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  • 2026-0569: On the message and order, referred on March 18, 2026, Docket #0569, approving an appropriation of Thirty-Two Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($32,600,000.00) from Fiscal Year 2026 community preservation fund revenues for community preservation projects at the recommendation of the City of Boston Community Preservation Committee (“CPC”). The upcoming projects will aim to improve the quality of life across Boston neighborhoods. Plans include renovating playgrounds and enhancing or creating recreational spaces such as parks, community gardens, and urban farms. In addition, these projects will plant trees to grow the city’s tree canopy, preserve historic buildings and artifacts, support a program for affordable first-time home buyers and construct new affordable housing units for residents. Together, these efforts are expected to deliver a meaningful and lasting positive impact on Boston’s neighborhoods and communities, the committee submitted a report that the order ought to pass.

    Mar 16, 2026

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 3298-2025: To authorize the Director of Development to encumber funds for a contract to conduct a historic preservation assessment in an amount up to $150,000.00 with a to-be-determined firm; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure in an amount up to $150,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($150,000.00)

Nov 24, 2025

·Columbus, OH
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  • METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION DRAFT MINUTES October 23, 2025

    Oct 23, 2025

    ·Nashville, TN
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    The Metropolitan Planning Commission held a regular meeting on October 23, 2025, at 4:00 pm in Nashville with nine of ten commissioners present, including Chair Greg Adkins and Vice-Chair Jessica Farr. The Commission guides growth and development in Nashville and Davidson County with a focus on sustainable community development, neighborhood preservation, and infrastructure efficiency. The document establishes procedural information about the Commission's operations, meeting schedule, decision-making authority on planning applications, and public participation options, including live streaming and online access to agendas and staff reports.

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  • TOLEDO CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES for June 23, 2025

    Jun 23, 2025

    ·Toledo, OH
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    The Toledo City Historic District Commission held a meeting on June 23, 2025, to consider a demolition request for a structure at 928 N Huron Street, an 1877-built two-family dwelling in the Vistula neighborhood that has suffered severe neglect. The case, which was deferred from a May 19 hearing, was evaluated against Toledo Municipal Code requirements for demolition certificates of appropriateness in historic districts. The property owner, Westminster Row Partnership, sought demolition approval through contractor Vistula Management Company, with staff noting the surrounding neighborhood remains stable despite the subject building's deteriorated condition.

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  • BL2023-2099: An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from RS5, R6, and R8 to RM20-A zoning for properties located along Shelby Avenue and S. 10th Street, south of Fatherland Street, and located in the Lockeland Springs - East End Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District and the Edgefield Historic Preservation Overlay District (9.96 acres), all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2023Z-076PR-001).

