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Dale Shostrom
(City Manager Joe Lessard invited)
Council Business Meeting
September20, 2022
Agenda Item
Resolution 2022-24 Creating Standing Advisory Committees to the City Council
From
Joseph Lessard City Manager
Contact
joe.lessard@ashland.or.us; 541-522-2103
SUMMARY
The City council voted by informal ballot at the May 23, 2022, Special Called Business Meeting to
restructure (reduce and rename) advisory bodies reporting to the City Commission from an approximate
seventeen commissions to the following:
Commissions (continuing) – with specific areas of program discretion or policy implementation
responsibility
Park and Recreation Commissions
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Planning Commission
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Standing Advisory Committees – with continuing areas of Council advisory responsibility
Climate and Environment Policy Advisory Committee (CEPAC; combining Climate Policy
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and Conservation & Climate Outreach Commissions)
Historic Preservation Advisory Committee (HPAC; to support historic dist. certifications)
o
Housing & Human Services Advisory Committee (HHSAC)
o
Public Arts Advisory Committee (PAAC)
o
Social Equity and Racial Justice Advisory Committee (SERJAC)
o
Management Advisory Committees
A number of ad hoc management advisory committees canbe established by City
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management to providing support technical assistance in the review and development of
recommendations for the City Council and continuing commissions, including:
Airport
City Band
System Development Charge (SDC)
Transportation
Trees and Urban Forest
Wildfire Safety
During consideration of this topic at the August 2, 2022 City Council Business Meeting, staff was directed to
schedule a Study Session for further discussion of the resolution to consolidate commissions into the above
listed standing advisory bodies.
The first step in restructuring the City Council advisory bodies is the establishment of the above identified
Standing Advisory Committees and acknowledgment of potential Management Advisory Committees
(MACs) by adoption of a City Council resolution. The attached draft of Resolution 2022-24, with tracked in
nd
redline changes since August 2 for review purposes, have recommended updates based on continued input
from the community and City Council Members.
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The next step following adoption of the resolution will include the City Attorney returning to the City
Council with updates and deletions of current Ashland Municipal Codes (AMCs) related to the restructuring
of City commissions. Resolution 2022-24 includes direction to the City Attorney to return to the City
Council with the corresponding necessary AMC changes. Finally, members of Standing Advisory
Committees will be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council.
ACTIONS, OPTIONS & POTENTIAL MOTIONS
City Council adoption of Resolution 2022-24 establishing City Council Standing Advisory Committees and
acknowledging the potential convening of Management Advisory Committees by City management.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
City staff recommends adoption of Resolution 2022-24 establishing City Council and acknowledging
Management Advisory Committees.
FISCAL IMPACTS
The restructuring of City commissions to standing advisory committees as outlined above is intended to
reduce the need for staff support of formal commissions and adjust the number and character of City Council
advisory bodies.
REFERENCES & ATTACHMENTS
Draft Resolution 2022-24 (with all updates included and tracked in redline since the August 2, 2022,
Council Business Mtg.)
Draft Resolution 2022-24 (with all updates included without redlining since the August 2, 2022,
Council Business Mtg.)
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DRAFT – 9/16/2022
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-24
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CITY COUNCIL AND
MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES
RECITALS:
A.Whereas the citizens of Ashland have a strong history of voluntary service to their
community, including on advisory bodies to the City of Ashland (City); and
B.Whereas Ashland citizens have important practical and technical knowledge on issues
and topics important to sustaining the quality of life in the city and on the operational
effectiveness of the City of Ashland organization; and
C.Whereas the City Council of the City of Ashland has an interest in promoting continued
community participation in advising the City Council and City management.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND, OREGON,
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.Procedure and Guidance
for advisory committees to the City Council and City
staff include the following:
A.Each advisory committee shall serve solely as an advisory body whose actions or
recommendations shall not be considered as City policy or the establishing of City policy
or as final decisions of the City and are therefore not subject to administrative or judicial
appeal.
Each advisory committee will provide service that does not conflict with the functioning
of City departments or other government agency and shall have no executive or
administrative powers or civil rights investigatory or enforcement authority. Attendance
at an orientation or training session for standing advisory committee members, when
offered, is required before they are permitted to further exercise voting rights at
committee meetings. The City Manager will provide at least an annual orientation or
training session update to all standing advisory committees and will be responsible for
assigning City staff support for the work of the advisory committees.
Except as otherwise expressly stated, standing advisory committees shall observe policies
and meeting and conduct rules consistent with those set forth for commissions and boards
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in AMC 2.10, Uniform Policies and Operating Procedures for Advisory Commissions
and Boards, including its meeting and attendance, and code of ethics provisions.
B.Advisory committee members shall serve as individuals exercising their own best
judgement and not as delegates for their respective organization or groups. Committees
and their members are not official representatives of the City of Ashland and may not
present their committees recommendations or their personal opinions or points of view as
representative of the City’s policy or operational perspectives. Prior to speaking publicly
on behalf of their respective advisory committee, members must secure the permission of
their committee to represent the activities or recommendations of their committee.
C.A quorum of each standing advisory committee shall consist of more than one-half (½) of
the total number of its current Council-confirmed voting members, but in no case fewer
than three(3) members. Appointed voting and alternative members of a standing
advisory committee may not name a substitute or alternate member to attend a meeting of
their advisory committee on their behalf. Nonvoting ex-officio members, staff, and
liaisons do not count toward the quorum.
Appointed voting and alternate members of a standing advisory committee need not be
physically present at a meeting if another means of attendance (e.g., telephonic, internet,
etc.) has been established by the membership and public meetings law requirements are
met. At least a majority of the quorum is necessary to adopt any motion; some motions
may require the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members present.
A voting or alternative member of a standing advisory committee should provide at least
a 48-hour notice to both their committee’s chairperson and the City Manager appointed
ex-officio committee staff support member regarding any planned absence from a
scheduled meeting of the advisory committee. In the event an unexpected or emergency
absence, the member should notify their advisory committee’s chairperson, or the
appointed staff support individual within a reasonable time in advance of the meeting.
If the members in attendance do not constitute a quorum, staff or invitees may make
informational presentations provided (1) Notes describing the presentations and
discussions are made and posted on the City website; (2) no motion, debate or vote or any
other official business other than adjournment takes place; and (3) all topics advertised
are automatically added to the agenda for the next regularly scheduled meeting.
D.Standing advisory committees may request voluntary testimony but may not compel an
individual or organization to appear before itor respond to questions.
E.Advisory bodies may consult with other city advisory committees on matters of mutual
interest in the course of developing recommendations to bring to the City Council or City
Management.It will be the responsibility of advisory committee chairpersons toworkor
meet informally as needed to coordinate the activities or coordination of matters between
their committee and other advisory committees.
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F.Standing advisory committee members (voting, alternative and non-City staff ex-officio)
will be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council. Council confirmed
standing advisory committee appointments shall have three (3) year terms. Members of
city commissions with corresponding responsibilities as the standing advisory
committees will be invited by the City Recorder to confirm their interest in appointment
by the Mayor without the necessity of submitting a formal new appointment application.
New applicants must submit formal application with the City Recorder for Committee
appointment. All regular terms commence with appointment and shall expire on April 30
of the third year. In the case that a new committee member is appointed to fillthe
remainder of a recently vacated voting position, the new member will be eligible for re-
appointment at the end of the partial term they are completing. The City Manager will
appoint all ex-officio City staff support committee members. The Mayor, with City
Council confirmation, will appoint Council liaisons to each of the standing advisory
committees. Council liaisons shall be non-voting ex-officio membersof the
corresponding committees.
G.Standing advisory committees shall be governed by AMC 2.10 – Uniform Policies and
Operating Procedures for Advisory Commission and Boards. Council liaisons will be
assigned for standing advisory committees per AMC 2.04.100. Standing advisory
committees will be reviewed by the City Council approximately every three years as to
their assigned responsibilities, level of effectiveness and the need for their continued role
and existence.
H.In keeping with the diversity, equity, and inclusion goals of the City of Ashland, efforts
will be made to ensure that information regarding standing advisory committee vacancies
and the application process is readily available and advisory committees are made up of
residents that represent the diverse populations within the City. All committees shall
assist the City of Ashland in ensuring that city programs related to the charge of the
committee are equitable for all community members, including low-income, young
people, persons of color, the elderly, and those living with disabilities. Standing advisory
committees may have up to two additional non-voting, ex-officio student/youth members
who are of high school or college age.
Unless otherwise stipulated below, voting and alternate standing advisory committee
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members will be comprised of individuals who reside within the City except one (1)
memberfrom each advisory committeemay be an at-large member living within the
City’s urban growth boundary. Ex-officio members are not required to be residents
within the City or the urban growth boundary. Voting andalternate members must be
over eighteen (18)years of age.
J.All standing advisory committees serve at the pleasure of the City Council and shall
deliver to the Council an annual report on their activities and accomplishments in the
preceding year and provide to the Council for its approval the priorities and workplan for
the succeeding year. Standing advisory committees are expected to work with and advise
the City Management and City Attorney to insure their committee recommendations are
aligned with City Council priorities and can be implemented within the City’s resources
and legal authority.
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Commissions transitioning under this resolution to become either standing advisory
committees, or potentially to MAC status, are requested to complete any current work to
develop recommendations for the City Council and advance them for consideration.
These recommendations my advance either as a direct final report or presentation to the
City Council or may be advance to the corresponding advisory committee or City
Manager for reporting to the City Council.
K.The City Attorney is directed to return to the City Council in a timely manner with any
updates, changes, or deletions to the Ashland Municipal Code to establish the here
identified standing advisory committees as replacements for their corresponding city
commissions or boards and to establish them as “Regular” advisory bodies per AMC
2.04.
SECTION 2.Standing Advisory Committees
to the City Council are established and
responsible for the purposes indicated in the following:
A.Climate and Environment Advisory Committee (CEAC)
AClimate and Environment Advisory Committee (CEAC) is established by the City
Council. The CEAC should reflect and represent a wide range of community interests
and perspectives. Such interests should include, but not be limited to, climate change and
environment, public health, energy efficiencyandrenewable energy, low and moderate-
income households needs, economic development, social equity, and sustainable
economic development.
The CEAC will consist of up to nine (9) voting members and up to four (4) optional ex-
officio members as provided here. The CEAC will strive to include at least two (2)
voting members who are 35 years old or younger at the time of appointment. The four
ex-officio, non-voting member positions are reserved for one (1) representative of the
solid waste franchisee for the City; and one (1)representative from Southern Oregon
University (SOU) administration/faculty; one (1) representative from the Ashland School
District administration/facility, and one (1) representative appointed by the City Manager
to provide support to the committee.
In addition to the voting members, the CEAC may have up to two (2) individuals
designated as alternate members. Alternate committee members may be seated to fill the
role and responsibility of a voting member at a meeting of the CEPAC that does not have
a quorum of voting members in attendance at roll call of the meeting. The rotating
seating order between the two (2) alternative committee membersin attendance at a
CEAC meeting, shall be established by Mayoral designated order at the time of their
appointment. Faculty or student ex-officio members of CEPAC may be appointed to be
alternative members.
