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The
Americus Historic District was established and approved as a
Nationally Registered Historic District by the Division of
Historic Preservation of the Department of Natural Resources in
1979. In 1986, the Mayor and City Council of Americus passed
the Preservation Ordinance creating the Americus Historic
Preservation
Commission (HPC).
The City of Americus Historic
Preservation Commission was established to provide protection,
preservation, and rehabilitation of historic properties within
the historic district.
Furthermore, the City of Americus Historic Preservation
Commission has established uniform procedures for use in
providing for the protection, enhancement, perpetuation, and use
of places, sites, buildings, structures, objects, landscape
features, and works of art having a special historical, cultural
or aesthetic interest or value.
One of the major responsibilities entails the HPC
reviewing Certificates of Appropriateness for historic district
properties.
Property owners within the historic district are
required to obtain approval of alterations or new construction
involving historic properties by submitting a certificate of
appropriateness to the Historic Preservation Commission. The
Historic Preservation Commission only approves applications and
issues a certificate of appropriateness if it finds that the
proposed material changes in the appearance would not have a
substantial adverse effect on the aesthetic, historic, or
architectural significance and value of the historic property.
As explained in the City of Americus Code of Ordinances Section
14-272 Article VII Historic Preservation Certificate of
appropriateness, In making this determination, the commission
shall consider, in addition to any other pertinent factors, the
historical and architectural value and significance,
architectural style, general design arrangement, texture and
material of the architectural features involved, and the
relationship thereof to the exterior architectural style. The
commission will deny a certificate of appropriateness if it
finds that the proposed material changes in appearance would
have substantial adverse effects on the aesthetic, historic or
architectural significance and value of the historic property.
Contact the Community & Economic Development
Department if you plan to renovate, construct a building, place
a sign or remove a tree within this District and someone will
help you through the process of obtaining a Certificate of
Appropriateness from the HPC. HPC meeting dates are the 2nd
Thursday of each month at 4:30 pm and the applicant must be
present for the meeting.
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