    Jun 22, 2023

    ·Nashville, TN
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  • 2023-1132: Councilor Fernandes Anderson called Docket #1132, message disapproving the Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2024, (Docket #0760), passed by the City Council on June 14, 2023. I am filing an amended Annual Appropriation and Tax Order. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson as Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means will be recommending overrides to the Mayor's Annual Appropriation and Tax Order return and modification as follows: Councilor Fernandes Anderson moved to pass the following Partial Override #1: • Increase Office of Human Services Contractual Services, $20,000 for the Office of Returning Citizens Vital Documents Waiver Pilot Program (adding $20,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Office of Historic Preservation Contractual Services, $25,000 for Black Heritage Trail Signage (adding $25,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Mayor's Office of Immigrant Advancement Contractual Services, $250,000 for ESOL adult classes for new arrivals and beginners (adding $250,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Mayor's Office of Immigrant Advancement Personnel Services, $125,000 for the Director of Latinx and Caribbean Programming and Policy (adding $125,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Office of Food Justice Personnel Services, $90,000 to create an additional Project Manager role to increase capacity (adding $90,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Office of Neighborhood Services Contractual Services, $21,000 for Cultural Events Fund (adding $21,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Arts & Culture Contractual Services, $135,000 for cultural spaces (adding $135,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Women's Advancement Personnel Services, $260,000 for maternal health programming, ½ FTE (adding $260,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Youth Employment & Opportunity Personnel Services, $300,000 for workforce development for recent arrivals (adding $300,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Women's Advancement Contractual Services, $150,000 for maternal health grants (adding $150,000 to the line on the tax order). To balance these increase overrides, I recommend the following decrease overrides: 1. Central Fleet Management Equipment: $140,000 2. Central Fleet Management Contractual: $2,000 3. Department of Innovation and Technology Equipment: $200,386 4. Human Resources Current Charges & Obligations: $200,000 5. Intergovernmental Relations Supplies & Materials: $2,000 6. Property Management Equipment: $219,276 7. Snow & Winter Management Equipment: $670,000 Councilor Fernandes Anderson requested a roll call of Partial Override #1 Partial Override #1; yeas 6 nays 6 (Baker, Breadon, Coletta, Flaherty, Flynn, Murphy). Override Fails. Councilor Fernandes Anderson moved to pass the following Partial Override #2: • Increase Boston Fire Department Personnel Services, $1,500,000 for Car 5 (adding $1,500,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Parks and Recreation Department Supplies and Materials, $50,000 to expand the tree canopy (adding $50,000 to the line on the tax order). To balance these increase overrides, I recommend the following decrease overrides: 1. Auditing Department Contractual: $2,000 2. City Clerk Contractual: $3,000 3. Execution of Courts Special Appropriations: $1,000,000 4. Labor Relations Contractual: $1,000 5. Parking Clerk (BTD) Equipment: $2,000 6. Property Management Contractual: $59,385 7. Public Facilities Department Equipment: $2,000 8. Snow & Winter Management Contractual: $363,951 9. Office of Streets Supplies & Materials: $2,000 10. Treasury Department Equipment: $2,000 11. Treasury Department Supplies & Materials: $113,079 Councilor Fernandes Anderson requested a roll call of Partial Override #2 Partial Override #2; yeas 3 nays 8 (Baker, Breadon, Coletta, Flaherty, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Worrell). Override Fails. Councilor Fernandes Anderson moved to pass the following Partial Override #3: • Increase City Council Personnel Services, $829,385 for Councilors' Staff Salary Increases (adding $829,385 to the line on the tax order). • Increase City Council Personnel Services, $38,000 for City Council Central Staff Director salary raise (adding $38,000 to the line on the tax order). To balance these increase overrides, I recommend the following decrease overrides: 1. Human Resources Contractual: $832,995 2. Treasury Department Supplies & Materials: $41,250 Councilor Fernandes Anderson requested a roll call of Partial Override #3 Partial Override #3; yeas 5 nays 7 (Baker, Breadon, Coletta, Flaherty, Flynn, Murphy, Worrell). Override Fails. Councilor Fernandes Anderson moved to pass the following Partial Override #4: • Increase Property Management Personnel Services, $584,896 for a salary increase for Municipal Officers (adding $584,896 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Age Strong Department Contractual Services, $50,000 for Senior Programming at the Veronica Senior Center (adding $50,000 to the line on the tax order). To balance these increase overrides, I recommend the following decrease overrides: 1. Boston Police Department Equipment: $350,000 2. Boston Police Department Supplies & Materials: $300,000 _ _ _ RECESS _ _ _ Councilor Baker moved for the following amendment to Partial Override #4. Motion prevailed; yeas 11, nays 0, present 1(Coletta). Amendment of Councilor Baker Docket #1132 Partial Override #4, as moved, shall be amended as follows: Increase Property Management Personnel Services, $584,896 for a salary increase for Municipal Officers (adding $584,896 to the line on the tax order). To balance these increase overrides, I recommend the following decrease overrides: 1. Property Management Contractual: $600,979 Partial Override 4 passed as amended; yeas; 10, nays 1 (Flaherty), Present 1(Coletta). Councilor Fernandes Anderson moved to pass the following Partial Override #5: • Increase Office of Participatory Budgeting Special Appropriations, $1,000,000 for Participatory Budgeting (adding $1,000,000 to the line on the tax order). • Increase Office of Participatory Budgeting Special Appropriations, $450,000 for Participatory Budgeting (adding $450,000 to the line on the tax order). To balance these increase overrides, I recommend the following decrease overrides: 1. Boston Police Department Equipment: $1,450,000 Councilor Fernandes Anderson requested a roll call of Partial Override #5 Partial Override #5; yeas 5 nays 7 (Baker, Breadon, Coletta, Flaherty, Flynn, Murphy, Worrell). Override Fails. Four of the Partial Overrides having failed with the exception of #4, Docket #1132 has been overridden in part and this constitutes the approval of the FY24 City Budget.

