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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 11789ORDINANCE NO ~~ ~~~ AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING A MORATORIUM ON THE DEMOLITION OR REMOVAL OF CERTAIN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR SUCH DEMOLITION OR REMOVAL, WHICH MORATORIUM SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON JULY 13, 1995, UNLESS SOONER REPEALED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MORATORIUM BEING TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO PENDING CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 7 (BUILDINGS) OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth regulates historically significant buildings and structures in the City under its Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No 3011, as amended) and other City ordinances and regulations, and WHEREAS, the Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission and Zoning Commission of the City of Fort Worth heretofore recommended proposed revisions to City ordinances and regulations relating to historically significant buildings and structures and forwarded to the City Council three proposed ordinances revising Chapter 7 (Buildings), Chapter 25 (Planning) and Appendix "A" (Zoning) of the Fort Worth City Code, respectively, and WHEREAS, on April 13, 1993, the City Council adopted the three ordinances recommended by the Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission and the Zoning Commission (Ordinances No 11293, No 11294 and No 11295), and WHEREAS, Ordinance No 11295 revised Chapter 7 (Buildings) to establish procedures to review historically significant buildings and structures and to list them in an "Historic Resources Survey", and WHEREAS, after a building or structure is listed in the Historic Resources Survey, it cannot be demolished or relocated unless a Certificate of Appropriateness is obtained as provided in Division 2, Chapter 7 (Buildings) of the Fort Worth City Code, and WHEREAS, on April 13, 1993, the City Council also adopted Ordinance No. 11276 which imposed a moratorium on the demolition of certain historically significant buildings and structures to permit the procedures established by Ordinance No 11295 to be complied with and to determine the specific buildings or structures which would be listed on the Historic Resources Survey, and WHEREAS, as a result of opposition to the ordinances by citizens, the City Council subsequently directed the Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission and the Zoning Commission to propose revisions to the three ordinances, and WHEREAS, the City Council has subsequently adopted ordinances extending such moratorium to allow additional time for formulation of revisions to the three ordinances, and WHEREAS, the moratorium is scheduled to expire at midnight on January 13, 1995, and WHEREAS, the City Council Historic Preservation Commission and the Landmarks Commission, with the assistance of City staff and interested citizens, has -2- prepared. proposed revisions to the historic preservation ordinances which are designed to balance the need for protection of historic properties with the rights of property owners, and WHEREAS, an ordinance revising the historic preservation ordinances is scheduled for consideration by the Landmarks Commission on January 9, 1995, and, if approved, will be submitted to the Zoning Commission. for consideration at its February 15, 1995 meeting, and WHEREAS, City staff has made a preliminary determination that 15 buildings may be eligible for designation as Highly Significant Endangered under the proposed ordinance and that 325 buildings may be eligible for designation as Demolition Delay under the proposed ordinance, and WHEREAS, it is advisable to maintain the status quo concerning such structures pending consideration of the proposed ordinance by the Landmarks Commission, the Zoning Commission and the City Council and, if such ordinance is adopted, pending public hearings for the designation of such structures, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS SECTION 1 Pursuant to the valid exercise of the police power granted to the City of Fort Worth, a