TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Olivera - Assistant City Manager
Dr. Gerald Newton, AICP - Development Services Director
FROM: Will Deaton, AICP - Planning and Zoning Division Manager
Lauren Long - Planner II
DATE: May 22, 2023
RE:
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New Design Standards for the locally designated historic districts and local landmarks to comply with Chapter 160D of the North Carolina General Statutes
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Strategic Plan FY 2022
Goals 2027
Goal 3: The City of Fayetteville will be invested in today and tomorrow.
* Objective 3.3 To sustain a favorable development and business climate through the timely and accurate construction review and building inspection services
* Objective 3.4 To revitalize neighborhoods with effective code enforcement and violations abatement
Executive Summary:
Updates to the Design Guidelines for Fayetteville's Historic Districts and Local Landmarks have not occurred since 2000, however, the primary purpose of adopting new standards instead of updating the existing guidelines is to comply with the changes to the North Carolina General Statutes (NCGS) enabling legislation for local planning and development regulation (160D) that took effect in January of 2021. These changes are to the terminology used for design regulation in ?160D-947 required for enforcement. In the process of updating the current ordinance to reflect this change in terminology, additional standards reflecting recent changes to the design of the built environment have been addressed in order to streamline the design review process. These new standards will effectively replace the Design Guidelines for Fayetteville's Historic Districts and Local Landmarks and be the new design review standards for the Downtown Historic District, the Haymount Historic District and locally designated landmarks.
Background:
The American historic preservation movement b...
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