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Home My WebLink About2004-11-16 Public hearing ~ ~ ,~ 1 -~= -at ~--- !It I~~!S ,,~ ....~ ..... .. CITY OF IOWA CITY 41 0 Ea~t Wa~hington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org November 15, 2004 John Kammermeyer 404 E, Bloomington Street Iowa City, IA 52245 Dear Dr. Kammermeryer; I received your letter of November 10 regarding the boundaries of the proposed local designation of the Gilbert- Linn Street Historic District. Item REZ04-00026 on page 2 of the October 21 Planning and Zoning Commission minutes, which was attached to your letter, includes a written description of this irregularly shaped district. This description is onlv for the purpose of generallv describing the district's location for the agenda and is not intended to be a legal description of the district. The legal description and map ofthe district are included in the ordinance that must be approved by City Council if this historic district is adopted. A copy of this ordinance is attached. The properties on Gilbert Street south of the alley between Davenport and Bloomington Streets are not included in the proposed district. Sinc¡;:Itìly, ¿./~~~- S-~le~~~affe . Assoc· te Planne C) (..j .. ...::r I-~~ t..__ w- -".~- 0-! - U... ~.., .-" ...- ,..J prepared by: Shelley McCafferty, Associate Planner, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240: 319-356-5243 (REZ04-00026) AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE FROM MEDIUM DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RS-8) AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION RESIDENTIAL (RNC-12), TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY (RS-8/0PH & RNC-12/0PH) TO DESIGNATE THE GILBERT- LINN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT. WHEREAS, the historic resources of the Northside Neighborhood have been surveyed and evaluated, and the proposed Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District has been deemed eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and for local historic district designation; and WHEREAS, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan, contained in the Iowa City Comprehensive Plan, recommends consideration of the designation of conservation and historic districts within the Northside Neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the Iowa City Comprehensive Plan recommends preservation of the integrity of historic neighborhoods, the stabilization of neighborhoods, and supports efforts of the Historic Preservation Commission; and WHEREAS, the Iowa City Municipal Code authorizes the Historic Preservation Commission to recommend and the City Council to designate historic districts, where deemed appropriate, as a means of preserving the neighborhood character of traditional Iowa City neighborhoods, or for preserving areas that exemplify unique or distinctive development patterns; and WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission feels that the Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District will help stabilize the neighborhood by providing for design review of alterations and additions to, and demolition of existing buildings, and the construction of new building, which will assure compatibility with the existing character of the district, and will encourage the retention of existing contributing structures within the Northside Neighborhood; and WHEREAS, at its September 23, 2004 public hearing, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended said properties for rezoning to designate the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District; and WHEREAS, at its October XX, 2004 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of said rezoning to designate the Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA: SECTION I. APPROVAL. The Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District, legally described below and illustrated on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby designated as a Historic Preservation Overlay (OPH) Zone and subject to the guidelines of the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook including Section 8.4, Northside Neighborhood District Guidelines hereto attached, incorporated herein by this reference: An area containing all of Blocks 55 and 56, the north half of Block 57, and lots 1 and 8 of Block 72, Original Town, Iowa City, Iowa. Also including, in said Original Town: The west 30' of lot 3, and all of lots 4,5,6 and 7, Block 54; All of lots 4 and 5, plus the west 20' of lot 6, Block 50; All of lots 4 and 5, plus the west 20' of lot 3, Block 49; All of lot 4, plus the west 15' of the south 40' of lot 3, Block 48; All of lots 1,2, and 8, plus the east half of lot 3, Block 69; 9/11 of lots ~,7, and 8, plus the east half of lot 6, and the east 50' of lot 2, Block 70; The east '.6b' of thÉf outh 75' of lot 8, and the north 75' of lots 7 and 8, Block 71; In Block 71, all of lot ....-- 4, plùs~tRê east 17.25' of the north 81' of lot 2, and a portion of lot 2, described as follows: f_,._. ~.