"It is the opinion of the residents within the proposed district..." You should only state your own opinion and not speak for all residents of the pro

"It is the opinion of the residents within the proposed district..." You should only state your own opinion and not speak for all residents of the proposed district. Also, the guidelines posted on this site state that "New residential construction within Oakhurst should reference historic styles and types..." There is a lot of contradicting information and the guidelines leave a lot of decisions up to the descretion of the review board.

We apologize if we offended you with our comment. We will edit the post.

The design guidelines are proposed guidelines at this point and any input you may have is welcome. Do you have a suggestion for removing this contradiction?

The proposed guidelines are taken from 3 other local historic districts in Decatur. We used this as the starting point because there is some precedent and record for how the guidelines are applied. There is a need for some ambiguity because of the nature of this overlay. The basis for pursuit of protection under local historic district is because the steadfast nature of the zoning laws do not allow for such protection.

The Historic Preservation Commission is a resident board made up of architects and contractors. There is also a board member that is a citizen advocate. It is our opinion that this mix makes for a reasonable approach to the guidelines than we have seen in other cities.

We encourage you to attend HPC meetings.