HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Consider the Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) Request for Demolition for the buildings located on the Little Friends Campus (140/126 North Wright Street and 619 E. Franklin Avenue) - COA 19-2840
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Gabrielle Mattingly, Community Planner; Allison Laff, TED Deputy Director; and Pat Lord, Senior Assistant City Attorney
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Submitted for Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) review.
BACKGROUND:
The owner and petitioner Little Friends, Inc. ("Little Friends" or "Petitioner"), has submitted a request for issuance of a Certificate of Appropriateness ("COA") to demolish four buildings on approximately 3.79 acres of property which is generally located at the northeast corner of Franklin Avenue and Wright Street within the City's local Historic District ("Subject Property"). The four buildings in question are the Administration Building, the Kroehler Mansion, the Krejci Academy, and the Gymnasium - referenced cumulatively by the Petitioner in its application materials as a "dormitory".
The Subject Property is zoned R2 with a conditional use that was granted in 1975 for housing, care, and training of persons with mental disabilities. Since approval of the conditional use, the City's Code was amended to eliminate the use as a conditional use from the R2 zoning district. Therefore, the current use of the Subject Property by Little Friends, Inc. is classified as a legal nonconforming use in the R2 zoning district.
There are two parcels on the Subject Property which are improved with multiple buildings, a park, and associated parking lots. The table below identifies each parcel and the corresponding buildings (a location map has also been included in the attachments):
Property Number
Address
Building Name
Parcel 1
148 N. Wright
*Carriage House
140 N. Wright
Administration Building
Parcel 2
126 N. Wright...
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