The CEAC shall be responsible for assisting the City in the following:
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i.Recommending strategies, actions, and programs related to the wise and efficient
use of community and environmentalresources and relatedto addressing climate
change, including in:
Climate mitigationand climate smart adaptioninitiatives, including in
Ashland’s Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP) and its updates, and
their incorporation in updates or changes to City ordinances,
administrative rules and processes
materials management, waste prevention, reduction, and recycling
Electricity, water, and natural resource usage
Renewable resource options
Air and water quality action planning, including reducing GHG emissions
ii.Recommending CEAP implementation steps or improvements on behalf of the
community and for City operations
iii.Providing information to staff and the City Council to ensure that benchmarks,
targets, or actions develop for, or by the City of Ashland incorporate the best
available science and practices to achieve the intended climate or environmental
related goals and targets.
iv.Providing recommendations to ensure the City of Ashland’s climate and
environmental planning incorporates long-term social, economic, and
environmental goals, including social equity for low-income households, persons
of color, the young and elderly, and those with disabilities.
v.Educating and advocating for Ashland's environmental goals, including its
Community Climate Recovery Goals.
B.Historic Preservation Advisory Committee (HPAC)
An Historic Preservation Advisory Committee (HPAC) is established by the City
Council. The HPAC will consist of up to nine (9) voting members, and two nonvoting
ex-officio members including the Chairperson of the Planning Commission, and one (1)
representative appointed by the City Manager to provide support to the committee from
the City’s Community Development Department. To qualify the HPAC’s as the City of
Ashland’s Certified Local Government (CLG) Commission, the majority of appointments
for voting members of the HPAC, to the extent volunteer members are available in the
City,will have direct historic preservation experience or meet the professional
qualifications
(including archaeology, architectural history, conservation, cultural
anthropology, curation, engineering, folklore, historic architecture, historic landscape
under Oregon State Historic
architecture, historic preservation planning and history)
Preservation Office requirements.
The HPAC shall be responsible for assisting the City in the following:
i.Recommending to the Planning Commission and the City Council, areas or
properties of significant historical value and interest for consideration to be
designated historical properties.
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ii.Recommending ordinances and other measures designed to protect and foster
interest in the improvement of designated historical properties.
iii.Reviewing literature and sources of funding concerning the protection and
improvement of designated historic properties.
iv.Advising City staff and the Planning Commission concerning the improvement of
designated historic properties in connection with Type II and Type III Planning
Action involving new construction or alterations to existing historic resources.
v.Advising applicants and staff upon request on sigh permits, building permits and
other projects involving new construction or alterations within Ashland’s
designated Historic Districts.
vi.Advising the Planning Commission, the Ashland Park Commission, other city
advisory commissions, boards and committees, and city departments regarding
historic components of government projects under consideration within Ashland’s
designated Historic Districts.
vii.Advising City staff and the Planning Commission on project applications for
funding.
viii.Assisting in promoting public support for the preservation and recognition of
Ashland’s historic past.
ix.Advising City staff and the Planning Commission on aesthetic standards for
historic areas.
C.Housing and Human Services Advisory Committee (HHSAC)
A Housing and Human Services Advisory Committee (HHSAC) is established by the
City Council. The mission of the HHSAC is to assess and make recommendations to the
City for addressing the continuum of housing and human services needs for the purpose
of enhancing community health and well-being. Members will be from a broad spectrum
of citizens including individuals with a background in social services, unhoused and
marginal income population services, economic and housing development, universal
housing design, and elderly and disabled persons needs.
The HHSACwill consist of nine (9) voting members, one (1) nonvoting ex-officio liaison
from Southern Oregon University (SOU), and one (1) nonvoting ex-officio member
appointed by the City Manager to provide housing program support.
The HHSAC shall be responsible for assisting the City in the following:
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i.Assessing the making recommendations on the continuum of housing and human
services needs of the community and funding strategies relating to housing and
human services.
ii.Advising the City Council on programs that assist in addressing the unmet utility,
medical, transportation, and food needs of seniors, children and families in
Ashland, and other related human services programs.
iii.Making recommendations to the City Council on Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG), City of Ashland Social Service Grants, and Housing Trust Fund
andrelated allocations.
iv.Assisting in identifying federal, state, county, and private funding for
implementation of housing and human services programs.
v.Fostering public knowledge of and support for official city housing and human
services Programs.
vi.Enhancing cooperation between the public and private sectors by promoting
integrated approaches that provide suitable housing, a healthy living environment,
and expanded economic opportunities for low and moderate-income persons.
vii.Evaluate, reviewing, and recommending to the Planning Commission and City
Council innovative land use strategies targeted to promote a broad variety of
needed housing types.
viii.Monitoring housing discrimination complaints and corrective actions within the
City, and advising the City Council on potential measures to be taken to further
equal opportunity to all persons to live in suitable housing facilities regardless of
race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, source of
income, or familial status.
D.Public ArtsAdvisory Committee (PAAC)
A Public Arts Advisory Committee (PAAC) is established by the City Council. The
mission of the PAAC is to enhance the cultural and aesthetic quality of life in Ashland by
actively supporting the placement of public art in public spaces and serving to preserve
and develop public access to the arts. The continued vitality of the arts in the City of
Ashland is a vital part of the future of the City as well as of its citizens. The arts are an
important part of the cultural and economic life of the entire community of Ashland and
enrich the participants in the arts as well as those who observe them.
The PAAC will consist of nine (9) voting members of which six(6) voting members will
be from a broad spectrum of citizens including artists and those with a background in the
arts, arts organizations, education, structural and landscape architecture. Up to three (3)
of these six (6) voting members of the PACC may reside outside the City limits. The
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three(3) remaining voting members of the PAAC will becitizens at-large and residents
of the City.The City Manager may also appoint two (2) non-voting ex-officio members
to the PAAC, one (1) of which will be from the City’s Public Works Department, to
provide support to the committee.
The PAAC shall adhere to and fill the role of the Public Art Commission as it may be
designated in AMC 2.29 – Public Art. The PAAC shall also be responsible for assisting
the City in the following:
i.Providing advice to ensure the arts continue to be of value as an integral part of
Ashland.
ii.Assisting in promoting the arts in Ashland to enrich the lives of its citizens
through education and demonstration.
iii.Advising the City Council and City management on standards and guidelines for
selecting, commissioning, placing, maintaining, and removing public art.
iv.Advising the City of Ashland on how bestto assist local organizations that
provide local leadership on arts related matters tomake the arts a more important
part of communitylife.
v.Assisting the City council, the Ashland Parks Commission, Historic Preservation
Advisory Committee, and the Planning Commission in using public art to enhance
existing development in public parks and other public lands and in public
structures.
vi.Advising the Planning Commission, the Ashland Parks Commission, other city
advisory commission and committees, and city departments regarding artistic
components of all municipal government projects under consideration by the City.
The PAACmay also serve as a resource for assessing the artistic components of
land use developments.
vii.Advising the City Council on policies and programs toenhance and encourage the
planning, placement, and maintenance of public displays of art in locations open
to the public within the community.
viii.Encouraging connections with other local, regional, and national organizations
working for the benefit of art and preservation of artistic values.
ix.Recognizing and encourage groups and organizations that enrich Ashland life by
bringing cultural and artistic values and artifacts to the City.
x.Assist in the pursuit of gifts and grants for support of arts programs and activities
and the procurement of public art.
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E.Social Equity and Racial Justice Advisory Committee (SERJAC)
A Social Equity and Racial Justice Advisory Committee (SERJAC) is established by the
City Council. The SERJACwill consist of nine (9) voting members and one (1)
nonvoting ex-officio member designated by the City Manager to provide support to the
committee.Voting members will includemembers from a broad spectrum of community
interests and perspectives, specifically including individuals with backgrounds in race
and social equity work and a representative cross section of historically marginalized or
underrepresented groups, such as Black, Aboriginal peoples, people of color, LGBTQ+,
the elderly and disabled persons.
The SERJAC shall be responsible for assisting the City in the following:
i.Encouraging understanding and celebration of the diversity of the City’s
population and visitors and promote amicable intergroup relations within the City.
ii.Recommending policies, measures, and practices to bring about social and racial
equity and a greater inclusion for all who live, work, or visit in the City, including
counter measures to systematic racism, homophobia, sexism, classism, and other
racial and social inequities impacting Black, Indigenous, people of color,
LGBTQ+, and disabled persons, as well as other marginalized persons in the
Ashland community.
iii.Recommending efforts to increase economic opportunities for Black, Indigenous,
people of color, LGBTQ+, and disabled persons, as well as other marginalized
persons in the Ashland community.
iv.Advising on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and human rights training for
the City of Ashland’s staff, commissions/boards, other advisory committees, and
the City Council.
v.To seek,at least every two (2) years, a broad spectrum of input from community
members on emerging issues and needs of the Ashland community as they relate
to diversity, equity, inclusion, human rights, and intergroup relations.
SECTION 3. Management Advisory Committees (MAC)
may be established to serve at the
request of the City Manager or Department Heads to provide technical advice,and community
support and input that can assist in preparing recommendations to enhance City operations or
program implementation or for City Council consideration.
MACsare generally intended to be project or program specific but can meet as often and as long
as necessary to meet their requested roleor functions. Some MACsmay meet only occasionally
when requested, while others may meet regularlyor semi-regularly over extended periods of
time per the role assignment or needed termfor their assistance. Membership on MACswill be
established based on the type of advice sought and availability of potential qualified participants,
urgency of issue or program being addressed, timeframe for the committee’s role/participation,
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availability of City staff support resources, and/or other circumstances or considerations
affecting the ability for effective MAC role participation. The rules of procedure, if necessary,
for each MAC will also be established by the City Manager or appointing Department Director at
the time of the corresponding MAC’sestablishment. The City Council may refer issues or tasks
to consideration by a MAC by vote of the City Council request to the City Manager. MACsmay
include project or program topics related, but not limited to the following:
Airport Operations
City Band
System Development Charges
Transportation
Trees and Urban Forest
Wildfire Safety
SECTION 4.
This resolution is effective upon adoption.
ADOPTED by the City Council this day of , 2022.
ATTEST:
_____________________________
Melissa Huhtala, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this ______ day of _______________, 2022.
_____________________________
Julie Akins, Mayor
Reviewed as to form:
___________________________
Doug McGeary, Interim City Attorney
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Brandon/Derek
CLG Program Review
The primary purpose of this reviewis to ensure that the local government continues to meet the basic
requirements to be a Certified Local Government.
CLG: Ashland
Contact Person: Brandon Goldman
1. Historic Preservation Commission
Is the commission fully constituted (no vacancies), and have copies of current members’ resumes
been forwarded to the SHPO?
Are reasonable efforts made to appoint at least a few historic preservation “professionals”?
Approximately how many times per year does the commission meet?
Are written minutes kept and available to the public?
Are proper public notices given for commission meetings?
Comments: Has two vacancies, the commission currently has 9 seats and are considering changing to 7. A
small group (board of the full commission) is available every Thursday afternoon for early feel back on
projects. Two will be appointed likely in September. Current make-up includes: historic photographer (has
been on for 30 years), designer and builder, interested public and owner of historic property, realtor (home
restoration), landscape architect. Scheduled for monthly meetings, but when there are no actions to review,
meetings are canceled. So, they meet about 6-8 times a year. Minutes are posted online on the historic
commission page. Recruitment is a challenge. There are some changes to the city’s commissions, historic
being preserved. Notice to the newspaper for all planning actions, then general meeting notices, posted online
with an interactive map. What’s happening in my city section of the website.
Recommendations: Consider professional organizations, archaeologist, etc. as sources of recruitment.
2. Protection of Historic Properties – Includes code review and evaluation of two review decisions if any.
Does the historic preservation ordinance still contain appropriate protections for designated historic
properties?
Are the historic design review decisions made by the staff and/or commission appropriate and in
keeping with accepted historic preservation standards?
Does the protection meet state law and rule?
Are commission members and staff provided training in how to apply historic preservation standards?
Are local historic preservation decisions consistent with decisions made through either the state or
federal historic preservation process?