moratorium is hereby imposed on the demolition or removal of certain historically significant buildings and structures in the City of Fort Worth and on the issuance of City permits for the demolition or removal of such structures, and no such -3- building or structure shall be demolished or removed nor permits issued for such demolition or removal during the period of such moratorium Such moratorium shall remain in effect for each individual structure until the first to occur of the following (1) Consideration and rejection by the City Council of proposed revisions to the historic preservation ordinance which are scheduled for~consideration by the Landmarks Commission on January 9, 1995, (2) In the event that such ordinance is adopted by the City Council, determination by the Landmarks Commission, Zoning Commission or City Council not to designate such structure as an historic structure in accordance with Section 2-G of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, (3) Midnight on July 13, 1995, or (4) Repeal of this ordinance by the City Council The term "historically significant buildings and structures," as used herein, shall mean buildings and structures identified on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, which City staff has determined may be eligible for designation as Highly Significant Endangered under the proposed ordinance, and structures identified on Exhibit "B" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, which City staff has determined may be eligible for designation as Demolition Delay under the proposed ordinance SECTION 2 The moratorium imposed by this ordinance shall not apply to buildings or structures owned by the Federal government or the State of Texas and shall not limit the power of the City to order the demolition of a building or structure that is determined by the Building Official and the Landmarks Commission to be such a threat -4- to the health, safety or welfare of the community that its immediate demolition is warranted, .nor shall the moratorium apply to buildings or structures for which a valid demolition permit was issued before January 10, 1995 SECTION 3 The purpose of this moratorium is to maintain the status quo concerning the demolition or removal of historically significant buildings or structures until the City Council is able to consider certain amendments to Chapter 7 (Buildings) of the Fort Worth City Code and to the. Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth SECTION 4 The owner of a building or structure which is affected by the moratorium imposed by this ordinance may, during the period of such moratorium, seek a permit for the demolition or removal of such building or structure by complying with Certificate of Appropriateness provisions which are currently contained in Division 2, Chapter 7 (Buildings) of the Fort Worth City Code and which will be contained in Section 2-G of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance in the event that proposed ordinance revisions are adopted by the City Council SECTION 5 All of the declarations and findings contained in the preamble of this ordinance are made a part hereof and shalt be fully effective as part of the ordained subject matter of this ordinance -5- SECTION 6 This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event such conflicting provisions of such ordinances and Code are hereby suspended for the period during which this ordinance is in effect SECTION 7 Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars (5500 00) for each offense Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense SECTION 8 It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without -6- the incorporation herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section SECTION 9 The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption, penalty clause and effective date of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52 013, Texas Local Government Code SECTION 10 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication, and it is so ordained APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY l~ ~ C y Attorney Date ~ -" j l - 9 ~ ADOPTED I-I ©-~ EFFECTIVE /~"~ ~' ~/~S~ -7- "EXHIBIT A" HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT ENDANGERED PROPERTIES 1. 