TO: Mayor and City Council
THROUGH: Steve Powers, City Manager
FROM: Norman Wright, Community Development Director
SUBJECT:
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Oregon State Hospital National Register Historic District Boundary Revision
Ward(s): All Wards
Councilor(s): All Councilors
Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods
Result Area(s): Good Governance; Welcoming and Livable Community
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ISSUE:
Shall the City Council conduct second reading of Ordinance Bill No. 15-19, amending Salem Revised Code (SRC) Chapter 230 to change the boundary of the Oregon State Hospital National Register Historic District and remove the historic district from that portion of property located at 2575 Center Street NE consistent with the approved boundary revision?
RECOMMENDATION:
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Conduct second reading of Ordinance Bill No. 15-19, amending Salem Revised Code (SRC) Chapter 230 to approve changes to the boundary of the Oregon State Hospital National Register Historic District and remove the historic district from that portion of property located at 2575 Center Street NE consistent with the approved boundary revision.
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SUMMARY:
The National Park Service approved the Oregon State Department of Administrative Services' request to reduce the boundary of the Oregon State Hospital Historic District in August 2019. The approved revised boundary of the historic district is shown in Attachment 1.
Ordinance Bill No. 15-19 amends SRC Chapter 230 (Historic Preservation), and correspondingly removes the historic district from the portion of the property located at 2575 Center Street NE affected by the boundary change, in order align both the City's development code and zoning map with the new National Park Service established historic district boundary.
FACTS AND FINDINGS:
Ordinance Bill No. 15-19 (Attachment 2) amends Salem Revised Code (SRC) Chapter 230 to reflect changes approved by the National Park Service to the boundary of the Oregon State Hospital National Register Historic District and removes the historic district from that portion of property located at 2575 Center Street NE consistent with the approved boundary revision.
The proposed amendments to SRC Chapter 230 are included as Exhibit A to the ordinance (Attachment 3). The map depicting the proposed revision to the boundary of the historic district as part of the legislative zone change is included as Exhibit B to the ordinance (Attachment 4). Findings demonstrating the conformance of the proposed amendments to the applicable approval criteria of SRC 110.085(b), and the legislative zone change to the applicable approval criteria of SRC 265.010(d), are included as Exhibit C to the ordinance (Attachment 5).
BACKGROUND:
The Oregon State Hospital Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 with the district roughly bounded by D Street NE on the north, Park Avenue NE on the east, 23rd Street NE on the west, and Greenway Drive NE on the south. The Oregon State Hospital Replacement project in 2012 resulted in a significant change to the building configuration on the south side of Center Street NE and demolition in 2017 of all four of the buildings north of Center Street NE and east of 25th Street NE.
In April 2019, the property owner, the Oregon State Department of Administrative Services, submitted a request to the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the National Park Service to decrease the boundary of the Oregon State Hospital Historic District north of Center Street NE to exclude both the open space and the area where there are no extant buildings in this portion of the district. The National Park Service approved the property owner's request to reduce the boundary in August 2019.
Kimberli Fitzgerald
Historic Preservation Officer
Attachments:
1. Map of Boundary Changes
2. Ordinance Bill No. 15-19
3. Exhibit A (Ordinance Bill No. 15-19) - Amendments
4. Exhibit B (Ordinance Bill No. 15-19) - Map
5. Exhibit C (Ordinance Bill No. 15-19) - Findings