City of Ann Arbor - File #: 08-0285

• File #: 08-0285
• Version: 1
• Name: 4-7-08 Ch 103 - 1001-1013 Broadway Hist Dist
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Filed
• File created: 5/19/2008
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 5/19/2008
• Final action: 5/19/2008
• Enactment date: 5/19/2008
• Enactment #: ORD-08-12
• Title: An Ordinance to Amend the Code of the City of Ann Arbor by Adding a New Section which shall be Designated as Section 8:425.15 of Chapter 103 (Historic Preservation) of Title VIII of said Code to Establish the 1001-1013 Broadway Historic District (Ordinance No. ORD-08-12)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/19/2008	1	City Council
5/19/2008	1	City Council	Lay on the table	Pass
4/21/2008	1	City Council	Held and Closed
4/21/2008	1	City Council
4/21/2008	1	City Council	Postponed	Pass
4/7/2008	1	City Council	Approved on First Reading	Pass

Title
An Ordinance to Amend the Code of the City of Ann Arbor by Adding a New Section which shall be Designated as Section 8:425.15 of Chapter 103 (Historic Preservation) of Title VIII of said Code to Establish the 1001-1013 Broadway Historic District (Ordinance No. ORD-08-12)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is an ordinance to amend Chapter 103 (Historic Preservation) of Title VIII of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor by adding Section 8:425.15 to establish the 1001-1013 Broadway Historic District. The exact boundaries of the district are described in the legal description and are shown on a map at the back of the attached Proposed 1001-1013 Broadway Historic District Final Study Committee Report.

Background

On October 3, 2006, City Council created the Broadway Historic District Study Committee to study generally both sides of Broadway from south of Plymouth Road, with the final area to be determined by the Committee. On March 5, 2007, City Council appointed seven members to the committee, including four residents of the study area. The study committee term was one year and the committee was to report its findings no later than January 2008.

At Council’s February 18, 2008 meeting, a resolution was passed extending the study committee’s deadline until April 7, 2008 to give staff additional time to prepare the legal description and ordinance language.

Historic District Study Committee Process

The committee first met on March 28, 2007 and established a timeline to complete the work by December, 2007 in order to meet City Council’s deadline. The committee then met three times in May, including one meeting that was spent touring the study area to review and discuss the boundaries of a proposed district.

The committee continued to meet in June, July, August and September, and in September adopted a preliminary report for the proposed 1001-1013 Broadway Historic District containing 1001 and 1013 Broadway, two adjacent buildings that were ...