Planning commission reviews demolition-triggered zoning map amendment for 27 Franklin St., Saint Timothy’s Chapel

Christina Martin Koski, division manager of historic preservation planning, told the Frederick City Planning Commission at its June 15 workshop that the application before the commission is a zoning map amendment for 27 Franklin Street tied to a demolition review for the former Saint Timothy’s Chapel.

Koski said the stone chapel, constructed in 1924 as Saint Timothy’s Mission to serve workers in the then-developing Schleyesville area, closed in February 2015 and has since become the subject of a demolition-review application that in turn triggered a zoning map amendment application. She told commissioners the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) will next consider whether the site meets designation criteria for a historic preservation overlay and that the Planning Commission’s role is to review the HPC findings and evaluate consistency with the City of Frederick comprehensive plan.

Koski described the HPO…