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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05_W Babcock_DEM app checklistMINARIK ARCHITECTURE Inc. 6 1 8 N W a l l a c e A v e . , B o z e m a n , M T 5 9 7 1 5 M I N A R I K A R C H . C O M 9 7 1 3 1 9 6 2 4 9 2111 . 11/23/2022 1 of 6 Demolition Application Checklist: 1. Project Narrative – The project proposed, West Babcock Apartments, for 812/814 W Babcock Ave. and 818 W Babcock Ave. is a 5- story mixed use building comprised of 52 rented apartments, a retail storefront at the corner of W Babcock Ave. and S 9th Ave., a parking garage with both standard and mechanized parking accessed of the alley, and amenity spaces to support resident life. The site is zoned B-2M and the project considers the future development potential of the area attempting to model good urban development. Storefront block frontage has been assigned to the W Babcock frontage to build the potential for continuity of commercial use that has begun to both the east and west. S 9th Ave has been designated as a landscape frontage in recognition of the transitional character to the residential neighborhood and zoning to the south. Three ground level units with stoops and a secondary residential lobby support this transition between zoning and focuses on the human and pedestrian scale as the new building meets the public realm. 2. Historical Information – Montana Historic Property Records are provided for both properties/structures at the end of this document. 3. Current Photographs of Existing Structures – Photographs follow on pages 2-6 of this document. 4. Site plan – Follows at the end of this document. 5. Elements to be removed or altered - The proposed project requires the demolition and removal of all existing structures. 6. Non-conforming structure – Not applicable. 7. Support of demolition – As part of the development of the West Babcock Apartments at 812 / 814 and 818 W Babcock the applicant proposes the demolition of two primary structures and two outbuildings. - 812 / 814 W Babcock is an ‘eligible’ property per the Montana Historic Property Record filed on 4/20/2020, attached at the end of this document. - 818 W Babcock is a ‘non-eligible’ property per the Montana Historic Property Record filed on 4/21/2020, attached at the end of this document. Regarding 812/814 W Babcock, notes on criteria for demolition per BMC Sec. 38.340.090.C: 1. The property’s historic significance – per the 2020 Montana Historic Property Record the property was considered an “intrusive element within a potential historic district” and “there appear to be no changes since the previous survey”. The only change from the 1984 survey to the 2020 survey was the age of the ”asbestos shingles”, now assumed to be installed at a date within the historic period. The asbestos shingles are not original and affect the historic character of the original structure, as evidenced by the 1984 survey calling the property an “intrusive element”. 2. The structure at 812 W. Babcock does not meet the definition set out in BMC Section BMC 38.340.090.C.2 for having “No viable economic life remaining”. While the property needs repair, maintenance, and replacement of many elements; the structure is currently occupied and remains in a habitable condition. However, given the zoning change of this property to be included in the B-2M zoning, implies that the city has knowingly provided economic incentive for the redevelopment of the site, leaving the existing structure on the property performing far below its highest and best use both economically and to the community. 3. The subsequent development complies with section 38.340.050.C - the subsequent development for the site is a contemporary, non-period and innovative design for a new structure that is designed to be compatible and take influence from surrounding structures. The subsequent development will not destroy significant historical, cultural, or architectural structures or their components and addition to existing structures. In addition, the proposed project conforms to current zoning changes made by the City of Bozeman and the approved Bozeman Community Plan and Future Land Use Map 4. The subsequent development includes the construction of a new building. 5. The subsequent development requires a building permit and does not propose to leave the site without buildings or structures. MINARIK ARCHITECTURE Inc. 6 1 8 N W a l l a c e A v e . , B o z e m a n , M T 5 9 7 1 5 M I N A R I K A R C H . C O M 9 7 1 3 1 9 6 2 4 9 2111 . 11/23/2022 2 of 6 Current Photographs of Existing Structures: 812 / 814 W Babcock – North Elevation – Street frontage West Elevation MINARIK ARCHITECTURE Inc. 6 1 8 N W a l l a c e A v e . , B o z e m a n , M T 5 9 7 1 5 M I N A R I K A R C H . C O M 9 7 1 3 1 9 6 2 4 9 2111 . 11/23/2022 3 of 6 812 / 814 W Babcock (cont.) – East Elevation South Elevation – Alley Frontage MINARIK ARCHITECTURE Inc. 6 1 8 N W a l l a c e A v e . , B o z e m a n , M T 5 9 7 1 5 M I N A R I K A R C H . C O M 9 7 1 3 1 9 6 2 4 9 2111 . 11/23/2022 4 of 6 818 W Babcock – North Elevation – Street Frontage West Elevation – Street Frontage MINARIK ARCHITECTURE Inc. 6 1 8 N W a l l a c e A v e . , B o z e m a n , M T 5 9 7 1 5 M I N A R I K A R C H . C O M 9 7 1 3 1 9 6 2 4 9 2111 . 11/23/2022 5 of 6 818 W Babcock (cont.) – East Elevation South Elevation MINARIK ARCHITECTURE Inc. 6 1 8 N W a l l a c e A v e . , B o z e m a n , M T 5 9 7 1 5 M I N A R I K A R C H . C O M 9 7 1 3 1 9 6 2 4 9 2111 . 11/23/2022 6 of 6 Surrounding area – The surrounding properties around 812 / 814 W. Babcock between the existing Cooper Park Historic District and the NCOA boarder at 11th Ave and south to W Kock Street that would potentially make up a new historic district are by a vast majority ‘non- eligible’ or have already been ‘demolished’. Of the 126 properties in the surrounding area highlighted below, only 27% are determined to be ‘eligible’ per the Historic Inventory Forms, leaving 73% in the ‘non-eligible’ or ‘demolished’ ratings.