HPC Meeting Date: November 1, 2023
To: Members of the Heritage Preservation Commission
From: Mikayla Schmidt, City Planner
106 Group
Title
Certificate of Appropriateness for New Construction at 212 Division Street South - the former Archer House site.
Body
Action Requested:
The Heritage Preservation Commission is asked to review and approve a resolution for the new construction of a building at 212 Division St. S.
Summary Report:
The property owner and applicant, Manawa LLC, proposes to construct a new mixed-use building at 212 Division St. S - former Archer House site. The Archer House sustained a fire in November 2020 and was subsequently demolished. The applicant proposes to redevelop the site with 43 residential units, main floor commercial space and lower level interior parking garage. The historic inventory form is attached.
The HPC has been provided with two resolutions for consideration. One resolution approves the project with the screen as presented and with a condition to approve with or without the mechanical parapet. The second resolution approves the project with the final design element over the north entrance, where the screen is proposed, to come back for final approval of the HPC and with a condition to approve with or without the mechanical parapet. The applicant is fairly confident the building can be constructed without the mechanical parapet, but wants to have the option pending final mechanical equipment design.
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) approved both variance requests - one for overall height of the building and the other for the 11 ft. setback of the south 60 feet of the 4th floor. The Planning Commission recommended approval of the conditional use permit to City Council - recommending approval of the proposed 34 parking stalls, and additional conditions to include better bike facilities and EV charging.
Attachment 4 is included for scale and massing reference, but is not a depiction of the current design. It has b...
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