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File #: CPC ZC 20-00161    Version: Name: Historic Preservation Overlay Design Standards
Type: Resolution Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 11/23/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/23/2021 Final action: 2/23/2021
Title: A Resolution of the City of Colorado Springs adopting design standards for the Historic Preservation Overlay associated with Old North End Historic District. (Legislative) Related Files: CPC ZC 20-00161 Presenter: Daniel Sexton, Principal Planner, Planning & Community Development Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development
Attachments: 1. Resolution_ONENDesignStandards, 2. Exhibit A - ONE HP Overlay Zone Design Standards, 3. ONEN Standards - HPB Staff Memo, 4. ONEN Design Standards Materials, 5. Ordinance_11-147, 6. PublicComments, 7. SHPO_Email162021, 8. CC_ONEN Design Standards_DJS_rev, 9. Updated - ONEN Design Standards Pres, 10. Dec HPB minute ONEN Design Standards_DRAFT, 11. Signed Resolution 28-21

Title
A Resolution of the City of Colorado Springs adopting design standards for the Historic Preservation Overlay associated with Old North End Historic District.

(Legislative)

Related Files: CPC ZC 20-00161

Presenter:
Daniel Sexton, Principal Planner, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning & Community Development

Body
Summary:
Applicant: Old North End Neighborhood Association
Location: Old North End Historic District

The proposal consists of a request by the Old North End Neighborhood Association (ONEN) to adopt design standards for the Historic Preservation Overlay associated with the Old North End Historic District. The proposed design standards would be use by the City's Historic Preservation Board and City Planning staff as additional review criteria when considering an application (Report of Acceptability) by a homeowner to the City's Historic Preservation Board for approval of new construction within the overlay zoning. The proposed design standards would only apply to work (i.e. decks, additions, solar panels, etc.) affecting the exterior of properties that requires a building permit.

Background:
On December 17, 1982, the Old North End Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The historic district is located north of downtown Colorado Springs and is composed of roughly 657 properties dating primarily from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Overwhelming, the properties represent cultural influences of English architecture, with some adaptations and architectural variations.

On October 9, 2000, City Council adopted Ordinance #00-147 creating the Historic Preservation Overlay, which encompasses the Old North End Historic District. (see "Ordinance 00-147" attachment) Whether it was an oversight or intentional, City Council did not adopted any design standards as part of Ordinance #00-147 or a separate resolution. Discussions were had during the adoption ...

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