Comments: The code needs to be updated to meeting the goal 5 rule, NR properties can’t be automatically
regulated, there must be a local designation process for anything after 2017. It is also missing a local landmark
designation process. Code seems to support the process, the preliminary review is very helpful. They have run
into questions related to transition areas and how to handle those decisions. A solution may be to make
clearer options for the transition areas. Illustration in the code is helpful. Demolition language could be
updated. Training – process for criteria review was recently provided.
Recommendations: Consider adding more detail about the commission roles and survey. And add a local
designation process to the code. Here is a link to the model ordinance. Kuri will find the national register
reference in the code. Have Kuri share about the CLG program with the whole commission. Join NAPC
(National Alliance of Preservation Commissions) and ask the question about transition area review. Attend
9/26/2022
the CLG workshop, Oregon Heritage Conference, NAPC Forum. Ask SHPO for training as well. Update
18.5.2.020 Applicability A4 to remove the automatic review of National register properties without a local
designation process.
3. Maintain Appropriate Historic Property Records
Is there an organized filing system for properties that have been surveyed or listed in historic site
registers?
Are these records available to the public?
Are survey and inventory records consistent with SHPO standards and provided to the SHPO for
integration into the master statewide system?
Comments:The city hasn’t had a survey in a couple of decades. Inventory books are available online and in-
person. Historic district map is on the planning page and it pulls up historic photos, maps, and links to the
district. Interested in making a story map for each property. Internal – building permit software flags historic
district! Electronic archive system for planning is linked by address.
Recommendations: Consider new context studies and surveys to determine additional properties of historic
significance. Consider the story map option for a future CLG grant.
4. Participation in the National Register Nomination Process
Has the CLG provided SHPO written comments on National Register nominations?
Have nominations submitted by the CLG been approved by the State Advisory Committee on
Historic Preservation and the National Park Service?
Comments: CLGs must comment on and allow public comment on National Register nominations from the
area. No new ones recently in Ashland.
Recommendations: Consider new nominations or expanding the history of the existing districts.
5. Public Education and Awareness
Does the CLG sponsor or support events and activities that promote awareness, understanding, and
appreciation for historic properties within the community?
Comments: They do preservation awards. They had the first in-person on since COVID for 2022 in May.
Mayor attended. Celebrated several projects. They have started a history Medallion project – imbeds the
panels in the sidewalk. The groundbreaking for this art piece is important. Partnering with the arts
organization. They have a couple of flyers about owning historic properties and how to do work on them.
Recommendations: Awards are awesome! Use the CLG funds to provide supplementary events around the
plaque and art items. Consider additional activities like scavenger hunts, coloring pages, brochures
(community development dept document center). Establish some goal setting for the commission. Here is a
link to the planning guide mentioned at the meeting.
6. Grant Management
Has the CLG used its grant funds appropriately and completely?
Has grant paperwork been submitted to the SHPO in a timely and organized fashion?
Are grant records in good order and maintained for the appropriate 5-year (?) retention period?
Comments: Ashland hasn’t applied for some time. When they did, management was good.
Recommendations: Apply for the grant in the future.
Overall evaluation
Meets Requirements X Does Not Meet Requirements
9/26/2022
Comments: Excellent design review processes and opportunity for advance conversation.
Recommendations: Consider developing additional context and exploring survey for more recent history.
Also consider adding in additional community engagement.
SHPO Evaluator: ___Kuri Gill_____________ _____________________ ________
(print name) (signature)
Date: ____9/2/2022__________________________________
9/26/2022
Preservation Planning for Local Governments
SurveySurvey
Reconnaissance Level Survey (RLS) Before & During
A systematic, inventory of all the buildings in
Media outreach - newspapers, website, newsletters, utility bill
an area. RLS identifies which buildings have
Website development & updates
Contact property owners, public presentation for questions,
integrity and merit additional documentation
mailing, etc.
and preservation efforts. This does not trigger
Presentations to planning commission, city council, and
regulation.
community
Intensive Level Survey (ILS)
After
An in-depth historical research on the
Public presentation of results (community groups, schools,
construction, ownership, and uses of an
etc.)
individual building over the years. It refines
Tours of historic sites, walking tour tools
the historical status and provides a base for
Display of historic photos & information at city hall, library ,
designation.
etc.
Archaeological
Identifies location of historic or pre-historical
archaeological deposits.
DesignationDesignation
Local Historic Sites Before & During
Created by a local preservation ordinance to
Media outreach - newspapers, website, newsletters, utility bill
recognize the historic value of the property,
Meetings for historic property owners and community
criteria are often more lenient.
members to address questions and concerns, walking tours
Local Landmark Register
Distribution of "fact sheets" to historic property owners, in-
Created by a local preservation ordinance. It
person conversations with them
is usually more restrictive and engages a After
regulatory or design review process.
Media outreach - newspapers, website, newsletters, utility bill
National Register of Historic Places
presentation of certificates or plaques to property owners by
Created by the National Park Service. It has
local officials
specific requirements and must be
Outreach - plaques on buildings, interpretive panels, walking
coordinated through the State Historic
tours , school programs, presentations to community
Preservation Office.
organizations
Celebration! Block party, tours, open houses, etc.
TreatmentTreatment
Pre-development Public Education
Buildings - architectural & engineering
Media outreach - newspapers, website, newsletters, utility bill
services include preservation plans
(including )
renderings, etc.
Preservation awards for outstanding projects
Archaeology preservation, interpretive and
Tours & public presentations of projects
mitigation plans
Ribbon-cuttings involving local & state officials
Development
"Project in progress" signs displayed on site
Buildings - rehabilitation of buildings
Exhibit of architectural drawings, results & archaeological
Archaeology stabilization & preservation of
work at city hall, library, etc.
sites
Incentives
Local Design and Demolition Controls
Local Preservation Incentives - conditional uses, relaxed
implemented through a local ordinance
building code requirements, grant programs, design
assistance, etc.
Tax incentives - federal tax credits & state property tax
program
Grants - state & federal funds for rehabilitation
Coordination with planning commission and city council on
planning and zoning-related issues
Support working with building code officials
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Living with
HISTORIC DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Historic Buildings
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livability, quality of life, civic pride - it also has economic
rewards.
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helps to stabilize neighborhoods, and creates a skilled
labor force.
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it ƒźƓźƒźǩĻƭ ǞğƭƷĻ ğƓķ ĻƓǝźƩƚƓƒĻƓƷğƌ ķĻŭƩğķğƼƚƓ ĬǤ
ƩĻƷğźƓźƓŭ ĻǣźƭƼƓŭ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭƭ, materials and infrastructure.
Sited on the Applegate Trail which carried pioneers from California to Oregon Territory.
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and the Great Depression curtailed growth, thus the majorc buildings date to
the 1880s to 1920s.
Historic Registers
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Ashland has four historic districts, which are
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regulated locally, and each is also listed on the
Downtown 100 73
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Siskiyou-Hargadine 460 274
on property zoning, use and status (ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭͲ
Skidmore Academy 484 300
ĭƚƓƷƩźĬǒƷźƓŭͲ źƓķźǝźķǒğƌƌǤ ƌźƭƷĻķ, etc.)
ŷĻ ĭźƷǤ ƒğźƓƷğźƓƭ ķĻƷğźƌĻķ źƓŅƚƩƒğƼƚƓ ƚƓ ƷŷĻ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ƭźŭƓźŋĭğƓĭĻ ƚŅ ƦƩƚƦĻƩƼĻƭ źƓ Ļğĭŷ ķźƭƷƩźĭƷͳ Ʒŷźƭ
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character of the district. Some property owners also pursue special assessment tax benefits by
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Local Requirements
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The Historic Commission is a nine-member, advisory body that meets monthly. A three-member
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district building permits, and can also help to provide feedback on proposals.
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Thursdays. A city planner and Building Department plans examiner are available from 8:30 to 11:30
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon Parks & Recreation Department,
funded by the National Park Service through the National Historic Preservation Act.
Living with Historic Buildings
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typically ready to issue the next day.
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review by the full Historic and/or Planning Commissions prior to obtaining building permits.
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ƭƷğƓķğƩķƭ ĻƓƭǒƩĻ ĭŷğƓŭĻƭ Ʒƚ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ƦƩƚƦĻƩƼĻƭ ğƩĻ ĭƚƓƭźƭƷĻƓƷ ǞźƷŷ ƷŷĻ ƭƦźƩźƷ ğƓķ ĭŷğƩğĭƷĻƩ ƚŅ ƷŷĻ
ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ƦƩƚƦĻƩƷǤ ğƓķ ķźƭƷƩźĭƷ ǞŷźƌĻ ğƌƭƚ ƒĻĻƼƓŭ ĭƚƒƒǒƓźƷǤͲ ƚǞƓĻƩ ğƓķ ƩĻƭźķĻƓƷ ƓĻĻķƭ͵
5ĻƒƚƌźƼƚƓ ƚŅ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭƭ ЍЎ ƚƩ ƒƚƩĻ ǤĻğƩƭ ƚƌķ źƭ ĭğƩĻŅǒƌƌǤ ƩĻŭǒƌğƷĻķ͵ !ƦƦƩƚǝğƌ ƩĻƨǒźƩĻƭ ğ
ķĻƒƚƓƭƷƩğƼƚƓ ƷŷğƷ ƩĻŷğĬźƌźƷğƼƚƓ ƚƩ ƩĻΏǒƭĻ źƭ ƓƚƷ ŅĻğƭźĬƌĻ ƚƩ ƷŷğƷ ƷŷĻ ƭƷƩǒĭƷǒƩĻ źƭ ǒƓƭƚǒƓķ͵ \[ğƓķ
ǒƭĻ ğƦƦƩƚǝğƌ ŅƚƩ ğ ƩĻƦƌğĭĻƒĻƓƷ ƭƷƩǒĭƷǒƩĻ ƒǒƭƷ ğƌƭƚ ĬĻ ƚĬƷğźƓĻķ ƦƩźƚƩ Ʒƚ ķĻƒƚƌźƼƚƓ͵
Building Maintenance
Historic houses need a maintenance plan.
wƚƚŅƭ ğƩĻ ŷźŭŷĻƭƷ ƦƩźƚƩźƷǤ͵ YĻĻƦ ĻǣĭĻƭƭ ƒƚƭƭ ğƓķ ƌĻğŅ ķĻĬƩźƭ ƩĻƒƚǝĻķͲ ğƓķ ŭǒdžĻƩƭ ĭƌĻğƓ͵ Replace
roofing material before it is so deteriorated that leaking occurs.
