About
The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) provides advice to Howard County agencies, Boards, Commissions, and property owners regarding historic sites and historic districts and is the steward of the historic preservation plan. It determines if exterior changes to a local historic district or historic structure comply with local plans and issues certificates of approval for all exterior changes, such as, new construction, historic building relocation, demolition, repair or alteration of any structure and other changes that impact the appearance of a historic district or site. The Commission also assists with identifying historic resources on sites and provides advice regarding the design of development.
April 6, 2023 Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Information
- Meeting Information
- Registering or Joining by Telephone
- Providing Testimony
- Submitting Documentary Evidence
The Commission will conduct their regular April meeting as a virtual meeting on April 6, 2023 at 7:00 pm, where the public is invited to speak on the agenda items.
The Historic Preservation Commission meeting on April 6, 2023 at 7:00 pm will be a WebEx meeting only. If you would like to testify, you must pre-register so you can be identified during the WebEx meeting. Please see the “Providing Testimony” tab for additional instructions.
Registering for the Meeting:
Join the meeting via computer: If you would like to join the meeting through your computer to view and hear the presentations, you will need to register. Once registered, further instructions and a call-in attendee number will be provided via email.
Register Here:
https://howardcountymd.webex.com/weblink/register/r36c24578c4f8436117175d3e14b25268
Join the meeting via telephone only: If you only want to listen to the meeting and are not providing testimony call 1-650-479-3207 at the meeting time. When prompted, insert 2304 799 5809 as the event access code.
Providing testimony:
Oral Testimony - Those who wish to provide oral testimony are required to sign up online by noon on April 6, 2023. Please follow the instructions for registering on the “Registering” tab, where there will be an option to sign-up to testify. After you register through WebEx, please email [email protected] by noon on April 6 with the case information that you wish to testify on. Per HPC Rule of Procedure 102.B, only those parties who registered in advance of the April 6, 2023 meeting may participate in the proceedings by asking questions and giving testimony.
Documentary Evidence – Documentary evidence must be submitted by noon on April 6. All documents must be submitted in a pdf format to [email protected] (please contact HPC staff at [email protected] for questions/assistance). Anyone submitting evidence must participate in the virtual meeting and present the evidence or it will not be incorporated into the record.
Minor Alteration Determinations
The Executive Secretary has determined that the following applications are considered minor alterations and do not require a Certificate of Approval from the Commission. Each application will be posted on this website for 5 days.
If any member of the public, or any member of the Historic Preservation Commission, objects to a determination below, please email the Executive Secretary at [email protected] within the 5 days of posting. Any application that is subject to an objection will be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission at the next regularly scheduled meeting for which legal advertising obligations have been met. More information on the Minor Alteration Process can be found here: Minor Alterations Code
Current Applications for Minor Alterations and Tax Credit Pre-Approval:
12301 Howard Lodge Drive, Sykesville - posted 3/24/2023
7504 Broadcloth Way, Columbia - posted 3/24/2023
Application Submissions
The Department has established new procedures to streamline the processing of Historic Preservation Commission applications. Please review the Application Submission Procedures to ensure your application is properly submitted and can therefore be reviewed by the Commission.
2023 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE
If you have an emergency, please contact Samantha Holmes at 410-313-2350 or [email protected].*
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m.
View the Commission's Rules of Procedure: Rules of Procedure
The Historic Preservation Commission reviews several types of applications, including applications for Certificates of Approval to make exterior alterations to properties within a local historic district, applications for Historic Property Tax Credits and applications for Advisory Comments to properties under going subdivision or site development plans that contain a historic property.
2022 Meetings
| Minutes | Decisions and Orders |
| Decision and Orders | |
| March | Decision and Orders |
| April | Decision and Orders |
| May | Decision and Orders |
| June | There were no Decision and Orders. |
| July | Decision and Orders |
| August | Decision and Orders |
| September | Decision and Orders |
| October | There were no Decision and Orders. |
| November | Decision and Orders |
| December | There were no Decision and Orders |
Previous Years Minutes
HPC-21-38 and HPC-21-39 Staff Report, Applications and Application Documents
HPC-21-38 Staff Report Addendum
HPC-21-39 - Advisory Additional Information (revised 10/1/2021)
Appendix A Presentation (revised 10/1/2021 - includes original and revised slides)
Appendix A Revised Slides only (revised 10/1/2021)
Appendix A Presentation (original submission)
Appendix B-1 – 8085 Main Street Demo Package
Appendix B-2 – 8095 Main Street Demo Package
Appendix B-3 – 8111-8113 Main Street Demo Package
Appendix C – Historic Preservation and Mitigation Docs
Appendix D-1 – 8085 Main Street LIDAR
Appendix D-2 – 8095 Main Street LIDAR
Appendix D-3 – 8109-8113 Main Street LIDAR
HPC-20-83 Agenda/Staff Report, Application and Protestant's Proposed Exhibits
County Architectural Historian Salvage Response
Staff Report Addendum for case HPC 20-83
HPC-20-83 Application Documents - (8049, 8055, 8059, 8061 (Tiber Park) and 8069 Main Street; Vicinity of Maryland Avenue and Main Street; Vicinity of 3711 Maryland Avenue along Patapsco River, Ellicott City):
Certificate of Approval application form
Attachment A – MD Ave Culverts
Atttachment A (revised) - MD Ave Culvert (revised 12/1/20)
Attachment B – MD Ave HPC Plan set combined
Attachment C – Ellicott City Salvage Materials
Attachment D – 8049 Main Street
Attachment E – 8055 Main Street
Attachment F – 8059 Main Street
Attachment G – 8069 Main Street
Attachment H – 8049 Main Street Lidar
Attachment I – 8055 Main Street Lidar
Attachment J – 8059 Main Street Lidar
Attachment K – 8069 Main Street Lidar
Attachment L – HPC Flow Depths Comparison
Attachment M – HPC Flow Velocity Comparison
Attachment P - Master Plan and Renders
Attachment Q - Channel Wall Images
HPC-20-83 Protestant's Proposed Exhibits (marked for identification purposes only)
01_Killen_Exhibit 1_written testimony
02_Hurewitz_Exhibit 2_Water Street Bridge Grate
03_Hurewitz_Exhibit 3_Patapsco Bridge Contours
04_Hurewitz_Exhibit 4_2018 Flood Water Trapped by Wall and Bridge
05_Hurewitz_Exhibit 5_Patapsco Bridge Curved Elevations
06_Hurewitz_Exhibit 6_Testimony HPC 2020-12-03
07_Hurewitz_Exhibit 7_Cairo Illinois Flood Gate
08_Hurewitz_Exhibit 8_Images from November 2020 Agenda
09_Preservation Howard County_Exhibit 9_Testimony to HPC 12-03-2020
10_Hurewitz_Exhibit 10_ Joel Hurewitz December 18 Response
11_Hurewitz_Exhibit 11_Joel Hurewitz December 10 and 11 Response
12_Hurewitz Exhibit 12_Joel Hurewitz February 2 PIA Response
13_Hurewitz Exhibit 13_8049 Portion Over Channel
- Erica Zoren, Chair
- Bruno Reich, Vice-Chair
- Julianne Danna
- Ellen Flynn Giles
Samantha Holmes, Department of Planning and Zoning
410-313-2350