Subject: 9542/Historic District/Battery Place
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1991 16:31:00 -0500


                                ORDINANCE NO. 9542
        
        
        
                   AN ORDINANCE TO DESIGNATE BATTERY PLACE, MORE
                   PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, AS A LOCAL
                   HISTORIC DISTRICT AND TO ADOPT THE BATTERY
                   PLACE DISTRICT SPECIFIC DESIGN GUIDELINES.
                  
                  
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              	   WHEREAS, it has been determined that there is a need
         to preserve and protect the historical and architectural
         character of the Battery Place neighborhood, as outlined in the 

         attached boundaries; and
              	   WHEREAS, on February 19, 1991, the Historic Zoning
         Commission by resolution recommended to the City Council of the 

         City of Chattanooga that the Battery Place area, more
         particularly described herein, be designated as a Local 
Historic
         District pursuant to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated 

         A713-7-402, et seq.; and
              	   WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chattanooga
         has reviewed the resolution and report of the Chattanooga
         Historic Zoning Commission and concurs in the findings of said
         Commission; and
              	   WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Battery
         Place District Specific Design Guidelines;
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                                 NOW, THEREFORE,
              	   SECTION 1.	  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
         THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That the Battery Place area 

         be and is hereby designated as a Local Historic District, more
         particularly described as follows:
        
              Property located in the 500, 600 and 700 blocks of
              Battery Place, being on the northeast line of Battery
              Place southeast of Georgia Avenue.
             
              Lots 1-5, 12, 16, Riverside Division of Lindsays
              Addition to Chattanooga, as shown by plat of record in
              plat book 2, page 45, R.O.H.C., lots 5, 7, 9 and 11,
              block 4, Lindsays Extension of the Town of Chattanooga,
              as shown by plat of record in deed book K, volume 1,
              page 433, R.O.H.C., lots 1-14, block 4, and the Burke
              Home Site, Bluff View Land Company Subdivision, as shown
              by plat of record in plat book 5, page 63, R.O.H.C.,
              lots 1, 2, and part of lot 3, Burke Subdivision, not
              recorded, and an unplatted tract.  Said lots and part of
              lots form one tract beginning on the northeast line of
              Battery Place 135 feet southeast of the intersection of
              the northeast line of Battery Place with the southeast
              line of Georgia Avenue (as now located), thence
              northeast some 310 feet to the southwest line of the
              Tennessee River, thence southeast some 1118.25 feet with
              the Tennessee River, thence southwest some 23 feet,
              thence southwest 136.56 feet, thence southwest 1.47 feet
              to the northeast line of Marietta Street, thence
              southwest 30 feet to the southwest line of Marietta
              Street, thence southeast 159.8 feet with Marietta Street
              to the northwest line of Mabel Street, thence southwest
              225 feet with Mabel Street to the northeast line of
              Battery Place, thence northwest, southwest, and
              northwest some 1339.9 feet with Battery Place to the
              point of beginning.
             
              Tax Map No. 135M-L-8-10; 135M-M-1-2, 9-23, and 25-28.
             
              	   SECTION 2.	  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the
         Battery Place District Specific Design Guidelines, attached
         hereto and incorporated herein by reference, be and are hereby
         adopted for the Battery Place Local Historic District
         established herein.
              	   SECTION 3.	  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this
         Ordinance shall take effect two weeks from and after its
         passage, the public welfare requiring it.
        
         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading April 23, 1991.       
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              	   	     	       	    	   CHAIRPERSON
        
              	   	     	       APPROVED:______ DISAPPROVED: _______
        
              	   	     	       DATE:________________ _______, 1991.
        
        
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              	   	     	       	    	      MAYOR
        
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