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Developement vs Historical Preservation

By Kevin Engle

 

Lake County has recently been proclaimed "the fastest growing county in

the state". We have all seen the evidence of this fact recently and I

commend the Board of Supervisors for taking the bold steps to insure

that developement is kept in check by reviewing and scrutinizing large

developement projects to avoid the creation of additional residential

and commercial blight. We are all aware of instances in the recent past,

where cultural,historic,and pre-historic resources have been

obliterated due to ignorance and/or financial gain.It is my opinion that

the Board of Supervisors has heard the wish of the public to retain the

rural ambiance of the county while still allowing sensible

developement.Protection of our historic cultural resources must be an

integral part of the general developement plans of all our

communities.We can provide protection of our cultural resources thru a

zoning ordinance that was created some two decades ago by the

county,known as Article 38 of the Zoning Ordinance.This ordinance oddly

enough was created but never utilized by the Board of Supervisor and was

all but forgotten until recently.Article 38 of the counties Zoning

Ordinance not only provides protection for our historical and cultural

resources,but also opens the door to grants for the county and tax

relief for owners of these precious properties.I call on the citizens

involved in Middletown and the Riviera who are at present, creating

developement plans for their communities to seriously consider

implementing Article 38 and to also consider setting up "Historic

Districts" as well as historical designation of individual sites. I also

call on the other communities of the county, who will in the near

future, be creating their own developement plans, to seriously consider

the concepts of historical preservation and designation.It's up to us to

preserve the great western ambiance of the area and protect the historic

and pre-historic sites of our ancestors.

 

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