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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-08-01 Ordinance ~ McCafferty, Assoc. Planner, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240; 319-356-5243 (REZ02-0005) ORDINANCE NO. AN DESIGNATION FROM MEDIUM SINGLE FAMILY TO OVERLAY HISTORIC PRESERVATION, DESIGNATING THE 3 AT 747 E. BENTON STREET AS AN IOWA ( WHEREAS, The ' owner, William Buss, has filed with the City a no ~r the designation of said property as an Iowa Landmark; and WHEREAS, the Historic Commission has reviewed and the significance of the building located on said has determined that it meets the: uirements for designation as an Iowa City Historic Landmark; and WHEREAS, at its public hearing 23, 2002 the Historic Pr )n nominated the subject property for designation as ' Historic Landmark; ~ WHEREAS, at its meeting of June the Zoning Commission recommended approval of the proposed landmark nomination WHEREAS, the State Historical of said nomination and concurs with the assessment of the Historic Preservation subject properly meets the criteria for designation as a historic landmark; and WHEREAS, the designation of the subject property Jld be consistent with the goals and objectives of the City's Historic Preservation Plan, which is an amendn to the City's Comprehensive Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA: SECTION I. APPROVAL. The following is hereby designated as an Iowa City Historic Landmark pursuant to Title 14, Cha 4, Land ~nd Development, Article C, Historic Preservation Regulations: Commencing at the southeast corner of Section 16, North, Range 6 West of the 5thP.M., thence North 341 feet to th west along the center of the public highway 166.5 feet, thence of the line of the SWl/4 of said Section 16, thence east parallel line of said SW1/4, thence north along the east line of saic point of beginning. SECTION II. ZONING MAP. Building Inspector is hereby authorized a~N, directed to change the zoning map of the City of Iowa Iowa, to conform to this amendment upon the fi. nal passage, approval and publication of this ordinan, provided by law. SECTION III. C AND RECORDING. Upon passage and approva],.of the Ordinance, the City Clerk is hereb and directed to certify a copy of this ordinance and torecord the same at the office of the County County, Iowa, all as provided by law. SECTION IV. REPE __ All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are here , repealed. SECTION V. ',ABILITY. If any section, provision or part of the Ordinance shall be'adjudged to be invalid or such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as'~ whole or any section, provisi judged invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION VI. DATE. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication law. Passed and,~pproved this dayof 12002 / Page I of 1 Marian Karr ~ ~ From: William Buss [wiliiam-buss@uiowa.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 9:42 AM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Cc: ka rin-fran klin@iowa-city.org; shelley-mccafferty@iowa- Subject: Historic Landmark Application July 18, 2002 On the assumption that a short message on the lighter side in your packet would not be amiss, I come back to Mr. Kanner's question. As I understood it, the question, "Why did Cyrus Ranck die in Michigan?" was prompted by the statement in our application (in the Tallgrass report) that Ranck had experienced failing health and an inability to work in the last two years of his life and died at the Battle Creek Sanatorium in Battle Creek, Michigan. The answer to the question, my wife informs me, is because the Battle Creek Sanatorium was then in fashion as a place where people went when they were ill. That general point is reinforced, albeit obliquely, by an entry in the 2002 Old Farmer's Almanac. According to the entry, the Chief Engineer in charge of building a tunnel under the Hudson River into New York City "worked obsessively, going in and out of pressurized chambers, day and night, with an already-weak heart. By early October, it was clear he needed a rest,.., and he retreated to a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan" where he died the day before the two ends of the tunnel came together, October 28, 1924. 2002 Old Farmer's Almanac, page 202. That was Clifford Holland, after whom the Holland Tunnel was named. William Buss 7/24/02 Marian Karr From: Kadn Franklin Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 2:39 PM To: Marian Karr Subject: FW: Historic Landmark Application Will you pass this on to the Council ..... Original Message ..... From: William Buss [mailto:william-buss@uiowa.