City Council Agenda and Packet 2017 07 25 SP

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.474 Guiding Principles - Compliance with Louisville Historic Preservation Masterplan • Compliance with Louisville Museum Campus Masterplan • Louisville Downtown Design Handbook • Keep it Simple • Relate to Traditional Surrounding Buildings • Use the Entire Front of the Building as Your Image • Develop a Clear Presentation to the Street • City of Louisville Municipal Code — Chapter 15.36 "Historic Preservation" • New Additions Shall Not Destroy Historic Materials • New Work to be Differentiated from the Old and Shall be Compatible With Massing, Size, Scale and Architectural Features • New Additions Should Not Create a False Sense of Historic Development • Each Property Shall be Recognized as a Physical Record of its Time, Place and Use. Guiding Principles — • Proposed alteration shall be visually compatible with designated historic structures located on the property in terms of design, finish, material, scale, mass and height. • Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or architectural elements from other buildings, shall not be undertaken. New additions, exterior alterations or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment. New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired. 5 2