źƓķƚǞƭ ğƓķ ķƚƚƩƭ ğƩĻ ƭĻĭƚƓķ ƦƩźƚƩźƷǤ͵ ŷĻǤ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ǞƚƩƉ ƦƩƚƦĻƩƌǤͲ ĬĻ ğƭ ğźƩƼŭŷƷ ğƭ ƦƚƭƭźĬƌĻͲ ğƓķ
9ǣƷĻƩźƚƩ ƦğźƓƷ źƭ ĭƩźƼĭğƌ Ʒƚ ĻǣƷĻƓķźƓŭ ƷŷĻ ƌźŅĻ ƚŅ a ĬǒźƌķźƓŭ͵ ! ƩĻŭǒƌğƩ ƦƌğƓ ŅƚƩ ƩĻƦğźƓƼƓŭ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ĬĻ
źƒƦƌĻƒĻƓƷĻķ͵ {ƒğƌƌ ƭĻĭƼƚƓƭ ĭğƓ ĬĻ ķƚƓĻ ĻǝĻƩǤ ǤĻğƩ Ʒƚ ƌźƒźƷ ĻǣƦĻƓƭĻ͵ !ķĻƨǒğƷĻ ĭƌĻğƓźƓŭ źƭ
ƩĻƨǒźƩĻķ ĬĻŅƚƩĻ ƩĻƦğźƓƼƓŭ͵
Tips for Owners of Historic Houses
IźƭƷƚƩźĭ ŷƚǒƭĻƭ ƷĻƓķ Ʒƚ ŅǒƓĭƼƚƓ ķźňĻƩĻƓƷƌǤ ƷŷğƓ ƓĻǞ ƚƓĻƭ͵ ŷĻǤ ǞĻƩĻ ķĻƭźŭƓĻķ Ʒƚ ğƌƌƚǞ ŅƚƩ ƓğƷǒƩğƌ
ƌźŭŷƷ ğƓķ ŅƩĻƭŷ ğźƩͲ ƓƚƷ Ʒƚ ĬĻ ŷĻƩƒĻƼĭğƌƌǤ ƭĻğƌĻķ͵ LƷ źƭ źƒƦƚƩƷğƓƷ Ʒƚ ǒƭĻ ƷŷĻƭĻ ŅĻğƷǒƩĻƭ ƩğƷŷĻƩ ƷŷğƓ
ƷƩǤźƓŭ Ʒƚ ĭƚƩƩĻĭƷ ƷŷĻƒͲ ƚƷŷĻƩǞźƭĻ ƚǞƓĻƩƭ ƒğǤ ĬĻ ķźƭƭğƼƭŋĻķ͵
9ǝĻƩǤ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭ ŷğƭ ĻĭĭĻƓƷƩźĭźƼĻƭ Ώ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ ğƩĻ ķźŕĭǒƌƷ Ʒƚ ƚƦĻƓͳ ŤƚƚƩƭ ĭƩĻğƉͳ ĭƩğĭƉƭ ğƩĻ
signs of long life, not a flaw to be repaired. While most of these can be corrected, if they arent
causing problems with everyday life, it best to let them to contribute to a .
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ŷdžƦʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ğƭŷƌğƓķ͵ƚƩ͵ǒƭΉCźƌĻƭΉ\[ƚĭğƌіЋЉğƓķіЋЉbğƼƚƓğƌіЋЉIźƭƷƚƩźĭіЋЉ5źƭƷіЋЉhǝĻƩǝźĻǞ͵ƦķŅ
Ashland Site Design and Use Standards, ŷdžƦʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ğƭŷƌğƓķ͵ƚƩ͵ǒƭΉCźƌĻƭΉ{źƷĻ5ĻƭźŭƓΏ
UseStandards_2011.pdf
ƭ ŅƚƩ wĻŷğĬźƌźƷğƼƓŭ
Buildings, ŷdžƦʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ĭƩ͵ƓƦƭ͵ŭƚǝΉŷƦƭΉƷƦƭΉƭƷğƓķŭǒźķĻΉƩĻŷğĬΉƩĻŷğĬΗğƦƦƩƚğĭŷ͵ŷƷƒ
bğƼƚƓğƌ tğƩƉ {ĻƩǝźĭĻ tƩĻƭĻƩǝğƼƚƓ .ƩźĻŅ bƚ͵ 47: Maintaining the Exteriors of Small and Medium Size
Historic Buildings, www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief47.pdf
hƩĻŭƚƓ IźƭƷƚƩźĭ {źƷĻƭ 5ğƷğĬğƭĻͲ ƭƷğƷĻǞźķĻ ƌźƭƷ ƚŅ ƦƩƚƦĻƩƼĻƭ ƒĻĻƼƓŭ ƒźƓźƒğƌ ĭƩźƷĻƩźğͲ
ŷdžƦʹΉΉŷĻƩźƷğŭĻķğƷğ͵ƦƩķ͵ƭƷğƷĻ͵ƚƩ͵ǒƭΉŷźƭƷƚƩźĭΉźƓķĻǣ͵ĭŅƒͪķƚўǝ͵ķƭƦΗƒğźƓ
First in a series of educational briefs to encourage succes
www.ashland.or.us
ASHLAND HISTORIC COMMISSION - Tel: 541-488-5305 - 51 Winburn Way - Ashland, Oregon 97520 -
Windows
HISTORIC DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
HISTORIC BUILDING BRIEF No. 2
General Guidelines
Retain and repair whenever possible; replace original windows only when
too deteriorated to repair.
For best energy efficiency, weather-strip windows and use storm windows.
ƌƼƒğƷĻ ŭƚğƌ źƭ ƭǒƭƷğźƓğĬźƌźƷǤ ğƓķ ƭƷĻǞğƩķƭŷźƦ ƚŅ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ĭƚƒƦƚƓĻƓƷƭ ğƓķ
materials.
History
Windows are an important character defining feature of a building.
Large sheets of glass were expensive to produce, so early windows had
ƭƒğƌƌ ƦğƓĻƭ ƭĻƦğƩğƷĻķ ĬǤ Ǟƚƚķ ƒǒƓƼƓƭͳ ƚǝĻƩ ƼƒĻ ƌğƩŭĻƩ ƦğƓĻƭ ǞĻƩĻ ǒƭĻķ͵
ƌƼƒğƷĻƌǤͲ ƓǒƒĬĻƩ ğƓķ ğƩƩğƓŭĻƒĻƓƷ ƚŅ ƦğƓĻƭ ĬĻĭğƒĻ ƷŷĻ ƚǝĻƩƩźķźƓŭ
design element.
Originally constructed of wood because it was readily available and easy to work.
MoƭƷ ĻğƩƌǤ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ ǞĻƩĻ ķƚǒĬƌĻΏŷǒƓŭ ğƓķ ǞĻƩĻ ƚƩźĻƓƷĻķ ǝĻƩƼĭğƌƌǤ Ʒƚ ğƌƌƚǞ ŅƚƩ ŭƚƚķ ƌźŭŷƷ ğƓķ
ǝĻƓƼƌğƼƚƓ Ώ ŷƚƷ ğźƩ Ǟƚǒƌķ ĻƭĭğƦĻ ƚǒƷ ƷŷĻ ƷƚƦ ğƓķ ĭƚƚƌĻƩ ğźƩ Ǟƚǒƌķ ŤƚǞ źƓ ƷŷĻ Ĭƚdžƚƒ͵ ŷĻǤ ƚũĻƓ
appear in pairs or triplets to increase overall window size.
źƓķƚǞƭ ǞĻƩĻ ƭĻƷ źƓƷƚ Ǟğƌƌƭ Ʒƚ ķĻĭƩĻğƭĻ ƦƚƷĻƓƼğƌ ŅƚƩ ǞğƷĻƩ źƓŋƌƷƩğƼƚƓ ğƓķ Ʒƚ ğƌƌƚǞ ƭƦğĭĻ ŅƚƩ
ƚƦĻƩğƼƓŭ ƒĻĭŷğƓźƭƒƭͲ ǒƭǒğƌƌǤ ƩƚƦĻƭ ğƓķ ƦǒƌƌĻǤƭ͵
Repair and Maintenance
Properly maintained wood windows have greatly extended service and contribute to a build
historic character; it is not unusual for them to work for 150 years or more.
Repairs can be labor intensive, but are typically not complicated.
LŅ ĭƚƓƭźķĻƩźƓŭ ƩĻƦƌğĭĻƒĻƓƷͲ ƷŷźƓƉ ƷǞźĭĻͳ ƒƚƓĻǤ źƭ ƚũĻƓ ĬĻdžĻƩ ƭƦĻƓƷ
ƚƓ ƩĻƦğźƩźƓŭ ĻǣźƭƼƓŭ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ͵
Badly deteriorated windows can be restored by applying consolidants
ƚƩ Ǟƚƚķ ƦǒLjĻƭ Ʒƚ ƭƦƌźƷͲ ĭŷĻĭƉĻķ ƚƩ ƩƚLjƓŭ Ǟƚƚķ͵
Windows that cannot be stabilized may require replacing parts of the
original window.
Replacement Windows
Replacement of original windows is ğ ƌğƭƷ ƩĻƭƚƩƷ ğũĻƩ ğƌƌ ƩĻƦğźƩ ƦƚƭƭźĬźƌźƼĻƭ ŷğǝĻ ĬĻĻƓ ĻǣƦƌƚƩĻķ͵
If windows are missing or not reparable, match replacements as closely as possible in terms of size,
ƒğƷĻƩźğƌƭͲ ƦƩƚŋƌĻ ğƓķ ƦğƓĻ ĭƚƓŋŭǒƩğƼƚƓ͵
LŅ ƩĻƦƌğĭźƓŭ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ ǞźƷŷ ƒǒƓƼƓƭͲ ǒƭĻ ĻźƷŷĻƩ ğƓ ĻǣƷĻƩƓğƌ ƒǒƓƼƓ ƚƩ ƷƩǒĻ ķźǝźķĻķ ƌźŭŷƷ ǞźƓķƚǞ͵
ŷĻƭĻ ƒǒƓƼƓƭ ğƩĻ ƚũĻƓ ƒǒĭŷ ǞźķĻƩ ğƓķ ŤğdžĻƩ ƷŷğƓ ƷŷĻ ƚƩźŭźƓğƌƭ ƭƚ ƷŷĻǤ ĭŷğƓŭĻ ƷŷĻ ƌƚƚƉ ğƓķ
reduce glass coverage.
Avoid i they depth like the original
window
Replacement windows have a much shorter life span than original windows and may require
ƩĻƦƌğĭĻƒĻƓƷ źƓ ƆǒƭƷ ğ ŅĻǞ ǤĻğƩƭͲ ƚũĻƓ ĬĻŅƚƩĻ źƓƭƷğƌƌğƼƚƓ ĭƚƭƷ źƭ ƩĻĭƚǝĻƩĻķ źƓ ĻƓĻƩŭǤ ƭğǝźƓŭƭ͵
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon Parks & Recreation Department,
funded by the National Park Service through the National Historic Preservation Act.
Windows
Vi with historic buildings; they cant be worked like wood
ƦğźƓƷĻķ ƭƚ ƷŷĻǤ ğƩĻ ƚũĻƓ ƭƷğƩƉ ǞŷźƷĻͲ ğ ĭƚƌƚƩ ƓƚƷ ǒƭǒğƌƌǤ ŅƚǒƓķ ƚƓ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭƭͳ ƷŷĻǤ ǤĻƌƌƚǞͲ
ĭƩğĭƉͲ ğƓķ ƭŷƩźƓƉ ƚǝĻƩ ƼƒĻ ķǒĻ Ʒƚ ǒƌƷƩğǝźƚƌĻƷ ƌźŭŷƷ ĻǣƦƚƭǒƩĻ͵
źƓķƚǞƭ źƓ !ķķźƼƚƓƭ
Use wood, aluminum clad wood or fiberglass.
They should be single/double-hung sash or casement
źƓ ƚƦĻƩğƼƚƓ͵
Line up together, generally at the top of the opening,
for each story of a building.
hƩźĻƓƷğƼƚƓ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ĬĻ ǝĻƩƼĭğƌͲ ƷŷğƷ źƭͲ ƷğƌƌĻƩ ƷŷğƓ ƷŷĻǤ
ğƩĻ ǞźķĻͲ ǞźƷŷ ğ ƒźƓźƒǒƒ ƩğƼƚ ǝĻƩƼĭğƌƌǤ Ʒƚ
horizontally of 1.5 to 1. If a wider opening is
ƦƩĻŅĻƩƩĻķͲ ƦğźƩƭ ƚŅ ǝĻƩƼĭğƌ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ĬĻ ǒƭĻķ͵
IğǝĻ ğ ЊΉЊ ƌźŭŷƷ ĭƚƓŋŭǒƩğƼƚƓͲ ğƭ ƌğƩŭĻ ğƩĻğƭ ƚŅ ŭƌğǩźƓŭ
ğƩĻ ƩĻğķźƌǤ ğǝğźƌğĬƌĻͲ ƭƚ ƒǒƓƼƓƭ ğƩĻ ƓƚƷ ƓĻĻķĻķ͵
They should be surrounded by exterior trim on the top
and sides, with trim at least four inches wide.