900 E. Second Street Black Fraternal Hall 2. 908 E. Third Street Lewis House 3. 111 E. Fourth Street Land Title Block 4. 131 E. Exchange Ave. Exchange Building 5. Packer's Avenue, North of 601 Exchange Ave. Ice Plant/Storage/Canned Meats/Peanut Butter Factory, as described on page 53 of Phase V of the Tarrant County Historic Resources Survey 6. Packer's Avenue, North of 601 Exchange Ave. Structure fronting on Packer's Avenue and located to the south of Ice Plant/Storage/Canned Meats/Peanut Butter Factory described in number 5 above. 7. 1015 S. Jennings Ave. Fort Worth High School 8. 9121 Heron Drive Whiting Castle 9. 5220 Locke Avenue Messer House 10. 503 Bryan Old Fire Station #5 11. 1.401 Jones Santa Fe Freight Building 12. 1501 Jones Santa Fe Depot 13. 300 W. Lancaster T & P Warehouse 14. 309 West Terrell Hogg School 15. 211 Bryan Brotherhood of Firemen EXHIBIT "B" - DEMOLITION DELAY PROPERTIES HISTORIC RBSOURCBS SURVEY 3101 E 1st (Baker House) 3413 E 1st (McCall House) 108 E 3rd (Knights of Pythias Club) 908 E 3rd (AME Chapel) 1501 E 4th (Purina Mills). 3014 E 4th (1895 early Riverside) 415 'E, 6th (PR Texas) 800 W 5th (First Methdist) 2518 5th Ave (Weid House) 2744 5th Ave (John C Ryan House) 2728 6th Ave (Patton House) 2801 .6th Ave .(Donnelly House) 3705 W 6th (Sergi House) 2900 6th Ave (Bevan House) 307 W 7th (Fair/. Bank) 306 W 7th (Fort Worth Club) 400 W 7th (Star Telegram) 411 W 7th (Neil P Anderson Bldg ) 2600 W 7th (Montgomery Ward) 4117 W 7th (Coffey House) 600 8th Ave (Mitchell-Schoonover Hse ) 209 W 8th (Atelier Bldg) 1004 8th Ave (Apts ) 611 9th Ave (Slack House) 1500 W 11th .(North Holly Water Treatment Plant) . 400 - 500 NE 38th (Globe Labs) 2420 S Adams (Lanius House) 1201 E Allen ( Allen Ave Baptist, Masjid Hassan of A1-Islam) 3700 Alice (Ft Worth Grain Elevators) ._504 Alta (Davidson-Haltom House Page 1 of 9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1500 Alta (Stripling House) 600 Alta (Leonard House) 1230-32 Arizona (shotguns) 1304,06 Arizona (shotguns) 3100 Avondale (Hill House) 3318 Avondale (Freese House) 3900 Barnett (KXAS) 401 N Beach (Mill office) 1905 Belmont (Firestation #15) 200 W Belnap (Criminal Courts) 500 W Belnap ( Ripley Arndold) 901 Bennett (King-Terry House) 907 E Bessie (Wiesen House) 7760 Blue Mound Rd (Northwoods Stock Farm) 705 E Bluff (Samuels Ave ) 811 E Bluff (Samuels Ave ) 1101 Broad (Berney House) 1220 Broad (Bomar Carter House) 215 E Broadway (Icehouse) 501-07 E Broadway (Industrial) 115 W Broadway (Monning/Bridge) 207 W Broadway (Temple) 305 W Broadway (Broadway Baptist) 3832 Bryan (LaLuna) 4900 Bryce (Bryce House) 4911 Bryce (Hovenkamp House) 5021 Bryce (Friedman House) 5700. Byers (Burns House) 800 Calhoun (Binyon - O'Keefe) 3501 Camp Bowie (Carter Museuem) 3333 Camp Bowie (Kimbell) 4600 Camp Bowie (Sinclair Station) 4600 Camp Bowie (Arlington Heights Masonic) 1002-06 E Cannon (duplexes) 1011-13 E Cannon (shotguns) Page 2 of 9 1908 Carleton (Firehall #18) 204 W Central (Outlaw House) 301 W Central (Clinic) 604 W Central (Gas Station)x 620 N Chandler (Riverside Evangelistic) 9100 Chapin Rd (Moore Farm) 9727 Chapin Rd (Rowanoak) 1945 Chatburn Ct (Anderson House) 1000 Cherry (Central Fire ) 1309 Circle Park Blvd (house) 2124 Clinton (Clinton Ave Baptist Church) 2600 Clinton (Mandeville Grocery)-~ 1138 Clara (Boyd House) 2420 College (Bandage-Walker House) 2424 College (Wade-Rall House) 2530 College (Fujita House)- 3124 College (Connelley House) 3900 College (Seventh Day Adventist? 4729 Collinwood (Sanguinet House) 5336 Collinwood (Williams-Colvin House)X 5424 Collinwood (Sca•ling House) 3760 Country Club Cr (Simon House) 2900 Crestline Rd (Van Zandt cottage) 4736 Crestline (Taylor-Roesser House) 4926 Crestline Rd (King House) 5100 Crestline (Baldridge House) 6200 Curzon (SoRelle House)' 610 W Daggett (Justin) 116 Elm (Allen Chapel) 1624 Enderly (Worthington House)R 1101 Evans (Mt Zion Baptist)~°°_ 1104 Evans (Sunshine Cumberland Church) 431 Fulton (Firestation #6) 2934 Gordon (Fowler House) 800 Grand (Oakwood Chapel) Page 3 of 9 600 Grove (Mt Gilead Baptist) 210 Harding (Greater St James) .3126 Handley (Weiler House) 1404 Harrington (Sport