This chapter shall be known as the "Historic
District Ordinance" of the City of Monroe.
Historic preservation is hereby declared to
be a public purpose and as such may, through this chapter, regulate
the construction, addition, alteration, repair, moving, excavation
and demolition of resources in historic districts within the limits
of the City of Monroe. The purpose of this chapter shall be to do
one or more of the following:
A. To safeguard the heritage of the City of Monroe by
preserving districts, including buildings, sites, structures and objects
in the City which reflect elements of its cultural, social, economic,
political and architectural history, and to preserve historic landmarks;
B. To stabilize and improve property values, thus strengthening
the local economy;
C. To foster civic beauty and pride; and
D. To promote the use of historic landmarks and historic
districts, including all heritage resources, for the education, pleasure
and welfare of the citizens of Monroe, the state or the nation.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
ALTERATION
Work that changes the detail of a resource but does not change
its basic size or shape.
BUREAU
The Michigan Historical Center, formerly the Bureau of History,
of the Michigan Department of State.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
The written approval of a permit application for work that
is appropriate and that does not adversely affect a resource.
COMMISSION
The Historic District Commission created by the City Council
of the City of Monroe.
COMMITTEE
The Historic District Study Committee, appointed by the City
Council through resolution, to conduct Historic District Study Committee
activities as delineated within this chapter. The Study Committee
shall be an entity separate and distinct from the Historic District
Commission and may be composed of one or more persons serving on both
bodies.
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
An area or group of areas, not necessarily having contiguous
boundaries, created by the City Council, but possessing architectural
or historical significance to a lesser degree than an historic district,
while still worthy of recognition and historical preservation, and
which reflects elements of Monroe's cultural, social, economic, political
or architectural history.
DEMOLITION
The razing or destruction, whether entirely or in part, of
a resource, and includes, but is not limited to, demolition by neglect.
DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT
Neglect in maintaining, repairing or securing a resource
that results in deterioration of an exterior feature of the resource
or the loss of structural integrity of the resource.
DENIAL
The written rejection of a permit application for work that
is inappropriate and that adversely affects a resource.
HISTORIC DISTRICT
An area, or group of areas not necessarily having contiguous
boundaries, that contains one resource or a group of resources that
are related by history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or
culture.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
The identification, evaluation, establishment and protection
of resources significant in history, architecture, archaeology, engineering
or culture of the City of Monroe, the State of Michigan or the United
States.
HISTORIC RESOURCE
A publicly or privately owned building, structure, site,
object, feature or open space that is significant in the history,
architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture of this state or
of a community within this state or of the United States.
NOTICE TO PROCEED
The written permission to issue a permit for work that is
inappropriate and that adversely affects a resource.
OPEN SPACE
Undeveloped land, a naturally landscaped area, or a formal
or man-made landscaped area that provides a connective link or a buffer
between other resources.
ORDINARY MAINTENANCE
Keeping a resource unimpaired and in good condition through
ongoing minor intervention, undertaken from time to time, in its exterior
condition. Ordinary maintenance does not change the external appearance
of the resource except through the elimination of the usual and expected
effects of weathering. Ordinary maintenance does not constitute work
for purposes of this Act.
PROPOSED HISTORIC DISTRICT
An area, or group of areas not necessarily having contiguous
boundaries, that has delineated boundaries and that is under review
by the Committee for the purpose of making a recommendation as to
whether it should be established as an historic district or added
to an established historic district.
REPAIR
To restore a decayed or damaged resource to a good or sound
condition by any process. A repair that changes the external appearance
of a resource constitutes "work" for purposes of this chapter.
RESOURCE
One or more publicly or privately owned historic or nonhistoric
buildings, sites, structures, objects or historic districts, or open
spaces located within an historic district.
WORK
Construction, addition, alteration, repair, moving, excavation
or demolition.
[Amended 10-16-2000 by Ord. No. 00-015]
There is hereby established under the authority
granted the Mayor and City Council, an Historic District Commission.
A. Each member of the Commission shall reside within
the City of Monroe.
B. The membership of the Commission shall consist of
seven voting members, selected and appointed by the Mayor and Council.
[Amended 7-20-2009 by Ord. No. 09-010]
C. Historic District Commission members shall serve without
compensation.
