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FLOOR AREA
BONUS
REQUESTED
FLOOR AREA
BONUS
5,982.3 S.F.250 S.F.250 S.F.
To be considered for the bonus, it must be demonstrated that the project meets all of the following
criteria: MET NOT MET DOES NOT
APPLY
a) The historic building is the key element of the property, and the primary entry into the structure,
and the addition is incorporated in a manner that maintains the visual integrity of the historic
building; and
b) If applicable, historically significant site and landscape features from the period of significance
of the historic building are preserved; and the applicant is undertaking multiple significant
restoration actions, including but not limited to, re-opening an enclosed porch, re-installing doors
and windows in original openings that have been enclosed, removing paint or other nonoriginal
finishes, or removing elements which are covering original materials or features; and
c) The project retains a historic outbuilding, if one is present, as a free standing structure above
grade; and N/A
MET
Review Criteria for 121 W. Bleeker
The applicant is requesting a 250 sf Floor Area Bonus for significant restoration efforts that include
re-opening the front porch and removing detrimental alterations to the historic resource.
The applicant may request up to 250 s.f. of floor area.
Summary of Review Criteria for Floor Area Bonus Request
26.415.110.F - Floor Area Bonus.
In selected circumstances, the HPC may grant up to five hundred (500) additional square feet of
allowable floor area for projects involving designated historic properties. The potential bonus is
determined by net lot area such that a 3,000-5,999 square foot lot is eligible for a maximum of a two
hundred fifty (250) square foot floor area bonus, a 6,000-8,999 square foot lot is eligible for a
maximum of a three hundred seventy five (375) square foot floor area bonus and a 9,000 square foot
or larger lot is eligible for a maximum of a 500 square foot floor area bonus. Floor area bonuses are
cumulative.
MET
d) The applicant is electing a preservation outcome that is a high priority for HPC, including but
not limited to, creating at least two detached structures on the site, limiting the amount of above
grade square footage added directly to a historic resource to no more than twice the above grade
square footage of the historic resource, limiting the height of an addition to a historic resource to
the height of the resource or lower, or demolishing and replacing a significantly incompatible non-
historic addition to a historic resource with an addition that meets current guidelines.
MET