~, ," ,', I," :, " {:, ' , .' ;1,.., '_ ...'. -ai...L L~ , 1~1 ","",.::,2.: :'r,:,;,:;:,\~::~';';ll,l:':'~;'; ',.'."'."."\:'..._-,.....,'."';.,",.':" " ,.,' 1..,~.",' '.!'......i, ,,'., -:.:":, , .. :, ,," ',',,\ '15', \:, :II '" "" " '" ._,," ,~,.."", ~'_, 'I. ' 1 o ".' I " '",.';,' ,'-'-,' ~......~'.. " .;;aliffA' - ' , . ~ ":;";j,.,, " , '~tW.V ' . . .".. '~ , " ", " ':-.., '~:: " "~l~ " ';, ~ ~'~~e.2,;. ,:. :,~ ,. ",;,.:..~..,~" '" ~,'~ ,~,_:. '....;, ,...__.. _. _.":'.,;",.~.:,~!~:~, '.., ;'~ ' -, ~ " r \' r'-'.;:.:~ \ ' \ \ .-!"Al ~.::~.., ! ., , I I . I , i" : 1,'1:.-' , . : I ! l V\,' ~:;j ,J~ ~~i"" '" I,' b , l,"., l~ C' "-a"'," , 0 " , ' , .. ' :) , .;' .. . ", '< ,~. , ...._,__ :__,;..:..~_.~.~...:'..:..,,:;..~."'i...=.:.';.J.:..'".J_,.,;;.;:;.c'..~~,J,~;\.':..:. ":,;;';--::W","",,"",O_,, .',,,..'-'."-,_......._.._.~_ _ . NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING' TO ALL TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, AND TO OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: Public notice is hereby given that the City of Iowa City, Iowa, will conduct a public hearing on the City's FY95 Iowa DOT State Transit Assistance grant application. The application will be for approximately $193,723 in state formula funds and $12,500 in Special Project funds to be used in operating and/or purchasing capital items for Iowa City Transit during FY95. Said application will also include a listing of projects to be applied for in FY95 from the FTA Section 9, Section 3 program and/or the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ). The FTA Section 9 program provides federal funds to be used for the operating and capital needs of Iowa City Transit. Section 3 is a discretionary capital funding program. Section 9 and/or Section 3 projects and CMAQ projects to be applied for in FY95 include (federal share): 1. Operating assistance - approximately $298,214 2. Replace 10 . 40' heavy duty buses - $1,B27,500 3. Replace phone system - $9,600 4. Purchase 5 passenger shelters (expansion)- $22,5B5 5. Replace computer system. $20,000 TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS = $2,177,B99 Additional projects may be added before the public hearing is held, The public hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m, on March 29, 1994, in the Council Chambers of the Iowa City Civic Center, 410 E, Washington Street, Iowa City, A preliminary application will be on file March B, 1994, at the JCCOG Transportation Planning Division Office, Iowa City Civic Center, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, and may be inspected by interested persons, Any questions or comments regarding the application, the projects, or the public hearing, should be directed to Kevin Doyle, JCCOG Assistant Transportation Planner (319.356-5253). These projects will not have significant detrimental environmental effect on the area and no persons or businesses will be displaced by these activities. The projects are in conformance with the JCCOG Transit Plan for the Iowa City Urbanized Area. Any interested persons may appear at the public hearing for the purpose of making objections or comments. This nollce Is given by the City Council of the City of Iowa City, Iowa. MARIAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA jccoglplfy95slaUCT,nph ~--- ~ , ,-- i" ", .,""":,,, 0, --",' , ''-'/',' ,','.', , " -. , ~. 'J'""',..".""" '\ .'",.,' ,:{.'. :1" 1" . b '. 7~~ js,; 10.. , " ,,:.f,,"'. ::~\j ~, " I ... . ". ':'.,< '~>;::::;':: . " 'I>""ill"~~~' ,.:,:::'J;.:::,... . '. '. .~ I, ;~ , ! , ' I' " " ':~, I "'" ': - 84 :.' , .. , . 1" . ". '~I,"2 I, i , ~~,1 ~':f :.~o;- '?j , ",{ "_l ~ j., [:;-;1 .,,~ "") !~I f,:" ~'j " r:..::' r)?~: "~'I' ',,'! ~i, [*\~ , ,; ~>~~: : b1i f:':~I~" t',"" .:'t., .- hli11 . ~':~{i {,y,1' lI11 ''''{' ~:.::,)'i r;::~: {~tt! f~~W ~'u :';\1, VI], ",'2 "Jy ,~,i:,lj I'il f'.-....'. I;(,y l~4;. 'A~' hyl'. 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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING> TO ALL TAXPAYERS OFTHE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, AND TO OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: Public notice is hereby given that the City of Iowa City, Iowa, will conduct a public hearing on the City's FY95 Iowa DOT State Transit Assistance grant application. The application will be for approximately $193,723 in state formula funds and $12,500 in Special' Project funds to be used in operating and/or purchasing capital items for Iowa City Transit during FY95. Said application will also include a listing of projects to be applied for in FY95 from the FT A Section 9, Section 3 program and/or the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ), The FT A Section 9 program provides federal funds to be used for the operating and capital needs of Iowa City Transit. Section 3 is a discretionary capital funding program. Section 9 and/or Section 3 projects and CMAQ projects to be applied for in FY95 include (federal share): 1. Operating assistance - approximately $298,214 2. Replace 10 . 