D. A majority of the members shall have a clearly demonstrated
interest in or knowledge of historic preservation.
E. Members shall be appointed for terms of three years
and shall be eligible for reappointment.
F. A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled within
60 calendar days through appointment by the Mayor and Council.
G. At least one member of the Commission shall be appointed
from a list of citizens submitted by one or more duly organized local
historic preservation organizations.
H. The Commission shall include, if available, a graduate
of an accredited school of architecture who has two years of architectural
experience or who is an architect registered in this state.
I. A member of the Commission may be removed by the City
Council for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.
(1) A member of the Commission shall also be subject to
removal if that member receives three unexcused absences during a
one-year period.
(2) In the event that a member of the Commission attains
three unexcused absences during a one-year period, the Chairperson
of the Commission shall forward a letter to the member addressing
the member's attendance.
(3) The Chairperson of the Commission shall submit a letter
to the City Council, and to each member of the Commission, requesting
removal of a member after three unexcused absences. The letter shall
contain the reason(s) for the removal and refer to this section.
[Amended 7-20-2009 by Ord. No. 09-010]
A. The Commission
shall ensure protection of designated areas by its review of building,
demolition or other related permit application requests.
B. The Commission
shall be empowered to investigate tax incentives and preservation
funding and recommend to the City Council application for such preservation
and heritage resource incentives.
C. The Commission,
with the consent of the property owner of record, may erect or install
historic markers and/or plaques on property designated as an historic
building, site, structure or object, or as an historic building, site,
structure or object located within a designated historic district.
D. The Commission
may initiate, collaborate, assist or carry out surveys, studies or
programs designed to identify and evaluate buildings, sites, structures,
objects or districts worthy of preservation.
E. The Commission,
with the consent of the property owner of record, may inspect and
investigate a building, site, structure, object or district believed
to be worthy of preservation.
F. The Commission
may disseminate information, as well as advise residents throughout
the community, as to the protection, enhancement and perpetuation
of all historic resources located within the City of Monroe.
G. The Commission
may sponsor educational workshops/seminars relating to historic preservation.
H. The Commission
may consider methods other than those provided for in this chapter
for encouraging and achieving historic preservation and may make recommendations
relating to the same to the Mayor and Council, the Director of Building,
Zoning and Environmental Compliance and other bodies and/or agencies,
both public and private.
I. The Commission
may issue an appropriate commendation and recognition to individuals,
firms and/or areas which promote the preservation of historic resources
of the City.
J. The Commission
shall maintain a roster of all historic districts.
K. The City
Council may prescribe powers and duties of the Historic District Commission,
in addition to those prescribed by statute, that foster historic preservation
activities, projects and programs within the City of Monroe.
The City Council may accept state or federal
grants for historic preservation purposes, may participate in state
and federal programs that benefit historic preservation, and may accept
public or private gifts for historic preservation purposes. The City
Council may make the Historic District Commission, a City department
or other agency its duly appointed agent to accept and administer
grants, gifts and program responsibilities.
If all efforts by the Historic District Commission
to preserve a resource fail, or if it is determined by the City Council
that public ownership is most suitable, the City Council, if considered
to be in the public interest, may acquire the resource using public
funds, public or private gifts, grants or proceeds from the issuance
of revenue bonds. The acquisition shall be based upon the recommendation
of the Commission. The Commission is responsible for maintaining publicly
owned resources using its own funds, if not specifically designated
for other purposes, or public funds committed for that use by the
City Council. Upon recommendation of the Commission, the City Council
may sell resources acquired under this section with protective easements
included in the property transfer documents, if appropriate.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
prevent ordinary maintenance or repair of a resource within an historic
district, or to prevent work on any resource under a permit issued
by the Department of Building, Zoning and Environmental Compliance
before this chapter was enacted.
[Amended 12-20-1999 by Ord. No. 99-016; 12-18-2000 by Ord. No. 00-019]
A. The following historic districts are hereby established
and described as follows:
(1) 221 South Macomb Street (Tax ID: 39-00269-000): part
of Lot 99 commencing N 32d 40m E 42.23 feet from the southwest corner
of said Lot 99; thence north 32d 40m 00s east 57.77 feet; thence south
57d 19m 30s east 125 feet; thence south 32d 40m 00s west 47.83 feet;
thence north 57d 19m 30s west 44.05 feet; thence north 76d 04m 30s
west 30.93 feet; thence north 57d 19m 30s west 51.66 feet to point
of beginning, Old Village Plat East of Monroe Street.
