Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2024 07 15

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the need to alter or add to a historic property to meet continuing or changing uses while retaining the property's historic character. The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and other code -required work to make properties functional is appropriate. Restoration is the act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a property as it appeared at a particular period of time. Approved work focuses on exterior work and includes the removal of features from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period. In addition, Section 12.c of Resolution No. 17, Series 2019 allows for the exceeding of grant limitations subject to the following criteria: These grant limitations described above may be exceeded upon recommendation of the Commission and approval by City Council upon a showing of extraordinary circumstances relatina to buildina size, condition. architectural details, or other unique condition compared to similar Louisville properties. Any grant exceeding the above limitations shall be conditioned on the applicant matching at least one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the grant with expenditures or an equivalent value of approved in -kind services that are integral to the project that is deemed eligible for a grant from the HPF. Staff reviewed the grant request by evaluating whether each request qualified for grant funding as either preservation, rehabilitation, or restoration. Staff also reviewed requests above the $40,000 matching grant under the extraordinary circumstances language provided above. Findings are summarized in the following tables.