Inventory and Analysis of Historic Preservation Ordinances in Pennsylvania Municipalities
Burg S, Pomeroy G, Price A, Little T, Hughes J, Cuthbert A, Edsall D, Moore Z. 2018. Inventory and Analysis of Historic Preservation Ordinances in Pennsylvania Municipalities. Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office; The Center of Rural Pennsylvania; Center for Land Use and Sustainability, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; Geo-Graphics Laboratory, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
From the Executive Summary: "This research provides the first comprehensive statewide inventory and analysis of historic preservation ordinances of Pennsylvania municipalities. The research considered municipal historic preservation ordinances that are authorized by the Historic District Act (HDA) of 1961, and the Municipalities Planning Core (MPC) of 1968. To conduct the research, the team gathered data to determine the extent to which Pennsylvania municipalities had enacted local ordinances under the authority of the HDA and/or the MPS to regulate historic resources within their jurisdictions. The research methods used to undertake the inventory and analysis of historic preservation ordinances included: a survey of county planning directors, consultations with the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), a review of selected municipal ordinances, an audit-based analysis of a representative sample of municipal ordinances, a classification of preservation activities, geo-spatial mapping, focus group discussion with county planning directors, the development of a sociodemographic database to construct a demographic profile of municipalities engaged in ordinance-based historic preservation planning, and case studies using municipality-level site visits and telephone interviews." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P17AF00069).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Burg, Steven; Pomeroy, George; Price, Antonia; Little, Taylor; Hughes, James; Cuthbert, Angela; Edsall, Dana; Moore, Zachary
- Date of Issue
- 2018-11
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office; The Center of Rural Pennsylvania; Center for Land Use and Sustainability, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; Geo-Graphics Laboratory, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
- Units
- HPF