[Durham INC] Durham Property Owners Invited to Local Historic Landmark Update Meetings

[Blalock, Amy]

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CITY OF DURHAM
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Durham, NC 27701

News Release


News Media Contact:
Amy Blalock
Sr. Public Affairs Specialist
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(919) 475-7735 (cell)
Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov<mailto:Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov>
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For Immediate Release: July 2, 2014



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Durham Property Owners Invited to Local Historic Review Criteria Update Meetings
Two Meetings Set to Get Feedback on Draft Local Review Criteria for Locally Designated Historic Properties

What:              Local Historic Review Criteria Update Meetings

Who:               Durham City-County Planning Department

When:             Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.

Where:            City Hall Council Chambers
101 City Hall Plaza
                        Durham, N.C. 27701

Fast Facts:
*         The Durham City-County Planning Department is updating and consolidating the existing local review criteria that apply to all properties within a local historic district or designated as a local historic landmark.

*         This update, which will result in the existing design guidelines being consolidated into a single document applicable to all districts and landmarks, will impact the local historic districts of Cleveland Street, Holloway Street, Fayetteville Street, Morehead Hill, Watts-Hillandale, Trinity Heights, and Downtown as well as all local landmark owners as indicated on the map at http://bit.ly/1mzVyj3.

*         Property owners of a local historic landmark or of a property within a local historic district as well as other historic preservation stakeholders are invited to attend one of two public input meetings to give feedback on the draft local review criteria that apply to these properties. Both meetings will include the same presentation, provide an opportunity for property owners to ask questions of Planning staff, and provide input on the draft criteria.

*         The local review criteria are used by the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) when considering requests for exterior modifications, site work, or new construction to properties with a local historic designation through the certificate of appropriateness review process.


*         The review criteria for the Durham Local Historic Districts and Local Historic Landmarks were adopted at the time each was designated, between 1987 and 2013. Since the designation of these historic properties, Planning staff and the HPC have identified several key historic preservation issues where the criteria do not provide clear direction: archaeological sites; cemeteries; modern architecture; work in the right-of-way; sustainability; new alternative or substitute materials; and distinctions between landmark properties, contributing structures, and non-contributing structures.


*         A draft of the revised criteria is now available for review at http://bit.ly/1qKdht9.


*         For additional information contact Senior Planner Lisa Miller with the Durham City-County Planning Department at (919) 560-4137, ext. 28270 or by email at Lisa.Miller at DurhamNC.gov<mailto:Lisa.Miller at DurhamNC.gov>.

*         Any person with a disability may receive an auxiliary aid or service to effectively participate in this event by contacting the City's ADA Coordinator at (919) 560-4197 or by email to ADA at DurhamNC.gov<mailto:ADA at DurhamNC.gov>, as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours before the meeting.

About the Durham City-County Planning Department
The Durham City-County Planning Department is the planning agency for the City and County of Durham. The department works with the community to develop long-range and special area plans containing policies to direct growth. Guided by the City's Strategic Plan, the department helps to make Durham a great place to live, work and play by working to create a strong and diverse economy, and thriving and livable neighborhoods. For more information, visit http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/cb/ccpd/Pages/Home.aspx.

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