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Design Control and Regulation
National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. 2001. Creating and Using
Design Guidelines. http://www.nps.gov/tps/education/workingonthepast/roletheyplay.htm
This webpage is part of a website created by the National Park Service on management
of historic districts. It gives basic information on design guidelines,
including guidance for their development and application. The guidelines are
meant to be advisory and not mandatory like a law or an ordinance. The webpage
delineates the capabilities of this preservation instrument and recommends
the creation of local design guidelines based on the need to protect the specific
features that contribute to local character. Design guidelines should address different
levels of intervention. The process of writing design guidelines is presented
in five steps. One section is dedicated to the design review process, and
another focuses on possible challenges to the development and application of
design guidelines. (A.P.A.G.)
National Trust for Historic Preservation. 1992. Reviewing New Construction
Projects in Historic Areas. Information Series 62. Washington, DC: National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
This document was written to provide preservation commissions with basic
procedures and useful documents for a design review process. The first part
describes operational tools that should be used as a foundation for decision
making such as survey of the historic resources, preservation plan, preservation
ordinance, and design guidelines. The second part discusses the procedure for
submitting a proposal for new construction in a historic area. The third part
describes how to conduct a preservation commission meeting to evaluate and
determine the appropriateness of a proposal. The fourth, and final, part covers
how to maintain a professional standard on design reviews. (A.P.A.G.)
Preservation Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and John Milner Associates. 1992.
The Philadelphia Neighborhood Conservation District. Vol. 1. Philadelphia:
Preservation Coalition of Greater Philadelphia.
This publication proposes a new instrument to protect neighborhood character:
conservation districts. Neighborhoods that have a unique character but lack the
historic integrity or significance to become a historic district are ideal candidates.
The goal is to preserve the streetscape and neighborhood character
instead of individual building features. To that end, a conservation district generates
rules that are more permissive than those of historic districts. A typical
characteristic of conservation districts is the development of design guidelines
that are neighborhood-specific. These guidelines are meant to complement zoning
regulations. The decision to adopt design guidelines is based on the desire
to make the review process more efficient and to produce a document that could
inform building permit applicants of the components of the physical character
of the neighborhood. Chapter 5 discusses the development of design guidelines
for conservation districts. (A.P.A.G.)
Contemporary Architecture in the Historic Environment: An Annotated Bibliography - Getty Conservation Institute - 2015