On Feb 19th we had another excellent meeting reviewing potential guidelines. See below Presentation, which has been updated with a few of the consensus items we discussed.
We also discussed with groups that are currently interested in expanding or creating separate future districts and I offered to meet with them to discuss those pathways.
A previous comment asked whether we shouldn’t contact someone like East Walnut Hills to ask how things have gone since their adoption of their historic district. Their response:
Hello. East Walnut Hills actually has four separate historic districts: East Walnut Hills Historic District, Cleinview Hackberry Historic District, Uplands Historic District, and Woodburn Avenue Neighborhood Business District. Each has their own separate guidelines. We are currently looking at expanding the Cleinview Hackberry Historic District towards the north.We have found that the historic districts give the neighborhood an additional lever to control development. While it does not change the general zoning rules (so a single family house may be converted to a multi-family building if the general zoning rules permit), it can help prevent an insensitive addition to or the demolition of a contributing building.
We have the same room booked for March 19th for our next Historic District Feedback meeting 6-730pm, We are hoping to stream this meeting online for those who cannot attend in person. Please use the following link and be patient with our first attempt with this format.
Thanks again for all of your interest and support.
Matthew Cornell