The City of Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission, established in 1977, is the Omaha city government's a nine-member board responsible for recommending official

Omaha Landmarks This article covers Omaha Landmarks designated by the City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. In addition, it includes structures or buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places and those few designated as Nation ...

to the

Omaha City Council The City Council of Omaha, Nebraska, is elected every four years on a nonpartisan basis. The next election will occur in 2025. Omaha has a strong mayor form of government. Members are elected by district. Currently seven city council districts a ...

. The Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission is that was established by ordinance in 1977 to review and recommend to the City Council on all matters pertaining to the designation of individual buildings, sites, objects, or entire districts of local historical significance. The commission is staffed by the Landmarks Division of the Omaha Planning Department.

History

The first comprehensive preservation ordinance in Nebraska was adopted by the

in 1977. The commission was created after the demolition of the Old Post Office, when the pro-preservation organization Landmarks, Inc. advocated its creation. Patterned after successful legislation in

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, the "Landmarks Heritage Preservation Ordinance" created the Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission. The first comprehensive preservation ordinance in Nebraska, its purpose focuses on designating

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s and

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s of local significance; regulate work done on designated buildings; and identify and implement overall goals and objectives for preservation in the city.

Composition

The Commission has nine members, including an architect, a curator, a professional historian, three members active in a preservation-related field, two laypersons and an owner or operator of a business or property within a landmark heritage preservation district. Commission members are appointed by the

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to terms of three years, subject to confirmation by the City Council. The Commission selects its own chairman and rules of procedure. The body generally meets monthly with special meetings held by call of the chairman. The

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funded the development of the Commission's website, and a Geographic Information System (GIS) for historic properties in 2000.

Designations

As of 2007, more than 90 buildings and structures in Omaha have received Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, and have been listed by the City of Omaha as Certified Historic Rehabs."Certified Historic Rehabs in Omaha"
. City of Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 8/30/07.

References

External links

Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission website
{{NRHP Omaha Government of Omaha, Nebraska Landmarks in Omaha, Nebraska Omaha Landmarks 1977 establishments in Nebraska

History

Composition

Designations

See also

References

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