(2) 226 Scott Street (Tax ID: 39-00318-000): South 75
feet of Lot 124 and South 75 feet of Lot 99, Old Village Plat East
of Monroe Street.
(3) 211 South Macomb Street (Tax ID: 39-00266-000): North
1/2 of Lot 98, Old Village Plat East of Monroe Street.
(4) 307 Washington Street (Tax ID: 39-00188-000): South
40 feet of Lot 54 and North 10 feet of Lot 55, Old Village Plat East
of Monroe Street.
(5) 208 Scott Street (Tax ID: 39-00320-000): South 41.33
feet of east 94.76 feet of Lot 126 and north 8.65 feet of east 55
feet of south 50 feet of Lot 126, Old Village Plat East of Monroe
Street.
(6) 201 S. Macomb Street (Tax ID: 39-00264-000): West
55 feet of north feet of Lot 97, also the west 10 feet of the east
50 feet of south 42 feet of Lot 97 used for garage and driveway, Old
Village Plat East of Monroe Street.
(7) 207 S. Macomb Street (Tax ID: 39-00265-000): South
45 feet of west 89 feet of Lot 97, also east 11 feet of west 100 feet
of south 42 feet used for garage and driveway, Old Village Plat East
of Monroe Street.
(8) 217 S. Macomb Street (Tax ID: 39-00267-000): South
1/2 of Lot 98, Old Village Plat East of Monroe Street.
(9) 306 S. Macomb Street (Tax ID: 39-00218-000): North
65 feet of Lot 76 and east 114 feet of Lot 77 and west 36 feet of
south 20 feet of Lot 77, Old Village Plat East of Monroe Street.
(10)
303 Washington Street (Tax ID: 39-00187-000):
North 60 feet of Lot 54, Old Village Plat East of Monroe Street.
(11)
311 Washington Street (Tax ID: 39-00189-000):
South 40 feet of north 50 feet of Lot 55, Old Village Plat East of
Monroe Street.
(12)
516 E. First Street (Tax ID: 39-00377-000):
Lot 9 and west 15 feet of Lot 10, Studdiford Plat.
(13)
118 E. Third Street (Tax ID: 39-00219-000):
West 36 feet of north 80 feet of Lot 77, Old Village Plat East of
Monroe Street.
(14)
205 E. Third Street (Tax ID: 39-00268-000):
Part of Lot 99 commencing at southwest corner of said Lot 99; thence
south 57d 19m 30s east 125 feet; thence north 32d 40m 00s east 52.17
feet; thence north 57d 19m 30s west 44.05 feet; thence north 76d 04m
30s west 30.93 feet; thence north 57d 19m 30s west 51.55 feet; thence
south 32d 40m 00s west 42.23 feet to point of beginning, Old Village
Plat East of Monroe Street.
(15)
210 E. Third Street (Tax ID: 39-00270-000):
East 64 feet of west 131 feet of Lot 100, Old Village Plat East of
Monroe Street.
(16)
304 E. Fifth Street (Tax ID: 39-00119-000):
Lot 17 and west 15 feet of Lot 18, Haskell Plat No. 2.
(17)
309 E. Fifth Street (Tax ID: 39-00113-000):
Lot 11 and east 23 feet of Lot 10, Haskell Plat No. 2.
(18)
212 Scott Street (Tax ID: 39-00319-000): North
1/2 of Lot 125, Old Village Plat East of Monroe Street.
(19)
218 Scott Street (Tax ID: 39-00317-000): S 1/2
of Lot 125 and north 25 feet of Lot 124 and north 25 feet of east
25 feet of Lot 99, Old Village Plat East of Monroe Street.
(20)
324 Scott Street (Tax ID: 39-00312-000): North
1/2 of Lot 121, Old Village Plat East of Monroe Street.
(21)
225 Scott Street (Tax ID: 3900561-001): South
85 feet of Lots 280 and 281, Wadsworth and Navarre Plat.
(22)
303 North Macomb Street (Tax ID: 69-00061-000):
The south 60 feet of Lot 22, Anderson Plat.