Inset a minimum depth of two inches from the
finished exterior wall.
Energy Efficiency
aƚƭƷ ŷĻğƷ źƭ ƌƚƭƷ ĬĻĭğǒƭĻ ƚŅ ğźƩ źƓŋƌƷƩğƼƚƓ ĬĻƷǞĻĻƓ ƷŷĻ ǞźƓķƚǞ ƭğƭŷ ğƓķ ƷŷĻ ŅƩğƒĻͲ ƓƚƷ ƷŷƩƚǒŭŷ
ƷŷĻ ŭƌğƭƭ͵ 5ĻƭƦźƷĻ ǞźķĻƭƦƩĻğķ ƒźƭĭƚƓĭĻƦƼƚƓƭͲ ƩĻƦƌğĭźƓŭ ƚƌķ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ ǞźƷŷ ƓĻǞͲ ķƚǒĬƌĻΏŭƌğǩĻķ
windows will not save money, will not significantly increase the energy efficiency of a house, and
will probably cost more in the long term.
!ƦƦƩƚƦƩźğƷĻ ǞĻğƷŷĻƩΏƭƷƩźƦƦźƓŭͲ źƓƭǒƌğƼƓŭ ƷŷĻ ǞźƓķƚǞ ŅƩğƒĻ ĭğǝźƷǤ ğƓķ źƓƭƷğƌƌźƓŭ ƭğƭŷ ƌƚĭƉƭ Ǟźƌƌ
ƭźŭƓźŋĭğƓƷƌǤ ƩĻķǒĭĻ ğźƩ źƓŋƌƷƩğƼƚƓ͵
Exterior storm windows should be considered as ƷŷĻƩƒğƌƌǤ ĻŕĭźĻƓƷͲ ĭƚƭƷΏĻňĻĭƼǝĻ ğƓķ ƩĻǝĻƩƭźĬƌĻ
ƭƚƌǒƼƚƓƭ ŅƚƩ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭƭ, ğƭ ƷŷĻǤ ğƌƌƚǞ ŅƚƩ ƷŷĻ ƩĻƷĻƓƼƚƓ ƚŅ ƚƩźŭźƓğƌ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ͵
LƓƷĻƩźƚƩ ƭƷƚƩƒ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ ĭğƓ ǞƚƩƉͲ ĬǒƷ ƷŷĻƩĻ źƭ ƦƚƷĻƓƼğƌ ŅƚƩ ĭƚƓķĻƓƭğƼƚƓ ķğƒğŭĻ͵
{ƷƚƩƒ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ĬĻ ƷŷĻ ƭğƒĻ ƭźǩĻ ğƭ ƷŷĻ ǒƓķĻƩƌǤźƓŭ ǞźƓķƚǞ͵ ağdžĻ ŋƓźƭŷ ğƓƚķźǩĻķ ƚƩ
ĭƚğƷĻķ ŅƩğƒĻƭ ğƩĻ ĬĻƭƷͲ ƦƩĻŅĻƩğĬƌǤ ĭƚğƷĻķ ƚƩ ƦğźƓƷĻķ Ʒƚ ƒğƷĭŷ ƷŷĻ ĻǣźƭƼƓŭ ĭƚƌƚƩ ƚŅ ƷŷĻ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ͵
!ķķźƼƚƓğƌ wĻğķźƓŭ
bğƼƚƓğƌ tğƩƉ {ĻƩǝźĭĻ tƩĻƭĻƩǝğƼƚƓ .ƩźĻŅƭʹ
No. 3: Conserving Energy in Historic Buildings www.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief03.htm
No. 9: The Repair of Historic Wooden Windows www.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief09.htm
źƓķƚǞ tƩĻƭĻƩǝğƼƚƓ DǒźķğƓĭĻͲ ğƭŷźƓŭƷƚƓ 5ĻƦğƩƷƒĻƓƷ ƚŅ !ƩĭŷğĻƚƌƚŭǤ ğƓķ IźƭƷƚƩźĭ tƩĻƭĻƩǝğƼƚƓͲ
ŷdžƦʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ķğŷƦ͵Ǟğ͵ŭƚǝΉǞźƓķƚǞΏƦƩĻƭĻƩǝğƼƚƓΏŭǒźķğƓĭĻ
The Real Cost of Removing Historic Windows, ŷdžƦʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ğƦƼ͵ƚƩŭΉƦǒĬƌźĭğƼƚƓƭΉtğƭƷΏ.ǒƌƌĻƼƓΏ
!ƩƼĭƌĻƭΉ{ĻķƚǝźĭΏ 36-4.pdf
Second efs contact:
www.ashland.or.us
ASHLAND HISTORIC COMMISSION - Tel: 541-488-5305 - 51 Winburn Way - Ashland, Oregon 97520 -
Exterior Materials
HISTORIC DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
HISTORIC BUILDING BRIEF No. 3
General Guidelines
Properly maintained, wood siding outperforms wood
ƭǒĬƭƼƷǒƷĻƭ ğƓķ źƭ ƷŷĻ ĬĻƭƷ ĭŷƚźĭĻ͵
Cement fiber planks are a good choice for new
ğķķźƼƚƓƭ ƚƩ ĭƚƓƭƷƩǒĭƼƚƓ͵
Paint and most roofing materials are intended to be
replaced periodically and therefore more flexibility can
ĬĻ ŭźǝĻƓ ŅƚƩ ƭǒĬƭƼƷǒƷĻ ĭƚƌƚƩƭ ğƓķ ƒğƷĻƩźğƌƭ͵
History
Horizontal wood siding and shingles were the most common exterior wall materials.
Wood was used because of its abundance in the region and ease of shaping.
The first wood siding was split clapboards, then sawn clapboards. By the early 1900s various
ƦğdžĻƩƓƭ ǞĻƩĻ ƒğķĻ źƓ ğ ǝğƩźĻƷǤ ƚŅ ƦƩƚŋƌĻƭ ƚũĻƓ ĭğƌƌĻķ ķƩƚƦͲ ƩǒƭƼĭͲ ƚƩ ƓƚǝĻƌƷǤ ƭźķźƓŭ͵
{ĻǝĻƩğƌ źĭƷƚƩźğƓΏĻƩğ ğƩĭŷźƷĻĭƷǒƩğƌ ƭƷǤƌĻƭ ǒƭĻķ Ǟƚƚķ ƭŷźƓŭƌĻƭ ƭğǞƓ źƓ ǝğƩźƚǒƭ ƦğdžĻƩƓƭ ƭǒĭŷ ğƭ
ƚĭƷğŭƚƓğƌ ğƓķ ķźğƒƚƓķ ƦğdžĻƩƓƭ͵
Mineral fiber (asbestos) shingles were common in the 1930s and 40s and were a fairly durable,
maintenance free siding.
Siding Types
Wood siding, both historically and today, is typically
made from cedar or fir and installed with common
nails. It is the most durable siding color is easily
changed; blemishes can be sanded or filled.
Brick should not be painted.
Mineral fiber shingles can be painted but break easily.
LƓƭƷğƌƌğƼƚƓ ƚŅ ǝźƓǤƌͲ ƒĻƷğƌ ƚƩ ƒźƓĻƩğƌ ŋĬĻƩ ƭźķźƓŭ ƚũĻƓ
ƩĻƨǒźƩĻƭ ƩĻƒƚǝğƌ ƚŅ ƚƩźŭźƓğƌ ķĻĭƚƩğƼǝĻ ĻƌĻƒĻƓƷƭ ƭǒĭŷ
as cornices, brackets, and window trim.
Vinyl and metal is the least flexible material. It cannot be repaired, painted or replaced in small
ƭĻĭƼƚƓƭ͵ źƓǤƌ ǞğƩƦƭ ğƓķ ĭƩğĭƉƭ ƚǝĻƩ ƼƒĻ͵ aĻƷğƌ ĻğƭźƌǤ ƭŷƚǞƭ źƒƦƩźƓƷ ŅƩƚƒ ƷƚƭƭĻķ ĬğƭĻĬğƌƌƭ ƚƩ
lawn mower rocks.
/ĻƒĻƓƷ ŋĬĻƩ ƭźķźƓŭ ƦƩƚķǒĭƷƭ ğƩĻ ķǒƩğĬƌĻͲ ĭğƓ ĬĻ ƦğźƓƷĻķ ğƓķ ƚũĻƓ ƒźƒźĭ ƚƩźŭźƓğƌ Ǟƚƚķ ƭźķźƓŭ͵ LŅ
ǒƭĻķͲ ƭƒƚƚƷŷΏŅğĭĻķ ƦƌğƓƉƭ ğƩĻ ƒƚƭƷ ĭƚƒƦğƼĬƌĻ ǞźƷŷ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭƭ͵ ƚƚķΏƷĻǣƷǒƩĻķ ƦƌğƓƉƭ ƚƩ
panels do not mimic historic wood siding as it was always milled smooth. Large panels of fiber
siding do not have adequate shadow lines and leave inappropriate joint lines.
Maintenance
Check regularly for loose bricks or deteriorated mortar ƷǒĭƉ ƦƚźƓƼƓŭ ƒğǤ ĬĻ ƩĻƨǒźƩĻķ͵
tƩĻǝźƚǒƭƌǤ ǒƓƦğźƓƷĻķ ĬƩźĭƉ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ƓƚƷ ĬĻ ƦğźƓƷĻķͲ źƷ ĻƓĭƚǒƩğŭĻƭ ķĻƷĻƩźƚƩğƼƚƓ ğƓķ ŷźķĻƭ ƭǒĬƷƌĻ
ĭƚƌƚƩ ğƓķ ƷĻǣƷǒƩĻ ķźňĻƩĻƓĭĻƭ͵ LŅ ĬƩźĭƉ ŷğƭ ĬĻĻƓ ƦğźƓƷĻķͲ ƷŷĻ ĬĻƭƷ ĭƚƌƚƩ ĭŷƚźĭĻ ŅƚƩ ƩĻƦğźƓƼƓŭ źƭ ƚƓĻ
that matches original color of the brick.
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon Parks & Recreation Department,
funded by the National Park Service through the National Historic Preservation Act.
Exterior Materials
ağźƓƷğźƓ ƩĻŭǒƌğƩ ƦğźƓƷ ƭĭŷĻķǒƌĻ ğƓķ ƩĻƦƌğĭĻ ķğƒğŭĻķ ƚƩ ƩƚdžĻƓ ĬƚğƩķƭ ğƭ ƭƚƚƓ ğƭ ķźƭĭƚǝĻƩĻķ͵
Flaking or badly adhered paint should be removed. Oil-based primers are best for old wood.
Appropriate methods for paint removal are scraping, sanding, thermal and mild chemical strippers.
LƓğƦƦƩƚƦƩźğƷĻ ƒĻƷŷƚķƭ ğƩĻ ƭğƓķĬƌğƭƼƓŭͲ ŷźŭŷ ƦƩĻƭƭǒƩĻ ƦƚǞĻƩ ǞğƭŷźƓŭͲ ĬƌƚǞ ƷƚƩĭŷͲ ƚƩ ğĬƩğƭźǝĻ
cleaning and stripping. These usually cause permanent damage to siding materials.
