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Georgetown staff asks council for direction on historic‑district demolition rules; HARC seeks stricter criteria
Summary
City planning staff asked council for direction on proposed UDC changes to how demolitions are defined and reviewed inside Georgetown’s historic districts; HARC recommended treating demolition as a last resort and narrowing the demolition definition to full removal of a structure or full removal of a street‑facing façade.
City planning staff asked the council for guidance on proposed updates to the Unified Development Code (UDC) and demolition review criteria for the city’s historic districts. The changes were developed with the Historic and Architectural Review Commission (HARC), which suggested tightening the demolition definition and elevating the “last‑order‑of‑resort” standard in the review criteria.
Proposed changes and HARC’s recommendation: Staff recommended aligning the UDC demolition definition with the design guidelines so the rules are consistent. HARC proposed that a demolition should be defined as either the complete removal of a structure or the complete removal of a street‑facing façade, rather than treating any removal of a portion of the façade (for example, a window bay) as a demolition…
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