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Volume 4, Number 17 | June 7, 2012
Carbondale Wild West Rodeo board member Tom Harrington helps kick off the season with roping tips at First Friday. The first rodeo is June 7. Photo by Lynn Burton
P&Z set to reconsider historic preservation guidelines By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer
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he Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission, and Board of Trustees, are slated to discuss the town’s historic preservation designation guidelines and codification is expected later this summer. The new guidelines will be an advisory document to be referred to in the appropriate sections of the existing Title 19 of the Municipal code, according to a December 2011 memo from town planner Janet Buck to the P&Z. Buck told the Sopris Sun the historic preservation guidelines being considered are voluntary. The proposed guidelines are included in a 57-page document available for review at
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town hall.The P&Z holds a public hearing on the proposed guidelines at 7 p.m. on June 14. The current discussion dates to 2007 when town trustees passed a historic preservation ordinance in an effort to protect the town’s heritage. The 2007 ordinance also created the Carbondale Historic Preservation Commission, in order to establish a courtesy review process for any development in the Historic Commercial Core (HCC) zone. “These guidelines have been developed by the CHPC to assist historic property owners with redevelopment projects and to provide valuable information on appropriate historic preservation practices to ensure that Carbondale’s heritage is preserved for future genera-
tions,” states the “Purpose & Authority” section of the proposed guidelines. The section continues, “Participation in Carbondale’s historic preservation program is voluntary.” Observers say the Carbondale approach is in contrast to Aspen’s historic preservation program, which in many cases dictates what property owners can and cannot do with their property in regard to altering certain historic aspects. The proposed guidelines are included in three chapters: Working with Historic Buildings, Additions to Historic Buildings and New Construction in the HCC Zone. The guidelines also include a matrix that explains when to use the guidelines.
Some projects may focus on only one chapter in the guidelines while others may touch on elements of all the chapters. “Applicants should have an overall understanding of the preservation practices that are outlined in this document,” the document states. The proposed guidelines also include a brief history of Carbondale, which was formally established in 1887. The history section says that an early settler, Mary Jane Francis, was a wealthy“debutante” from Philadelphia who played a key role in establishing Carbondale’s early society. “She was a fascinating character and her house still remains at 464 S. Third,” the history section states.
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