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Landmarks Commission seeks steady budget as committee presses on vacancies and demolition-by-neglect
Summary
The Landmarks Preservation Commission told the Council it will continue designations and permitting work on an $8.15 million FY27 preliminary budget while the committee asked about vacancy backfills, an increase in complaints, long-outstanding violations and the agency's vulnerable building action plan.
Officials from the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) testified to the City Council's land use committee about the agency's FY27 preliminary budget, permitting improvements and efforts to protect vulnerable historic resources.
LPC said its FY27 preliminary budget is $8.15 million (about $7.45 million city funds plus ~$700,000 in federal CDBG funds) and supports roughly 78 full-time staff. LPC told the committee the agency processes approximately 12,000 permit applications annually and that its online permitting portal, Portico, has shortened average permit processing times for common staff-level approvals.
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