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The Historic Landmarks Commission approved a motion to move forward with Historic Preservation Ordinance amendments, using Option 2 with added language about clear community benefit, a specific public purpose, and definitions for “Substantial Alteration” and “Impair.” The recommendation passed 4-2, with Commissioners Camuso and Cohen opposed.
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The Commission voted to send updated historic preservation ordinance language forward with changes that narrow when a private project override could be used. It added a requirement that a project must provide a clear, measurable community benefit and serve a specific public purpose that cannot reasonably be met through preservation, relocation, or adaptive reuse. The Commission also approved adding Secretary of the Interior’s Standards conformance to the definition of “Substantial Alteration” and a new definition of “Impair.”
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