    Jun 16, 2023

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 1311-2023: To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Historical Society in support of their Community Historical Preservation and Education program; and to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund. ($150,000.00)

    Apr 26, 2023

    ·Columbus, OH
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  • NDF022323WPPA16: APPROPRIATING [$2,470] $2,696.50 FROM DISTRICT 16 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO WOLF PEN PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION, INC. FOR THE WOLF PEN SPRINGDALE LANDSCAPING PROJECT (AS AMENDED).

    Jan 12, 2023

    ·Louisville, KY
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  • 2022-0932: WHEREAS, The Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition (SHUC) is a nonprofit community organization that gives the residents, institutions, and businesses of Squirrel Hill a platform to express their hopes and concerns in order to preserve and improve the quality of life in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood; and,

    Nov 4, 2022

    ·Pittsburgh, PA
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  • BL2022-1156: An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by applying a Neighborhood Landmark Overlay District to property located at 518 Russell Street, at the southwest corner of Russell Street and S. 6th Street, zoned R8 and within the Edgefield Historic Preservation District (0.51 acres), to permit a hotel and event space, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2022NL-001-001).

    Feb 18, 2022

    ·Nashville, TN
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  • 21-COA-0204: Request: Review of a proposal to paint a neighborhood mural on previously unpainted masonry Project Name: Parkland Business - South Side Façade Mural Location: 1215 S. 28th St. Owner: KLB Property Maintenance, Inc. Applicant: Lou Lepping Representative: Lou Lepping Jurisdiction: Louisville Metro Government Council District: 1 - Jessica Green Case Manager: Kat Groskreutz, Historic Preservation Specialist

    Sep 22, 2021

    ·Louisville, KY
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  • TUCSON, ARIZONA Supp. No. 102 – Instruction Sheet

    Tucson, AZ
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    This is an instruction sheet for updating a loose-leaf copy of the Tucson, Arizona municipal code. It specifies which pages should be removed and replaced to bring the code current through December 31, 2013 (Supplement No. 102), with updates affecting chapters on Sign Code, Human Resources, Neighborhood Preservation, and related administrative sections. The document is administrative in nature and provides instructions for maintaining an updated code reference rather than discussing substantive policy or budgetary decisions.

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  • Building Services & Code Enforcement 451 South State Street, Room 215

    Salt Lake City, UT
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    This document provides zoning district classifications and purposes for residential areas in Salt Lake City, administered by Building Services & Code Enforcement (located at 451 South State Street, Room 215; contact 801-535-6000). The city defines six primary residential zoning categories: three foothills residential districts (FR-1 requiring lots of at least 43,560 square feet, FR-2 requiring 21,780 square feet, and FR-3 requiring 12,000 square feet, all designed to minimize environmental hazards and protect scenic character); three single-family residential districts (R-1-12,000, R-1-7,000, and R-1-5,000 with decreasing minimum lot sizes); and two special development pattern districts (SR-1 and SR-3) intended to preserve neighborhood character, with SR-2 reserved for future use. The document was updated in October 2012.

