HomeMy WebLinkAbout5704-06.20.2023Prepared by LeAnn M. Even, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street,
Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5704
AN ORDINANCE TO LOCALLY DESIGNATE 722 WATER
STREET AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, as
follows:
WHEREAS, Chapter 9, Historic Preservation Commission, of Title 2, Boards and
Commissions, and Chapter 8, Historic Preservation, of Title 9, Building Regulations, all in the
current Code of Ordinances in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, established the following:
9-8-1: Purpose and Intent:
(a) Protect, enhance, and perpetuate those buildings, sites, and districts that
represent or reflect special elements of the city's cultural, social,
economic, and architectural history;
(b) Safeguard the city's historic, aesthetic, and cultural heritage as embodied
and reflected in such buildings, sites, and districts;
(c) Strengthen the city's economy by encouraging the stabilization,
improvement, preservation, or rehabilitation of designated properties,
districts or sites;
(d) Protect and enhance the city's historic, cultural, and architectural heritage
for tourists and visitors and thereby support and stimulate business and
industry;
(e) Promote the use of historic buildings, sites and districts for the education,
pleasure, and general welfare of the people of the city;
(f) Promote attention to sound design principles in areas of new development
and redevelopment, and raise the level of community understanding and
expectation for quality in the built environment; and
WHEREAS, Dhani Re Investments, LLC, has requested the property at 722 Water Street
be declared a Locally Designated Historic Landmark; and
WHEREAS, per 9-8-6 (D)(2) Procedure: A public hearing was held on June 20, 2023 and
notice was given to each owner of record of the nominated historic landmark; and
WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended approval of the
nomination with a vote of 8-0 at their April 18, 2023 meeting, and the Planning, Programming
and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the nomination at their May 9,
2023 meeting.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATERLOO, IOWA, that the request of Dhani Re Investments, LLC, to have the property
located at 722 Water Street declared as a Locally Designated Historic Landmark, be hereby
approved.
INTRODUCED: June 20, 2023
PASSED 1ST CONSIDERATION: June 20, 2023
PASSED 2ND CONSIDERATION: June 20, 2023
PASSED 3RD CONSIDERATION: June 20, 2023
Ordinance No. 5704
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 20th day of
June 2023.
ATTEST:
1(elley Felchle
Kelley Felchle, City Clerk
CERTIFICATE
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Quentin Hart, Mayor
I, Kelley Felchle, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that the
preceding is a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. 5704 as passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 20th day of June 2023.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 20th day of June 2023
Kelley Felchle
Kelley Felchle, City Clerk
SEAL