TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Tim Stillings, Director Planning and Zoning
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: January 5, 2016
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ORDINANCE NO. 01-16 - 102 SW 12TH AVENUE, LOCAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DESIGNATION
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to approve on the first reading of Ordinance No. 01-16 that the property located at 102 SW 12th Avenue be listed on the local register of Historic Places as “Ridley Temple Church of God in Christ, Inc.”, by adopting the findings of fact and law contained in the staff report, and findings that the request and approval thereof is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and Sections 4.5.1(B) and 4.5.1(C) of the Land Development Regulations.
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Background:
The subject property is located at 102 SW 12th Avenue at the SW corner of SW 1st Street and SW 12th Avenue. The property contains a significant example of masonry vernacular religious architecture in the Atlantic Park Gardens Neighborhood of Delray Beach, Florida. The property is zoned RM, multiple family residential (medium density). The subject property that the church owns consists of three lots, the building lot measures 57’ x 138’, the adjacent lot to the south measures 50’ x 138’ and the lot behind the church fronting SW 13th Avenue measures 57’ x 138’.
To qualify as a historic structure, individual properties, structures, sites, or buildings must have significant character, interest, or value as part of the historical, cultural, aesthetic, and architectural heritage of the city, state, or nation. To qualify as a historic site, historic district, or historic structure, the property or properties must fulfill one or more of the criteria in LDR Section 4.5.1(B), Criteria for Designation of Historic Sites or Districts. The subject structure meets the following criteria, detailed in the staff report attached:
(B)(2) Historical or cultural significance:
(d) Exemplifies the historical, p...
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