ORD 30206 - Landmark Designation - Bemis Park LHD ORDINANCE NO. 30R2.G1Ga
AN ORDINANCE to designate the Bemis Park District, located at Cummg Street to
Hawthorne Avenue, Glenwood Avenue to 33rd Street as a Landmark Heritage District
pursuant to the Landmark Heritage Preservation Ordinance of the City of Omaha.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
Section 1. That the Bemis Park District is located at Cuming Street to Hawthorne
Avenue, Glenwood Avenue to 33rd Street, which is on the following described land, to wit•
Beginning at a point on the Northeast corner of Lot 20, Block 6, Bemis Park
Addition, as surveyed, platted and recorded in Douglas County, Nebraska; thence
West to a point of intersection of the East line of Lot 15,said Block 6,extended
South to the North line of Lot 18, said Block 6; thence North along the East line
extended South and the East line of Lots 15 through 9, Block 6,to the Northeast
corner of said Lot 9; thence West to the Northwest corner of said Lot 9; thence
North a distance of 12 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 8, Block 6,said Bemis
Park Addition; thence continuing North along the West line of said Lot 8, a
distance of 45 feet; thence West a distance of 66 feet to a point on the East line
of Lot 14, Block 5, said Bemis Park Addition, said point being 93 feet South of
the Northeast corner of said Lot 14; thence continuing West a distance of 52.5
feet to the West line of said Lot 14; thence North a distance of 93 feet to the
Northwest corner of said Lot 14; thence West to the Northwest corner of Lot 8,
said Block 5; thence West to the Northeast corner of Lot 6, Block 4, said Bemis
Park Addition; thence West to the Northwest corner of Lot 4, said Block 4;
thence North 14 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot "G", Subdivision of Lots 1,
2, and 3 of Block 4, said Bemis Park Addition; thence West 66 feet to a point 7.5
feet North of the Northeast corner of Lot 56, Subdivision of Block "A", Reservoir
Addition, as platted, surveyed and recorded in Douglas County, Nebraska;thence
West a distance of 180.5 feet to a point 7.5 feet North of Lot 53, said Block "A";
thence South a distance of 222.5 feet to a point on the North line of Lot 20,
Subdivision and Realotment of Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, Block 10, said Bemis
Park Addition; thence West to a point 41 feet West of the Northeast corner of
Lot 22, said Block 10; thence along a curve Southwesterly and Southeasterly a
distance of 246 feet to a point on the Southerly line of said Lot 22; thence
Southeasterly a distance of 162.8 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 20, said
Block 10; thence Southerly approximately 135 feet + to a point on a curve, said
point being 50 feet East of,and measured at right angle from the West Right-of-
Way line of Glenwood Avenue; thence Southeasterly along a curve to the left, 50
feet East of and parallel to said West line, to a point on the Westernmost corner
of Block 11,said Bemis Park Addition,said point also being on the East Right-of-
Way line of Glenwood Avenue; thence Southerly along said East Right-of-Way
line to the South line of Block 11, said Bemis Park Addition; thence East along
the South line to the Southeast corner of said Block 11;thence East a distance of
148.3 feet to the Southwest corner of Block 9, said Bemis Park Addition; thence
East to the Southeast corner of said Block 9; thence North to the Northeast
corner of said Block 9;thence North to the Southeast corner of Lot 20, Block 6,
said Bemis Park Addition; thence North a distance of 147 feet to the Northeast
corner of said Lot 20,also being the point of beginning.
Section 2. That for the reasons recited in Landmarks Heritage Preservation
Commission Resolution attached hereto as Exhibit I, and made a part hereof as if fully set
forth herein, the architectural characteristics of the Bemis Park District are hereby deemed
significant and worthy of preservation.
Section 3. That the Bemis Park District is hereby designated pursuant to Section 24-
61 of the Omaha Municipal Code, and hereby subject to all of the provisions of Landmark
Heritage Preservation, Ch. 24, Art. II.of the City of Omaha.
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Section 4. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and take effect fifteen (15)days
from and after the date of its passage.ASrii?IN CED BY COUN LM RV
APPROVED:
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF OMAHA DATE/
PASSED DEC 20 1983 G. - a
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF HE`CIT,11 M
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RESOLUTION-EXHIBIT 1
BEMIS PARK LANDMARK HERITAGE DISTRICT
LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF OMAHA :
WHEREAS , the Bemis Park District is a reflection of Omaha ' s growth
and development in the decades between 1880 and 1920 ; and, ,
WHEREAS , the Bemis Park District is uniquely platted - the first sub-
division in the City to be laid out with respect to the topography
rather than the more typical grid pattern common to frontier cities
of the time ; and,
WHEREAS , the Bemis Park District was platted and first developed by
George P . Bemis , realtor and president of the prosperous Bemis Park
Company in the 1880' s and later Mayor o° Omaha , and,
WHEREAS , the Bemis Park District includes a park donated to the City
be George Bemis and designed, as part of the then developing Omaha
parks and boulevard system, by Syracuse , New York landscape architect
Alfred R . Edgerton in the mid- 1800 ' s "naturalistic" style of
Fredrick Law Olmsted' s New York Central Park ; and ,
WHEREAS , the houses of the Bemis Park District are linked ae- thetic-
ally by scale , proportion, and siting , and represent a variety of
architectural styles , both vernacular and "high style" , creating
cohesiveness through similarity as well as through a desireable
dissimilarity ; and,
WHEREAS , the Bemis Park District ' s unique platting, tree- lined
curvilinear streets , picturesque views and turn-of-the-century
architecture all contribute significantly to the area' s retention
of its sense of time and place ; and,
WHEREAS , this case application and supporting data are attached
hereto as exhibits , and incorporated herein by the reference .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS HERITAGE PRESERVATION
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA :
THAT , the Bemis Park District , Curving Street to Hawthorne Avenue -
Glenwood Avenue to 33rd Street , be designated as a Landmark Heritage
District of the City of Omaha.
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