House) 2400 Harrison (Hicks House)* 1709 E Hattie (Calvary Baptist)` 400•Hemphill (Adolphus Lutheran) 1701 Hemphill (Hemphill Presbyterian Church) 2800 Hemphill (Clarke House)' 1100 Henderson (Masonic Temple) 1400 Henderson (Public Market) 10201 Highway 80W (Johnson House)~`~ 10201 Highway 80W (Dunlap House)~F 935 Hillcrest (Gartner House)% 410 Houston (Sanger Bldg ) 601 Houston (Lerner Shops) 810 Houston (W T Waggoner Bldg ) 2006 N Houston (Mt Carmel Academy)' 213 S Jennings (Binocchi Bldg ) 704 S Jennings (Apts )*~ 1716 S, Jennings (Rimmer House)i' 1916 S Jennings (Hovey House) 512 Lamar (YMCA) 901 Lamar (St Andrews Episcopal) 100 W Lancaster (T&P Terminal) ' 1212 E Lancaster (Parker Warehouse)* 1315 E Lancaster (Artesia Warehouse) (mission) 1324 E Lancaster (warehouse) 1212 W Lancaster (Health South) 3301 W Lancaster (Will Rogers) ~~ 312 W Leuda (W B Monning House)* 401 W Leuda (Graham House) 409 W Leuda (Bryan House) 319 Lipscomb (Dickie Hdqts ) 508 Lipscomb (King House)~~ ,i Page 4 of 9 917 Lipscomb (Hesterly Apts ) 1200 E Maddox (St Teresa Home) 501 W Magnolia (St Mary Catholic Church) 100 - 300 N Main (TU Electric) 315 Main (Knights of Pythias) 400 Main (Traction office)% 500 Main (Burk Burnett Bldg ) 506 Main (Jarvis Bldg )* 714 Main (Transport Life) 815 Main (Texas Hotel/Radisson) Paddock Viaduct 1012 N Main (Ellis Pecan) 4200 N Main (Meacham) 201 S Main (Sawyer Bldg )~ .207-11 S Main ( Commercial) 219 S Main (Regian) 665 S Main (Bakery)= 1223-31 S Main (Newkirk Bldg ) 1929 S Main (Kimbell Mills) 712 May (Liston House) 1124 May (Simon-Jackson House) 4701 Marks P1 (Lustron House= 4500 McCart (Scarborough House)* 4901 Meadowbrook (Sweet House) 2300 Medford Ct E (Lackey House). 2330 Medford Ct E (Maxwell Kimbell House) 2350 Medford Ct E (Fleming House) 2424 Medford Ct W (Bristol House)* 4508 Merida (house)* ~ 522 Missouri (Missouri Ave Methodist Church) s 1200 Mistletoe Dr (Agee House)'` 1326 Mistletoe Dr (Church-Beggs House) 1408 Mistletoe Dr (Ingram House) 1410 Mistletoe Dr (Team House) 1, i~ 1412 Mistletoe Dr (Harrison-Crumley House) Page 5 of 9 1414 Mistletoe Dr (Anne Hassell Waggoner House) 900 Monroe (Lone Star Gas) 2400 Mistletoe Blvd (Klar House) 201 E Northside Dr (victorian) 1100 Oak Grove (shotguns) 930-942 E Oleander (shotguns) 2751 Park Hill Dr (Brass Station) 2962-78 Park Hill Dr (commercial)~`~ 1608-12 Park Place Ave (commercial)=~~ 1616 Park Place Ave (Firestation #16)~'~' 1352 Park St (Ross House) 2300 Park Place (Forest Park Gates) ~ 2025 Pearl (Billings House)'' 2016 Pembroke (Stinson House) e 715 Pennsylvania (Holland House) 1119 Pennsylvania (Oxsheer House.) 5629 Pershing (Allison House)* 3301 Ridglea Ave (Mason House)5~' 900 Rivercrest (Landreth House) 1904 Rockridge Terrace (Trammel House) 2505 Roosevelt (Koldin House) 2022 Ross (St Demetrios Church) 25.16 Ryan Place Dr (Holmes House) 2530 Ryan Place Dr (Ryan, Sr House) 2600 Ryan Place Dr (Melat House) 731 Samuels Ave (Bennett - Fenlon.House) 761 Samuels Ave (Foster - Hodgson House) 823 Samuels Ave (Feilly - Lehane House) 915 Samuels (Talbot - Wall House) 1106 Samuels (Gruenwald House) ~ 2901 Simondale (Jackson House)-~ '~ 1301 Summit (Bewley - Ellison House) 301 Terminal Rd (refinery) ' 1598 Sunset Terrace (Cobb- Burney House) 1605 Sunset Terrace (Reynolds House) Page 6 of 9 1003 E Terrell (Holy Name Catholic Church) 1130 E Terrell (Munchus House) 612 Throckmorton (First Christian) 909 Throckmorton (Bryce Bldg ) 1000 Throckmorton (Public Safety) 1206 Throckmorton (St Patrick's) 615 Travis (Underwood house) 1501 N University 2720 S University (University Christian Church)~~ 3600 Vaughn (Masonic Home) 1801 Vaughn (Service Station) 201 W Vickery (Ft Worth Recreation) 320 E Vickery (MKT Railroad) ~ 503-509 W Vickery (Williamson - Dickie Complex) 2111 Weatherbee (Humphreys House)*` 100 Weatherford (Courthouse) 410 E Weatherford (TSTA) 1201 Weslyan (TWU) 1200 Western (Bewley House) 112 Westview (Patterson Housej* 716 Westview (Pelich House)* 5001 Westridge (Griffith House) 3900 White Settlement Rd (Crestwood Apts ) 2232 Winton Terrace (Westbrook House)' 2237 Winton Terrace (Stewart House) 2308 Winton Terrace (Hanger House) 2727 Zoological Park Page 7 of 9 . v Demolition De-lay Properties