Skip to main content
Loading…
This paragraph is included in your selections.

A. A petition to remove a local historic district overlay designation on property, along with revision to the applicable preservation plan, shall follow the same procedures for a zoning map change, and shall also require the following prior a public hearing with the Planning Commission:

1. The petition shall be sent to the State Historic Preservation Office for a review consistent with paragraph 3.16.2C, Action by the NC Department of Cultural Resources.

2. A public hearing for review and recommendation by the Historic Preservation Commission consistent with paragraph 3.16.2D, Action by the Historic Preservation Commission.

B. The governing body may repeal an ordinance designating an historic district or an historic landmark. The repeal process shall be consistent with the adoption process prescribed within NCGS §160D-946. The governing body’s action to repeal an ordinance of designation shall include the reasons for the repeal and a review by the State Historic Preservation Office.

C. When such repeal occurs, the Planning Director, or designee, shall notify the HPC and the property owner or owners. When such repeal occurs of an historic landmark designation, the Planning Director, or designee, shall also notify the Register of Deeds for Durham County and the Durham County Tax Supervisor.