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 9:30 AM To: karin-fran klin@iowa-city.org Cc: shelley-mccafferty@iowa-city.org Subject: Historic Landmark Application Dear Karin: As you suggested, I am writing to request that you initiate action required to have the City Council accelerate its consideration of our application for historic landmark designation. I cannot claim any great hardship, but it would be very convenient if we could have the status of our property settled as soon as possible. There does not now appear to be any controversy affecting our application. Therefore, I hereby request that, if it is appropriate and consistent with the City Council's treatment of such applications, our application for historic landmark designation be acted upon in the fewest possible separate City Council meetings. Thank you for giving this request your consideration. William Buss ps If you need this request to be made by hard copy regular mail, rather than email, please let me know. Land Development Merlin Lawrence Vice President- Development 11506 Nicholas Street, Suite 200 Omaha, Nebraska 68t54-4401 PHONE (402)-493-2800 FAX (402)-493~069 CELL (402) 598-0187 EMAIL mlawTence~dlalra altyco~'p.co m City Council City of Iowa City Civic Center 410 East Washington Street Iowa City Iowa 52240 To whom it may concem: Following the public hearing on the rezoning for the amended OPDH-12 plan for Silvercrest to allow four 4-unit townhouse style buildings,and four 24-unit independent living buildings on Tuesday July 16,2002. Dial Land Development would like to request that the rezoning be put on a fast track and that the remaining meetings be consolidated as much as possible. Sincer. erly ~ Merlin Lawren~ Dial Land Development ~ President ProjeM Manager City of Iowa City ,;, MEMORANDUM Date: July 26, 2002 To: City Council From: John Yapp, Associate Planner ~y Re: History of Frontage Road at 801 Highway 1 West (Carousel Motors Property) In 1985, when the property at 801 Highway 1 West (the Carousel Motors property) was first platted, the City required a frontage road to be dedicated along the north side of the property, parallel to Highway 1. At the time, it was practice to use frontage roads for access to commercial properties adjacent to highways. The frontage road was required to extend from a preexisting frontage road on the east side of Ruppert Road. To accomplish this, the developer was required to purchase Highway 1 right-of-way from Iowa DOT, dedicate it to the City as public right-of-way, and pave a 28-foot wide frontage road. Since that time, the use of frontage roads has been discontinued, due to the conflicts that can occur in the space between highway and frontage road intersections from the turning movements of vehicles. Therefore, the frontage road at 801 Highway 1 West was never continued to the west as subsequent commercial properties were developed. The frontage road, though public right-of-way, is used solely for access to the business at 801 Highway 1 West. The request to vacate the frontage road right-of-way at 801 Highway 1 West is unique in that the property was required to be purchased and dedicated to the City. Though the frontage road right-of-way was required to be purchased and dedicated to the City, under State law, the City is required to obtain compensation for property being disposed of to private property owners. The applicant has agreed to close the existing frontage road access point and move it south from Highway 1, and plant landscaping along the Highway I frontage. Staff feels the public benefit of shifting the access point further south from Highway I and planting landscaping along the frontage to improve the entranceway aesthetics of the Highway 1 corridor is fair compensation for the right-of-way in this unique circumstance. Ppdadrnin\memos\8Olhwyl frontage.doc CYNTHIA E. PARSONS ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 300, BREWERY SQUARE 123 NORTH L~ STREET IOWA CITY, IOWA 52245 OFFICE PHONE FAX (319) 337-9659 EMAIL: cparsons~icialaw.com (319) 354-0559 July 24, 2002 The Honorable City Council City of Iowa City, Iowa Civic Center 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Re: REZ02-00004 Apehouse, L.C Dear Members of the Council: The above referenced rezoning request under the Sensitive Areas Ordinance is scheduled for second consideration by the City Council at your August 20th formal meeting. The purpose of this letter is to respectfully request that this matter be given expedited consideration, by voting on both the second and third considerations at your next informal and formal meetings, scheduled for August 19th and August 20th, 2002. As you know, City Planning staff fully supports the project; the P & Z Commission supported it unanimously after three considerations; public hearing before the Council was held on July 2nd; and on July 16, 2002 the Council unanimously voted to approve the first consideration. In view of: * the staff support for and the unanimous votes in favor of the rezoning thus far; * the length of time this matter has been under review (the rezoning application was made in April), first by the P & Z Commission, and now by the Council; and * the altered summer schedule of Council meetings with only one formal meeting scheduled during August; we feel that expedited consideration is warranted. While there have been some neighborhood objections to the project, those objections have related primarily to broad issues such as density and traffic, rather than the limited issues under the Sensitive Areas Ordinance which are properly before you for consideration. We would greatly appreciate your expediting the second and third considerations, so that we may receive final approval at your August 20, 2002 meeting. We can then proceed with the additional engineering needed in order to apply for a building permit. Thank you very much for your consideration of this request. If you have any questions, please do not he--call. ~ ~ t cc.~h~n Pe erson, Gary Klinefelter ~?: ' ::::::,0 CEP:mm ~ '.