historic preservation
GOALS:
Maintain the integrity and character of Tyler’s historic neighborhoods.
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Maintain an inventory of Tyler’s historic properties.
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Provide tools to review changes that may detract from historic neighborhoods’ integrity and character, such as design review.
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Ensure that design guidelines address local conditions.
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Provide appropriate resources to support design review.
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Maintain and enhance historic elements of the public realm, such as downtown area brick streets and street trees.
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Retain Tyler’s sense of place and identity.
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Identify additional properties and groups of properties important to Tyler’s history for designation and protection.
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Support additional studies for the Historic Resources Survey to pursue landmark designation and National Register listing of historically-significant residential and non-residential properties.
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Support the expansion of the Historic Resource Survey.
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Identify structures less than 50 years old that may be exceptionally significant.
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Ensure that City review of development includes historic preservation review when necessary.
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Coordinate departmental and City board activity affecting properties at least 50 years old to allow for timely review.
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Enhance the preservation knowledge of City staff and municipal board members.
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Provide appropriate resources for technical and educational assistance to the Historical Preservation Board, the Planning and Zoning Commission, other municipal boards, and the City Council.
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Provide, support and increase the availability of training and education.
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Promote and display diverse aspects of Tyler’s history to enhance resident and visitor awareness of its importance.
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Support historic preservation activities, such as heritage trails focusing on, for example, Tyler’s economic or African-American history.
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Support preservation of properties and sites associated with ethnic groups.
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Enhance public awareness of the economic benefits of historic preservation in Tyler.
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Publicize tax benefits, incentives and historic preservation grants available to individual property owners.
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Publicize economic benefits of historic preservation to the city as a whole.
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Enhance Historic Preservation Involvement.
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Facilitate and adopt a Strategic Plan for Historic Preservation.
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Educate residents of the importance of history, to better understand and appreciate historic preservation.
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Develop, support and market historic and cultural places to travelers/tourists.
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CHAPTER IMPLEMENTATION