40' heavy duty buses - $1,827,500 3, Replace phone system - $9,600 4. Purchase 5 passenger shelters (expansion) - $22,585 5. Replace computer system. $20,000 TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS = $2,177,899 Additional projects may be added before the pUblic hearing is held. The public hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m. on March 29, 1994, in the Council Chambers of the Iowa City Civic Center, 410 E, Washington Street, Iowa City. A preliminary application will be on file March 8, 1994, at the JCCOG Transportation Planning Division Office, Iowa City Civic Center, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, and may be inspected by interested persons, Any questions or comments regarding the application, the projects, or the public hearing, should be directed to Kevin Doyle, JCCOG Assistant Transportation Planner (319.356-5253). These projects will not have significant detrimental environmental effect on the area and no persons or businesses will be displaced by these activities. The projects are in conformance with the JCCOG Transit Plan for the Iowa City Urbanized Area. Any interested persons may appear at the public hearing for the purpose of making objections or comments. This notice 15 given by the City Council of the City of Iowa City, Iowa. MARIAN K. KARR, CITY CLERK CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA jccogtplfy95staUCT,nph v j.... <>0,,"" " ",2""",,; " ;,' <,," ' ,'-...:', ,.,.'\\.:(.. , :,-,\ . ~~ .~, , \ \ ." '. 7~1 .."~ ... I I:' , I 1" , .'~ ',-;' I ',' I 1 , I , I " < . " I' ,'fc]', """'.':':""'1,1';',:, .;":~:,\: ' '::-~' ~',.."i', ";,, . ),"" ," ':"', ,.,. ',,_.:1 "i,':~t::'I'; '; ~.-' ' , "" 'I ..",.",... \1\ . ,! \J r ,..\: ,..--'4 \ : \ ...~ I: I ~ : I I ! ~~ \'l " ,",j \~ " -' Co ... . -~ .. , '", .. . , " . ,-' :-,.., '-' ";"',' ::"""" ".' ,'/' . ,,:," '.:--,--~~......"-""-",,.'O-J.k~.;..;,,....,\..,....u1'w..lJ."''''''~U'''M''.''''''''''''___~'''':'. " NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF $6,940,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONOS (FOR AN ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSE) OF SAID CITY, AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 29th day of March, 1994, at 7:30 o'clock p,m" in the Council Chambers, Civic Center, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, , Iowa, at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of $6,940,000 General Obligation Bonds for an essential corporate purpose of said City, in order to provide funds to pay costs of the construction, reconstruction and repairing of street improve- ments; the construction, reconstruction, exten- sion, improvement and equipping of storm and sanitary sewers, including sewage treatment plant improvements and construction of storm water detention facilities; the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair and equip- ping of waterworks and extensions, and real and personal property, useful for providing potable water to city residents, including water treatment plant acquisition and design; and the rehabilita- tion and improvement of eXisting city parks. Atthe above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of said City, to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at this meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of said bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said bonds. This notice is given by the order of the Council of Iowa City, Iowa, as provided by Section 384,25 of the City Code of Iowa, Dated this 14th day of March, 1994. ~A() .J! ~~ ity Clerk of Iowa City, Iowa f1nadmlgob,npm .l - ',......::,0,',..:)": " Ie, : ' """ .I," . !,e' ", ,~" "';,'''''L '.',"...:..-''' ,,'~,)";' '~ , -'I", , , ,1 '~ .. ...',' ...,.. .\ " '.. , , 1" ~ , ," .._.....~..;.:-..___,.. _:c..., ,':' 1S1 .....~_..-'"'. , 1 I I 1 I ",' '" "I , '" 1"..."1",','.''1"., '5" '0' 'J \: ' :. r(,'....',! ''',' , ,. ',-,"""<""""",.., -':",r::(:: "~~'!:':.?,;\_;'" ~}:':;;'<,~-.)" : ;.,..~.'~ :,,' " I( , '..\ , Mary Lewis 13r allt Wo:.od 1\lei ghbo:.r hc.c,d Assoc. 56 Hegal Lane Iowa City, IA 52240 March 28, 1'394 , i , i Mayo:.r Horowitz and The Iowa City City Council Civic Center 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 ,',' .... ; , ' , ,'t Dear Mayor Ho:.rowitz and City Council Members, ':,~' The Grant Woo:.d Neiahborhood Asso:.ciation would like to express its support fc,r the Issuance of 13eneral Obi igati':'n B,:,nds to:. facilitate the co:.mpletio:.n o:.f several pro:.jects including the Whispering Meado:.ws Wetlands project. " " ;--.:, " This project will provide o:.LW neighborhoo:.d and the City with an e~;ci ting and new f,:,rm ,:,f open space. While still a pL\blic arecl, we will be able to view many different forms of wild life and plant life in a natural setting. I understand, after speaking with Terry Trueblood, the project is expected to be completed this year. Hopefully, in the future the Neighborhood Asso:.ciation will be able to coordinate so:.me projects with Mr. Trueblood that will enhance the area. J(~ .,',',,' ,.'-' ,,' I \1 ,:'" Sincerely, ~~ Mary Lewis ':' !. :~ ',' . , ' ~:( I I , i '\ , I II II ! I , '~ '''""",,,,1I1.l!j1J. .....".. , ."__~~.""i=L~_\ - 1:r( , ":'.;':,';,.',Q:,:,!,'~',ii;;-:';:;""';"':"""""""":....'i---..' "'1:;'5""'" ,;;'," ~''';'','~~~:~"'~.~'.',:.,,;':~<,i':~',, ..' ':', ': . " ~ _ 'a-:o:..t,! ,:U,;",.",,:'.:.~:; 'r 0 " "