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2012 SESSION

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HB 1137 Historic districts; any locality that establishes or expands district shall identify all landmarks.

Introduced by: Daniel W. Marshall, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Designation of historic districts.  Provides that before any locality designates by ordinance any building, structure, district, object, or site as part of a local historic district, the owners of such property proposed for designation shall be given written notice of the public hearing on the ordinance. A locality shall identify and inventory all structures being considered for inclusion in such a district and shall establish written criteria to be used in making such determination.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Designation of historic districts. Provides that before any locality designates by ordinance any building, structure, district, object, or site as part of a local historic district, the owners of such property proposed for designation shall be given written notice of the public hearing on the ordinance. If a majority of the owners of the property within the proposed new local historic district or amended existing local historic district object, the locality shall not include the properties of the objecting owners in the proposed local historic district.