Staff Recommendation

APPROVE C-2 (Central Business District)/H-1 (Historic Overlay); APPROVE Design Guidelines.

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The Lamar House Hotel - Bijou Theatre is significant for its architecture, with reflections of early Federal and Georgian Revival design and early twentieth century revival styles. The building has played an important role as a symbol of East Tennessee's cultural, political, economic, and social history, and is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. The Central City Sector Plan designates this property for commercial development.

The proposed design guidelines that accompany this H-1 designation request are the "Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings."

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Disposition Summary

APPROVE C-2 (Central Business District)/H-1 (Historic Overlay) and Design Guidelines.