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• Explore the use of an overlay district to protect the design
character of the University Residential and Central Residential
Historic Districts.
• Establish an informal pre-application meeting to provide an
opportunity for an applicant to review design questions and
receive design advice prior to submitting a permit application.
» Note that this meeting should be with staff rather than
a BHPC member because BHPC members meeting with
applicants outside of a public meeting could lead to ex
parte communications. Applicants are encouraged to seek
BHPC consultation on a project during a meeting, prior to
825 4th Street, a contributing scheduling a formal 11.1 review meeting with the BHPC
structure to the Central Residential where a recommendation is provided.
Historic District. This property is • Create an informational pamphlet that pairs with the 11.1
also adaptively reused, currently review process flowchart that includes information on “things
functioning as the Satyagraha to watch out for” and “consider this” items for property owners
Institute. (W&Co, 2020) to review prior to submitting a permit application that will go
through the 11.1 review process.
• Explore the use of Conservation Districts in the residential areas
of Brookings.
• Schedule a time (potentially quarterly) for SHPO staff to visit
Brookings to meet with property owners considering sub-
mitting a permit application that will require the 11.1 Review
process. This will provide early design feedback for property
owners to ease the 11.1 process.
• Consider forming HPCs specific to each historic district, or sub-
committees of the existing HPC to act as an informal homeown-
er’s association.
• Explore ways to prevent demolition by neglect, such as working
with the SHPO to add to the 11.1 review process or to strength-
en or act on Sec. 46-42 of the historic preservation ordinance
(Prevention of deterioration by neglect).
• Explore solutions with the SHPO to provide emergency relief
when a project is needed but requires 11.1 review. Emergency
relief may be needed after a natural disaster damages a property
and exterior maintenance is required to keep the historic prop-
erty safe and functioning for the occupants.
• Consider creating an overlay district that addresses the pub-
lic realm of the historic districts and distinguishes them from
other neighborhoods. For instance, extend the use of the historic
streetlamps throughout the residential historic districts.
• Consider any code barriers that make it difficult to split a large
commercial space downtown into smaller tenant spaces, with-
out compromising the historic integrity of the structure, in order
to accommodate the changing needs of non-retail businesses.
• Consider ways to encourage non-retail businesses to occupy up-
per floors in downtown buildings in order to reserve retail and
active use spaces to the ground floor with windows.
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