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Historic Preservation Board backs committee reforms to clarify review criteria and expand administrative approvals
Summary
The Historic Preservation Board recommended May 13 that the city adopt revisions from a 2024 ad hoc committee to consolidate review criteria, expand some staff‑level approvals and pursue preservation incentives, subject to a minor wording change requested by the board.
The Historic Preservation Board recommended May 13 that the city adopt a package of amendments developed by an ad hoc Historic Preservation Ordinance Review Committee to streamline the city’s certificate‑of‑appropriateness criteria, expand administrative review in specific low‑impact areas and pursue incentives for historic property owners.
Committee work: The ad hoc committee met in 2024 and proposed consolidating the city’s lengthy set of review criteria to remove redundancies and clarify standards for applicants and staff. The committee also recommended increasing the set of project types that staff can approve administratively…
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