City of Albuquerque - File #: O-06-1

• File #: O-06-1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted and Published
• File created: 1/18/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/6/2006
• Enactment date: 2/22/2006
• Enactment #: O-2006-003
• Title: Designating El Vado Motel as a City of Albuquerque Landmark (Benton)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton

Date	Action By	Action	Result
2/22/2006	City Clerk	Published
2/22/2006	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
2/13/2006	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
2/6/2006	City Council	Do Pass as Amended	Pass
2/6/2006	City Council	Amended	Pass
1/18/2006	City Council	Introduced
1/18/2006	President	To be heard at the Council Meeting

CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE
SEVENTEENTH COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. O-06-1 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton


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Designating El Vado Motel as a City of Albuquerque Landmark (Benton)
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DESIGNATING EL VADO MOTEL A CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE LANDMARK.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. Intent
(A) El Vado Motel located at 2500 Central Avenue SW, Lots 24-39, Block 3. Westpark Addition to the City of Albuquerque, has been recommended as a City Landmark by the Landmarks and Urban Conservation Commission; and
(B) El Vado Motel meets criteria for City Landmark designation, as specified in Section 14-12-7(A) of the Ordinance establishing the Landmarks and Urban Conservation Commission and providing for designation of City Landmarks (R.O.A. 1994) as follows:
(1) Has historic significance rooted in its architecture and associations with automobile tourism on U.S. Highway 66;
(2) Portrays the environment of a group of people (lodging operators and automobile tourists) in an era of history (Late Depression/World War II/Post-War Period) characterized by a distinctive architectural style (Spanish-Pueblo Revival);
(3) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type and method of construction; that being an automobile tourist court consisting of stuccoed adobe bearing walls with timber roof beams and wood decking/ceiling and including a multicolor, luminous tube (neon) image on a painted metal sign.
(4) Was listed in the State Register of Cultural Properties and National Register of Historic Places in 1993; and
(5) Its preservation is critical because of its relationship to already designated landmarks.
(C) Significant features of El Vado Motel identified by the Landmarks and Urban Conservation Commission as being worthy of preservation:
(1) All three buildings in the complex;
(2) Spanish-Pueblo Revival styling in the form of buttressed walls with c...