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Policy 3: Enhance regulatory incentives to encourage preser-
vation and conservation.
• Action A: Explore offering an incentive that eases some
regulations when a property (rental or owner-occupied) is
properly maintained.
• Action B: Implement incentives that promote rehabilitation
and adaptive reuse work instead of scraping and rebuilding.
• Action C: Create incentives for accommodating compati-
ble secondary dwelling units (whether as part of a historic
structure or separate from a historic structure but on the
same property) in historic districts.
• Action D: Promote appropriate use of flexibility provided in
the building code.

Policy 4: Develop technical assistance programs to promote
preservation and conservation.
• Action A: Explore creating a design assistance program to
help property owners establish a preservation-appropriate
approach to improvement projects.

• Action B: Assist property owners with tax credit certification.
Policy 5: Develop easily accessible materials that provide
clear and concise information about incentive programs.
• Action A: Create digital materials that include information
about available incentives and benefits. Make these mate-
rials available on the City’s website and other appropriate
online locations.
• Action B: Develop hard copy, printed informational docu-
ments regarding historic preservation incentives and ben-
efits that can be distributed to interested community mem-
bers.

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