Level II: City Hall (former) H-1
10-I-15-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Approval is recommended with the condition that confirmation is provided that possibilities for reducing the size of the parking lots have been exhausted. Additionally, the parking lot is to be landscaped with vegetation around the permiter, expecially along Broadway, and as much landscaping as possible is to be incorporated internally to the parking lot. A landscape plan will be required prior to final approval.Applicant Request
Parking lot or driveway paving; Other: remove fire escape- 1) Removal of existing non-historic steel fire stairs on south side of building where balconies were originally located, replacement of former balcony floors, and glassing in open balcony and basement-level openings with dark-tinted glass for use as office spaces. New glass wall to be placed behind the existing balcony railing. 2) Construction of additional paved parking lots with 28 new spaces on south and western sides of building.
City Hall (former) H-1
- Style: (1899)
- Two-story brick, low hipped metal roof, with large central dormers on the north and south planes. A pressed metal cornice with dentils and consoles is Classical in design and is repeated above the dormers. Seven bays wide and two bays deep, a stone water table and string coursing emphasize the major horizontal divisions of the building. The south elevation originally had recessed wooden porches (balconies) at both levels. These porches and the transoms and upper portions of all the windows have been infilled in brick to accommodate inappropriate metal windows. Rectangular in plan. National Register (1982).
- Style: (1899)
Applicable Guidelines
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.
See Guidelines- 1. Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property which
- requires minimal alteration of the building, structure, or site and its environment, or to
- use a property for its originally intended purpose.
- 2. The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure, or site and its
- environmental shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any historic material
- or distinctive architectural features should be avoided when possible.
- 3. All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own time.
- Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier appearance
- shall be discouraged.
- 4. Changes which may have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the history
- and development of a building, structure, or site and its environment. These changes may
- have acquired significance in their own right, and this significance shall be recognized
- and respected.
- 5. Distinctive features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship
- that characterize a property shall be preserved.
- 6. Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity
- of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match
- the old design, color, texture, and other visual qualities and, where possible, materials.
- Replacement or missing features shall be substantiated by documentary, physical or
- pictorial evidence.
- 7. Chemical or physical treatments, such as sandblasting, that cause damage to historic
- materials shall not be used. The surface cleaning of structures, if appropriate, shall be
- undertaken using the gentlest means possible.
- 8. Significant archeological resources affected by a project shall be protected and
- preserved. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures should be
- undertaken.
- 9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy
- historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated
- from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural
- features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment.
- 10. Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to structure shall be done in such a
- manner that if such additions or alterations were to be removed in the future, the essential
- form and integrity of the structure would not be impaired.
- 1. Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property which
