May 20, 2019
FROM: DANIEL ZACK, AICP
Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: LAURA GROVES van ONNA
Historic Preservation Specialist
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF REQUEST BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE DESIGNATION OF THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES TO THE LOCAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC RESOURCES AND ADOPTION OF FINDINGS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT RECOMMENDATION PURSUANT TO FMC 12-1609:
1. The George Riddell Miller Home (contributor to Wilson Island Historic District) Located at 617 E Carmen Avenue.
2. The Bixler Vapor Dry Cleaning Company Building Located at 2049 Broadway.
Staff Recommendation: Approve and forward to the City Council
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission find that the George Riddell Miller Home and the Bixler Vapor Dry Cleaning Company Building are eligible for listing to the Local Register of Historic Resources, as meeting the applicable criteria for buildings, structures, objects, or sites greater than 50 years of age in FMC 12-1607(a)(1). Additionally, each property is significant under Local Register Criteria i and iii. Staff also recommends that the Commission review and comment on the conceptual rehabilitation plans for the Bixler Vapor Dry Cleaning Company Building as it considers the property for Local designation. If the Commission concurs with the staff recommendation, the property will be forwarded to the Fresno City Council for designation pursuant to FMC 12-1609. As required by the City's Historic Preservation Ordinance, notice of this hearing considering designation of the properties was published in The Fresno Bee on May 10, 2019.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The owners of the George Riddell Miller Home and the Bixler Vapor Dry Cleaning Company Building have requested in writing that their properties be considered for listing in Fresno's Local Register of Historic Resources. The George Riddell Miller Home lo...
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