HomeMy WebLinkAboutMotion Sheet - PLNHLC2025-00357Motion Sheet for PLNHLC2025-00357 – Designation of a Local Landmark Site
Staff’s recommendation:
Motion to approve:
Based on the information presented and discussion, I move that the Commission forward a
recommendation to approve the designation request to the City Council.
Alternate motion:
Motion to deny:
Based on the information presented and discussion, I move that the Commission forward a recommendation of
denial to the City Council for this designation for the following reasons:
The Planning Commission's reasoning for recommending the denial of a text amendment must be based upon
the following standards, found in 21A.51.040:
A. Standards for the Designation of a Landmark Site, Local Historic District or Thematic Designation: The
proposed landmark site, local historic district, or thematic designation shall be evaluated according to the
following:
1. Significance in local, regional, state or national history, architecture, engineering or culture, associated
with at least one of the following:
a. Events that have made significant contribution to the important patterns of history, or
b. Lives of persons significant in the history of the city, region, state, or nation, or
c. The distinctive characteristics of a type, period of significance, or method of construction; or the work
of a notable architect or master craftsman, or
d. Information important in the understanding of the prehistory or history of Salt Lake City; and
2. Historic integrity in terms of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association
as defined in Section 21A.62.040. When analyzing historic integrity, the collective historic value of the
buildings and structures in a local historic district taken together may be greater than the historic value of
each individual building or structure in a district.
3. The proposed landmark site, local historic district or thematic designation is listed, or is eligible to be
listed on the National Register of Historic Places;
4. The proposed designation contains notable examples of elements of the city's history, development
patterns or architecture not typically found in other local historic districts within Salt Lake City;
5. The designation is generally consistent with adopted planning policies; and
6. The designation would be in the overall public interest.
B. Factors to Consider: The following factors may be considered by the historic landmark commission and
the city council to help determine whether the proposed designation of a landmark site, local historic district
or thematic designation meets the criteria listed above:
1. Sites are of an age that allows insight into whether a property is sufficiently important in the overall
history of the community as identified in one or more periods of significance in a historic survey report.
Typically, this is at least fifty (50) years but could be less if the property has exceptional importance.
2. Whether the proposed local historic district or thematic designation contains examples of elements of
the city's history, development patterns and/or architecture that may not already be protected by other local
historic districts within the city.
3. Whether designation of the proposed local historic district or thematic designation would add
important knowledge that advances the understanding of the city's history, development patterns and/or
architecture.
4. Whether approximately seventy five percent (75%) of the structures within the proposed boundaries are
rated as contributing structures by the most recent applicable historic survey and those relate to identified
significance and periods of significance.
C. Boundaries of a Proposed Landmark Site: When applying the evaluation criteria in Subsection
21A.51.040.A, the boundaries of a landmark site shall be drawn to ensure that historical associations, that best
enhance the integrity of the site comprise the boundaries.