19 W. Birch Ave. Certificate of Appropriateness Conditions of Approval

Select a hotel design option to satisfy the previous condition of approval for the Certificate of Appropriateness. 

Select a hotel design option to satisfy the previous condition of approval for the Certificate of Appropriateness. 

The Commission can request additional information related to demonstrating the previous condition of approval for the hotel design.

The current project proposes to construct a new The Graduate hotel and parking garage at 19 W. Birch Ave. utilizing three parcels, 100-19-004A, 100-19-008A, and 100-19-007. All three parcels are located within the Downtown Historic Overlay Zone and subject to the Design Handbook for Downtown Flagstaff. 

During the July 15, 2026 meeting, the Heritage Preservation Commission approved the Certificate of Appropriateness for the design of new hotel and parking garage buildings, with the following conditions: 

1. To address concerns over the N2 Guideline in the Design Handbook for Downtown Flagstaff, submit renderings of the hotel building with the fifth story limestone swapped with the second story brick to the Heritage Preservation Commission for review.
2. For information, submit renderings from the street level of the micro retail spaces at the parking garage and hotel and murals on the parking garage (examples allowed).

To address the first condition of approval, the applicant submitted alternate hotel design renderings showing the fifth story stucco swapped with the second story brick. In the previous submittal, the fifth story was depicted as stucco and not as limestone. It was presented as stucco in the agenda packet and in the staff report, but was mistakenly referred to as limestone by the applicant during the July meeting. The applicant also submitted an updated version of the previous hotel renderings showing the earlier design with a lighter trim color for the Commission to consider as an alternate option. These two new design choices are attached to the agenda for review along with the previous renderings submitted for the July meeting. Selection of one of the design choices as satisfying the previous condition of approval is requested. 

To address the second condition of approval, the applicant submitted renderings of the parking garage from street level demonstrating example micro retail spaces and murals. This condition of approval asked for the renderings to be submitted for informational purposes only and not for design approval.