Within Stockyards and Grand Avenue STOCKYARDS 1 2445 N Commerce - Merchants Exhibits Building 2 2520 N Commerce - Billy Bob's 3 2400 El lis Avenue - Llano Hotel 4 2415 El lis Avenue - Exchange Hotel 5 2458 El lis Avenue - Maudie's Cafe 6 100 E Exchange - Stockyards Sign, Marine Creek Bridge (SAL, RTHL ) 7 100-02 E Exchange - Maverick Hotel 8 101-09 E Exchange - Thannisch Block (Stockyards Hotel) 9 104-06 E Exchange - Woodhouse Bldg (white Elephant) 10 115-19 E Exchange - Stockyards National Bank 11 118-20 E Exchange - Saddle & Sirloin 12 121 E Exchange - Coliseum (zoned HC, SAL) 13 123 E Exchange - Coliseum Ticket Office 14 122-24 E Exchange - Horse and Mule Barns 15 131 E Exchange - Exchange Bldg (RTHL & on endangered list) 16 200 block E .Exchange - Livestock pens (partially gone) 17 201 block E Exchange - (south side) Hog & Sheep pens (HC) 18 400-700 E Exchange - (north side} - Armour Buildings (Gunge Foods, industrial buildings, refinery, stables 19 500-600 E Exchange - Stairs, Armour & Swift Plaza (SAL) 20 600-700 E Exchange - (south side) - Swift & Co Buildings, Spaghet ti Warehouse, garage, wall & staircase, partially destroyed warehouse, cooler, fertilizer house, killing tanks 21 101-17 W Exchange - O'Keefe - Long commercial block 22 108-12 W Exchange - Bober Building 23 109-11 W Exchange - Commercial (Star Cafe) 24 115-25 W Exchange - Commercial 25 120 W Exchange - Commercial 26 124 W Exchange - Edelbrock Building 27 200 W. Exchange - Stanford Furniture 26 222 W Exchange - Alps Hotel 28 221-25 W Exchange - Hereford Hotel 29 300 W Exchange - Boarding House 30 2350 N Main - Union Hall 31 2356 N Main - Motor Supply 32 2358 N Main - La Tienda 33 2400 N Main - Jacobson's 34 2401-04 N Main - Isis Theater 35 2402 N Main - commercial 36 2402-06 N Main - Hardwick Commercial Building 37 2408-14 N main - Stockyards Lodge 38 2411-13 N Main - Club 39 2453-55 N Main - O'Keefe-Long Commercial Building 40 2457 N Main - Lehman Dry Goods 41 2601 N Main - Ryon's 42 2629 N Main - Warehouse, slaughterhouse Page 8 of 9 ,, • GRAND AVENUE Retaining wall along Jacksboro Highway 1 1201 N Central 2' 1206 N Central 3 1301 Grand Ave 4 1303 Grand Ave 5 1305 Grand Ave 6 1307 Grand Ave 7 1309 Grand Ave 8 1311 Grand Ave - Butler House 9 1323 Grand Ave 10 1406 Grand Ave - Vinson House 11 1408 Grand Ave 12 1409 Grand Ave 13 1412 Grand Ave 14 1413 Grand Ave 15 1414 Grand Ave 16 1415 Grand Ave 17 1417 Grand Ave 18 1420 Grand Ave 19 1421 Grand Ave 20 1500 Grand Ave 21 1501 Grand Ave 22 1503 Grand Ave 23 1504 Grand Ave 24 1505 Grand Ave - Whalen-Jary House 25 1506 Grand Ave 26 1508 Grand Ave 27 1511 Grand Ave 28 1512 Grand Ave 29 1514 Grand Av.e 30 1516 Grand Ave 31 1518 Grand Ave 32 1521 Grand Ave - Rumph House 33 1605 Grand Ave 34 1607 Grand Ave 35 1608 Grand Ave 36 1611 Grand Ave - Spurlock House 37 1618 Grand Ave - 1906 House (altered) 38 1619 Grand Ave - 1906 House 39 1626 Grand Ave 40 1701 Grand Ave - 1910 House 41 1711 Grand Ave - Thomas House (HC zoned) 42 1712 Grand Ave 43 1713 Grand Ave 44 1715 Grand Ave - Lane House 45 1716 Grand Ave 46 1717 Grand Ave 47 1718 Grand Ave - 1910 House 48 1725 Grand Ave 49 1801 Grand Ave 50 1909 Grand Ave - Townsen House 51 1352 Park St - Ross House Page 9 of 9 City of Fart Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 01 /10/95 G10945 12BUILD 1 of 2 SUBJECT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE EXTENDING MORATORIUM ON DEMOLITION OR RELOCATION OF CERTAIN HISTORIC BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND PROPERTY RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance which extends until midnight on July 12, 1995, a moratorium on the demolition or relocation of certain historically significant buildings, structures and property and on the issuance of City permits for such demolitions or relocations DISCUSSION On April 13, 1993, the City Council adopted three ordinances to protect certain historically significant buildings, structures and property These ordinances amended Chapter 7 (Buildings), Chapter 25 (Planning) and Appendix "A" (Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) of the Fort Worth City Code They were drafted by a special committee appointed by the City Council and were recommended by