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Cityor Department of Planning and Building Safety <br />ILZ <br />Louisville , <br />749 Main Street • Louisville CO 80027 • 303.335.4592 www.louisvilleco.gov <br />COLORADO • SINCE I87S <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Historic Preservation Commission Members <br />From: Department of Planning and Building Safety <br />Subject: Demolition Review Process <br />Date: July 15th, 2019 <br />BACKGROUND: <br />A subcommittee of the HPC recently reviewed a demolition where the scope of the project <br />changed without notification from the applicant. The subcommittee requested a discussion <br />on the topic of demolitions and the review process. <br />DEMOLITION DEFINITION: <br />Demolition or demolish: Any act or process which removes one or more of the following: <br />(a) Fifty percent or more of the roof area as measured from directly above <br />across a horizontal plane (see diagram). The shaded area illustrates <br />the maximum amount that may be removed without constituting <br />demolition as defined by this provision. <br />(b) Fifty percent or more of the exterior walls of a building as <br />measured contiguously around the building (see diagram). The <br />shaded area illustrates the maximum amount that may be removed <br />without constituting demolition as defined by this provision. <br />(c) Any exterior wall facing a public street, but not an act or process <br />which removes an exterior wall facing an alley (see diagram). The <br />shaded area illustrates the maximum amount that may be removed <br />without constituting demolition as defined by this provision. <br />A wall shall meet the following minimum standards to be considered a <br />retained exterior wall: <br />Med.vred frum diree.6 above <br />Measued msstigimnsly amend the building <br />Street <br />ExL rior wdII <br />(1) The wall shall retain studs or other structural elements, the exterior wall finish, <br />and the fully framed and sheathed roof above that portion of the remaining <br />building to which such wall is attached; <br />(2) The wall shall not be covered or otherwise concealed by a wall that is <br />proposed to be placed in front of the retained wall; and <br />(3) Each part of the retained exterior walls shall be connected contiguously and <br />without interruption to every other part of the retained exterior walls. <br />