Starting in March 2018, the task force met monthly to discuss various aspects of the city’s preservation ordinance and make recommendations on how to improve landmark processes, balancing property rights with city and community goals to preserve of Denver’s history, architecture, culture, and neighborhood character.
Along with small tweaks throughout the ordinance to clarify definitions, streamline processes and provide greater consistency, several major changes are proposed to address specific challenges.
- To highlight Denver’s diversity and distinct cultural history through its landmarks, we're proposing expanding the criteria for historic designation to include culture and simplifying how potential landmarks can meet the criteria.
- To address conflicts between property owners and community members due to designations submitted during demolition review, we're updating the process to encourage collaboration by adjusting key deadlines to give all parties additional time to meet and arrive at a potential compromise.
- To encourage proactive designation by owners, we're exploring incentives to designation, and reducing regulatory barriers once a building is designated.
The public review draft and summary handouts are available on the project webpage. To share your thoughts on the proposal, email
[email protected]
by Friday, June 28.
