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Terre Haute council sends historic‑preservation ordinance to committee after hours of public testimony
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment from residents, neighborhood groups and preservation advocates, the Terre Haute City Council voted to send a proposed historic‑preservation enabling ordinance to the Planning, Zoning and Improvements Committee for further review and drafting.
The Terre Haute City Council voted to refer a proposed historic‑preservation enabling ordinance to its Planning, Zoning and Improvements Committee after extensive public comment on July 10.
Supporters said the ordinance would create a local process to identify and protect architecturally or historically significant buildings and neighborhoods. “Please support this ordinance,” Margaret Herdlich said during public comment; Herdlich is a Perringtons Grove resident who testified in favor of the measure.
The ordinance, sponsored by five council members, would establish a local preservation commission empowered to survey properties, propose local…
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