What Local Historic District DOES NOT do: · Does not regulate paint colors · Does not require repairs or renovations to be made · Does not increase taxes beyond normal increases for the City or County · Does not prevent additions · Does not prevent non-contributing homes from being demolished · Does not require use of historic materials or historic building methods · Does not require that you open you home to the public · Does not restrict routine maintenance of properties
What Local Historic District DOES do: · Recognizes that Oakhurst has a distinctive historic character important to the overall character of the City of Decatur · Encourages creative and compatible development with historic areas · Requires that a Certificate of Appropriateness be obtained for exterior changes to contributing properties, demolition of buildings, and new construction. · Applies only to major renovations to the exterior of your home. Interior renovations are not restricted.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

I am still confused about why the pursuit of listing on the National Register was abandoned. I know someone said it was an arduous process, but I woul

I am still confused about why the pursuit of listing on the National Register was abandoned. I know someone said it was an arduous process, but I would like to do a historic renovation of my home and would like the tax benefit.

The process would need to follow the guidelines set by the Georiga Department of Historic Resources located at http://hpd.dnr.state.ga.us/. One person's arduous process is another person's easy process. We have been told that the application is only lacking some photographs. The Georgia Department of Historic Resources was contacted last year and they stated they were familiar with Oakhurst and thought it was an excellent candidate. There are articles on the website as well. This designation is simply recognition and possible tax incentives. Anyone interested in pursuing the process again can contact Amanda Thompson for information.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm Mary MacDonald, a reporter with the AJC. I'd like to speak to the facilitator about the issue of the historic district.
Please send me an email at mmacdonald@ajc.com with contact info.
Thank you.