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• Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation
Under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the Sec-
retary of the Interior is responsible for providing guidance on
the preservation of the nation’s historic properties. While the
Standards included in this document are regulatory for projects
that receive the Historic Preservation Fund grant assistance and
other federally assisted projects, they also provide general guid-
ance for work on a historic building.
• National Park Service Preservation Briefs
Similar to the Secretary Standards, the Preservation Briefs pro-
vide information on how to preserve, rehabilitate and restore
a historic building. The Briefs are organized into 50 individual
PDFs that cover a range of topics including improving energy
efficiency in historic buildings, repairing historic wooden win-
dows, and making historic properties accessible.
327 Main Avenue, a contributing Other Management Tools
building to the Commercial Historic • Conservation Districts
District (W&Co, 2020) A Conservation District is a geographically definable area that
conveys a distinct character that demonstrates traditional
development patterns. Some communities adopt conservation
districts as a complement to historic districts. It may contain
individual historic structures and components or groupings of
historic structures. Regulations focus on major alterations and
new construction. Applying design guidelines or standards to a
conservation district serves to maintain its unique character.
Creating a conservation district is a zoning tool used to maintain
traditional neighborhood character in areas where residents
seek some form of protection, but where historic designation is
not appropriate or is not desired. A conservation district helps
shape the character of new development and redevelopment by
providing specific design standards and/or design guidelines
that apply in addition to base zoning standards. This may also
enable specific incentives or benefits for the Conservation Dis-
trict. While the use of a conservation district might be a possi-
bility in Brookings, their use and application need to be further
analyzed.
• Overlay Districts
An overlay district is a zoning tool that provides context-spe-
cific regulations in certain areas, in addition to the underlying
311 Main Avenue, a contributing base zone district. An overlay district can be used for a wide
building to the Commercial Historic variety of purposes including regulating the height of an area
District (W&Co, 2020) to preserve views, creating design review for a specific area or
providing design characteristics that define an area. For many
communities with historic resources, an overlay district pro-
vides an opportunity for the Historic Preservation Commission
to review modifications toward local landmarks and properties
within historic districts. The process for adopting an overlay
differs slightly depending on the community, but most overlay
districts must go through a public hearing and allow opportu-
nity for public input. It is often adopted by Council as it is an
amendment to the zoning ordinance.
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