êegir\"i¡ 19'at the southwest corner of lot 1, thence north 69', west 17.25', north 6', west 22', south 7S, èast 40' to the beginning. ~ ~~.- - ...~. L.L. SEcTI~1I''' ZONING MAP. The Building Inspector is hereby authorized and directed to change the zoning:!TIap f~-e City of Iowa City, Iowa, to conform to this amendment upon the final passage, approval and H\,I~licatiortoéf this ordinance as provided by law. SECTION III. CERTIFICATION AND RECORDING. Upon passage and approval of the Ordinance, the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify a copy of this ordinance and to record the same at the office of the County Recorder of Johnson County, Iowa, all as provided by law. SECTION IV. REPEALER. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION V. 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 VI. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication, as provided by law. Passed and approved this _ day of ' ,2004. MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK Approved by ~:; {!o(~ t)'-I- Shared/pcdlhislpresllongfellowl1ongfeUow ord inance .doc -.. ,. ... -',I " - ~...M.'" .,..-.- j"J -- ~,.., - -- , '-,-:::;:: r- .. j.; f'.) - Exhibit A Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District ~ LLJ...lLJ ~ RONAlDS ST 1 629 628 - 624 ~ - "..--.., 619 620 :;: - ,......"..... - .. ' - ., 'ì 615 N - '.mn__ pi - r-,.J ..""-. ~ .--" e- III 'ot III III 'ot I (-~-:, ~ -:;:-:\ - 228 0 pi pi pi N - 1'1 1'1 1'1 1'1 1'1 ~ ..:;:.'~ .. CHURCH ST j> !,,) = 1225153 CII '" 19 333 528 0 pi 527 526 1'1 1'1 21 337 - 23 ~ 522 52' 522 - - 520 . 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III pi N 00 pi pi N N 332 ~ o 0 N N N 405 1'1 1'1 1'1 1'1 1'1 'ot 'ot DAVENPORT ST ] 217 1'1 225 ~ pi 1ft CII ::J - N .. pi pi 330 N 1'1 1'1 1'1 1'1 - I 331 - - - 326 pi 324.. ~ - N 325 - ~ 1'1 319 318 318 . - ~ 313 L I-- - 311 221 / 23 BLOOMINGTON ST I P=mTTl I n I I Ii ~ N I Proposed Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District (local) r:J 6a tLLD [(Jl[] DlL RONALDS ST §]]I ffi3IE CHURCH ST ~ JJ - FAIRCHILD ST ~~ => ill~ ~ E [IJ L- BLOOMINGTON ST TI [[I]B I IE 0 [[Iß g[J [l Property Classification MARKET ST _ Key property ~ _ Contributing property D Noncontributing property N ~ Nonhistoric property I Co"'-.-J MEMO ATTENTION: City Planning Staff Planning & Zoning Commission Iowa City Council DATE: November 10,2004 Commercial Property Owners along north Gilbert Street were informed and assured earlier this fall that none of our commercial properties would be included in the proposed local Gilbert-Linn Historic District. Indeed, we received copies of a map showing that the southern boundary on north Gilbert Street for the proposed local Gilbert-Linn Historic District was the alley between Bloomington Street and Davenport Street. However, we have recently noted that the written description of the proposed local Gilbert-Linn Historic District in the Planning and Zoning Commission minutes of October 21st (page 2, paragraph 4) implies that part of the commercial properties along north Gilbert Street are included in the proposal for the local Gilbert-Linn Historic District. This is because the description states that the District will extend along north Gilbert Street from Bloomington Street to Church Street. This would include seven commercial properties that should not be included in the proposed local Gilbert-Linn Historic District. We, the owners of these seven commercial properties, strongly object to the wording in the Planning and Zoning Commission minutes of October 21 st and hope that this represents an error on behalf of the city planning staff. We urge that the wording be changed immediately so that the proposed local Gilbert-Linn Historic District is stated to extend along north Gilbert Street from the aUey north of Bloomington Street to Church Street. Sincerely yours, Ç)",^ ~~1~0~ W~ ,",... Don & Dorothy Fowles Howard Carroll 310 N. Gilbert 322 E. Bloomington -il - ..- r'·.) ;;7 .- (y~ø~ 1..0 -- John Kammermeyer, M.D. Pat Fisher ,;> 1'.) en 404 E. Bloomington & 412 E. Bloomington 311 N. Gilbert & 315 N. Gilbert ~i,~6ô 305 N. Gilbert Planning and Zoning Commission October 21, 2004 í"- ..... ',-.!- Page 2 "'--::.- ,..--" -. .. , -- Wavne Osborne, 630 North Van Buren Street, said he was in favor of historical preservati9n. Th~had-:== moved back to Iowa City when their children were in school. At that time they would drille,throu!!Jf;P the near Northside neighborhood and marveled at the houses there. He'd worked downtown for~3:"year~.pnd had lived a block from the campus. His former house was now a six-story apartment bui:GiJi'~[ whï£h he had been aware was going to happen. Osborne said he'd always lived among students an~1;1ad·.hao.:good experiences with them. He saw it as a mixed neighborhood. He felt historical pre~ation rl:§ally enhanced Iowa City and made it a place that persons wanted to come for a variety of reasons. IrRñeir neighborhood a number of young couples had moved in, purchased and restored houses or purchased previously restored homes and they had student housing as well. He felt it was quite compatible. They'd had good relationships with the Northside neighborhood, which had