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Castle Rock HPB weighs Chapter 15 changes to demolition review, notice rules and restoration grant eligibility
Summary
The Castle Rock Historic Preservation Board discussed proposed amendments to Chapter 15 that would expand demolition review criteria to a 50‑year standard in the downtown district, clarify economic hardship analysis, reduce some notice radii and allow contributing (not just landmark) structures to apply for local restoration grants.
The Castle Rock Historic Preservation Board met to review draft amendments to Chapter 15 of the town code that would tighten demolition‑review procedures, formalize notice and neighborhood‑meeting expectations and expand the pool of properties eligible for the board’s local restoration grant program.
Board members and staff described the package as an effort to align historic‑preservation procedures with current practice and best practices used by other jurisdictions. Town staff told the board that the proposed changes include using a rolling 50‑year threshold for demolition review within the historic downtown area, clearer standards for an economic‑hardship analysis, a standard one‑year period to pull a building permit following board approval and a change to noticing requirements for historic‑preservation (HP) applications.
If the 50‑year threshold is adopted for the downtown, staff estimated it would bring “a little over another hundred” properties into review in addition to the roughly “just under 120” structures already…
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