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Commissioners urge clearer application packets and stronger enforcement after preservation conference
Summary
Members of the Historic District and Landmark Preservation Commission recapped a preservation conference, cautioned about possible federal funding cuts, debated alternate materials and asked staff to clarify permit and enforcement procedures to reduce cases of work done without COAs.
At its May 12 meeting the Poughkeepsie Historic District and Landmark Preservation Commission recapped highlights from the Landmark Preservation Society conference and discussed steps to reduce work performed without required Certificates of Appropriateness.
Commissioners who attended said they returned with three priorities: make the city's landmarks ordinance and COA requirements easier to access for homeowners and contractors; consider tested alternative materials where appropriate; and prioritize updating the city's historic resource inventory so the commission and owners know what is protected.
Commissioner Kyle Niswander said concerns from the conference included federal funding uncertainty: "the funding in general for the National…
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