City of Albuquerque - File #: O-07-1

• File #: O-07-1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted and Published
• File created: 12/17/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/7/2008
• Enactment date: 1/7/2008
• Enactment #: O-2008-003
• Title: Designating El Vado Motel a City of Albuquerque Landmark (Benton, by request)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton (By Request)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/14/2008	City Clerk	Published
1/14/2008	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
1/8/2008	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
1/7/2008	City Council	Do Pass	Pass
12/17/2007	City Council	Introduced
12/17/2007	President	To be heard at the Council Meeting

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
EIGHTEENTH COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. O-07-1 ENACTMENT NO. ______________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton, by request


ORDINANCE
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Designating El Vado Motel a City of Albuquerque Landmark (Benton, by request)
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DESIGNATING EL VADO MOTEL A CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE LANDMARK.
WHEREAS, the adoption of Council Bill Enactment No. O-2006-003 was reversed by the district court decision of March 21, 2007 in CV-2007-10189, Second Judicial District Court, County of Bernalillo, State of New Mexico, rendering Council Bill Enactment No. O-2006-003 of no force and effect; and
WHEREAS, the district court remanded the El Vado Motel landmark proceedings to the Landmarks and Urban Conversation Commission for new proceedings on the October 5, 2005 application to designate the El Vado Motel as a city 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 except the southerly 7.5 feet, 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) ROA 1994, establishing the Landmarks and Urban Conservation Commission and providing for designation of City Landmarks, 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 bea...