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RESOLUTION <br />(Denying demolition request) <br />• Whereas, the owner of a protected property located at 409 Ridge Street (the <br />"Applicant") has sought a certificate of appropriateness from the City of Charlottesville <br />Board of Architectural Review (the "BAR") for demolition of a structure (referred to as a <br />"cottage"); and <br />Whereas, the cottage had at one time been an accessory building to the principal <br />single family residence at 409 Ridge Street, until 1994 when the principal residence <br />(referred to as the "bunkum -Spooner -Brown House") was crushed by a tree and had to be <br />removed from the site; and <br />Whereas, the cottage was demolished by the Applicant in August of 1999 without <br />Applicant's having applied for the required certificate of appropriateness to demolish it; and <br />Whereas, the Applicant appeared in front of the BAR on September 21, 1999 in an <br />effort to obtain a certificate of appropriateness for demolition of the cottage; however, the <br />BAR denied his request; and <br />Whereas, Applicant has appealed the BAR's decision to Council pursuant to City <br />Code §34-584; and <br />• Whereas, this Council has examined the relevant evidence in the record, including <br />descriptions and photographs of the cottage as it existed immediately prior to its demolition, <br />and after it was partially demolished, and has reviewed the minutes of the BAR, has heard <br />from the Applicant, has consulted with the BAR, and has listened to presentations from <br />persons who allege their standing to be heard; <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Council finds as follows: <br />1. The cottage was of historical significance and, among other things, had been listed <br />by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources as a "contributing structure" to the historic <br />district. <br />2. The original Dunkum-Spooner-Brown House, to which this cottage was an out- <br />building, was the residence of Mr. Wallace Spooner, a prominent Charlottesville builder, <br />amateur architect, and the grandson of John M. Perry, one of Thomas Jefferson's master <br />builders. <br />0 <br />