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HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM

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PRESERVATION PLAN UPDATE

Historic Preservation Ordinance Text Am

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Historic Preservation Ordinance Update

Historic & Cultural Landmarks CommissionMonday, December 18th, 2017

Preservation Ordinance Meetings

• Initial IR sent to Council on February 12, 2013• HCLC briefed on September 8, 2014• Staff works on Ordinance update 2014-17• Public meetings held 2015-2017

Most Recent General Public Meetings• September 25, 2017• October 25, 2017

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Preservation Ordinance Meetings

• Historic Districts

• Councilmembers

• Historic & Cultural Landmarks Commission

• Zoning Commission

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Changes that occurred throughout the entire Ordinance

• Eliminated redundant text

• Clarified confusing text

• Reordered sections to improve readability

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HPO Powers, Duties, Responsibilities1. Administration of the CLG

Program in accordance with the CLG Agreement between the City of FW and the THC

2. Act as liaison to HCLC

3. Administer HSTE

4. Review all applications for COA’s for completeness and have jurisdiction over most requests.

5. Coordinate with local stakeholders

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Certificates of Appropriateness Issued per Employee, FY 2017

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Fort Worth Texas Large Cities Comparable Cities

Criteria for Designation

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Consolidated from 10 to 7Is distinctive in character, interest or value; strongly exemplifies the cultural, economic, social, ethnic or historical heritage of the City of Fort Worth, State of Texas or the United States

HSE Properties1. Five or more criteria for

designation AND2. Threatened by

deterioration, damage, demolition, or other factors

3. Once property is no longer endangered, process to remove HSE status and simultaneously nominate property as HC can be initiated by the City.

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The Fort Worth Rail Market is no longer endangered. Its landmark status should be changed so as to avoid confusion

Loss of Significance

Responsibility is on the applicant to prove that the property has lost its historical significance or prove financial hardship

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The application to remove the HC designation from 3201 Avondale Avenue consumed an inordinate amount of staff time

Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties

Greater alignment throughout the ordinance with national preservation and rehabilitation standards

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Original Purpose of HSTE ProgramCity of Fort Worth’s Preservation Plan, 1986

1. Allow property owners to receive an exemption from City taxes for rehabilitating or stabilizing a historic structure

2. The rehabilitation or stabilization of a resource must meet a set of strict guidelines

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1409 S. Henderson St., c. 2000

1409 S. Henderson St. after rehabilitating exterior in compliance with Fairmount Standards & Guidelines (receiving HSTE)

Historic Site Tax Exemption1. Only exterior rehabilitation and

items related to the structural viability of the building will count towards rehabilitation costs. Interior project costs will not count

2. HSTE application must be submitted and approved prior to starting rehabilitation project

3. Alignment of HSE and HC tax exemption levels

4. Repeal Section 32.41 – Multi-family Residential Facilities exemption 15

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Section Comments Options Staff Recommendation

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Certificates of Appropriateness

Notify Neighborhood Association of every COA application and approval

1. Notify Neighborhood Association of every application and approved administrative COA and HCLC COA

2. Notify Neighborhood Associations of COAs that will go before the HCLC, but not administrative COAs

Recommend option #2

Notification of every application or issued administrative COA would delay the time for homeowner’s to receive approval of COAs that meet the standards and guidelines by reducing staff efficiency and straining limited staff resources.


Consult Neighborhood Associations prior to the issuance of any COA, administrative or HCLC

1. Consult Neighborhood Associations prior to the issuance of any COA, administrative or HCLC

2. Consult NAs if staff has concern about project for administrative COAs.

3. If the project meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and District Guidelines, consultation is not recommended for administrative COAs.

Recommend options #2 & #3 as appropriate

Administrative COAs: If the project meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and District Guidelines, there is unlikely to be consultation. Prior notification would reduce staff efficiency.

