Local Historic Districts
Design guidelines are regulations specific to a historic district. They are created and approved by the property owners of the historic district and then adopted by the City Council for use by the HCLC to review applications for a certificate of appropriateness. Once adopted, amendments may be approved only with the majority vote of the historic district and the City Council. Guidelines typically address new construction and alterations to the materials and design of existing structures. The guidelines are not intended to stifle creativity or to prevent alterations to property and, because the individual districts create them, guidelines can be drafted to address any issues of concern in the district and can be as specific or as general as the district chooses. In the absence of approved guidelines for a district, the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Review are used.
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation (SOI)
