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Kennesaw HPC reviews updated historic design standards, considers shrinking and consolidating district boundaries
Summary
At a Dec. 19 work session, the Kennesaw Historic Preservation Commission reviewed consultant-recommended edits to the city's historic design standards and preliminary survey results from KSU and New South, debated removing HardiePlank from permitted materials for rehabilitation, and discussed a phased public outreach and adoption process.
The Kennesaw Historic Preservation Commission held a work session on Dec. 19 to review consultant recommendations for updated historic design standards and a preliminary revision of the city's historic-district map. Staff said the updates consolidate prior recommendations (Ethos, New South) and reflect a Kennesaw State University (KSU) survey that identified remaining historic properties inside the existing boundaries.
Why it mattered: Commissioners discussed options to reduce the number of separate historic-district polygons, make district boundaries more contiguous along arterial roads such as Main and Cherokee streets, and limit the burden of historic-design review on properties that do not contribute to historic character. Staff said consolidating districts could make the rules easier to interpret for residents and design professionals; commissioners weighed that against potential loss of parcel-level recognition for some older properties.
Staff (Chanel) told the commission the KSU survey shows many former contributing parcels have been demolished or replaced, leaving "hashed areas" with the surviving historic properties. Consultants…
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