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Terre Haute committee discusses ordinance to create historic preservation commission; staffing, funding and code placement flagged
Summary
The Planning, Zoning and Improvements Committee heard experts and city officials on July 28 about an enabling ordinance to form a local historic preservation commission, focusing discussion on staffing, funding, the survey of historic resources, appeals and whether the measure should sit in the zoning chapter of the city code.
Councilwoman Boland, chair of the Planning, Zoning and Improvements Committee, opened the July 28 meeting by saying the committee will not take public comment at that session and that a separate public comment session is scheduled for Aug. 20 at 5:30 p.m. at Terre Haute City Hall.
The committee spent most of the meeting on an enabling ordinance that would allow Terre Haute City to create a local historic preservation commission and local historic districts. The proposal, as drafted, would authorize the commission to apply for grants, accept title to property and request technical, administrative or clerical assistance from city officials. The committee did not vote on the ordinance at the meeting.
Tommy Koechner, director of the Western Regional Office for Indiana Landmarks, described funding tools and how other Indiana communities staff preservation commissions. "National Register listing is automatic listing in the State," Koechner said, noting that the federal…
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