Case Number:
BOA-19-10300022
Applicant:
Tobias Stapleton
Owner:
Seadc LLC
Council District:|1010|Location:
205 Ostrom
Legal Description:
Lot 1 & 2, NCB 6938
Zoning:
"R-4 CD H RIO-1 AHOD" Residential Single-Family with Conditional Use for Two Dwelling Units River Road Historic River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Debora Gonzalez, Senior Planner
Request
A request for an appeal of the Historic and Design Review Commission's denial of a request to demolish a historic structure.
Applicable Code References
(a) UDC 35-451.a. Certificate of Appropriateness. Applications proposing work or changes to the exterior of a landmark, in a historic district or in a river improvement overlay district, shall require review for appropriateness with the provisions of this article, and any adopted design guidelines. In addition, the demolition or relocation of any structure designated historic shall also require review for appropriateness in the same manner.
(b) UDC 35-614. Demolition. No certificate shall be issued for demolition of a historic landmark unless the applicant provides sufficient evidence to support a finding by the commission of unreasonable economic hardship on the applicant. In the case of a historic landmark, if an applicant fails to prove unreasonable economic hardship, the applicant may provide to the historic and design review commission additional information regarding loss of significance as provided is subsection (c) in order to receive a historic and design review commission recommendation for a certificate for demolition.
Burden of Proof. The historic and design review commission shall not consider or be persuaded to find unreasonable economic hardship based on the presentation of circumstances or items that are not unique to the property in question (i.e., the current economic climate). When a claim of unreasonable economic hardship is made, the owner must provide sufficient evidence to support a finding by the commissi...
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