Salt Lake City Historic Preservation Plan

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Salt Lake CityHistoric Preservation Plan

• November 18, 2008

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Plan Objectives

• Define a city-wide vision for historic
  preservation.
• Establish a set of historic preservation goals to
  work with other city master plan goals and land
  use tools.
• Review and make recommendations on district
  boundaries, future surveys, and regulatory
  changes.
• Set an implementation Action Plan with clear
  priorities.

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The Planning Process

• Existing Conditions and Key Issues
• Vision and Goals
• Implementation Strategies
• Draft Plan
• Adopt the Plan

Completed
Completed
Drafted under review
November 2008- January 2009
Early 2009
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Vision

• Five-part Vision
• Foster a Unified City Commitment to Preservation.
• Adopt a Broad Range of Preservation Tools to
  Recognize and Protect a Diversity of Resources.
• Administer a Clear, Convenient, and Consistent
  Historic Preservation Program.
• Increase Community Pride and Awareness of
  Historic Preservation.
• Support a Sustainable City.
• Goal statements for each part of the vision

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Theme 1 Foster a Unified Commitment to
Preservation
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THEME1 Foster a Unified City Commitment to
Preservation

• Goal 1.1 Use Preservation Plan to guide policy.
• Goal 1.2 Ensure adopted preservation goals and
  policies are reflected in all City plans and
  policies.
• Goal 1.3 Foster a shared understanding of
  preservation within the City.

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THEME 2 Adopt a Compete Range of Preservation
Tools to Recognize and Protect a Diversity of
Resources
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THEME 2 Adopt a Compete Range of Preservation
Tools to Recognize and Protect a Diversity of
Resources

• Survey and Nominations
• Goal 2.1 Strategically pursue the
  identification of historic resources through
  additional surveys.
• Goal 2.2 Ensure that existing surveys are
  up-to-date to inform preservation
  decision-making.
• Goal 2.3 Proactively identify potential
  recent-past resources for survey.

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Theme 2 (Cont)

• Districts and Landmark Sites
• Goal 2.4 Develop a long-term strategy for
  evaluating, prioritizing, and protecting historic
  resources in the city.
• Goal 2.5 Ensure the long-term health and
  viability of historic districts.
• Goal 2.6 Protect exemplary areas of historic
  resources as local historic districts.
• Goal 2.7 Protect significant sites of the city
  through listing as Landmark Sites.
• Goal 2.8 Pursue National Register listing of
  historically significant properties.

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Theme 2 (Cont)

• Regulations and Design Guidelines
• Goal 2.9 Align City regulations with the goals
  and policies of this plan.
• Goal 2.10 Broaden the range of tools available
  for preservation.
• Goal 2.11 Offer economic hardship and
  demolition provisions that achieve their intended
  purpose.
• Goal 2.12 Refine existing design guidelines
  and create new guidelines to address multi-family
  and non-residential development and properties in
  local historic districts and Local Landmark
  Sites.

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Theme 3 Administer a Clear, Convenient, and
Consistent Program
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Theme 3 Administer a Clear, Convenient, and
Consistent Program

• Goal 3.1 Provide knowledgeable, consistent, and
  fair program administration.
• Goal 3.2 Improve user-friendliness of the
  historic process.
• Goal 3.3 Ensure program has full and
  knowledgeable staff.
• Goal 3.4 Ensure preservation regulations are
  enforced.
• Goal 3.5 Build technological capacity of the
  city to facilitate program administration.

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Theme 4 Increase Community Pride, Awareness, and
Involvement in Historic Preservation
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Theme 4 Increase Community Pride, Awareness, and
Involvement in Historic Preservation

• Goal 4.1 Increase public awareness of the
  historic preservation program and its benefits.
• Goal 4.2 Improve education and outreach.
• Goal 4.3 Increase public visibility of historic
  preservation.
• Goal 4.4 Increase financial incentives for
  preservation.

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Theme 5 Support a Sustainable City
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Theme 5 Support a Sustainable City

• Energy Efficiency
• Goal 5.1 Improve public understanding of the
  life-cycle energy benefits of historic
  preservation.
• Goal 5.2 Encourage appropriate incorporation of
  green building practices in historic structures.
• Economy
• Goal 5.3 Increase coordination between historic
  preservation and Downtown revitalization and
  economic development efforts.
• Goal 5.4 Support historic tourism to Salt Lake
  City.

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Theme 5 (Cont)

• Parks and Landscape
• Goal 5.5 Coordinate with Public Services
  Department to conserve healthy historic
  landscapes.
• Transportation
• Goal 5.6 Support a range of transportation
  modes.
• Housing
• Goal 5.7 Promote a range of housing options in
  historic areas to meet a variety of needs.
• Goal 5.8 Assist homeowners in overcoming age,
  income, or ability challenges of home maintenance
  requirements.

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Next Steps

• Existing Conditions and Key Issues
• Vision and Goals
• Implementation Strategies
• Draft Plan
• Adopt the Plan

Completed
Completed
Drafted under review
November 2008- January 2009
Early 2009