HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 9600 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 9600
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council October 29, 2013
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SUBJECT: PROPOSED UPDATE OF FAIRMOUNT SOUTHSIDE HISTORIC
rF DISTRICT DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
The Fairmount Neighborhood Association has requested revisions to the historic district
standards and guidelines for the Fairmount Southside Historic District. The resolution on today's
City Council agenda authorizes staff to proceed with the required ordinance amendment.
The City Council established the Fairmount Southside Historic District in 1990, and the design
guidelines have been in place since that time. In 2009, the neighborhood began meeting to
update the design guidelines to add standards and incorporate changes made to the historic
preservation ordinance. Since then, City staff and the neighborhood have used electronic
interactions, online media, and community meetings to engage the residents, resulting in 479
participants providing feedback and over 300 detailed comments that were used to create the
final draft of the Fairmount Southside Historic district standards and guidelines. Specifically, the
revisions would do the following:
• Change most of the subjective guidelines to objective standards;
• Add an educational and illustrative component to provide clarity to the standards and enable
staff and HCLC decisions to be more objective; and
• Add new standards to address alternative building materials and sustainability.
The proposed standards and guidelines can be viewed on the City's website at:
hqE://www.fortworthqov.com/planninganddevelopment/hi toricdistricts/?id®26272
Public hearings on the adoption of the revised standards and guidelines would be held by the
Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission of November 11 , by the Zoning Commission on
December 11 and by the City Council on January 7, 2014.
If you have any questions, please contact Dana Burghdoff, Deputy Planning and Development
Director, at 817-392-8018.
Tom Higgins
City Manager
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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 9600
etoTglloa To the Mayor and Members of the City Council October 29, 2013
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SUBJECT: PROPOSED UPDATE OF FAIRMOUNT SOUTHSIDE HISTORIC
rF DISTRICT DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
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