the Landmarks Commission and Zoning Commission On April 13, 1993, the City Council also adopted Ordinance No 1 1 296, which imposed asix- month moratorium (until midnight on October 15, 1993) on the demolition or relocation of any buildings, structures or property which is listed in the Tarrant County Historic Resources Survey Because of citizen opposition to such ordinances, the City Council directed the Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission and the Zoning Commission to propose revisions to such ordinances This moratorium was subsequently extended four times to January 13, 1995, so that additional citizen input could be obtained regarding revision to the three historic preservation ordinances The City Council Historic Preservation Committee has worked with the Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission, City staff -and interested citizens to revise the historic preservation ordinances The revised ordinance would .provide for the creation of a category of Highly Significant Endangered properties and the offering of incentives for stabilization and rehabilitation of such properties In addition, the ordinance would create a new category of protection, known as Demolition Delay, which would allow a delay of up to 180 days in the issuance of demolition permits for certain historic properties in order to allow exploration of alternatives to demolition The proposed ordinance ~s scheduled for consideration by the Landmarks Commission on January 9, 1.995, and, if approved, will be submitted to the Zoning Commission for consideration at its February 15, 1995 meeting • ~~ Printed on recycled paper City of Fort i~orth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE 01/10/95 REFERENCE NUMBER G10945 LOG NAME 12BUILD PAGE 2 of 2 suaJECT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE EXTENDING MORATORIUM ON DEMOLITION OR RELOCATION OF CERTAIN HISTORIC BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND PROPERTY Staff has made a preliminary determination that 15 buildings may be eligible for designation as Highly Significant Endangered and that 231 buildings may be eligible for designation as Demolition Delay The potential Highly Significant Endangered properties and Demolition Delay properties are identified on Exhibits A and B, respectively, to the attached ordinance It is recommended that the moratorium on demolition or relocation be extended for such buildings in order to maintain the status quo during completion of the ordinance review and designation process It is recommended that the moratorium be extended for each building on Exhibits A and B for 1 80 days, until the historic preservation ordinance is rejected by the City Council, or until a determination is made by the Landmarks Commission, Zoning Commission or City Council not to designate such building, whichever occurs earlier If the attached ordinance is adopted the moratorium would expire as to all structures not identified in Exhibits A and B Properties currently designated as "HC" Historic and Cultural Overlay would remain subject to existing demolition restrictions After further study staff may determine that additional structures should be considered for designation as Highly Significant Endangered or Demolition Delay Under the attached ordinance the owner of the building, structure or property which is affected by the moratorium may seek permission for demolition or relocation during the moratorium by complying with the Certificate of Appropriateness. provisions of Division 2, Chapter 7 (Buildings) of Fort Worth City Code FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATfON The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that the recommended action does not require the expenditure of any City funds CB r Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Oftice by: (to) ~,~P~~~D Charles Boswell 8500 1 +' ~ i /v r 'y artment Head: Ori inatin De ~~~ 1 w~J~ I ~` ' g g p ~~ ._ .: - Wade Adkins 7623 from ( ) /x ~ `:4 ` ao ~~l1~ ~ ~' ~ For Additional information ~;~.~+~-~.~ l C ,"~c~t"`°`~ ontact: 9Taf L+tc~ t Marcella Olson 7631 v ~.e '~J.J~ r / / ]~ ~ rn,(,~i~71Y1~-J.7 ~ ~~= Printed on recycled paper r~u'~~;i u~tGlitdtlG~ ~o; ~/ U Ll~• tn~~' ~~