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Pleasant Street Historic District - Demolish a Single-family Dwelling at 414 NW 6th Avenue (B)
Petition HP-16-56. Robert Pratt, owner. Demolish a single-family dwelling located at 414 NW 6th Avenue. This home is contributing to the Pleasant Street Historic District.
Explanation
This project involves the demolition of the structure that is currently located at 414 NW 6th Avenue. The structure was built in 1929, according to the Alachua County Property Appraisers Office. However, the Florida master site file for this property indicates that a house has been on this site since 1909 according to the Sanborn maps. The property is zoned RC and is approximately 0.06 acres in size. The building is a contributing structure to the Pleasant Street Historic District. The proposal is to demolish the house to allow for the future construction of a new single-family dwelling.
The structure is a one story single-family house that is approximately 608 square feet in size. There is a Florida Master Site File available for the house. The house is a bungalow that has wood horizontal siding with cornerboards. There is a one-story screened porch on the front of the house with a gable roof. The roof is a 3-V Crimp metal roof. The Florida master site file describes the significance of the house, indicating that it contributes in scale and character to the Fifth Avenue Neighborhood which has been evolving since the mid-nineteenth century. A current survey of the property indicates that a part of the home sits in the 30 foot right-of-way of NW 6th Avenue. The front entrance into the building faces east towards the side property line. The side of the house is parallel with the street frontage. Approximately 5 feet of the side of the house lies within the right-of-way.
In April of 2016, there was a Notice of Violation given to the property at 414 NW 6th Avenue because the structure was found to be a Dangerous Building as set forth in Chapter 16 of the City o...
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