A. Promote awareness of the City’s heritage;

B. Protect the City’s heritage by controlling alterations and demolitions;

D. Encourage new construction in keeping with the City’s historic character; and

E. Attract visitors to Snohomish.

A. The following design standards are hereby adopted in the Historic District, copies of which shall be kept available in the office of the City Planner:

B. In the event of conflict between the above standards, the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards shall control.

C. The above design standards shall be subject to interpretation in accordance with SMC 14.05.050 and obtaining variances in accordance with Chapter 14.70 SMC. (Ord. 2337, 2017)

A. A Guide to Twentieth Century House Styles, Montlake: A Primer of Residential Styles;

B. The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture, Rachel Carley, Roundtable Press, Inc., 1994;

C. Hands On! The Rehabilitation Handbook for Everett’s Historic Homes, Makers Architecture and Urban Design, 1992; and

D. Dictionary of Architecture, Henry H. Saylor, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1952.

A. Chapter 14.20 SMC establishes the processes wherein the City shall require conformance with the design standards.

B. In the Historic District the Design Review Board (DRB) shall review and make recommendation to the Planning Director on conformance with the design standards for all development within the Historic District; provided, that the Planning Director may request review by any member of the DRB if the application, though not exempt (see SMC 14.225.060), would result in only minor changes to the appearance of an existing building. The consulted Board member may complete and issue a recommendation to the Planning Director. (Ord. 2338, 2017)

A. Development permits not immediately associated with building construction or landscaping, such as short plats, subdivisions, and land use designation changes unaccompanied by any actions related to site plans or building permit application;

B. Construction activities which do not require a building permit (example: the repainting of buildings); and

C. Modifications to existing structures which will not be visible from outside the structure. (Ord. 2338, 2017)

A. In reviewing a proposed demolition in the Historic District, the DRB shall recommend approval, if it determines that preservation of the structure is physically or economically infeasible.

B. If the DRB finds preservation of the structure to be feasible, the City shall notify persons or groups interested in historic preservation, who may encourage the owner to preserve the structure or find a buyer willing to preserve the structure. If the owner is not convinced to retain the structure, or no one agrees to purchase it within ninety (90) days after the DRB’s first consideration of the proposal, the DRB’s findings shall cease to be cause for refusal to issue the demolition permit.

A. Mobile vendor structures and trailers which will do business in the Historic District for more than thirty days, prior to the issuance of a business license;

B. Special tax valuations; and

C. Requests for additions to the list of officially designated historic structures, the decision on which shall be made by the City Council.