HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 4104 Westphal Tax AbatementCOMMISSION RESOLUTION N0.4104
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
BOZEMAN, MONTANA, ABATING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE
INCREASE IN TAXES FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS TO PAMELA
WESTPHAL FOR THE PROPERTY AT S19 SOUTH TRACY AVENUE,
EFFECTIVE 2008 FOR A DURATION OF FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS
AS AUTHORIZED BY 515-24-1601 MONTANA ANNOTATED ET SEQ.
FOR HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERICAL PROPERTIES
UNDERGOING REHABILITATION, RESTORATION, EXPANSION OR
NEW CONSTRUCTION MEETING THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY
S15-24-1605 AND/OR 15-26-1606, AS WELL AS CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, RESOLUTION N0.2766.
WHEREAS, the City Commission determines that it is in the public's interest to encourage the
preservation, restoration, rehabilitation and reconstruction of certified historic, commercial and
residential properties or new construction that meets design review criteria compatible with an historic
district by conferring said tax benefits on improvements from those preservations, restorations,
rehabilitations and reconstructions involving certified historic properties and districts; and
WHEREAS, on December 31, 2007 the City of Bozeman received a request for tax abatement
for historic preservation from Pamela Westphal for the rehabilitation, restoration and expansion of her
residence at 519 South Tracy Avenue, Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana; and
WHEREAS, the Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory indicates the property at 519
South Tracy Avenue contributes to the Bon Ton Historic District on the National Register of Historic
Places; and
WHEREAS, the restoration and expansion of the property received a Certificate of
Apprapriateness from the City of Bozeman's Department of Planning and Community Development on
July 5, 2006; and
WHEREAS, on January 31, 2008 the Bozeman Historic Fresen~ation Advisory Board
reviewed the application for tax abatement far historic preservation under 15-24-1601 Montana Code
Annotated and City Commission of the City of Bozeman Resolution No. 2766, as well as the Secretary
of the lnterior's Standards for Historic Preservation and requirements for federal tax credits for historic
preservation, and found the nature of the preservation, restoration, rehabilitation and reconstruction and
expansion to be in keeping with all ten of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic
Preservation, and voted to advise the City Commission approve the tax abatement requested; and
WHEREAS, on February 11, 200$ the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana,
reviewed the tax abatement application and similarly the nature of the preservation, restoration,
rehabilitation and reconstruction and expansion to be in keeping with all ten of the Secretary of the
Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation, and so voted the property had undergone significant
reinvestment, and the City Commission voted 5-0 to abate one hundred percent of the increase in taxes
for the property at 519 South Tracy Avenue, as authorized by 15-24-1601 Montana Code Annotated
and City Commission of the City of Bozeman Resolution No. 2766, effective 2008 for a period of five
years.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana does hereby approve the tax benefits set forth. in said statutes far those improvements made
through preservation, restoration, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the property at 519 South Tracy
Avenue, a property which contributes to the Son Tan Historic District, on the National Register of
Historic Places, effective 2008 for a period of five years.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, at a
regular session thereof held on the 19th day of May 2008.
KAAREN JACOBS
Mayor
ATTEST:
ST CY L EN
City Clerk
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