(23)
325 North Macomb Street (Tax ID: 69-00064-000):
Lot 23 and the east 18 feet of the south 45 feet of the north 103
feet of Lot 24 and the east 8 feet of the south 45 feet of the north
148 feet of Lot 24, Anderson Plat.
(24)
143 North Macomb Street (Tax ID: 69-00035-000):
North 5 feet of Lot 11 and the south 45 feet of Lot 14, Anderson Plat.
(25)
218 North Macomb Street (Tax ID: 59-01713-000):
Commencing 167 feet north 24d 30m east from intersection of the east
line of Macomb Street with the north line of Willow Street; thence
north 24d 30m east 45 feet; thence south 65d 30m east 190 feet; thence
south 24d 30m west 45 feet; thence north 65d 30m west 190 feet to
point of beginning in Private Claim 53.
(26)
226 North Macomb Street (Tax ID: 59-01714-000):
Commencing 212 feet north 24d 30m east from the intersection of the
east line of Macomb Street with the north line of Willow Street; thence
north 24d 30m east 100 feet; thence 65d 30m east 190 feet; thence
south 24d 30m west 100 feet to point of beginning in Private Claim
53.
(27)
47 East Elm Avenue (Tax ID: 69-00014-000): South
170.35 feet of Lot 2, Anderson Plat.
B. The following historic districts are hereby established
and described as follows:
(1) 320 South Macomb Street (Tax ID: 39-00216-000): North
30 feet of Lot 75 and South 35 feet of Lot 76, Old Village Plat East
of Monroe Street.
(2) 22 West Second Street (Tax ID: 29-00231-000): Lot
36, Old Village Plat West of Monroe Street.
(3) 323 East Sixth Street (Tax ID: 39-00132-000): Lot
30, Haskell Plat No. 2.
(4) 212 — 220 South Macomb Street* (Tax ID: 39-00222-000):
Lot 79 and North 10 feet of Lot 78, Old Village Plat East of Monroe
Street. [*NOTE: 212-220 South Macomb is comprised of two separate
buildings located on one parcel.]
(5) 203 Cass Street (Tax ID: 29-00230-000): Lot 35, Old
Village Plat West of Monroe Street.
(6) 504 Washington Street (Tax ID: 29-00129-000): North
50 feet of East 100 feet of Lot 27, Old Village Plat East of Monroe
Street.
(7) 302 North Macomb Street (Tax ID: 59-01715-000): Commencing
312 feet North 24D 30M East from intersection of East Line of Macomb
Street with North Line of Willow Street; thence North 24D 30M East
50 feet; thence South 65D 30M East 190 feet; thence South 24D 30M
West 50 feet; thence North 65D 30M West 190 feet to POB in PC 53.
(8) 443 North Macomb Street (Tax ID: 69-01221-000): Commencing
419 feet North 24D 30M East from intersection of North Line of Noble
Avenue with West Line of Macomb Street; thence North 24D 30M East
70 feet; thence North 65D 30M West 200 feet; thence South 24D 30M
West 70 feet; thence South 65D 30M East 200 feet to POB in PC 53.
(9) 49 East Vine Street (Tax ID: 69-00055-000): East 33 3/4
feet of Lot 19 and West 16 1/4 feet of Lot 20, Anderson Plat.
(10)
127 Hollywood Drive (Tax ID: 59-00534-000):
Outlot A & Lots 1 to 8 inclusive except northerly 9 feet of easterly
100 feet of Lot 8. Also a parcel described as commencing 329 feet
North 24D 30M East & 160 feet South 65D 30M East from intersection
of North Line of East Elm Avenue & East Line of Lincoln Avenue;
thence North 24D 30M East 50 feet; thence South 65D 30M East 20 feet;
thence South 24D 30M West 50 feet; thence North 65D 30M West 20 feet
to POB.
[Amended 12-18-2000 by Ord. No. 00-019]
A. The following historic district, described as follows,
is hereby eliminated:
(1) 207 S. Macomb Street (Tax ID: 39-00265-000): South
45 feet of West 89 feet of Lot 97, also East 11 feet of West 100 feet
of South 42 feet used for garage and driveway, Old Village Plat East
of Monroe Street.