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Historic Preservation Advisory Board approves one-year trial to streamline historic-permit reviews
Summary
The board unanimously approved a one-year trial of revised Article 15 operational policies to reduce historic-review workload: routine solar permits (ground-mounted or on secondary/tertiary elevations) and common building-type work would bypass full historic review, with staff training and director-level policy adoption. The change will be evaluated after one year.
The Boulder County Historic Preservation Advisory Board voted unanimously Dec. 4 to adopt a one‑year trial of operational changes intended to reduce the historic‑team’s permit workload.
Board member Kathy Kaler moved the motion and Elizabeth Gehring seconded; the motion passed with all members voting aye. The trial instructs county staff to implement policy-level changes allowing certain routine permits to bypass the historic review process for one year, subject to later revision.
County preservation staff, represented by Denise, explained the approach is driven by staffing reductions and the need to keep workload…
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