ARCH 5325 Conservation Policies

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ARCH 5325Conservation Policies
Chapter 11Other Preservation Issues
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• Preservation of Rural Land
• Define limits of city growth with only low
  density beyond the limitsprevents urban sprawl
• Encourage higher density land use within the city
• Utilize existing infrastructure
• Encourage preservation through adaptive use of
  historic (and non-historic) buildings
• Revise the tax structure
• Zoning of agricultural landcounty

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• Gentrification
• Policies that encourage low- to middle-income
  housing within areas to be developed
• Freezing existing property taxes
• Encouraging diversity in neighborhoods

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• Minorities
• Encouragement of listing of sites important to
  minorities
• Chatman Hospital in east Lubbock
• Encouragement of diversity in neighborhood
  developments
• Seek input from underrepresented citizens in
  decision-making process
• North and east Lubbock development plan

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• Historic Landscapes
• Gettysburg
• Reconstruction of historic landscapes

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• Maritime Preservation
• Ameliorate coastal erosion
• Historic Lighthouse preservation
• Encourage building away from the shore
• Sustainable flood controllevee construction

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• Heritage Interpretation
• Heritage Tourismcan help fund restorations and
  preservation through taxes

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• Preservation and the Highway Program
• Preservation of historic sites and structures in
  the way of highway construction
• ISTEA grants

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• Moving a Historic Building
• Appropriate ONLY if it will be destroyed and all
  avenues of efforts to retain it in place have
  failed

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• Sign Ordinances
• Give attention to
• Getting rid of inappropriate or unsightly signage
• Keeping and restoring historic important signage
• Design requirements for new signage

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• Criteria for historic Sign determination
• It must be of the period of significance or of
  exemplary technology, craftsmanship or design
• The sign is integrated into the architecture of a
  significant buildingpainted on the wall or brick
  or stone lettering