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Bozeman preservation board weighs local landmark program and how it would work inside and outside NCOD
Summary
Bozeman’s Historic Preservation Advisory Board heard a consultant on options for a local landmark program, including regulatory and non-regulatory tiers, and debated whether landmark regulations would require zoning map amendments for districts; staff will consult the city attorney and coordinate with the NCOD design-guidelines work.
The Historic Preservation Advisory Board on Wednesday heard a staff-and-consultant presentation on a proposed local landmark program and spent more than an hour asking how any new landmark rules would interact with Bozeman’s Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District (NCOD).
Erin George, the city’s community development director, introduced consultant Adrienne Burke of Community Planning Collaborative, who outlined two broad approaches: a regulatory program that triggers design review and a certificate of appropriateness (COA) process, and a non‑regulatory, honorary tier that offers recognition and incentives without automatic regulatory review. “Historic preservation as a process does not exist outside the NCOD right now,” Burke said, arguing a local landmark program would extend preservation tools citywide.
The discussion turned to a legal…
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