held events to which they'd invited the students including block parties. Osborne said he felt historical preservation and putting some limitations on changes, keeping them in character with the area was entirely valid and actually enhanced and improved the value of all properties, not just those owned by private owners. He urged the Commission to give the idea their full support. Public discussion was closed. Motion: Hansen made a motion to approve REZ04-00025, an application from the Historic Preservation Commission for a rezoning from Medium Density Single-Family Residential (RS-8) and Neighborhood Conservation Residential (RNC-12) to Medium Density Single-Family Residential/Historic Preservation Overlay (RS-8/0HP) and Neighborhood Conservation Residential/Historic Preservation Overlay {RNC- 12/0HP) on approximately 14.3 acres located along Ronalds Street between Van Buren and Governor Streets. This rezoning is to establish the Ronalds Street Extension of the Brown Street Historic District. Freerks seconded the motion. Freerks said she was very much in favor of this proposal. It supported the goals in the Comprehensive Plan, and the Historic Plan which was adopted in 1992. She said that the neighborhood was downzoned to help stabilize the Northside and she felt this proposal would aid that. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0. REZ04-00026, discussion of an application from the Historic Preservation Commission for a rezoning from Medium Density Single-Family Residential (RS-8) and Neighborhood Conservation Residential (RNC-12) to Medium Density Single-Family Residential/Historic Preservation Overlay (RS-8/0HP) and Neighborhood Conservation Residential/Historic Preservation Overlay (RNC-12/0HP) on approximately 20.8 acres located along Linn Street between Bloomington and Ronalds Streets and along Gilbert Street between Bloomington and Church Streets. This rezoning is to establish the Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District. McCafferty said she would like to address a few issues that had arisen at the last meeting. One of the comments that had been made was that given the number of the contributing properties in this district, if an area is not broke, why fix it, implying that this area was quite intact so why was there a need for additional regulations on it. McCafferty said historic preservation was preventative. She presented a power-point slide presentation of homes in various states of alteration that would be considered to be 'contributing' to better illustrate the purpose and intent of historic preservation. Generally speaking, contributing properties may be restored or rehabilitated pristine properties or they may be properties that have had incremental changes over time such as siding, windows, changes to the porches, but were not beyond salvation in terms of a historic sense. It would still be feasible to rehabilitate the properties for either multi- or single-family use. Non-contributing properties consisted of those whose incremental changes over time had been so substantial that it would be very difficult to rehabilitate the properties. Architectural features and the original architectural character were no longer evident. McCafferty said these were the types of changes that historic preservation is intended to prevent. Historic preservation was also intended to protect property values, protect the value of the investment into this type of properties and to prevent this tyoe of 'thing' from happening next door to properties whose owners had invested in their properties. McCafferty said historic preservation was not intended to prevent creative, quality solutions. Historic preservation was meant to ensure that changes to a particular property were relative to the neighborhood and to the property. Proposed Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District (local) tiJlJ [(llJ] ruL RONALDS ST I ill[[; tHIE Il ]J - FAIRCHILD ST ~ f- I)) w ~ f- ill 0' -~ ~ (!J ~ 0 ~ Tl IT] L- D 1] ~ I [Q .. -n 0 [I[ê ~ 0 -- ..~..-. .'-~~_. N .' \..(J MARKET ST » .. Property Classification N CJl ~ Key property ~ ~ Contributing property C:=J Noncontributing property N ~ Nonhistoric property I ~b NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, at 7:00 p.m. on the 16th day of November, 2004, in Emma J. Harvat Hall, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, Iowa, or if said meeting is cancelled, at the next meeting of the City Council thereafter as posted by the City Clerk; at which hearing the Council will consider: An ordinance changing the zoning designation from Medium Density Single-Family Residential (RS-8) and Neighborhood Conservation Residential (RNC- 12) to Medium Density Single-Family Residential/Historic Preservation Overlay (RS-8/0HP) and Neighborhood Conservation Residential/Historic Preservation Overlay (RNC-12/0HP) to designate the Ronalds Street extension of the Brown Street Historic District. Copies of the proposed ordinances and resolutions are on file for public examination in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 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