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HISTORIC RESOURCE A publicly or privately owned building, structure, site, object, feature or open space that is significant in the history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture of the City of Kalamazoo, the State of Michigan or of the United States.

NOTICE TO PROCEED The written permission to issue a permit for work that is inappropriate and that adversely affects a resource, pursuant to a finding under § 16-23 .

OPEN SPACE Undeveloped land, a naturally landscaped area or man-made landscaped area that provides a connective link or a buffer between other resources.

ORDINARY MAINTENANCE Keeping a resource unimpaired and in good condition through ongoing minor intervention, undertaken from time to time. Ordinary maintenance does not change the exterior appearance of the resource except through the elimination of the usual and expected effects of weathering. Ordinary maintenance does not constitute work for purposes of this chapter.

REPAIR To restore a decayed or damaged resource to a good or sound condition by any process. A repair that changes the exterior appearance of a resource constitutes work for purposes of this chapter.

RESOURCE One or more publicly or privately owned historic or nonhistoric buildings, structures, sites, objects, features or open spaces located within the historic district.

WORK Construction, addition, alteration, repair, moving, excavation or demolition.

[Adm. Code § A229.1] A. The purpose of this chapter is to create an agency through which the City will be able to: (1) Safeguard the heritage of the City by preserving districts within the City which reflect elements of its cultural, social, economic, political or architectural history; (2) Stabilize and improve property values in any such district; (3) Foster civic beauty; (4) Strengthen the local economy; and (5) Promote the use of historic districts for the education, pleasure and welfare of the citizens of Kalamazoo and of the State of Michigan.

[Adm. Code § A229.6] Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent ordinary maintenance or repair of any structure within an historic district.

[Added 4-30-2007 by Ord. No. 1824 ] A. The City of Kalamazoo may, by ordinance, establish one or more historic districts. The historic districts shall be administered by the Kalamazoo Historic District Commission. B. The duties of the historic district study committee set forth in Section 3 of 1970 P.A. No. 169, MCLA § 399.203 as amended, shall be carried out by the Kalamazoo Historic Preservation Commission, as established in Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances for the City of Kalamazoo, [1] which shall constitute the standing committee and shall do all of the following: (1) Conduct a photographic inventory of resources within each proposed historic district following procedures established or approved by the Michigan Department of History, Arts, and Lib...

[Added 4-30-2007 by Ord. No. 1824 ] A. The City of Kalamazoo may at any time establish by ordinance additional historic districts, including proposed districts previously considered and rejected, may modify boundaries of an existing historic district, or may eliminate an existing historic district. Before establishing, modifying, or eliminating an historic district, the Kalamazoo Historic Preservation Commission shall, except as provided in Subsection B , comply with the procedures set forth in § 16-4 and shall consider any previously written reports by the Kalamazoo Historic Preservation Commission or any previously appointed Historic District Study Committee pertinent to the proposed action. B. If considering elimination of an historic district, the Kal...

[Adm. Code § A229.8; amended 7-6-1976 by Ord. No. 1092 ; 9-10-1990 by Ord. No. 1502 ; 3-23-1992 by Ord. No. 1528 ; 4-21-1997 by Ord. No. 1633 ; 1-18-2005 by Ord. No. 1780 ; 4-30-2007 by Ord. No. 1824 ] The South Street Area Historic District, which was created pursuant to Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1970, MCLA § 399.201 et seq., as amended, is now titled the "South Street - Vine Area Historic District," and is hereby amended to include all of the properties included in the following boundary description: A. Beginning at a point on the south right-of-way line of South Street 126.17 feet west of the west right-of-way line of Westnedge Avenue; thence south and parallel with Westnedge Avenue 148.5 feet; thence west and parallel with South Street 281.07 ...

[Added 7-6-1976 by Ord. No. 1092 ; amended 4-5-1982 by Ord. No. 1253 ; 9-10-1990 by Ord. No. 1502 ; 3-23-1992 by Ord. No. 1528 ; 4-21-1997 by Ord. No. 1633 ; 1-18-2005 by Ord. No. 1780 ; 4-30-2007 by Ord. No. 1824 ] The Stuart Area Historic District, which was created pursuant to Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1970, MCLA § 399.201 et seq., as amended, is hereby amended to include all of the properties included in the following boundary description: A. To wit: Beginning at a point in the northerly right-of-way line of West Main Street which is 84.0 feet east of the easterly right-of-way line of Ingleside Terrace; thence northerly 310.5 feet to a point which is 82.5 feet east of the easterly right-of-way line of Ingleside Terrace; thence easterly and par...

