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Historic commission leans to include contributing properties in tax-exemption options
Summary
After extended discussion, commissioners directed staff to include contributing properties when drafting options to change the city’s historic tax-exemption program and to explore tiered incentives to encourage designation and preservation.
The Denton Historic Landmark Commission spent the bulk of a meeting discussing whether the city’s historic tax-exemption program should be changed to include contributing properties within local districts, and directed staff to present options that do precisely that.
Staff reminded the commission that at a July 8, 2024 meeting the commission had directed staff not to expand eligibility to contributing properties and instead to focus on modifying the program for individually locally designated properties. Staff said it had since developed a list of district statistics: West Oak Area (78 contributing properties; staff had previously been directed to focus on 2 of those), Bell Avenue (29 contributing properties; focus on 2) and Oak Hickory (60 contributing properties; staff would focus on 20).…
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