źƓǤƌ ğƓķ ƒĻƷğƌ ƭźķźƓŭ ƚũĻƓ ƷƩğƦƭ ƒƚźƭƷǒƩĻ ƩĻƭǒƌƼƓŭ źƓ ŷźķķĻƓ ķğƒğŭĻ Ʒƚ Ǟğƌƌƭ͵ If vinyl or metal is
ķğƒğŭĻķ źƷ ǒƭǒğƌƌǤ ƩĻƨǒźƩĻƭ ƩĻƦƌğĭĻƒĻƓƷ ƚŅ ĻƓƼƩĻ Ǟğƌƌ ğƓķ ƚĭĭğƭźƚƓğƌƌǤ ĻƓƼƩĻ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭ͵
Paint Colors
LƷğƌźğƓğƷĻ ğƓķ vǒĻĻƓ !ƓƓĻ ƭƷǤƌĻ ŷƚǒƭĻƭ ǞĻƩĻ ƷǤƦźĭğƌƌǤ ƦğźƓƷĻķ źƓ ƒǒƌƼΏĭƚƌƚƩ ƭĭŷĻƒĻƭ źƓ ķĻĻƦ Ʃźĭŷ
ŷǒĻƭ͵ ŷƩĻĻ Ʒƚ ŅƚǒƩ ĭƚƌƚƩƭ ǞĻƩĻ ǒƭĻķͲ ƭƚƒĻƼƒĻƭ ǞźƷŷ Ļğĭŷ ŤƚƚƩ ƚƩ ƒğƷĻƩźğƌ ğ ķźňĻƩĻƓƷ ĭƚƌƚƩ͵ ŷĻ
ĬğƭĻ Ǟğƭ ǒƭǒğƌƌǤ ķğƩƉĻƭƷͲ ǞźƷŷ ƌźŭŷƷĻƩ ĭƚƌƚƩƭ ƚƓ ƷƚƦ͵ źƓķƚǞ ƭğƭŷ ǞĻƩĻ ƚũĻƓ ĬƌğĭƉ ƚƩ ķğƩƉ ƩĻķ͵
Colonial Revival houses were typically light color (gray, yellow or tan) trimmed with white or cream.
źƓķƚǞ ƭğƭŷĻƭ ǞĻƩĻ ƚũĻƓ ƦğźƓƷĻķ ĬƌğĭƉ ƚƩ ķğƩƉ ŭƩĻĻƓ͵
/ƩğũƭƒğƓ ŷƚǒƭĻƭ ǞĻƩĻ ǒƭǒğƌƌǤ ƦğźƓƷĻķ źƓ ǞğƩƒͲ Ʃźĭŷ ĻğƩƷŷ ƷƚƓĻƭ͵ ƚƚķ ƭźķźƓŭ ƚƩ ƭŷźƓŭƌĻƭ ǞĻƩĻ
ƚũĻƓ ƭƷğźƓĻķ ķğƩƉ ĬƩƚǞƓ ƚƩ ŭƩĻĻƓ͵ Ʃźƒ Ǟğƭ ƌźŭŷƷĻƩͲ ƚũĻƓ źǝƚƩǤͲ ƷğƓ ƚƩ ĭƩĻğƒ͵ źƓķƚǞ ƭğƭŷĻƭ
varied greatly, and were red, black or the trim color.
ǒķƚƩΉaźƭƭźƚƓΉ{ƦğƓźƭŷ wĻǝźǝğƌ ŷƚǒƭĻƭ ŷğķ ƌźŭŷƷ Ǟğƌƌƭ ǞźƷŷ ĭƚƓƷƩğƭƼƓŭ ƷƩźƒ ĭƚƌƚƩƭ ğƓķ ƩĻķ ƼƌĻ ŅƚƩ
Mission and Spanish Revival roofs.
Historic paint colors should be documented through paint analysis if possible.
Roofing
Most houses were originally roofed with wood shakes/shingles from old-growth trees and lasted
many years. Modern shakes/shingles have much shorter life span.
City does not allow wood shakes/shingles due to fire danger in region.
Slate shingles are durable and have a long life span, but were not commonly used during historic
period. Should only be used on buildings that had them historically.
High style metal shingles and standing seam roofs are durable and have long life span, but were
also not commonly used historically. Corrugated metal panels were common on outbuildings
beginning in 1920s. TheyĻ ǒƼƌźƷğƩźğƓ ğƓķ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ĬĻ ǒƭĻķ ƚƓ ƭĻĭƚƓķğƩǤ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭƭ͵
Standing seam metal roofs are not appropriate. The minimal texture and bright colors look out of
place in historic neighborhoods.
!ƭƦŷğƌƷ ƚƩ ĭƚƒƦƚƭźƼƚƓ ƭŷźƓŭƌĻƭ ĬĻĭğƒĻ ĭƚƒƒƚƓ źƓ ƷŷĻ ЊВЌЉƭ͵ aƚķĻƩƓͲ ğƩĭŷźƷĻĭƷǒƩğƌ ƭƷǤƌĻ ğƭƦŷğƌƷ
ƭŷźƓŭƌĻƭ ğƩĻ ĬĻdžĻƩ ƭƚƌǒƼƚƓƭ źƓ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ķźƭƷƩźĭƷƭ ƷŷğƓ ƷŷĻ ŤğƷͲ ƷŷƩĻĻ ƷğĬ ƭŷźƓŭƌĻƭͲ ğƭ ƷŷĻǤ ƒƚƩĻ
closely mimic historic wood shakes/shingles.
!ķķźƼƚƓğƌ wĻğķźƓŭ
bğƼƚƓğƌ tğƩƉ {ĻƩǝźĭĻ tƩĻƭĻƩǝğƼƚƓ .ƩźĻŅƭ
No. 8: Aluminum/Vinyl Siding on Historic Buildings, www.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief08.htm
No. 10: Exterior Paint Problems on Woodwork, www.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief10.htm
Wood Guidelines, ŷdžƦʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ƓƦƭ͵ŭƚǝΉŷƦƭΉƷƦƭΉƭƷğƓķŭǒźķĻΉƩĻƭƷƚƩĻΉƩĻƭƷƚƩĻΗǞƚƚķ͵ŷƷƒ
Siding Profiles, ŷdžƦʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ǞǞƦğ͵ƚƩŭΉƦğdžĻƩƓƭΉƭĻĭƼƚƓƭΉŭЊЏ͵ƦķŅ
Third ic buildings. For additional briefs contact:
www.ashland.or.us
ASHLAND HISTORIC COMMISSION - Tel: 541-488-5305 - 51 Winburn Way - Ashland, Oregon 97520 -
!ķķźƼƚƓƭ
HISTORIC DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
HISTORIC BUILDING BRIEF No. 4
General Guidelines
Preserve historic features and materials of the
original building.
5ĻƭźŭƓ ğķķźƼƚƓƭ ƭƚ ƷŷğƷ źƷ źƭ ĭƌĻğƩ źƷ źƭ ğƓ ğķķźƼƚƓ
and not part of the original building.
5ĻƭźŭƓ ğķķźƼƚƓƭ ƭƚ ƷŷğƷ ƷŷĻǤ ğƩĻ ĭƚƒƦğƼĬƌĻ ǞźƷŷ
the original building.
History
aƚƭƷ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭƭ ğƩĻ ĭƚƒƦźƌğƼƚƓƭ ƚŅ ƒǒƌƼƦƌĻ ğķķźƼƚƓƭ ƚǝĻƩ ƼƒĻ͵ Families grew and added
new bedrooms or bathrooms, or businesses needed more floor space.
!ķķźƼƚƓƭ ŷğǝĻ ğƌǞğǤƭ ĬĻĻƓ ƦƌğĭĻķ Ʒƚ ƷŷĻ ƩĻğƩ ƚƩ ƌĻƭƭ ƦƩƚƒźƓĻƓƷ ƭźķĻ͵
Garages started as separate buildings but were incorporated beginning in the 1920s. hũĻƓ ƦƌğĭĻķ
ƚƓ ƷŷĻ ƭźķĻ ƚŅ ŷƚǒƭĻƭͳ źƓ ŷźƌƌǤ ƌƚĭğƼƚƓƭ ƷŷĻǤ ǞĻƩĻ ƚũĻƓ ƷǒĭƉĻķ ǒƓķĻƩƓĻğƷŷ͵
!ķķźƼƚƓƭ ƷŷğƷ ğƩĻ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ĬĻ ƉĻƦƷ͵
Placement and Size
Locate on an inconspicuous side or rear.
!ķķźƼƚƓƭ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ƓƚƷ ĬĻ ƦƌğĭĻķ ƚƓ ƷŷĻ ŅƩƚƓƷ ƓƚƩ ğ ƦƩƚƒźƓĻƓƷ ƭźķĻ ǝźƭźĬƌĻ ŅƩƚƒ ğ ƦǒĬƌźĭ ƩźŭŷƷ ƚŅ ǞğǤ͵
aǒƭƷ ƒĻĻƷ ĭǒƩƩĻƓƷ !ƭŷƌğƓķ ĭƚķĻƭ ƚƓ ƭĻƷĬğĭƉ ğƓķ ƌƚƷ ĭƚǝĻƩğŭĻ ƩğƼƚƭ͵
Generally, one and two story historic buildings
ƭŷƚǒƌķ ƓƚƷ ŭĻƷ ğƓ ğķķźƼƚƓğƌ ŤƚƚƩ ğƭ źƷ ĭŷğƓŭĻƭ
the character of the building and street.
ŷĻƓ ǒƭĻķͲ ğķķźƼƚƓğƌ ŤƚƚƩƭ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ĬĻ ƭĻƷ ĬğĭƉ
from the front and any prominent side. The
rule of thumb is that a new upper floor should
not be visible from ground level across the
street.
!ķķźƼƚƓƭ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ƓƚƷ ƚǝĻƩƦƚǞĻƩ ƷŷĻ ƚƩźŭźƓğƌ ƭƷƩǒĭƷǒƩĻ͵ LŅ ğ ƌğƩŭĻƩ ğķķźƼƚƓ źƭ ƦƌğƓƓĻķ źƷ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ĬĻ
broken up into smaller segments so that the original building is dominant.
Should you match the style of the original building?
ğĬƌĻ Ʒƚ źķĻƓƼŅǤ ƷŷĻ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭͲ ğƓķ ŅƚƩ ƷŷĻ ğķķźƼƚƓ Ʒƚ ĬĻ ƭĻĭƚƓķğƩǤ͵
{źƒźƌğƩ ƒğƷĻƩźğƌƭͲ ƭźƒźƌğƩ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭ ĻƌĻƒĻƓƷƭͲ ƚƩ ƭźƒźƌğƩ ƭźǩĻƭ ƒƚƭƷ ƚũĻƓ ƒğƉĻ ğƓ ğķķźƼƚƓ
ĭƚƒƦğƼĬƌĻ͵ .ǒƷ ƭźƒƦƌźŋĭğƼƚƓ źƭ źƒƦƚƩƷğƓƷ ƭƚ ƷŷğƷ ƷŷĻ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭ ƦƌğǤƭ ƷŷĻ ƦƩƚƒźƓĻƓƷ ƩƚƌĻ͵
/ƚƓƓĻĭƼƚƓƭ ĬĻƷǞĻĻƓ ƓĻǞ ğƓķ ƚƌķ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ĬĻ ĭƌĻğƩƌǤ ķźƭĭĻƩƓźĬƌĻ͵ ŷźƭ ĭğƓ ĬĻ ğĭŷźĻǝĻķ ĬǤ ƭĻLjƓŭ
the new wall plane back from the old or using a transparent connector space between the two.