[Added 1-28-1980 by Ord. No. 1186 ; amended 4-5-1982 by Ord. No. 1252 ; 6-2-1997 by Ord. No. 1637 ; 4-30-2007 by Ord. No. 1824 ] The Haymarket Historic District, which was created pursuant to Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1970, MCLA § 399.201 et seq., as amended, is hereby amended to include all of the properties included in the following boundary descriptions: A. Beginning at a point on the northerly right-of-way line of East Michigan Avenue, 252.52 feet east of the intersection of said line and the easterly right-of-way line of North Burdick Street (also known as N. Kalamazoo Mall); thence north 100 feet; thence west 32.64 feet; thence north 79.8 feet; thence east 145.5 feet; thence southerly 37 feet more or less to a point that is 340 feet more or ...

[Added 5-21-1984 by Ord. No. 1322 ; amended 4-30-2007 by Ord. No. 1824 [1] ] A. The Rose Area Historical District, which was created pursuant to Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1970, MCLA § 399.201 et seq., is hereby amended to consist of the following described properties: (1) 211 Rose Place--Bleykers Addition, E 53 ft. of W 218 ft. of Lot 104 EXC N43 ft.; E 53 ft. of W 218 ft. of Lot 105 EXC S 42 ft. (2) 212 Rose Place--Bleykers Addition, Lot 103 EXC E 100 ft. & W 10 1/2 R; N 23 ft. of Lot 104 EXC E 100 ft. & W 10 1/2 R. (3) 215 Rose Place--Bleykers Addition, E 41 ft. of W 165 ft. of S 23 ft. of Lot 104 & N 57 ft. of E 41 ft. of W 165 ft. of Lot 105. (4) 216 Rose Place--Bleykers Addition, E 3R of W 10 1/2 R of Lot 103; E 3R of W 10 1/2 R of Lot 104 EX...

[1] Editor’s Note: Former § 16-10, South Burdick Historic District, added 9-10-1990 by Ord. No. 1502, amended 4-21-1997 by Ord. No. 1633; 6-2-1997 by Ord. No. 1637, was repealed 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 1869.

[Added 4-30-2007 by Ord. No. 1824 ] Pursuant to Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1970, MCLA § 399.201 et seq., as amended, the West Main Hill Historic District is hereby created. A finding having been made that the district has historic significance, they are hereby designated as historic structures. The district shall include all of the properties included in the following boundary descriptions: A. Beginning at the intersection of the center line of West Main Street and the center line of Thompson Street, thence northwest along the center line of West Main Street to the City limits, said line also being the west line of Section 16 Town 2 South Range 11 West, thence south along the west line of Section 16 to the center line of Academy Street, thence sout...

[Added 4-30-2007 by Ord. No. 1824 ] A. Pursuant to Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1970, MCLA § 399.201 et seq., as amended, the following historic districts, which were previously in other historic districts, are hereby denominated as single resource historic districts, a finding having been previously made that these structures have historic significance. These single resource historic districts are as follows: (1) Ladies Library Historic District, 333 South Park Street (previously part of the South Street Area Historic District). This abstract extends back to August 3, 1878, and is the following described land in Kalamazoo County: That part of Blank Block bounded on the south by Lovell Street, on the east by Church Street (now known as St. John's Pla...

[Added 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 1869 ] A. Pursuant to Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1970, MCLA § 399.201 et seq., as amended, and the provisions of § 16-5A , a single resource historic district to be known as the Rickman Hotel Historic District is established. The historic district shall consist of the following described property: (1) The North 46.33 feet of Lot 5 and the East 16 feet of the North 46.33 feet of Lot 4, Block 6 of the original plat for the Village (now City) of Kalamazoo according to the plat thereof recorded at Liber 6 of Plats Page 8.