City of Peoria - File #: 14-345

• File #: 14-345
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/30/2014
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/12/2014
• Final action: 8/12/2014
• Title: 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 315 W. MCCLURE AVENUE (PIN 14-33-179-002), Peoria, Illinois, as a LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. Case No. HPC 14-15 (District 2).
• Indexes: Goal 3 - Beautiful Peoria, Reinvest in neighborhoods, Support sustainability

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/12/2014	1	City Council	adopted	Pass

ACTION REQUESTED:
Title
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 315 W. MCCLURE AVENUE (PIN 14-33-179-002), Peoria, Illinois, as a LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. Case No. HPC 14-15 (District 2).

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BACKGROUND:
Petitioner: Leann Johnson, Director, of the Peoria Public Library

Owner: Peoria Public Library

Key Issues:

* On July 23, 2014, the Historic Preservation Commission held a public hearing, and voted 4-0 to grant the designation of 315 W. McClure 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 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 6: Its embodiment of elements of design, detailing, or craftsmanship that renders it architecturally significant.

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.

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