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Board reviews certificate-of-appropriateness rules and discusses expanding McKinney historic overlay
Summary
Planning staff reviewed when Certificates of Appropriateness (COAs) are required inside McKinney's Historic Overlay District and board members discussed outreach and options to extend protection to high‑priority properties outside the overlay.
City planning manager Cassie Baumgartner gave the Historic Preservation Advisory Board a refresher on the certificate of appropriateness (COA) process on June 5 and answered questions about how the Historic Overlay District and the Historic Neighborhood Improvement Zone (H and I Z) incentives interact with preservation tools.
Baumgartner said the Unified Development Code (UDC) defines a COA as a determination that proposed work within the Historic Overlay District or on any locally designated historic landmark is compatible with the historic character. For residential properties the board reviews changes visible from the public right of way; for commercial…
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