/ƚƒƦğƼĬźƌźƷǤ ǞźƷŷ ƷŷĻ ĻǣźƭƼƓŭ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ķźƭƷƩźĭƷ ğƓķ ƭƷƩĻĻƷƭĭğƦĻͲ ƓƚƷ ƆǒƭƷ ƷŷĻ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭͲ źƭ ğƌƭƚ
ĭƩźƼĭğƌ͵
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon Parks & Recreation Department,
funded by the National Park Service through the National Historic Preservation Act.
!ķķźƼƚƓƭ
!ķķźƼƚƓƭ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ƩĻŤĻĭƷ ƷŷĻ ƚǝĻƩğƌƌ ƒğƭƭźƓŭͲ ƩƚƚŅ ƭŷğƦĻͲ ĬğǤ ƭƦğĭźƓŭͲ ĭƚƩƓźĭĻ ƌźƓĻƭ ğƓķ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭ
materials.
{ǒĭĭĻƭƭŅǒƌ ğķķźƷźƚƓ ŅƚƩƒ bƚƓΏĭƚƒƦğƷźĬƌĻ ğķķźƷźƚƓ ŅƚƩƒ
źƦƭ ŅƚƩ ğ ƭǒĭĭĻƭƭŅǒƌ ğķķźƼƚƓ
\[źƒźƷ ƷŷĻ ƭźǩĻ ƚŅ ƷŷĻ ĭƚƓƓĻĭƼƚƓ ĬĻƷǞĻĻƓ ƷŷĻ ƚƌķ ğƓķ ƓĻǞ͵ ŷźƭ ƩĻķǒĭĻƭ ƷŷĻ ğƒƚǒƓƷ ƚŅ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ
ƒğƷĻƩźğƌ ƌƚƭƷ ğƓķ ĭƌĻğƩƌǤ ķźƭƼƓŭǒźƭŷĻƭ ĬĻƷǞĻĻƓ ƷŷĻ ƚƌķ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭ ğƓķ ƷŷĻ ƓĻǞ ğķķźƼƚƓ͵
ƼƌźǩĻ
ĻǣźƭƼƓŭ ķƚƚƩƭ ƚƩ ĻƓƌğƩŭĻ ǞźƓķƚǞƭ Ʒƚ ƒğƉĻ ƷŷĻ ĭƚƓƓĻĭƼƚƓƭ͵
!ǝƚźķ ķĻƭźŭƓƭ ƷŷğƷ ǒƓźŅǤ ƷŷĻ ƚƩźŭźƓğƌ ğƓķ ƷŷĻ ğķķźƼƚƓ ğƭ ğ ƭźƓŭƌĻ ğƩĭŷźƷĻĭƷǒƩğƌ ǞŷƚƌĻ ΛƭĻĻ
źƌƌǒƭƷƩğƼƚƓ Ʒƚ ƩźŭŷƷΜ.
Use new building materials in the same color range as the original.
Base the size
the original building.
Minimize loss of historic fabric from the original building.
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Fourth in a series of educational briefs to encourage successful rehabilitation of Ashland
www.ashland.or.us
ASHLAND HISTORIC COMMISSION - Tel: 541-488-5305 - 51 Winburn Way - Ashland, Oregon 97520 -
Garages/Outbuildings
HISTORIC DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
HISTORIC BUILDING BRIEF No. 5
General Guidelines
Retain and preserve historic garages and outbuildings
whenever possible.
New buildings should not visually detract from the main
house.
New buildings should be placed behind the front line of
main house.
Single-width garage doors maintain the character of
ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ƓĻźŭŷĬƚƩŷƚƚķƭ͵ aǒƌƼƦƌĻ ŭğƩğŭĻ ķƚƚƩƭ ķĻƷƩğĭƷ
from historic character.
History
DğƩğŭĻƭ ƚƩźŭźƓğƌƌǤ ǞĻƩĻ ƭĻƦğƩğƷĻ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭƭ ƦƌğĭĻķ ĬĻŷźƓķ ƷŷĻ ŷƚǒƭĻͲ ƚũĻƓ ğĭĭĻƭƭĻķ ŅƩƚƒ ğƌƌĻǤƭ͵
.ĻŭğƓ Ʒƚ ĬĻ źƓĭƚƩƦƚƩğƷĻķ źƓƷƚ ŷƚǒƭĻƭ źƓ ЊВЋЉƭ͵
ƭǒğƌƌǤ ƦƌğĭĻķ ƚƓ ƭźķĻ ƚŅ ŷƚǒƭĻͲ źƓ ŷźƌƌǤ ƌƚĭğƼƚƓƭ
ƷŷĻǤ ǞĻƩĻ ƚũĻƓ ƷǒĭƉĻķ ǒƓķĻƩƓĻğƷŷ͵
Doors were usually swinging doors, one car width wide.
9ğƩƌǤ ЋЉ Ʒŷ ĭĻƓƷǒƩǤ ƭźƓŭƌĻ ŭğƩğŭĻ ƷǒĭƉĻķ ǒƓķĻƩƓĻğƷŷ \[ğƷĻ ЋЉ Ʒŷ ĭĻƓƷǒƩǤ ķƚǒĬƌĻ ŭğƩğŭĻ ƦǒƌƌĻķ ƷƚǞğƩķ ƭƷƩĻĻƷ
DğƩğŭĻƭ źƓ wğƓĭŷ {ƷǤƌĻ ŷƚǒƭĻƭ ǞĻƩĻ ǒƓķĻƩ ƷŷĻ ƭğƒĻ ƩƚƚŅ ğƭ ƒğźƓ ŷƚǒƭĻ ğƓķ ƚũĻƓ ƦƌğĭĻķ źƓ ŅƩƚƓƷ͵
By 1970s, garages were one of most prominent features of a house. Typically placed closer to
street, and with wider doors than earlier examples.
Other types of historic outbuildings include sheds for storing
garden/farm equipment, wood sheds, pump houses, spring
houses and outhouses.
Placement and Size of New Garages/Outbuildings
Locate as inconspicuously as possible on side or rear of main
house. Preferably placed behind rear line of main house.
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Must meet current City codes on setback and lot coverage
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This project is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon Parks & Recreation Department,
funded by the National Park Service through the National Historic Preservation Act.
Garages/Outbuildings
ƼƌźǩĻ ƭƒğƌƌĻƩ ŅƚƚƷƦƩźƓƷƭ ƷŷğƓ ƒğźƓ ŷƚǒƭĻ ğƓķ ƌźƒźƷ Ʒƚ ƚƓĻΏƭƷƚƩǤ źƓ
height.
CƚƌƌƚǞ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ƭĻƷĬğĭƉ ƦğdžĻƩƓƭ ƚŅ ƚƷŷĻƩ ŭğƩğŭĻƭ ğƓķ ƚǒƷĬǒźƌķźƓŭƭ ƚƓ
street or in district.
Locate sheds and gazebos in rear yards.
Screen from public view with landscaping.
Should outbuildings match style of main house?
Design of new buildings should be secondary to and simpler than that of main house.
ağƷĻƩźğƌƭ ƭŷƚǒƌķ ƩĻŤĻĭƷ ƷŷĻ ǒƭĻ ğƓķ ŅǒƓĭƼƚƓ ƚŅ ĬǒźƌķźƓŭͲ ƓƚƷ ƷŷğƷ ƚŅ ƒğźƓ ŷƚǒƭĻ͵
/ƚƒƦğƼĬźƌźƷǤ ǞźƷŷ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ķźƭƷƩźĭƷ ğƓķ ƭƷƩĻĻƷƭĭğƦĻͲ ƓƚƷ ƆǒƭƷ ƒğźƓ ŷƚǒƭĻͲ źƭ źƒƦƚƩƷğƓƷ͵
Use roof form that compliments main house in shape and pitch.
aĻƷğƌͲ ƦƌğƭƼĭͲ ǝźƓǤƌ ƚƩ ĭğƓǝğƭ ƦƩĻŅğĬƩźĭğƷĻķ ƚǒƷĬǒźƌķźƓŭƭ ƚƩ ĭğƩƦƚƩƷƭ ğƩĻ źƓğƦƦƩƚƦƩźğƷĻ͵
Garage Doors
Paint to complement garage.
Use single width doors. If two-car garage is desired, use separate
single-width doors for each bay.
Metal doors are not appropriate, but if used they should be
painted.
hǝĻƩŷĻğķ Ǟƚƚķ ķƚƚƩƭ ƷŷğƷ ƩĻŤĻĭƷ ƷŷĻ ĭŷğƩğĭƷĻƩ ƚŅ ŷźƭƷƚƩźĭ ƭǞźƓŭźƓŭ ķƚƚƩƭ ğƩĻ ŭƚƚķ ƚƦƼƚƓƭ͵
If doors are highly visible from a public street, wood paneled doors are preferred.
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tƩĻƭĻƩǝğƼƚƓ /ƚƓĭĻƩƓƭͲ www.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief14.htm
,
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{ƚƒĻ ĻǣğƒƦƌĻƭ ƚŅ ƦĻƩźƚķ ŭğƩğŭĻ ķƚƚƩ ƭƷǤƌĻƭ
Fifth efs contact:
www.ashland.or.us
ASHLAND HISTORIC COMMISSION - Tel: 541-488-5305 - 51 Winburn Way - Ashland, Oregon 97520 -
(City Manager Joe Lessard invited)
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CommunityOrganization
COMMUNITY AFFORDABILITY, including RESPECT for the citizens we serve, for
available housing and childcareeach other and for the work we do
BELONGING through mutual respect and EXCELLENCE in governance and City
openness, inclusion and equityservices
QUALITY OF LIFE that underpins the City’s SUSTAINABILITY through creativity,
economic vibrancyaffordability and right sized service
delivery
ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE, including
addressing climate change and PUBLIC SAFETY, including emergency
ecosystem conservationpreparedness for climate change risk
REGIONAL COOPERATION, including in QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES
support for public safety and through timely maintenance and
homelessnesscommunity investment
Climate-Friendly and
Equitable Communities
Why this Rulemaking
In 2007, Oregon legislators adopted a policyand goal to reduce
Oregon’s climate pollution by 75% by 2050. That’s what the
science calls for, if we’re going to avoid catastrophic impacts to
our environment, communities, and economy.
Fifteen years later, we’re far off track in our efforts to meet those
goals – and we’re already experiencing real-world impacts of
climate disruption, with increasing wildfires, in size, severity,
and timing,and record heat waves that have cost Oregonians
Oregon is dramatically off-track. If current trends
their homes, and their lives.
continue, Oregon will release more than 4 times more
transportation pollution than our goal by 2050.
We’re particularly off-track in reducing pollution from
transportation, responsible for about 38% of Oregon’s climate
pollution. On our current path, Oregon will only reduce
transportation pollution by about 20% by 2050. That means
we’re polluting far more than we hoped, meaning more extreme
weather events, more wildfires, more ocean acidification, and
more record heat waves. In response, Governor Brown directed
state agencies to promote cleaner vehicles, cleaner fuels, and
less driving.
Meanwhile, the State of Oregon is grappling with a troubling
history and current patterns of inequity and discrimination,
including in our land use, zoning, and transportation
investment (and disinvestment) decisions. Wealth and health
Thousands of Oregonians have lost their homes in
have been concentrated in the privileged, at the expense of
recent wildfires. Missing our climate goals will mean
others. This rulemaking aims to take some steps in redressing
more extreme and more frequent weather events
past harms.
such as heat bombs, droughts, and wildfires.
