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John H. Oxian, President South Bend and St. Joseph County HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 227 WEST JEFFERSON BLVD. SOUTH BEND, IN 46601-1830 Jerry Price 1609 N. Brookfield Street South Bend, IN 46628 Dear Mr. Price: Phone: 574-235-9798 Fax: 574-235-9578 e-mail: historic@michiana.org . A Certified Local Government Tuesday, August 24, 2004 RE: Landmark Procedures and 1248 Lincoln Way West Karen R. Hammond -Nash, Director Per your request, I am sending information about local landmark designation procedures. To initiate the designation process, a building, site, or structure must first be nominated. A nomination may be brought forward by a member of the public, the Landmark Committee of the Historic Preservation Commission, or by the Commission as a whole. The Landmark Committee of HPC and HPC staff then resurvey the property and draft a re- port of on the property's special historic, architectural, and educational value to the South Bend community. The Committee and staff determine the building's historic connection and value to the development of South Bend or to a person or persons of historic significance, its embodiment of ar- chitectural craft and design, its educational value, and suitability for preservation. At a public hear- ing, the Commission could then accept the report and vote on whether or not to proceed with a rec- ommendation for landmark designation. Tied to landmark designation are preservation standards. These standards are tools to pro- tect the character defining features of a building and its site. These features together constitute the building's individual style, embody the building's purpose, and the ideals of the designer or the cli- ent, influence the surrounding civic environment, and the value of a property. To ensure that the character defining features are maintained, the Commission has a review process for the exterior of buildings and their sites, and releases Certificates of Appropriateness (C of As) permits for approved projects. I have enclosed a copy of the standards and the permit proce- dures. Often, owners of prospective landmark buildings review these standards and consent to their application before the designation process continues. The landmark nomination then proceeds through the public hearing process. HPC holds a first and second reading on landmark designation. At the second reading, the Commission can vote COMMISSIONERS Mary Jane Chase Virginia O'Hair (Secretary) Gerald Ujdak Martha Choitz Lynn A. Patrick (Vice President) Diane Wrobel-Illes Catherine Hostetler (Treasurer) Joann Sporleder (Architectural Historian) John Livingston (Legal Counsel)