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  • West Chester, Pennsylvania | Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

    West Chester, PA
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    West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Quaker-settled county seat chartered in 1799, experienced significant architectural and cultural development in the 19th century under architects William Strickland and Thomas U. Walter, earning it the designation "The Athens of Pennsylvania." The borough's historic district, established in the 1980s and expanded in 2005 to cover nearly 80 percent of the borough, has become a model for preservation and heritage tourism, leading to its recognition as a National Trust for Historic Preservation Dozen Distinctive Destination in 2006 and Preserve America Community designation in 2006. Community preservation efforts include annual Town Tours and Village Walks programs and participation in Pennsylvania's Elm Street Project, which focuses on revitalizing historically significant neighborhoods like the East End, West Chester's largest African American community.

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  • TUCSON, ARIZONA Supp. No. 114 – Instruction Sheet

    Tucson, AZ
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    This instruction sheet provides guidance for updating the Tucson, Arizona Code through Supplement No. 114, current as of March 21, 2017. Users must remove obsolete pages and replace them with revised pages across multiple chapters, including Civil Service, Crimes and Offenses, Neighborhood Preservation, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, and Pensions and Insurance. The document includes a checklist of page numbers to be removed and added to maintain an up-to-date loose-leaf copy of the Code.

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  • Chapter 9 Eugene Land Use

    Eugene, OR
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    Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code, titled the "Land Use Code," was established to protect public health, safety, and welfare while preserving and enhancing the community's economic, social, and environmental qualities. The code implements state and federal laws and the Metro Plan through policies that support the Urban Growth Boundary, encourage infill and mixed-use development, promote affordable housing and diverse housing types, and prioritize transportation-efficient land use patterns and alternative transportation modes. Key objectives include increasing density within the urban growth boundary, improving downtown vitality, mitigating neighborhood impacts through design standards, and relieving congestion through multi-modal transportation improvements.

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  • Columbia Charter Township Jackson County, Michigan Ordinance

    Columbia, SC
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    Columbia Charter Township in Jackson County, Michigan proposed a Short-Term Rental Ordinance designed to regulate short-term rental properties while preserving the township's residential, lake living, and agricultural character. The ordinance addresses community concerns about noise, disorderly conduct, overcrowding, traffic, parking, and potential loss of neighborhood character, while recognizing that short-term rentals provide community benefits through expanded lodging options and owner revenue. The ordinance applies to the rental of entire dwelling units on a short-term basis throughout the township outside Village of Brooklyn limits, and excludes owner-occupied rentals, bed and breakfasts, hotels, motels, marinas, and senior care facilities, with all requirements intended to supplement existing zoning ordinance requirements.

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  • TCHD   TOLEDO CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION  REPORT FOR

    Toledo, OH
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    The Toledo City Historic District Commission held a meeting on November 24, 2025, to review four applications including a landmark designation review for the Feilbach Building at 25 S Superior, scheduled roofing replacement at 802 N Huron, shed installation at 1941 Potomac, and a zoning study for the Vistula Neighborhood. The document also includes the 2025 application and meeting schedule for the Commission, which meets monthly on the fourth Monday at 5:30 p.m. at One Government Center, with application deadlines three weeks prior to each meeting.

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  • Sec. 27-241. West Tampa Overlay District Development ...

    Tampa, FL
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    This document establishes the West Tampa Overlay District Development Design Standards, a regulatory framework created in January 2022 to preserve the historic character of the West Tampa area. The overlay district encompasses a mixed-use neighborhood with commercial, multi-family, and single-family properties, bounded by Tampa Bay Boulevard, the Hillsborough River, and various avenues, and aims to maintain the development patterns and physical characteristics of structures built in the 1920s and earlier, including those within the nationally designated historic district established in the early 1980s. The section provides detailed geographic boundaries using street centerlines and landmarks to define the specific area subject to these design standards.

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