The Metropolitan Planning Commission on behalf of the Mayor and Aldermen is proposing a text amendment to Section 7.11 of the Streetcar Historic Overlay District. The revision will add nine historic and architectural significant buildings constructed during the Period of Significance (1799-1935) to the Contributing Resources Map.  The amendment will further expand the boundaries of the Streetcar Historic District.

In 2005, the Streetcar Historic District was created to promote the sensitive rehabilitation of existing historic buildings and to ensure the visual compatibility of new construction within the area. The proposed amendment will update the Contributing Resources Map which is vital to this goal.

Within the Streetcar Historic District, all buildings are classified as either historic or non-historic on the Contributing Resources Map. The original map was adopted in 2005 by City Council. Since that time, there have been four map amendments to expand the boundaries of the Streetcar Historic District. This will be the fifth expansion.

The realization that the expansion areas had not been properly surveyed spurred this update. Taking no action leaves these nine buildings unprotected. A historic resource survey of the expanded boundary areas was conducted from 2020-2021 and identified the nine historic buildings.

On January 18, 2022, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the text amendment to Section 7.11 of the Streetcar Historic Overlay District revising the Contributing Resources Map.