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.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

The way of delivering information regarding the application process seems to be convoluted. The blog by your own admission is difficult to read. I lea

The way of delivering information regarding the application process seems to be convoluted. The blog by your own admission is difficult to read. I learned more in 5 minutes reading the Decatur HPC website than I got by pouring over the blog. It is important to make the information readily available to more people, perhaps an actual website would be more appropriate.

We appreciate your comments regarding the information and the blog. The blog was created to enhance what was available on the City of Decatur site. We thought that having a place to post questions would be good for the process. We have also provided printed documents provided by GAPC, HPC, and National Trust at meetings to help educate all residents. We are not historic professionals and all time is voluntary. We spend a considerable amount of money on copies and research and simply do not have the resources for a professional website.

1 comments:

Kirk Willingham said...

Is there a reason why only a portion of Oakhurst is included within the Local Historic District application? It seems like the application recognizes that only a portion of the original city of Oakhurst is included in the application, but I don't understand why Feld Avenue is anymore historically significant than Benson or Jefferson or Fayetteville? Thanks!