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CURRENT STATE OF THE PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION
Operating for almost 40 years, the City of Plano’s heritage preservation program
is administered through a variety of groups and tools.
Heritage Preservation Ordinance
The Heritage Preservation Ordinance does the following:
A Serves as the enabling authority for the heritage preservation program
A Establishes and explains the powers and duties of the Heritage
Commission
YEARS OF ADMINISTRATION A Establishes the duties of the Heritage Preservation Officer (HPO)
A Outlines the purpose of the Preservation Plan and Historic Resource
Surveys
Heritage Preservation A Identifies requirements, criteria, and procedures for the designation of
heritage resources
Ordinance
A Identifies requirements, criteria, and review procedures for Certificates of
You can view the Heritage Appropriateness
Preservation Ordinance at this link:
http://www.plano.gov/ Heritage Commission
DocumentCenter/View/29082/2018-1-3 The Heritage Commission consists of seven members that are appointed by
City Council. The Commission is made up of community members that have an
Heritage Commission interest, competence, or knowledge in historic preservation, history, planning,
More information on the Heritage architecture, real estate, legal, archaeology, or another field related to heritage
Commission can be found here: preservation. The Commission is responsible for a variety of actions including:
https://www.plano.gov/165/ A Review of Certificate of Appropriateness for compliance with Design
Guidelines
Heritage-Commission
A Evaluate applications for designating heritage resources
Certificate of Appropriateness A Review and make recommendations for grant applications
A Prepare the preservation plan and recommendations for potential
The Certificate of Appropriateness heritage resources
form and information about the Recommend tax exemptions for historic properties
review process can be found here: A
https://www.plano.gov/655/ Heritage Preservation Officer
Guidelines-Applications The Heritage Preservation Officer (HPO) is responsible for a myriad of duties
that are key to the successful operation of the heritage preservation program.
The duties of the HPO are outlined in the Heritage Preservation Ordinance and
the Delegation of Duties.
Heritage Preservation Plan
The Heritage Preservation Plan directs and coordinates citywide preservation
efforts, placing the work into a broader framework of community and economic
development objectives. The Plan is not a regulatory document, but instead
outlines goals, policies, and actions the community should take to further its
preservation efforts. This Heritage Preservation Plan is the sixth version.
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