Residential and Neighborhood Commercial Preservation Development Standards
PUBLIC DRAFT
For rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, infill, and new construction projects involving landmark properties and properties within historic districts
Sacramento holds some of the finest collections of historic properties in California, including many noteworthy Landmark properties and numerous Historic Districts. It is the City's goal to support the high quality of life that the community enjoys by preserving these resources. The preservation development project standards in this document are provided to facilitate preservation and continued use of these resources. It provides a set of standards that apply to many situations, especially historic residential neighborhoods. There also are sections that address some specific selected historic districts. These are presented in an organizational framework that can accommodate the addition of more district-specific standards in the future.
Table of Contents
- Entire Document (PDF - 171,796 KB)
- The entire Preservation Development Standards document.
- About the term “Preservation”
- How the term “preservation” is used throughout the Preservation Standards document.
- Introduction and Table of Contents (PDF - 4,774 KB)
- More about this document.
- Chapter 1 (PDF - 396 KB)
The Preservation and Development Project Review Process in Sacramento - This chapter presents general information about the historic preservation development project application, review and approval procedures.
- Chapter 2 (PDF - 87 KB)
Principles to Guide Historic Preservation Projects - This chapter explains guiding principles for preservation in Sacramento.
- Chapter 3 (PDF - 10,317 KB)
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties: Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction - This chapter provides a brief overview of the four treatments: “preservation,” “reconstruction,” “restoration,” and “rehabilitation.”
- Chapter 4 (PDF - 23,510 KB)
Rehabilitation of Historic Structures - This chapter provides detailed preservation development project standards, involving specific architectural features, historic building materials and individual building elements, that apply to rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, or alteration of historic properties in Sacramento.
- Chapter 5 (PDF - 8,692 KB)
Additions to Historic Structures - This chapter provides the preservation development project standards for additions to historic properties in Sacramento.
- Chapter 6 (PDF - 625 KB)
Seismic Retrofitting - This chapter provides standards for seismic retrofitting of historic structures throughout Sacramento.
- Chapter 7 (PDF - 24,907 KB)
Site Features, Landscaping and Other Elements - This chapter provides standards for both private and public site features, landscape and other elements.
- Chapter 8 (PDF - 6,694 KB)
New Infill Construction and Alterations to Non-Historic Structures - This chapter provides the design standards for the construction of a new building or structure in a Historic District. These standards also apply to the alteration of non-historic structures.
- Chapter 9 (PDF - 9,897 KB)
Neighborhood Commercial Buildings - This chapter provides standards for neighborhood commercial properties in Historic Districts in Sacramento.
- Chapter 10
Pilot Districts -
This chapter contains brief histories of each district's development, a summary of each district's significant characteristics and specific district preservation and development goals. The specific district standards draw upon input from area residents and property owners in public meetings and also includes input from community organizations, design and construction professionals, City staff, and project consultants.
- Boulevard Park Historic District (PDF - 26,566 KB)
- Capitol Avenue Historic District (PDF - 14,858 KB)
- South Side Historic District (PDF - 25,576 KB)
- Washington Historic District (PDF - 15,797 KB)
- Appendix (PDF - 70 KB)
Preservation Briefs - The National Park Service publishes a series of Preservation Briefs that provide more detailed information related to the treatment of materials, windows, doors and their components. Contains a full list of the briefs that are currently available.