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Prepared by LeAnn M. Even, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street,
Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5826
AN ORDINANCE TO LOCALLY DESIGNATE 501
SYCAMORE STREET AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, as
follows:
WHEREAS, Chapter 8, Historic Preservation Commission, of Title 9, Building
Regulations, Section 1, 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)
(g)
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
Integrate historic preservation with the city's comprehensive land use plan.
(Ord. 5057, 7-11-2011).
WHEREAS, 205 E. 4th, LLC has requested the property at 501 Sycamore Street, A/K/A
the James Black Dry Goods, Co., be declared a Locally Designated Historic Landmark; and
WHEREAS, per city code section 9-8-8 (D) (2) Procedure: A public hearing was held on
March 16, 2026, and notice was given to the applicant of the nominated historic landmark; and
WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended approval of the
nomination with a unanimous vote at their January 20, 2026, meeting, and the Planning,
Programming and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the nomination
at their February 10, 2026, meeting.
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Ordinance No. 5826
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATERLOO, IOWA, that the request of 205 E. 4th, LLC, to have the property located at 501
Sycamore Street declared as a Locally Designated Historic Landmark, be hereby approved.
INTRODUCED: March 16, 2026
PASSED 1ST CONSIDERATION: March 16, 2026
PASSED 2ND CONSIDERATION: March 16, 2026
PASSED 3RD CONSIDERATION: March 16, 2026
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 16th day of
March 2026.
ATTEST:
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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. 5826 as passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 16th day of March 2026.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 16th day of March 2026.
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