HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a request to designate the property located at 34 South Washington Street (Kroehler YMCA) as a landmark in accordance with Section 6-11-3 (Designation of Landmarks) of the Naperville Municipal Code - HPC 21-4482
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Kathleen Russell, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for HPC 21-4482 was published in the Daily Herald on January 10, 2022.
BACKGROUND:
The Petitioner, Naperville Preservation, Inc., has submitted an application to designate a portion of the building located at 34 S. Washington Street as a local historic landmark (see Attachment 1). The property is generally located on the east side of Washington Street south of the intersection of Benton Avenue and Washington Street and is zoned B4 (Downtown Core District). It is approximately 0.54 acres and was previously utilized as the Kroehler YMCA, an institutional use, hereinafter referred to as the "Kroehler YMCA."
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 (hereinafter "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 the exterior fa?ade as visible from the right-of-way.
The original building, built in 1910, (denoted by Naperville Preservation, Inc. on Attachment 1) is the only portion of the current structure included in the landmark designation petition submitted by Naperville Preservation, Inc. Their petition specifically excludes the two north additions with the pool and racquetball courts from the landmark request. If the application is approved, demolition of the additions will not require Historic Preservatio...
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