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Recommend approval to add 131 Courthouse Road, SW to the Town of Vienna Historic Property Register.
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EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
Attached is an application from Nancy and Simeon Moats, property owners of 131 Courthouse Road, SW, for designation of the property as a Town of Vienna Historic Site. The application was reviewed and approved unanimously at the Jan. 8, 2020 Historic Vienna, Inc. board meeting. Fairfax County records state that a building was standing on the 131 Courthouse Road property in 1883.
Historic Vienna, Inc. recommends that Council approve this application.
Strategic Plan Initiative: Vienna as a complete community.
Board or Commission of Interest:
Departmental Recommendation: The Parks and Recreation director recommends approving the addition of 131 Courthouse Road, SW to the Vienna Historic Property Register, #28.
Finance Recommendation:
Purchasing Recommendation:
Town Attorney Recommendation: Under Town Code provisions listed below, Town Council may approve the proposed application for designation of a property as a Town of Vienna Historic Site in its discretion.
Sec. 25-7. - Same-Town Council.
The Town Council shall act on each such application within 60 days after receiving the same from the Town Manager. The Town Council may, as it deems appropriate, approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions and qualifications, each application. Any structure, site or place so approved by the Town Council shall thereupon be added to the register and be entitled to display the marker provided for in section 25-4.
Sec. 25-8. - Presumptive qualification for registration.
In considering applications for inclusion on the register, the Town Manager, the board of Historic Vienna, Inc., and the Town Council shall consider the following structures, sites and places as presumptively entitled to inclusion on the register:
(a) Buildings and other structures erected at their present location prior to 1900 and which re...
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