City Council Staff Report

Subject: Historic Sites Inventory Update- Garage at 1503 Author: Anya Grahn, Historic Preservation Planner Department: Planning Date: June 21, 2018 Type of Item: Legislative – Determination of Significance for Garage Legislative—LMC Amendment to update the Historic Sites Inventory

Summary Recommendation Staff recommends City Council review the application, conduct a public hearing, and consider approving the removal of the garage at 1503 Park Avenue from the Park City Historic Sites Inventory (HSI). Because the HSI is codified in Land Management Code (LMC) 15-11-10 (D), staff recommends City Council also review the proposed LMC amendment to remove the garage at 1503 Park Avenue from the HSI, conduct a public hearing, and consider approving the proposed ordinance.

Executive Summary On May 16, 2018, the Historic Preservation Board (HPB) forwarded a positive recommendation to City Council to remove the garage at 1503 Park Avenue from the Historic Sites Inventory (HSI) with a vote of 4-1; the house and site overall will remain designated as historic. The HPB found that the garage structure did not meet the criteria to be designated as Landmark on the HSI as it did not individually contribute to the historical significance of the site and its surroundings related to the Mature Mining Era (1894-1930) of which the site is designated as historic nor the Mining Decline and Emergence of Recreation Industry Era (1931-1962) in which the garage was built.

The site is currently designated as ―Landmark‖ and the Historic Preservation Board found that the garage no longer met the designation criteria outlined in Land Management Code (LMC) 15-11-10(A)(1). Because the HSI was codified in 2017 as part of LMC 15-11-10 (D), an LMC amendment is also necessary in order to remove it from the codified list of properties. On June 23, 2018, the Planning Commission unanimously forwarded a positive recommendation to City Council for LMC amendments removing the garage from the HSI [Staff Report (page 36) + Audio)].

Acronyms DOS Determination of Significance HPB Historic Preservation Board HSI Historic Sites Inventory LMC Land Management Code

The Problem It is important and necessary that Park City’s Historic Sites Inventory (HSI) retains its integrity by only including buildings that have been found to meet the criteria for local historic designation through Land Management Code (LMC) 15-11-10(A), attached as Exhibit 1. The HSI was adopted in 2009 and since that time, staff and individual property owners have submitted Determination of Significance (DOS) applications for review in an effort to maintain a current list of historically significant properties.

Background The Park City Historic Sites Inventory (HSI), adopted February 4, 2009, currently includes 406 sites of which 186 sites meet the criteria for designation as Landmark Sites and 222 sites meet the criteria for designation as Significant Sites. Since 2009, according to LMC 15-11-10(B), staff has reviewed Determination of Significance (DOS) applications with the HPB on a case-by-case basis in order to keep the Historic Sites Inventory (HSI) current.

On August 3, 2017, City Council approved LMC amendments that codified the Historic Sites Inventory [Staff Report (starting page 196) + Minutes (starting page 10)]. As part of these revisions, staff made additional redlines reflective of changes that had been made to state law that went into effect on May 2017. These changes required that the Historic Preservation Board (HPB) forward a recommendation to City Council for applications of Determination of Significance (DOS) that either designate or remove properties to the Historic Sites Inventory (HSI). Additionally, the changes included codifying the list of designated historic sites.

To remove a site from this list is an LMC amendment and amendments to the Land Management Code (LMC) require Planning Commission recommendation and City Council a