Meeting Date: April 21, 2022
To: Members of the Planning Commission
From: Revee Needham, Assistant City Planner
Title
Review and Recommendation of the A.W. Norton House (418 College St) as a local Heritage Preservation Site.
Body
Action Requested:
The Planning Commission is asked:
1) to hear a presentation from the applicant,
2) review the Norton House to be designated as a local Heritage Preservation Site,
3) and to make a motion with a recommendation to the Northfield City Council on whether the Norton House should be designated as a local Heritage Preservation Site.
Summary Report:
The city may, from time to time, determine that certain places, buildings, structures, properties, or district areas or properties within the community are of significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, landscaping, and culture and those locations should be subject to additional review as it relates to the Land Development Code (LDC).
The property owner, Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC), Planning Commission (PC), or City Council, may initiate an application for Heritage Preservation Site Designation. In this case, Alice and Bruce Thomas, the property owners, initiated the application.
The building, originally constructed in 1878, is being assessed as a local Heritage Preservation Site.
Process:
The Heritage Preservation Commission reviewed the application for designation in accordance with the Type 4 review procedure as established in Section 8.4.7, Type 4 Review Procedure (Planning Commission or Heritage Preservation Commission Recommendation and City Council Decision) and made a recommendation to the City Council. Section (I) Action by the Heritage Preservation Commission references 8.5.7, Heritage Preservation Site Designation, which modifies Section 8.4.7, Type 4 Review Procedure.
In addition to the approval criteria as established in Section 8.5.7(C), the HPC and the Planning Commission may also refer to the applicable Secreta...
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