Acronyms

CofA - Certificate of Appropriateness

CPED - Community Planning & Economic Development

CNC - Certificate of No Change

HPC - Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission

SHPO - State Historic Preservation Office

SOI - Secretary of the Interior

Context

Heritage -vs- historic - Both are used when talking about preservation. Historic often refers to the past. Heritage includes other cultural aspects.

Terms

A - G

• Administrative review - The process of historic preservation staff reviewing and approving an application without a public hearing
• Bronze architectural tablet - A plaque for display on a historically significant property
• Certificate of appropriateness  - A document showing HPC approval to make a major change to a landmark, property in a historic district, or property under interim protection
• Certificate of no change - A document showing historic preservation staff approval to make a minor change to a landmark, property in a historic district or property under interim protection
• Conservation district - A geographic area with a notable visual character, land use, activity and architecture
• Context study - A document that describes people, places and events related to a common theme
• Demolition - The act of moving a building or removing 60 percent or more of the building’s exterior
• Demolition of historic resource – A document showing HPC approval to demolish a property that has historical significance and is not designated as a landmark or in a historic district
• Design guidelines - A document used to guide change and protect the historic character of a landmark or historic district
• Designated property - A parcel that is regulated by the City because it is a landmark or in a historic district
• Designation study - A report about the significance of a property that may establish it as a landmark or historic district

H - K

• Historic district - A group of related buildings, structures, and/or landscapes as designated by City Council
• Historic property - A designated landmark or historic district
• Historic resource - A property that may have significance and meet at least one of the seven designation criteria as a landmark or historic district, but is not designated
• Historical significance - The reason a property should be designated
• Historic study - A document summarizing research directed by Historic Preservation staff, includes context, district and theme studies
• Historic variance - A document showing HPC approval to adjust zoning requirements
• Integrity – The ability of a landmark, property in a historic district, or historic resource to convey its historical significance
• Interim protection– When a property is the subject of a designation study, preservation review is required for exterior changes

L - Z

• Landmark - An individual building, building interior, structure, object, or landscape, as designated by City Council
• Landscape - A geographic area, including both cultural and natural resources and the wildlife or domestic animals therein, associated with a historic event, activity, or person, or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic values
• Local designation process - Steps to determine if a property meets the criteria and should be regulated by the City
• Nomination process - Steps to determine if a property should be considered for a designation study
• Preservation - Regulation of changes to buildings, structures, objects, landscapes or districts
• Public hearing - An open gathering of the HPC and the general public during which the applicant and members of the public comment and answer questions about a historic preservation application
• Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties - Federal guidance used when making changes to landmarks and historic districts
• Theme studies - Research about the history of a group or topic of interest with a final report