HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 4302 Tax Abatement for Howie/GrisbyCOMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4302
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 TWELVE CONSTRUCTION
MONTHS AND FIVE YEARS TO CHRISTY HOWIE AND PAUL GRIGSBY
FOR THE PROPER'T'Y AT 516 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE AS AUTHORIZED
BY S15-24 -1601 MONTANA ANNOTATED ET SEQ. FOR HISTORIC
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERICAL PROPERTIES UNDERGOING
REHABILITATION, RESTORIATION, EXPANSION OR NEW
CONSTRUCTION MEETING THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY 515 -24-
1605 AND /OR 15- 26- 1606, AS WELL AS CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, RESOLUTION 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, the City of Bozeman received a request for tax abatement for historic preservation
from Christy Howie and Paul Grigsby for the rehabilitation, restoration and expansion of the residence
at 516 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, and;
WHEREAS, the Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory indicates the property at 516
South. Grand 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
Appropriateness from the City of Bozeman's Department of Planning and Community Development on
November 28, 2010; and
WHERAS, on November 233, 2010 the Bozeman. Historic Preservation Advisory Board
reviewed the application for tax abatement for historic preservation under 1.5 -24 -1601 Montana Code
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Resolution No. 4302, Grouting nix'Abalementfin Hisloric Preservatiou to 516 South Grand.-Ivenue
Annotated and City Commission of the City of Bozeman Resolution number 2766, as well as the Secretary
of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation and requirements for federal tax credits for historic
preservation, and found that with conditions imposed, 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 with one specific condition; and
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 for those improvements made
through preservation, restoration, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the property at 516 South Grand
Avenue, a property which contributes to the Bon Ton Historic District on the National Register of
Historic Places, for a period of twelve construction months and five years.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, at a
regular session thereof held on the 13th day of December, 2010.
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