ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Historic Preservation Commission to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving the Designation of 1512 W Barker Avenue (PIN 18-08-128-006)), Peoria, Illinois, as a LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. Case No. HPC 15-04 (District 2).
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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Brandon Hauer
Owner: Brandon Hauer
Key Issues:
• On June 24, 2015, the Historic Preservation Commission held a public hearing, and voted 5-0 to grant the designation of 1512 W Barker Avenue as a local historic landmark. Per Historic Preservation Ordinance Section 16-86, the decision operates as a recommendation to the City Council.
• The recommendation for approval is based on the following designation criteria from Section 16-38 of the Historic Preservation Ordinance (see attached application for more information):
Section (a):
Criterion 1: Its character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the city, the county, the state or the United States of America deems it historically significant.
Criterion 2: Its location is a site of significant local, county, state or national event.
Criterion 3: Its identification with a person who significantly contributed to the development of the city, the state or the nation.
Criterion 4: Its embodiment of distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style valuable for the study of a period, type, method of construction or use of indigenous materials.
Criterion 8: Its unique location or singular physical characteristics that make it an established or familiar visual feature.
Criterion 10: Owner consent.
Section (b):
Any structure, property or area that meets three or more of the above criteria shall also be suitable for preservation or restoration and have sufficient integrity of location, design, materials and workmanship to make it worthy of preservation or restoration.
Commission Vote: 5-0 to APPROVE
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: None expressed at the Historic Preservation Meeting
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The property at 1512 W Barker Avenue will be designated as a local historic landmark.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The property at 1512 W Barker Avenue will not be designated as a local historic landmark.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2014 - 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Attractive Neighborhoods with Character: Safe and Livable
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Support sustainability.
2. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development