A. Creation of List. The primary goal of the Historic Overlay District created in Article VIII, Part II (Historic Overlay District) of the Hinsdale Zoning Code is to incentivize the preservation, rehabilitation, enhancement and restoration of structures within the Historic Overlay District that are deemed to be of historical significance. To that end, the Village shall create, and the Village Clerk shall maintain, a Historically Significant Structures Property List within the Historic Overlay District to which regulations within the Overlay District may apply. Such list shall be created pursuant to the procedures set forth in this chapter and shall be included as Appendix 1 to this chapter.
B. Review Criteria. In order for a property to be deemed to host a Historically Significant Structure and be included on the Historically Significant Structures Property List, a property must be located within the Historic Overlay District and meet one (1) or more of the following criteria:
1. The property or one (1) or more structures on the property are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history;
2. The property or one (1) or more structures on the property are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past;
3. One (1) or more structures on the property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction;
4. The property or one (1) or more structures on the property yields, or may be likely to yield, information important to history or prehistory;
5. The property or one (1) or more structures on the property has significance in local, regional, state or national history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture; or
6. The property or one (1) or more structures on the property is a source of civic pride or identity for the community.
C. Process - Creation of Historically Significant Structures Property List.
1. The Historic Preservation Commission, using existing Village studies, historical materials and maps, and their own expertise, shall, within one hundred eighty (180) days of approval of the Ordinance creating the Historic Overlay District, compile an Initial List of properties proposed for inclusion on the Historically Significant Structures Property List.
2. Upon creation of the Initial List, the Historic Preservation Commission shall hold a public hearing or hearings relative to the Initial List pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 14-1-4.C. of this Title 14.
3. Multiple properties proposed for inclusion on the Historically Significant Structures Property List may be considered at a single hearing and may be included on the hearing notice. Multiple rounds of public hearings may be held regarding properties proposed for inclusion on the Historically Significant Structures Property List for administrative convenience.
4. Following the public hearing, the Historic Preservation Commission shall determine whether each property on the Initial List possesses one or more of the criteria set forth in Subsection B above and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees as to whether each property included on the Initial List should be included on the Historically Significant Structures Property List. The recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission shall be forwarded to the Board of Trustees for consideration.
5. The Board of Trustees shall consider the recommendations of the Historic Preservation Commission and may approve or deny the inclusion of each property on the Initial List for inclusion on the Historically Significant Structures Property List. The Board of Trustees may also remand the Initial List, or individual properties on the Initial List, to the Historic Preservation Commission for further consideration or for additional information without further public hearing.
D. Process - Adding Properties to the Historically Significant Structures Property List.
1. Additional properties not on the Initial List may be considered as additions to the Historically Significant Structures Property List at any time upon application of an individual property owner, or upon direction from the Board of Trustees or Historic Preservation Commission.
2. Upon receipt of a completed application, the Historic Preservation Commission shall hold a public hearing or hearings relative to the property proposed to be added to the Historically Significant Structures Property List. Notice of the public hearing shall be given pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 14-1-4.C. of this Title 14.
3. Following the public hearing, the Historic Preservation Commission shall determine whether the property proposed to be added to the Historically Significant Structures Property List possesses one or more of the criteria set forth in Subsection B above and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees as to whether the property shall be added to the Historically Significant Structures Property List. The recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission shall be forwarded to the Board of Trustees for consideration.
4. The Board of Trustees shall consider the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission and may approve or deny the inclusion of each property on the Historically Significant Structures Property List. The Board of Trustees may also remand a property to the Historic Preservation Commission for further consideration or for additional information, without further public hearing.
E. Notification of Inclusion of a Property on the Historically Significant Structures Property List.
1. Upon approval of a property for inclusion on the Historically Significant Structures Property List, a notification of inclusion shall be sent to the owner of the property.
2. The Historically Significant Structures Property List shall be maintained by the Village Clerk. The Historically Significant Structures Property List shall be made available on the Village's official website and provided to area realtors, news media and other persons or entities in an effort to publicize the List and incentives available.
3. A Notice of Historically Significant Property shall be recorded against title to each property approved for inclusion on the Historically Significant Property list. The notice shall reference this Chapter, Article VIII, Part II (Historic Overlay District) of the Zoning Code and the availability of the Preservation Incentives specified herein.
F. Process - Removal of Properties from the Historically Significant Structures Property List.
1. The Historic Preservation Commission shall periodically, but no less often than every five (5) years, undertake a review of the Historically Significant Structures Property List to determine whether properties on the List should be proposed for removal from the List due to changed circumstances. In addition, individual properties on the Historically Significant Structures Property List may be considered for removal from the List at any time upon application of an individual property owner, or upon direction from the Board of Trustees or Historic Preservation Commission.
2. A property with a Historically Significant Structure on it may be removed from the Historically Significant Structures Property List when it is found that due to changed circumstances, the qualities which caused the structure to be originally eligible for inclusion on the List have been lost or destroyed, or where it has otherwise ceased to meet the criteria that made it originally eligible for inclusion.
3. A property shall be automatically removed from the Historically Significant Structures Property List upon demolition of the historically significant structure on the property, without the need for hearing or other action by the Historic Preservation Commission or Board of Trustees.
4. The Historic Preservation Commission shall hold a public hearing or hearings relative to any property proposed to be removed from the Historically Significant Structures Property List due to changed circumstances. Notice of the public hearing shall be given pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 14-1 of this Title 14.
5. Following the public hearing, the Historic Preservation Commission shall determine whether the property proposed to be removed from the Historically Significant Structures Property List meets the criteria in Subsection F.2 above and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees as to whether the property should be removed from the Historically Significant Structures Property List. The recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission shall be forwarded to the Board of Trustees for consideration.
6. The Board of Trustees shall consider the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission and the criteria set forth in Subsection F.2. above, and may approve or deny the removal of each property from the Historically Significant Structures Property List. The Board of Trustees may also remand a property to the Historic Preservation Commission for further consideration or for additional information, without further public hearing.
7. Upon removal of a property from the Historically Significant Structures Property List, a Notice of Removal shall be mailed to the owner and/or occupant and recorded against title to the property. The notice shall reference this Chapter, Article VIII, Part II (Historic Overlay District) of the Hinsdale Zoning Code, the previously recorded Notice of Historically Significant Property, and the fact that Preservation Incentives are no longer available for the property. (Ord. O2022-27, 9-20-2022)