HCLC COAs: Staff already consults with NAs applications for COAs


Defer all COA applications for publicly owned buildings to the HCLC

1. Defer all COA applications for publicly owned buildings to the HCLC

2. Do not defer COA applications for public owned buildings to HCLC if applications meets Standards and Guidelines

Recommend option #2

If the project meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and District Guidelines, there is unlikely to be consultation. This would reduce staff efficiency


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Section Comments Options Staff Recommendation Reason


Include the ability to appeal an incomplete application for a COA

1. Include the ability to appeal an incomplete application for a COA

2. Applications must be complete prior to consideration of original application or appeal of incomplete application by HPO or HCLC

Recommend option #2 Review of an application is an administrative process and not subject to appeal. HCLC and HPO must have sufficient information to consider level of review for initial application. Appeals are tied to a decision. A decision cannot be made on an incomplete application.


Defer all COA applications for publicly owned buildings to the HCLC

1. Defer all COA applications for publicly owned buildingsto the HCLC

2. Do not defer COA applications for public owned buildings to HCLC if applications meets Standards and Guidelines

Recommend option #2 If the project meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and District Guidelines, then deferring such decision to the HCLC would delay the time to receive approval of COAs by reducing staff efficiency and straining limited staff resources.


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Reason

Criteria for Designation If the number of Criteria are reduced, the number of Criteria that a property has to meet to be designated should also be reduced

1. Eliminate redundancies in the existing criteria, which will reduce the number of criteria required to be met for designation.

2. Eliminate redundancies in the existing criteria, while maintaining the number of criteria required to be met for designation.

Recommend option #2

Establishes a minimum threshold for significance. Many of the previous criteria were duplicative.

Criteria for Designation Proposed #3 should read: "Has been identified as the work of an important designer (which would cover architects and landscape architects) or master builder…"

1. Change to "Has been identified as the work of an important designer (which would cover architects and landscape architects) or master builder…“

2. Change include all important persons associated with the historic and cultural heritage of Fort Worth.

3. No change

Recommend option #3

The way Criterion 3 is written allows for the inclusion of all types of professional designers, architects, landscape designers, and other important people in Fort Worth’s history.


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Reason

Historic Site Tax Exemption Keep interior scope-of-work items as eligible costs

1. Keep interior scope of work items as eligible costs.

2. Remove interior scope of work items as eligiblecosts.

3. Include interior scope of work items that are consistent with state and federal rehabilitation incentive programs

Recommend option #3 Staff has no regulatoryauthority over interior scope of work items.

Historic Site Tax Exemption Reduce 30% threshold if removing interior scope-of-work items as eligible costs

1. Reduce 30% threshold2. Keep threshold at 30%

Recommend option #1 Staff recommends reducing the threshold to compensate for removing interior scope of work items.

Historic Site Tax Exemption Remove or reduce time limits between HSTE eligibility periods (currently, can only receive HSTE once every 20 years)

1. Remove time limits between receiving exemption

2. Reduce time limits between receiving exemption

3. Keep current time limits for HSTE (can only receive once every 20 years)

Recommend option #3 It is uncommon in preservation practice for substantial rehabilitation projects to occur more than once every 20 years.


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Section Comments Options Staff Recommendation Reason

Historic Site Tax Exemption

Would like a lower exemption for routine maintenance projects

1. Create a maintenance sub-category within the HSTE program

2. Maintain status quo3. Defer consideration of

additional programs until after the Preservation Plan has been updated

Recommend option #3 This update is focused on identifying application processing efficiencies.Addition of new sub-programs to the current HSTE program may arise from consideration of the tools that are needed to address a range of circumstances. Staff will revisit this issue when the Preservation Plan is updated.

Historic Site Tax Exemption

Allow new additions to be counted as an eligible cost if it meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards

1. New additions and newconstruction shall be counted as eligible costs.2. Allow new additions to be counted towards the HSTE if the projects meets the Secretary’s Standards and District Standards.3. New additions will not be eligible for the HSTE.

Recommend option #3 The intent of the incentive program is to encourage the rehabilitation of existing historic fabric.

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