Rulemaking Overview and Desired Outcomes
The Land Conservation and Development Commission launched
the Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities rulemaking in
September 2020.The commissiondirected the Department of
Land Conservation and Development(DLCD), Oregon’s land use
planning agency, to draft changes in Oregon’s planning system
forcommunities in Oregon’s eight most populated areas(see
map at right).
The rules requirethose communitiesto change their local
transportation and land use plans to do more to ensure
The rules apply in Oregon’s eight metropolitan
Oregonians have more safe, comfortable ways to get around, and areas shown above.
don’t have to drive long distances just to meettheir daily needs.
The rules also aim to improve equity, and help community transportation, housing, and
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planning serve all Oregonians, particularly those traditionally underserved and discriminated
against.
What does that mean on the ground? It means having some areas where rules don’t get in the
way of more walkable neighborhoods. The rules ask 15 communities to designate climate-
friendly areas, and to allow people to build taller buildings providing more housing. The rules
don’t requiretaller buildings, but make sure those buildings are allowed. In climate-friendly
areas, a minimum density standard would help ensure transit can serve the neighborhood.
Other provisions of the rulemaking call for new buildings to support the growingelectric vehicle
transformation, reduce one-size-fits-all parking mandates, and increase local planning
requirements to address critical gaps in our walking, biking, and transit networks. The rules ask
communities to identify transportation projects needed so our climate goals could be met.
The rulemaking is mainly about letting climate-friendly development happen where people want
to build itand the market calls for it. There’s a lot of demand for housing where people can walk
to where they want to go. While single-family homes will continue to be allowed and provide
most housing, Oregonians have a diverse set of housing desires and deserve more affordable and
climate-friendly choices.Those could better meet the changing shape of American households,
as nearly a third of homes hold just one person. But again, people can choose what best meets
their needs.
Equitable Mapping, Engagement and Decision-Making
One central outcome of this rulemaking is an increased
emphasis on equity. The rulemaking has worked to integrate
equity, starting withthe rulemaking charge and title. Equity
was key as DLCD attemptedto have the composition of the
advisory committee reflect the diversity of Oregon’s
communities, and equity wasone of the first tasks tackled by
the group.
The rulemaking advisory committee spent significant time at
many of its meetings discussing equity, and developed an
Equitable Outcomes Statementto guide the rulemaking
drafting and implementation. The rulemaking conducteda
racial equity analysis of the rulesand an analysis on how the
rules could be improved to serve people with disabilities. The
committee subsequently reviewed a table listing how each item
in the Equitable Outcomes Statement was or was not brought
1938 Redlining map of Portland. Redlining allowed
white people to build wealth through homeownership.
forth into the draft rules, and what next steps might be.
The rules define traditionally underserved populations to include Black and African American
people, Indigenous people, People of Color, people with limited English proficiency, people with
disabilities, low-income Oregonians, youth and seniors, and more. They require mapping of
traditionally underserved populations,local consideration of a set of anti-displacement actions
should decisions contribute toward displacement, centering the voices of underserved
populations in decision-making, and regular reporting on effortsto engagetraditionally
underserved populations.
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Climate-Friendly Areas
A climate-friendly area is an area where residents, workers, and
visitors can meet most of their daily needs without having to
drive. They are urban mixed-use areas that contain, or are
planned to contain, a greater mix and supply of housing, jobs,
businesses, and services. These areas are served, or planned to
be served, by high quality pedestrian, bicycle, and transit
infrastructure to provide frequent, comfortable, and convenient
connections to key destinations within the city and region.
Why are climate-friendly areas important? A key component of
Oregon’s plan to meet our climate pollution reduction and equity
goals is facilitating development of urban areas in which
Oregon already has some climate-friendly areas,
pleasant places to meet one's needs without needing
residents are less dependent upon the single occupant vehicle.
to drive.
Before the automobile became common in American life, cities
grew more efficiently, with a variety of uses in city centers and
other areas that allowed for working, living, and shopping within a walkable or transit accessible
area. Over the last 100 years, the automobile and planning practices have served to separate
activities, creating greater inequities within cities and widespread dependence upon climate-
polluting vehicles to meet daily needs. Climate-friendly areas will help to reverse these negative
trends, with some actions taking place in the short term, and others that will occur with
development and redevelopment over time.
The rules require cities,and some urbanized county areas, with a population over 5,000 within
the seven metropolitan areas outside of Portland Metro to adopt regulations allowing walkable
mixed-use development in defined areas within urban growth boundaries. The rules for the
Portland Metro area support implementation of the region’s 2040 Growth Concept. Areas will
be sized to accommodate a portion of the community’s housing, jobs, and services. Local
governments will determine where these areas will be located, but many of these areas will likely
be established in existing downtowns that may currently allow for mixed uses and higher
densities.
Associated requirements will ensure high quality pedestrian, bicycle, and transit infrastructure
is available within these areas to provide convenient transportation options. The rules provide a
process for local governments to first identify potentialclimate-friendly areas, then later to
adopt development standards for theareasbest-suited for this purpose. The rules provide some
minimum requirements for climate-friendly areas, with a set of clear and objective standards
that may be adopted, or a process for local governments to craft their own standards. Cities of
more than 10,000 will monitor housing production within these areas over time and develop
strategies to facilitate desired development.
Reforming Costly Parking Mandates
Excess parking has a significant negative impact on
housing costs, business costs, the feasibility of housing
development and business redevelopment, walkability,
air and water pollution, climate pollution, and general
community character. Parking mandatesforce people
who don’t own or use cars to pay indirectly for other
people’s parking. Carless households tend to be the
Parking uses a huge amount of high-value land.
poorest households. Parking demand varies significantly
Off-street parking in downtown Corvallis in red.
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from development to development, and about one-sixth of Oregon renter householdsown zero
vehicles. Planning practices of the past have imposed a one-size-fits-all requirement everywhere,
creating incentives to own more cars and drive more.
The rules encourage the diversity of parking needs to be met by the diversity of development.
The rules would reduce or remove costly parking mandates for desired types of development,
such as smaller housing types, small businesses, childcare facilities, multi-family housing, and
historic buildings. The rules would completelyremove parking mandateswithin one-half mile of
frequent transitand three-quarters of a mile of rail stops, where parking demand is lower per
unit.
The rules give communities options to improve parking management. Those who adopt best
practice parking policies would get more flexibility. The rules require cities with over 100,000
populationthat choose to continue to mandate off-street parkingto eventually charge at least 50
cents per day for 10% of on-street parking spots.
Getting Ready for Oregon’s Electric Vehicle Future
Making our vehicles cleaner is a key part in meeting Oregon’s climate goals.
Oregonhas a vision where 90% of new vehicles will be electric by 2035. To
meet that goal, we need to ensure people can charge their vehicles. The
most convenient place to do so is at home, but many Oregonians live in
older multi-family homes that would be very expensive to retrofit.
Thus, the rules requirenewhousing and mixed-use development with at
Building a complete network of EV
least five units would include electrical conduit (pipes) to 40% of spots,
charging stations at commercial and
ready for adding wiring and charging stations to support electric vehiclesas
multi-family housing locations could
the market expands.
cut up to 11.9% of climate pollution
Planning for a Future of Transportation Options
DLCD and other state agency partners including the Oregon Department of
Transportation will provide arange of new and amplified services to help meet
greenhouse gas reduction goals, including grants, technical assistance, tools,
and publications, to help local governments adopt plans that meet or exceed the
state’s climate pollution reduction goals.
Local governments in Oregon have been required to make coordinated land use
and transportation plans for decades. The updated rules would require local
governments in metropolitan areas to:
Plan for greater development in transit corridors and downtowns, where
services are located and less driving is necessary;
Prioritize system performance measures that achieve community
Transportation options are
livability goals;
critical for everyone, but
Prioritize investments for reaching destinations without dependency on
particularly the roughly
single occupancy vehicles, including in walking, bicycling, and transit;
one-in-three Oregonians
Plan for needed infrastructure for electric vehicle charging; and
who cannot drive.
Regularly monitor and report progress.
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Planningto Meet OurClimateGoals
DLCD’s regional greenhouse gas reduction programallows areas to work
together to consider statewide, regional, and local needs and issues. The flexible
regional planning process allows communities tostudy economic development,
fiscal impacts, resource use, pollution impacts, and the effects of different
choices on the state, region, community, or households. The results are
intended to help local government community members, elected and appointed
leaders better understand issues and quantify the effect of potential policies as
they review and update the area’s long-range plans and make investment
decisions.
The rules expand requirements for regional plans to meet the state’s climate
pollution reduction targets from the Portland metropolitan area to the next
largest metropolitan areas in the state (Eugene-Springfield and Salem-Keizer)
initially. Other metropolitan areas will berequired to evaluate their local plans
towards meeting the state’s climate pollution reduction targets and amend their
local plans towards meeting the target.
Community Engagement
We’ve heard from lots of Oregonians over the past
eighteen months. We’ve heard from a 40-person advisory
committee including representatives from all of Oregon’s
impacted eight urban areas, several people who are home
builders, realtors, representatives ofthe trucking
industry, affordable housing advocates, land use
advocates, community-based and other community-
serving organizations.
To supplement those deliberations, staff held two
separate series of virtual community conversations in
Some members of the rulemaking advisory committee
2021 – five in the spring, and four in the fall. Staff have
hosted a series of nine technical work group meetings on specific topics, a series of practitioner
meetings with local government staff in each region, and dozens of additional meetings with
local elected officials,planning staff, and interest groups.
Upcoming conversations include events focused on what will be needed at the community level
to support implementation and ongoing engagement strategies.
We’ve heard from hundreds of Oregonians who have attended one or more of the scores of
meetings, community conversations, work groups, or practitioner meetings, and from hundreds
of people who’ve submitted comments (summary here). Our rules are better for it, having
continued to evolve and improve.
But the engagement won’t end there – the rules require local governments to engage their
communities as they make key decisions on how the rules apply locally. If you’re interested in
these issues, we encourage you to stay engaged.
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Implementing the Rules: Resources and Timelines
Local governments are responsible for implementingthe rules. Many of the rules take effect
when a community next conducts a major update of its Transportation System Plan (TSP), a
community’s core document describing its transportation needs and future plans.The rules
state most plans should be updated by December 31, 2029. The rules have Salem-Keizer and
Eugene-Springfield areas on a schedule to do regional scenario plans and update their TSPs by
the end of 2027.
The land use components of the ruleshave specific deadlines. Communities are asked to study
potential Climate-Friendly Areas by December 31,2023, and adopt Areas by December 31,
2024. Parking reform is scheduled to happen in two phases - the first at the end of 2022, and the
second by June 30, 2023. Communities may ask for some flexibility around most of these dates.
DLCD is providing or working to find resources for local governments to do this work, along
with our agency partners at the Oregon Department of Transportation(ODOT) and the Oregon
Housing and Community Services Department. The Oregon Legislature provided $768,000 to
assist with implementationon land use, and ODOT has identified another $18 million to assist
with transportation plan updates.
Learn More
Information on how to get implementation updates via emailand many additional materialscan
be found at www.oregon.gov/lcd/CL/Pages/CFEC.aspx
Contact Information
Evan Manvel, Climate Mitigation Planner
evan.manvel@dlcd.oregon.gov
971-375-5979
Cody Meyer, Land Use and Transportation Planner
cody.meyer@dlcd.oregon.gov
971-239-9475
Kevin Young, Senior Urban Planner
kevin.young@dlcd.oregon.gov
503-602-0238
July2022
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