Label
Zoning & Planning Committee
Title
Accepting the City Plan Commission's recommendation for local landmark designation for the Building known as the Rathbun Realty Company Building located at 331-333 N. Superior Street, in accordance with Toledo Municipal Code Section 1111.1002; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This request is for the review of the landmark designation for the Rathbun Realty Company building. The City of Toledo currently has three locally designated historic districts; Old West End, Vistula, and Westmoreland. The City of Toledo has four other structures that have been locally designated in the last five years which are the Fiberglass Tower, Levis Square located at 200 and 435 North St. Clair Street, Commerce Paper Building located at 15, 25, 31, and 39 S. Ontario Street, and 443-447 10th Street in Downtown Toledo. This would be the fourth locally designated building in the City of Toledo. The applicant is seeking the designation in order to obtain state historic tax credits. They are also seeking to place the Rathbun Realty Company building on the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance so it will qualify for federal tax credits as well. The building is considered historically significant since it was constructed in 1917 and is over 100 years old. The applicant proposes to use the building for commercial uses on the first floor and residential units on the second and third floors.
The process for landmark designation outlined in the Toledo Municipal Code, Chapter 1111.1000 Historic Districts and Landmarks (Designation or Expansion), Section 1111.1104 Report Contents states the following:
The reports of the Plan Commission and City Historic District Commission, containing their written recommendations to the City Council, must include information about how the proposed historic district or landmark, or expansion, is of special historical and architectural s...
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