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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Date: 12/8/2020
District D
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PLN - Landmark Designation: Medical Towers/Westin 1709 Dryden

Agenda Item#: 54.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE designating the property municipally known as 1709 Dryden Road within the City of Houston, Texas as a landmark and designated the “Medical Towers/Westin”; containing findings and other provisions related to the foregoing subject; providing for a penalty - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ

Background:

Chapter 33, Section 33-222 of the Code of Ordinances allows for City Council to designate a Landmark or Protected Landmark upon application by property owner.

 

This application for Landmark designation of the Medical Towers at 1709 Dryden Road was initiated by the owner.

 

A public hearing was held on September 24, 2020 by the Houston Archaeological and Historical Commission and there were no objections to the designation. The Houston Archaeological and Historical Commission determined that the application satisfied applicable criteria of the ordinance and unanimously recommended approval of the  Landmark designation.

 

 

 

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Margaret Wallace Brown, AICP, CNU-A  
Director
Planning and Development Department

Contact Information:

Anna Sedillo

832-393-6578

 

Yasmin Arslan

832-393-6631

 

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