Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Historic Resources Commission (CC 1117) is charged, in part, with identifying structures, groups, districts and sites of historic and architectural significance. As part of this responsibility, the commission provides recommendations to City Council regarding potential listings on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties. An application has been made by Elizabeth Corbin Murphy/Chambers, Murphy & Burge (Applicant) in cooperation with Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (Owner), to list the property located at 373-75 West Rich Street on the register. The subject structures are on the former Lubal Manufacturing & Distributing Company (aka Barnebey-Cheney Engineering Company) site. The commission hosted a public hearing on August 20, 2015 at which they voted unanimously to recommend listing of the property on the Columbus Register based on the following criteria outlined in CC 3117:
Criterion ‘A’
“The design or style of the property’s exterior is of significance to the historical, architectural, or cultural development of the city, state, or nation.”
Listing of this property on the Columbus Register will facilitate its listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
This legislation is submitted as emergency to allow its incorporation in a National Register nomination which must be submitted by September 30, 2015. Local and national listing makes the site eligible for historic tax credits in conjunction with rehabilitation and adaptive reuse.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To list the 373-75 West Rich Street property on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties as CR #67; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Historic Resources Commission is charged, in part, with identifying structures, groups, districts and sites of historic and architectural significance; and
WHEREAS, as part of this responsibility, the commission provides recommendations to City Counci...
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