File #: 17-710    Version: 1
Type: Report Status: Passed
File created: 9/8/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/19/2017 Final action: 9/19/2017
Title: Consider the Recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission to Designate the Old Nichols Library located at 110 S. Washington Street as a Landmark in Accordance with Section 6-11-3 (Designation of Landmarks) of the Naperville Municipal Code - HPC 17-3045 and Consider the Owner's Request to Table the Matter to November 7, 2017.
Attachments: 1. Property Owner Request for Continuance.pdf, 2. Landmark Ordinance.pdf, 3. Exhibit A Legal Description.pdf, 4. Exhibit B Subject Property.pdf, 5. Exhibit C Warranty Deed – Truth Lutheran .pdf, 6. Exhibit D Warranty Deed – Great Central Properties.pdf, 7. Exhibit E HPC Findings of Fact.pdf, 8. Attachment 1 -Landmark Application.pdf, 9. Attachment 2 -Section 6-11-6 through 6-11-11 (COA Requirements).pdf, 10. Attachment 3 -Section 6-11-3 (Designation of Landmarks).pdf, 11. Attachment 4 -Property Owner Response to Landmark Application.pdf, 12. Attachment 5 -Conditions Report Submitted by Landmark Applicants.pdf, 13. Attachment 6 -Downtown Architectural Survey.pdf, 14. Attachment 7 -Federal Historic District Map.pdf, 15. Attachment 8 -Local Historic District Map.pdf, 16. Attachment 9 -8/22 HPC Meeting Minutes- DRAFT.pdf, 17. Public Comment.pdf, 18. Landmarks Illinois let_Nichols Lib_City Council_Sept13_17.pdf, 19. Petition.pdf, 20. Location Map.pdf
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM

ACTION REQUESTED:
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Consider the Recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission to Designate the Old Nichols Library located at 110 S. Washington Street as a Landmark in Accordance with Section 6-11-3 (Designation of Landmarks) of the Naperville Municipal Code - HPC 17-3045 and Consider the Owner's Request to Table the Matter to November 7, 2017.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development

SUBMITTED BY: Gabrielle Mattingly, Assistant Planner

BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) conducted the public hearing regarding the application to designate the Old Nichols Library located at 110 S. Washington Street as a landmark on August 22, 2017. At the conclusion of the public hearing and the HPC's discussion, the HPC moved to adopt the findings of fact and recommended granting the Petition in case number 17-3045 seeking to designate 110 S. Washington Street as a landmark as provided in Section 6-11-3 of the Naperville Municipal Code (vote 5-1).

BACKGROUND:
The petitioners, Barbara Hower and Charlie Wilkins, have submitted an application to designate the Old Nichols Library located at 110 S. Washington Street as a local historic landmark (see Attachment 1). The property is generally located north of Jefferson Avenue and east of Washington Street and is zoned B4 (Downtown Core District). It is approximately 0.56 acres and is improved with the Old Nichols Library building, most recently occupied as a church.

If approved by City Council, the landmark designation would provide local historic preservation protections to the property and would require issuance of a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) prior to certain exterior building modifications or demolition from occurring (see Attachment 2).

It should be emphasized that the landmark designation only provides protection for exterior fa?ade which is visible from the right-of-way.

Application
On June 5, 2017, the petitioners sub...

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